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WHO says Cambodia can end HIV infections by 2020 10 May 2013 - 02:31 pm

PHNOM PENH: Cambodia is on track to become one of the few countries in the world to successfully reverse its HIV epidemic and...

Annan demands tighter G8 resource rules to aid Africa 10 May 2013 - 02:01 pm

Kofi Annan former Secretary- General, United Nations and Chairman, Kofi Annan Foundation, Switzerland (2-L) Caroline Kende-Robb Executive Director, Africa Progress Panel (APP), Switzerland...

Woman rescued after 17 days trapped in rubble of Bangladesh factory 10 May 2013 - 01:53 pm

DHAKA: A woman was rescued on Friday after spending 17 days trapped under the rubble of a Bangladesh factory building that collapsed on...

Cleric Abu Qatada may leave Britain voluntarily 10 May 2013 - 01:11 pm

In a file picture taken on November 13, 2012 Jordanian terror suspect Abu Qatada arrives at his home in northwest London after he...

France fears more cases of deadly SARS-like virus 10 May 2013 - 12:34 pm

LILLE, France: French health authorities said on Thursday they feared the country's first case of a new SARS-like virus that has killed 18...

Khamenei adviser enters Iran's presidential contest 10 May 2013 - 12:29 pm

An Iranian man (L) sits under a portrait of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as he registers his candidacy for the upcoming presidential...

Iraq-Turkey oil export pipeline halt continues 10 May 2013 - 12:24 pm

LONDON: Exports of Iraqi crude oil through the Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline to Turkey have still not resumed following a bomb blast on Monday night,...

Merkel on unannounced visit to troops in Afghanistan 10 May 2013 - 12:15 pm

German Chancellor Angela Merkel (C) talks to soldiers during a visit to the base of German army Bundeswehr in Kunduz, Afghanistan. AFP photo/Kay...

Stigma hampering cervical cancer battle in India 10 May 2013 - 12:05 pm

NEW DELHI: Social stigma is harming attempts to combat cervical cancer in India where more women die annually of the disease than anywhere...

G7 nations meet as US pressures Europe over austerity 10 May 2013 - 11:36 am

LONDON: Finance ministers and central bank chiefs from the Group of Seven leading economies will meet in the English countryside on Friday for...

ABB chief executive Hogan to step down 10 May 2013 - 11:22 am

ZURICH: Swiss-Swedish engineering giant ABB said on Friday its chief executive Joe Hogan had decided to leave the company "for private reasons," but...

Panasonic logs $7.5bn annual loss 10 May 2013 - 10:45 am

"Panasonic" logo is displayed outside of the Panasonic Centre building, the company's showroom in Tokyo. TOKYO: Panasonic said Friday its net loss reached...

Nissan says annual profit nearly flat 10 May 2013 - 10:41 am

Nissan Chief Executive Officer Carlos Ghosn speaks at a news conference at its headquarters in Yokohama, south of Tokyo May 10, 2013. Reuters/Toru...

Four dead in blast on Pakistan election eve 10 May 2013 - 10:35 am

MIRANSHAH, Pakistan: A motorbike bomb close to party political offices killed four people and wounded 15 in a town in Pakistan's restive tribal...

Philippine Navy denies Taiwan shooting 10 May 2013 - 10:33 am

An undated handout photo released by Liuqiu fishing committee in southern Pingtung county, on May 10, 2013 shows the Guang Ta Hsin 28...

Tokyo's Nikkei surges past five-year high on weak yen 10 May 2013 - 10:14 am

TOKYO: Tokyo stocks surged 2.93 percent to close at their highest level in more than five years Friday following the dollar's jump past...

Rapper Psy wows Harvard with global appeal, dance moves 10 May 2013 - 08:18 am

South Korean singer PSY gestures as he leaves Harvard University's Memorial Church in Cambridge, Massachusetts May 9, 2013. CAMBRIDGE, Mass: South Korean rapper...

Sharp shares soar after 5,000 job cuts report 10 May 2013 - 08:10 am

TOKYO: Shares in struggling Japanese electronics maker Sharp jumped more than seven percent Friday after a report it will cut an extra 5,000...