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Schwarzenegger defends his Hummer fleet 25 Jun 2013 - 09:02 am

BRUSSELS: US actor and campaigner Arnold Schwarzenegger said people should be free to drive big cars and enjoy all-day jacuzzis without feeling guilty...

Seven-year jail term for Berlusconi 25 Jun 2013 - 09:01 am

MILAN: An Italian court yesterday sentenced Silvio Berlusconi to seven years in jail and banned the former prime minister from holding public office...

Papal ‘no-show’ stuns cardinals 25 Jun 2013 - 09:01 am

VATICAN CITY: A last-minute no-show by Pope Francis at a concert where he was to have been the guest of honour has sent...

Family gathers as Mandela ‘critical’ 25 Jun 2013 - 09:01 am

JOHANNESBURG: The family of critically ill anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela gathered around his hospital bedside yesterday as millions in South Africa and across...

Sarkozy backer quizzed in fraud investigation 25 Jun 2013 - 09:00 am

PARIS: French police questioned flamboyant tycoon Bernard Tapie yesterday in a fraud investigation that threatens to damage ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy’s hopes of a...

WWI US medic’s family returns stolen French cross 25 Jun 2013 - 09:00 am

STRASBOURG, France: A 17th-century silver cross taken by a US medic from a French church during World War I was returned by his...

Military surge on US-Mexico border 25 Jun 2013 - 08:59 am

US President Barack Obama speaks during a meeting with business leaders on immigration reform yesterday in the Roosevelt Room of the White House...

Japanese racing pigeon flies across Pacific to Canada 25 Jun 2013 - 08:58 am

OTTAWA: A plucky pigeon that flew across the Pacific Ocean from Japan will be bred by a bird lover in Canada hoping its...

Brother of victim held over French Alps murders 25 Jun 2013 - 08:58 am

LONDON: The brother of a British-Iraqi man shot dead with three other people in the French Alps last year was arrested in Britain...

Angelina Jolie calls on Security Council to act on war rapes 25 Jun 2013 - 08:58 am

UNITED NATIONS: Screen star Angelina Jolie yesterday criticised UN Security Council powers for their lack of action over wartime rapes, invoking Syria and...

Cameron concerned over claims of police smear campaign 25 Jun 2013 - 08:58 am

LONDON: British Prime Minister David Cameron called yesterday for an investigation into claims that police spied on the family of a black teenager...

S. Korea sounds alert after official websites hacked 25 Jun 2013 - 08:42 am

SEOUL: South Korea issued a cyber attack alert Tuesday after hackers penetrated a number of official websites, including the presidential Blue House, on...

Taliban attack Afghan presidential palace, CIA office 25 Jun 2013 - 08:19 am

KABUL: Taliban militants targeted the presidential palace and national CIA office in central Kabul on Tuesday morning, with gunfire and explosions erupting at...

Indonesia president apologises for Southeast Asia smog 25 Jun 2013 - 08:18 am

JAKARTA: Indonesia's president has apologised for the raging forest fires that have blanketed its neighbours Singapore and Malaysia with thick smog in Southeast...

China shares have worst day in four years, take Hong Kong down 25 Jun 2013 - 04:38 am

HONG KONG: China shares suffered their worst daily loss in almost four years yesterday, taking Hong Kong markets lower, with financials hammered on...

Bourse Istanbul to choose partner in Q3 before listing 25 Jun 2013 - 04:38 am

ISTANBUL: State-owned Bourse Istanbul will choose one of the exchanges bidding to buy into it at the end of the third quarter and...

Emir meets members of ruling family 25 Jun 2013 - 04:30 am

The Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani met yesterday a number of ruling family members at Al Wajbah Palace. The...

Qatar National Library workshop for digital team 25 Jun 2013 - 04:28 am

Participants in the workshop. DOHA: Qatar National Library (QNL), a member of Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development, in collaboration with...