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Landslide buries 17 in southwest China 11 Jul 2013 - 05:04 am

Rescue workers carry a victim after a makeshift building collapsed at a coal cleaning plant in Jinzhong yesterday. BEIJING: A landslide buried 17...

Dhaka to drop case against union leaders 11 Jul 2013 - 05:03 am

Dhaka: The Bangladesh government ordered criminal cases be dropped against top union leaders yesterday, a ministry official said, a move hailed by labour...

European Union lifts safety ban on Philippine Airlines 11 Jul 2013 - 05:02 am

MANILA: The European Union has lifted a three-year ban on Philippine Airlines flying into its airspace after the national carrier addressed safety concerns,...

Two Koreas end talks without deal 11 Jul 2013 - 05:02 am

SEOUL: South Korea said talks with North Korea on reopening a jointly-run industrial estate ended without agreement yesterday, but the two sides agreed...

Lawmakers urge Cambodia aid cut 11 Jul 2013 - 05:00 am

WASHINGTON: Lawmakers have called for the United States to cut off aid to Cambodia unless veteran strongman Hun Sen allows free elections on...

Four Muslims jailed over murder in Myanmar 11 Jul 2013 - 05:00 am

Yangon: Four Muslim men have been jailed for murder following religious violence in central Myanmar in March that left dozens dead, an official...

Thailand monks disrobed over illegal drug use 11 Jul 2013 - 04:59 am

BANGKOK: More than 30 Thai monks have been defrocked for illegal drug use, an official said yesterday in the latest scandal to hit...

Rail chief blames engineer for Quebec crash 11 Jul 2013 - 04:58 am

CEO of Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railways Inc, Edward Bukhardt during a press conference in Lac-Megantic, Quebec, yesterday. LAC-MEGANTIC, Canada: A lone engineer...

Latin America fumes over NSA spying 11 Jul 2013 - 04:58 am

BRASILIA: Irate Latin American nations are demanding explanations from the US about new allegations that it spied on both allies and foes in...

British soldier convicted for owning Iraqi gun 11 Jul 2013 - 04:57 am

LONDON: A British special forces sniper was yesterday convicted of unlawfully possessing a pistol and more than 300 rounds of ammunition, in a...

Berlusconi legal woes raise the heat in Italy 11 Jul 2013 - 04:57 am

ROME: Italy’s coalition government came under pressure yesterday from members of Silvio Berlusconi’s centre-right party protesting the former premier’s legal troubles and from...

White House warns Republicans on immigration reform 11 Jul 2013 - 04:56 am

WASHINGTON: The White House warned Republican lawmakers yesterday not to block a comprehensive immigration reform bill just to appease “far right” conservatives who...

Rebels disperse food protest with gunfire 11 Jul 2013 - 04:55 am

People shop on the first day of Ramadan at the Karaj Al Hajez crossing, a passageway separating Aleppo’s Bustan Al Qasr, which is...

Freed Syria activist talks of ‘confessions’, jail horror 11 Jul 2013 - 04:55 am

Beirut: Activist Alaa Morelli escaped the worst in Syrian prisons, but to secure her freedom she lied during a forced “confession” on state...

UN Council calls on Hezbollah to stop Syria involvement 11 Jul 2013 - 04:54 am

UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council called on Lebanese Hezbollah militants yesterday to end any involvement in the conflict in neighbouring Syria, while...

Israel bolstering forces on Golan Heights 11 Jul 2013 - 04:54 am

BOOSTER MILITARY OUT-POST: Israel is bolstering its forces on the once-quiet frontier with Syria where it believes Lebanese Hezbollah militants are preparing for...

Turkey curbs power of architect group 11 Jul 2013 - 04:54 am

ISTANBUL: Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s AK Party moved yesterday to curb the power of an architects’ group involved in weeks of...

Egypt orders Brotherhood chief arrested 11 Jul 2013 - 04:53 am

CAIRO: Egypt issued a warrant yesterday for the arrest of the Muslim Brotherhood’s supreme leader Mohammed Badie in connection with deadly violence in...