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Kerry winds up marathon Mideast talks 01 Jul 2013 - 01:47 am

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas with US Secretary of State John Kerry in Ramallah, West Bank, yesterday. TEL AVIV: American efforts to broker a...

South Sudan VP meets Bashir 01 Jul 2013 - 01:46 am

Sudanese President Omar Hassan Al Bashir with Riek Machar, Vice President of South Sudan, in Khartoum, yesterday. KHARTOUM: South Sudanese Vice President Riek...

T-shirt store starts new fashion trend in Benghazi 01 Jul 2013 - 01:45 am

A shop assistant inspects a T-shirt rack at the Boza store in Benghazi. BENGHAZI: Browsing through the racks of printed T-shirts and scarves,...

Iran confirms detention of Slovak paragliders 01 Jul 2013 - 01:45 am

TEHRAN: Iran yesterday confirmed the arrest of several Slovaks two days after Bratislava announced that a group of paragliders had been apprehended, reportedly...

Seven Saudis jailed for urging Facebook protests: HRW 01 Jul 2013 - 01:44 am

Riyadh: Saudi Arabia has sentenced seven activists from its restive Eastern Province to prison terms ranging from five to 10 years for posting...

US spying report rattles Europe 01 Jul 2013 - 01:43 am

Broken antenna covers of former National Security Agency (NSA) listening station at the Teufelsberg hill (German for Devil’s Mountain) in Berlin, yesterday. BRUSSELS:...

Tyrants holding back Africa: Obama 01 Jul 2013 - 01:42 am

US President Barack Obama looks out the window from the cell where Nelson Mandela was once jailed on Robben Island, yesterday. CAPE TOWN:...

Battle intensifies over Mandela family gravesites 01 Jul 2013 - 01:42 am

QUNU: A bitter feud within Nelson Mandela’s family over the final resting place of the ailing anti-apartheid hero and his children intensified yesterday,...

Snowden leaks will keep coming: Assange 01 Jul 2013 - 01:41 am

WASHINGTON: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said yesterday that Edward Snowden made sure that the information he took about US surveillance programmes will continue...

Croatia joins EU, but mood not upbeat 01 Jul 2013 - 01:41 am

ZAGREB: Croatia becomes the 28th member of the European Union at midnight yesterday, passing a milestone in its recovery from war but anxious...

31 killed in Uganda oil tanker fire 01 Jul 2013 - 01:41 am

KAMPALA: At least 31 people died in a blaze that engulfed an oil tanker after it was hit by another vehicle in a...

Philippines rebukes China for ‘militarisation’ 01 Jul 2013 - 01:39 am

Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Secretary General Le Luong Minh (right) and foreign ministers from Asean countries, hold hands before the 14th...

Asean urges Indonesia to ratify haze pact 01 Jul 2013 - 01:39 am

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN: Southeast Asian nations urged Indonesia yesterday quickly to ratify a treaty aimed at preventing fires in its giant rainforests that...

Estrada is Mayor of Manila 01 Jul 2013 - 01:38 am

Former Philippine president Joseph Estrada (centre), surrounded by family members, takes oath as the new Mayor of Manila at the City Hall yesterday....

Thai PM takes defence post 01 Jul 2013 - 01:37 am

BANGKOK: Thailand’s Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra yesterday became the first woman to head the kingdom’s defence ministry in a cabinet reshuffle that gives...

450 workers fall sick at Bangladesh garment plant 01 Jul 2013 - 01:37 am

DHAKA: About 450 employees fell ill yesterday after complaining of contaminated water at their workplace near here, the second such incident to hit...

Video appeal for kidnapped Philippine film-makers 01 Jul 2013 - 01:37 am

MANILA: The family of two Philippine Muslim women film- makers allegedly kidnapped by extremists in the country’s south have made a heartfelt video...

North Korea deploys new guns along border: Report 01 Jul 2013 - 01:34 am

SEOUL: North Korea has deployed new rocket launchers along its border capable of hitting targets beyond Seoul, a report said yesterday. Artillery units...