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Manila third deadliest place for media 03 May 2013 - 04:05 am

MANILA: A New York-based journalists’ organisation identified the Philippines as the third deadliest place for journalists, following conflict-torn countries Iraq and Somalia. For...

Labour department job fairs attract 40,000 applicants 03 May 2013 - 04:04 am

MANILA: Thousands came, but only a few were chosen. Close to 40,000 job seekers trooped to the different government-initiated job fairs nationwide. However,...

Armed Forces to acquire grenades worth $1m 03 May 2013 - 04:04 am

MANILA: The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) will acquire close to P40m ($1m) worth of hand grenades to be used for security...

Comelec launches video ahead of May 13 polls 03 May 2013 - 04:03 am

MANILA: Less than two weeks before the May 13 polls, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) has released a voter education video reminding the...

PM demands justice over Sarabjit’s death 03 May 2013 - 04:02 am

New Delhi: Anger erupted in India yesterday over the death of Sarabjit Singh after a barbaric attack in a Lahore jail with Prime...

Pakistan charges two with murder 03 May 2013 - 04:01 am

LAHORE: Pakistan has charged two prisoners with the murder Sarabjit in jail, officials said yesterday. Sarabjit Singh, who was sentenced 16 years ago...

Speaker rejects demand to remove 2G JPC chief 03 May 2013 - 04:01 am

New Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar yesterday rejected the opposition demand for removal of P C Chacko as the head of the...

Don’t wear skirts while in India, ADB advises delegates 03 May 2013 - 04:00 am

NEW DELHI: Women attending the Asian Development Bank’s (DB) annual meeting in New Delhi have been advised to avoid wearing short skirts since...

IKEA gets approval to open stores 03 May 2013 - 04:00 am

NEW DELHI: The government yesterday approved a plan worth almost $2bn by Swedish furniture giant IKEA to open stores in India for the...

SOCCER CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SPAIN BARCELONA REAL MADRID BULL 03 May 2013 - 03:59 am

Group: ViewsEurope Credit: BLEIBEL Source: Daily Star - Beirut, Lebanon Keywords: COLOR SOCCER CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SPAIN BARCELONA REAL MADRID BULL 042813 Provider: CartoonArts...

Islam for peace and moderation 03 May 2013 - 03:55 am

By Sadullah Khan Islam is salaam (peace) and tasleem (submission to the Divine). In Islam Peace is the standard, it is the principle,...

Why Islam is unique 03 May 2013 - 03:54 am

By Waleed Ahmed Najmeddine Islam is unlike any other religion because it is not merely a belief to which one adheres, but rather...

Obama’s picks 03 May 2013 - 03:53 am

US President Barack Obama announces Penny Pritzker (right) as his new nominee for the US Secretary of Commerce and Michael Froman (left) as...

US holds ‘last’ annual Green Card lottery 03 May 2013 - 03:53 am

WASHINGTON: Around 100,000 people were chosen from several million to get a head start on a US Green Card, in what could be...

British fraudster jailed for selling fake bomb detectors 03 May 2013 - 03:53 am

LONDON: A British businessman was sentenced to 10 years in jail yesterday after a judge described him as having “blood on his hands”...

Over 270,000 pedestrians killed each year: WHO 03 May 2013 - 03:52 am

GENEVA: More than 270,000 pedestrians are killed on the world’s roads each year, the World Health Organisation said yesterday, slamming decades of neglect...

BBC star admits sex abuse 03 May 2013 - 03:52 am

LONDON: Veteran BBC broadcaster Stuart Hall pleaded guilty to sex offences yesterday, the latest British TV star from the 1970s and 1980s to...

Merkel’s partners to launch ‘survival’ election battle 03 May 2013 - 03:52 am

BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s coalition partners kick off their battle for September elections at the weekend, under threat of being booted out...