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DMRC to operate Airport Express line from today 01 Jul 2013 - 12:03 am

New Delhi: The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) will take over the operations of the Airport Express line here from today, said an...

Dana Gas says makes new discovery in Egypt 30 Jun 2013 - 07:46 pm

DUBAI: Dana Gas has discovered more gas in Egypt's Nile Delta, which could soon help alleviate domestic fuel shortages, the United Arab Emirates-based...

Iran confirms arrest of Slovak paragliders 30 Jun 2013 - 07:45 pm

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

Taiwan's TSMC gets orders from Apple 30 Jun 2013 - 07:41 pm

TAIPEI: Apple has struck a deal with the world's biggest contract microchip maker in what analysts see as an attempt to reduce its...

450 workers fall sick at Bangladesh garment plant 30 Jun 2013 - 07:37 pm

DHAKA: About 450 employees fell ill on Sunday after complaining of contaminated water at their workplace near the Bangladeshi capital, the second such...

3,000 still missing in India's flood-hit north: Official 30 Jun 2013 - 07:28 pm

DEHRADUN, India: Some 3,000 people remain missing in India's flood-ravaged north two weeks after the tragedy, but it is unclear how many of...

Mandela's ex-wife blasts Zuma over 'insensitive' visit 30 Jun 2013 - 07:18 pm

The former wife of Nelson Mandela, Winnie Mandela Madikizela (R), arrives at the hospital where the former South African President is hospitalized on...

US marks 4 years since soldier captured in Afghanistan 30 Jun 2013 - 07:13 pm

KABUL: The US commander in Afghanistan said Sunday he hoped that an American soldier held by the Taliban would soon return home safely...

Qatar Exchange down 0.25pc 30 Jun 2013 - 07:05 pm

DOHA: The Qatar Exchange down on Sunday 23.19 points or 0.25 percent to 9,275.56 points from the previous closing of 9,298.75 points. The...

Obama to unveil $7bn Africa power plan 30 Jun 2013 - 07:02 pm

CAPE TOWN: US President Barack Obama will on Sunday unveil a $7 billion plan to upgrade African power networks, in bid to end...

Video appeal for kidnapped Philippine filmmakers 30 Jun 2013 - 06:58 pm

MANILA: The family of two Philippine Muslim women filmmakers allegedly kidnapped by Islamic extremists in the country's south have made a heartfelt video...

HH the Emir, Father Emir receive President of Lebanon 30 Jun 2013 - 06:37 pm

DOHA: HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and HH the Father Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani received congratulations...

Saudi Mobily in $650m financing deal with Ericsson, NSN 30 Jun 2013 - 06:29 pm

DUBAI: Saudi Arabia's Mobily has signed memorandum of understandings with Nokia Siemens Networks and Ericsson to fund the purchase of $650 million of...

Philippine VP cancels China appeal trip for drug mule 30 Jun 2013 - 06:24 pm

MANILA: Philippine Vice President Jejomar Binay said he had been forced to call off a proposed visit to China Sunday to save a...

Thai attack 30 Jun 2013 - 03:15 am

Thai soldiers inspect a damaged military truck at the site of a roadside bomb attack in Yala province, southern Thailand. Suspected Muslim rebels...

Indonesia: Haze fires greatly reduced 30 Jun 2013 - 03:15 am

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN: Indonesia said yesterday that fires across giant rainforests which caused Southeast Asia’s worst air pollution crisis in years had been...

Troubled Xinjiang hit by more violence 30 Jun 2013 - 03:14 am

BEIJING: More than a hundred people, riding motorbikes and wielding knifes, attacked a police station in China’s ethnically divided western region of Xinjiang,...

Chinese media warns Philippines of ‘counterstrike’ 30 Jun 2013 - 03:14 am

BEIJING: Chinese state-media accused the Philippines of using the Asean group of nations as an “accomplice” in the violation of its sovereignty claims...