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Generators caused Bangladesh disaster 04 May 2013 - 02:57 am

DHAKA: A top investigator probing last week’s garment factory disaster in Bangladesh yesterday blamed vibrations from four illegal generators for the collapse of...

Fiji regime lets three opposition parties register 04 May 2013 - 02:56 am

SUVA: Fiji’s military regime said yesterday it had given three political parties permission to contest elections scheduled for next year, the first vote...

Heavy rain kills 11 in Myanmar 04 May 2013 - 02:56 am

YANGON: At least 11 people have died — mainly gold miners — and four others remain missing after heavy rains battered townships in...

Job fair 04 May 2013 - 02:55 am

Jobseekers read work vacancy advisories during a job fair inside a mall in Quezon City, Manila. The Philippines' Department of Labour and Employment...

Govt changes tack on communist insurgents 04 May 2013 - 02:55 am

MANILA: The Philippine government wants to get inputs from the people in New People’s Army (NPA)-infested areas before peace talks with the communist...

Poll panel satisfied with test of optical scan machines 04 May 2013 - 02:55 am

MANILA: No major problems were encountered at the start of the final testing and sealing of precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machines, Commission...

Marcos Jr declares P437m net worth 04 May 2013 - 02:54 am

MANILA: Of the seven senators who have filed their statements of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALN), Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos is the...

Mancao fears for his life 04 May 2013 - 02:54 am

MANILA: Fearful for his life and saying he was a victim of injustice, former police superintendent Cezar Mancao has walked out of detention...

Lawmakers spending funds on hospitals, roads 04 May 2013 - 02:54 am

MANILA: Senatorial candidates who are incumbent lawmakers are spending their Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) for providing medical assistance, livelihood training and financial...

Lightning strike kills soldier 04 May 2013 - 02:54 am

ZAMBOANGA: A sentry soldier was killed while his comrade was severely hurt when lightning struck their post yesterday while they were on guard...

Prosecutor in Bhutto, Mumbai cases killed 04 May 2013 - 02:49 am

Pakistani police officials examine the bullet-riddled car of slain government prosecutor Chaudhry Zulfiqar after an attack by gunmen in Islamabad, yesterday. ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s...

Afghan interpreters take legal action to stay in Britain 04 May 2013 - 02:48 am

LONDON: Lawyers for three Afghan interpreters who served with British forces fighting the Taliban in southern Afghanistan said yesterday they had launched a...

Father kills daughter 04 May 2013 - 02:48 am

KABUL: In front of 300 villagers, Halima’s father shot her in the head, stomach and waist — a public execution overseen by local...

Report on Bin Laden’s killing yet to be made public 04 May 2013 - 02:47 am

ISLAMABAD: The much-awaited report of the Abbottabad commission, tasked with probing the May 2, 2011 raid which led to the death of Osama...

ANP candidate shot dead 04 May 2013 - 02:46 am

KARACHI: A candidate running for parliament in next week’s historic Pakistani election was shot dead yesterday along with his three-year-old son after praying...

Report on Bin Laden’s killing yet to be made public 04 May 2013 - 02:42 am

ISLAMABAD: The much-awaited report of the Abbottabad commission, tasked with probing the May 2, 2011 raid which led to the death of Osama...

Sarabjit given a martyr’s send-off; doctors say motive was to kill 03 May 2013 - 11:41 pm

Dalbir Kaur lights the pyre of her brother Sarabjit Singh in Bhikhiwind, Punjab, yesterday. Bhikiwind, Punjab: Sarabjit Singh, the Indian prisoner who died...

Azerbaijan minister arrives 03 May 2013 - 11:40 pm

Azerbaijan Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov (right) greets Indian Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid at a meeting in New Delhi yesterday. Mammadyarov is on a...