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Bastille Day celebrations 15 Jul 2013 - 03:17 am

From left: Croatian President Ivo Josipovic, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, French President Francois Hollande and Malian President Dioncounda Traore attend the traditional...

Merkel wants tough EU line on Net firms 15 Jul 2013 - 03:17 am

BERLIN: Chancellor Angela Merkel vowed yesterday to push for tougher EU data protection rules and force Internet firms to be more open as...

Lawmaker likens Italian minister to orangutan 15 Jul 2013 - 03:17 am

ROME: A senior parliamentarian in the anti-immigration Northern League party has likened Italy’s first black minister to an orangutan. Cecile Kyenge, an Italian...

Delays mar Zimbabwe early vote 15 Jul 2013 - 03:16 am

HARARE: Zimbabwe security forces voted yesterday in an early election marred by delays over lack of ballot papers, some two weeks before crucial...

Radioactivity found in Swiss lake near nuke plant: Report 15 Jul 2013 - 03:16 am

GENEVA: Scientists have discovered a radioactive substance in sediment under a Swiss lake used for drinking water and situated near a nuclear plant,...

Germany’s anti-euro party stalls before poll 15 Jul 2013 - 03:15 am

BERLIN: Just three months since its launch in a blaze of publicity, Germany’s anti-euro party is failing to strike a chord with voters...

OVERPOPULATION ENVIRONMENT CLOCK TICKING 15 Jul 2013 - 03:10 am

Group: PETT Credit: JOEL PETT Source: Lexington Herald-Leader Keywords: COLOR OVERPOPULATION ENVIRONMENT CLOCK TICKING 071213 Provider: CartoonArts International / The New York Times...

Cairo freezes assets of 14 top Islamists 15 Jul 2013 - 03:05 am

A soldier keeps guard from atop a military vehicle in front of the Presidential Palace in Cairo, yesterday. CAIRO: Egypt’s public prosecutor yesterday...

Mursi my president: Erdogan 15 Jul 2013 - 03:05 am

ANKARA: Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said yesterday that ousted Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohammed Mursi was the only legitimate president of Egypt...

Bahrain opposition slams warning against Egypt-inspired protests 15 Jul 2013 - 03:05 am

DUBAI: Bahrain’s Shia-led opposition yesterday slammed the Sunni-ruled government for warning people against joining protests that are planned for next month and named...

Bomb wounds four cops 15 Jul 2013 - 03:05 am

DUBAI: A home-made bomb wounded four Bahraini policemen outside a Shia village, the interior ministry said yesterday, in the latest unrest to rock...

Mauritania frees Canadian ‘Al Qaeda trainee’ 15 Jul 2013 - 03:04 am

NOUAKCHOTT: A Mauritanian court yesterday freed a Canadian jailed for attempting to join an Al-Qaeda training camp in neighbouring Mali, a judicial source...

Fighting traps hundreds of families in Damascus 15 Jul 2013 - 03:04 am

BEIRUT: Shelling killed at least 13 people yesterday in the Damascus district of Qaboon, where fierce fighting between the army and rebels has...

Attacks, series of bombings kill 33 in Iraq 15 Jul 2013 - 03:03 am

BAGHDAD: Violence including an apparently-coordinated series of bombings that struck central and south Iraq yesterday killed 33 people, security sources and medics said,...

Khartoum, rebels trade blame for peacekeepers’ ambush 15 Jul 2013 - 03:03 am

KHARTOUM: Rebels in Sudan’s Darfur region accused government-linked militiamen yesterday of staging an ambush which killed seven peacekeepers, but Khartoum blamed the insurgents....

Netanyahu calls Abbas, urges peacemaking 15 Jul 2013 - 03:03 am

JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday telephoned Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and said he hoped the two sides could resume peace talks,...

Israel court jails top Hamas members for 30 months 15 Jul 2013 - 03:02 am

JERUSALEM: An Israeli court said yesterday it has jailed for 30 months two senior Hamas members who took refugee inside Red Cross east...

Drive to encourage organ donations 15 Jul 2013 - 03:01 am

Chairman of Al Faisal Holding and Aamal Company, Sheikh Faisal bin Qassim bin Faisal Al Thani cutting the ribbon to open the Organ...