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Japan's Lixil to buy American Standard toilet maker 28 Jun 2013 - 12:42 pm

TOKYO: Japan's Lixil Group has agreed to buy the US maker of the "American Standard" brand toilet for more than half a billion...

Bangladeshi court jails 9 for journalist murder 28 Jun 2013 - 11:41 am

DHAKA: A Bangladeshi court has sentenced nine junior opposition politicians to life in prison for murdering a newspaper journalist who had published a...

SoftBank chief vows hard push into the US 28 Jun 2013 - 11:28 am

TOKYO: SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son has pledged a hard push into the lucrative US telecoms market after a rival withdrew from a bidding...

Pistorius to resume training 28 Jun 2013 - 11:03 am

JOHANNESBURG: South African Paralympic hero Oscar Pistorius, accused of murdering his girlfriend, is to resume limited training for his mental wellbeing, but does...

Singapore's Temasek to boost US, European portfolios 28 Jun 2013 - 09:55 am

SINGAPORE: Singapore state investment company Temasek Holdings is looking to increase its investments in US and European firms even though both regions remain...

Sex tape official jailed in China: Xinhua 28 Jun 2013 - 09:55 am

BEIJING: A former Chinese government official who became infamous after a video showing him having sex with a mistress was leaked online has...

Cafe attacks in Iraq kill 11 28 Jun 2013 - 09:54 am

BAGHDAD: Bombs targeting cafes in Baghdad and a restive city north of the capital have killed 11 people, officials said on Friday, the...

India approves doubling of gas prices 28 Jun 2013 - 09:48 am

File photo taken on June 24, 2011, an Indian worker pushes a cylinder of LPG cooking gas during offloading at a warehouse on...

Man attacks 3 children in Tokyo stabbing spree 28 Jun 2013 - 09:45 am

TOKYO: A suspected knifeman who attacked three elementary school children in broad daylight on a Tokyo street was being held by police on...

Tokyo's Nikkei stock index closes 3.51pc higher 28 Jun 2013 - 09:41 am

TOKYO: Tokyo stocks jumped 3.51 percent Friday as Japan's premier bourse got a boost from a weaker yen and following comments from US...

Deaths in China Xinjiang riot raised to 35: Xinhua 28 Jun 2013 - 09:01 am

This photo taken on June 27, 2013 shows the graves of Muslim Uighurs at the Emin Mosque in the town of Turpan, Xinjiang...

Communists kill one, wound nine in Philippine ambush 28 Jun 2013 - 09:00 am

MANILA: Communist insurgents ambushed police trainees in the Philippines Friday, killing one and wounding nine others in the latest of a series of...

Murdoch, Abu Dhabi group eye Financial Times 28 Jun 2013 - 08:07 am

KUALA LUMPUR: Media mogul Rupert Murdoch and Abu Dhabi's state media group are in talks to acquire the Financial Times Group for about...

16 men killed under torture near Damascus: NGO 28 Jun 2013 - 08:00 am

BEIRUT: The bodies of 16 men who died under torture at the hands of Syria's feared security forces have been handed to their...

Google making videogame console and smart watch 28 Jun 2013 - 07:51 am

SAN FRANCISCO: Google is working on a videogame console and smart watch powered by Android software that has been a hit in smartphones...

Emir receives congratulations 28 Jun 2013 - 02:02 am

The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and the Father Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani receiving...

Road hazard 28 Jun 2013 - 02:01 am

A small sinkhole appeared in the middle of Matar Qadeem commercial street yesterday, causing a temporary traffic disruption. Several months of works had...

Gallery talk on Wenlock Society to draw curtain on Olympics exhibition 28 Jun 2013 - 01:59 am

DOHA: A gallery talk on the History of the Wenlock Olympian Society will be held tomorrow at Al Riwaq Exhibition space as the...