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Surging rivers flood 80 more villages in Assam 09 Jul 2013 - 01:37 am

Guwahati: Flooded rivers have submerged 80 more villages in Assam, taking the number of such habitations to 300, and damaged roads and embankment...

Burned Nato containers 09 Jul 2013 - 01:36 am

A security official stands guard near burned trucks carrying logistic supply for Nato forces in Afghanistan, after they were attacked by militants, in...

Afghan spies nab translator over torture 09 Jul 2013 - 01:35 am

KABUL: Afghanistan’s intelligence agency is holding an Afghan-American translator on suspicion of torturing and killing civilians while working for US special forces, officials...

Govt ally escapes unhurt as blast kills six 09 Jul 2013 - 01:35 am

PESHAWAR: A bomb targeting a tribal elder allied to the Pakistan government killed six people and wounded 11 in a northwestern town yesterday,...

Bomb analysis lab in Kabul hunts for killer clues 09 Jul 2013 - 01:35 am

KABUL: In a discreet laboratory in Kabul, a French military officer scans a long list of telephone numbers scrolling down a computer screen....

Kayani to brief all-parties forum on national security 09 Jul 2013 - 01:35 am

Pakistan: Pakistan’s Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Pervaiz Rashid, said yesterday that preparations for an all-parties conference on July 12 had been completed....

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa CM vows to continue as PTI secretary general 09 Jul 2013 - 01:34 am

ISLAMABAD: Vowing to continue as the secretary general of Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI), the Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pervez Khattak, said some vested...

MQM without Altaf ruled out 09 Jul 2013 - 01:34 am

KARACH: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) member and former legislator Haider Abbas Rizvi said yesterday that people thinking of the MQM without the leader,...

Bomb attack 09 Jul 2013 - 01:33 am

Security personnel inspect the wreckage of a military truck after a bomb attack by suspected militants in Pattani province, south of Bangkok, yesterday.

Mindanao clashes toll hits 86 09 Jul 2013 - 01:33 am

MANILA: As many as 86 persons have been killed in clashes in Central Mindanao in the days leading to the resumption of the...

Sulu files complaint against Malaysia 09 Jul 2013 - 01:33 am

MANILA: The Sultanate of Sulu has filed a complaint with the United Nations High Commission for Human Rights (UNHCHR), accusing Malaysia of violating...

Eco-friendly gold mining technology developed 09 Jul 2013 - 01:32 am

MANILA: A mercury-free gold mining process being practiced by small-scale miners in Benguet for several years is getting the attention of their foreign...

Tourist arrivals rise despite travel alerts 09 Jul 2013 - 01:32 am

MANILA: Travel advisories issued by foreign governments against the Philippines have hardly affected the number of foreign tourist arrivals in the country, a...

Police arrest four fugitives 09 Jul 2013 - 01:32 am

MANILA: Police arrested four fugitives in separate operations, the Philippine National Police’s Criminal Investigation and Detection Group Chief Superintendent Francisco Uyami said yesterday....

Abe pushes for restart of N-reactors 09 Jul 2013 - 01:31 am

TOKYO: Japan moved a step closer to restarting nuclear reactors yesterday as four utility companies applied for safety inspection of 10 idled plants,...

China ex-minister handed suspended death for graft 09 Jul 2013 - 01:31 am

BEIJING: China’s former railways minister Liu Zhijun was given a suspended death sentence yesterday for “especially huge” bribery, becoming the first highest-ranking official...

US scientist ended life: Coroner 09 Jul 2013 - 01:31 am

SINGAPORE: A Singapore coroner ruled yesterday that US scientist Shane Todd found hanged in 2012 committed suicide during a bout of depression and...

Communist leader’s widow honoured 09 Jul 2013 - 01:30 am

BEIJING: The Russian-born widow of an early Chinese Communist leader received France’s Legion d’honneur yesterday as a witness and survivor of a tumultuous...