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India's Bharti to sell 5pc stake to Qatar investor 03 May 2013 - 08:22 am

NEW DELHI: India's biggest telecoms company Bharti Airtel said Friday it would sell new shares equivalent to a 5.0-percent stake in itself to...

Pakistan prosecutor in Bhutto case shot dead 03 May 2013 - 08:16 am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's main government prosecutor in the murder case of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto was shot dead in Islamabad on Friday en...

Over 600,000 personnel to monitor Pakistan poll 03 May 2013 - 04:16 am

Paramilitary soldiers head to provincial capital Quetta, ahead of general elections in Loralai, in restive Baluchistan province, Pakistan. ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will deploy more...

Nawaz Sharif confident of election landslide 03 May 2013 - 04:16 am

ISLAMABAD: Thirteen years ago Nawaz Sharif was sentenced to life in prison. Today he is confident of winning a historic third term at...

Two polling stations blown up 03 May 2013 - 04:16 am

QUETTA: Bombers yesterday blew up two schools designated as polling stations for Pakistan’s general election next week, police said. A boys’ primary school...

Musharraf questioned on rebel leader’s death 03 May 2013 - 04:16 am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistani police yesterday questioned former military ruler Pervez Musharraf over the 2006 death of a rebel leader -- one of three legal...

Pakistan and Afghan forces exchange fire along border 03 May 2013 - 04:16 am

ISLAMABAD: An Afghan border policeman was killed and two Pakistani soldiers were wounded in an exchange of fire along the border late yesterday...

Bomb kills eight Afghan police 03 May 2013 - 04:15 am

Puli Alam: A Taliban bomb killed eight Afghan police yesterday in Logar province outside the capital Kabul, officials said, four days after the...

Bomb kills eight Afghan police 03 May 2013 - 04:15 am

Puli Alam: A Taliban bomb killed eight Afghan police yesterday in Logar province outside the capital Kabul, officials said, four days after the...

Six Taliban killed in Nuristan by ISAF 03 May 2013 - 04:15 am

Kabul: Afghan security forces and the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) have killed five militants and one Taliban sniper during the past 24...

North Korea jails American for 15 years 03 May 2013 - 04:14 am

SEOUL/WASHINGTON: North Korea sentenced an American citizen to 15 years of hard labour yesterday for crimes against the state, prompting a US call...

Floating art 03 May 2013 - 04:08 am

Rubber Duck, by Dutch conceptual artist Florentijn Hofman, is seen at Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong yesterday. The 16.5-metre-tall inflatable art installation will...

Blasphemy charge against woman 03 May 2013 - 04:08 am

YANGON: Police in Myanmar, where mobs this week desecrated mosques and burned homes, said yesterday they would charge a Muslim woman for blasphemy...

Myanmar leader plans landmark US visit 03 May 2013 - 04:08 am

WASHINGTON: Myanmar’s leader plans a landmark visit to Washington this month, a source said yesterday, as the United States eased visa restrictions in...

Anwar raises voter fraud alarm 03 May 2013 - 04:07 am

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim said yesterday that tens of thousands of “dubious” voters may have been flown in to key...

Bangladesh court indicts British Muslim leader 03 May 2013 - 04:07 am

DHAKA: Bangladesh’s war crimes court yesterday indicted a Bangladesh-born British Muslim leader and a US citizen for their alleged role in the murder...

Yoghurt kills two children 03 May 2013 - 04:07 am

BEIJING: Two children died in northern China after drinking yoghurt which a disgruntled kindergarten owner had injected with rat poison. The two girls...

Rebels open to talks but set terms 03 May 2013 - 04:05 am

Communist rebels standing in formation during the 42nd anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of the Philippines, in Mindanao. MANILA: The...