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UAE pardons more than 100 Egyptian prisoners 30 Apr 2013 - 03:32 am

DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates pardoned more than 100 Egyptian prisoners yesterday in a move hailed by the Egyptian Ambassador to Abu Dhabi...

Dozens hurt in Prague gas blast 30 Apr 2013 - 03:26 am

Rescue workers search at the scene of an explosion in downtown in Prague, Czech Republic, yesterday.dos PRAGUE: A powerful gas blast ripped through...

Boston suspect had links with slain Islamists 30 Apr 2013 - 03:26 am

MAKHACHKALA, Russia: One of the brothers suspected of carrying out the Boston bombings had made links with two figures in the Islamist anti-Kremlin...

Canada to clamp down on temporary foreign worker programme 30 Apr 2013 - 03:26 am

OTTAWA: The Canadian government was set to announce tighter rules to prevent employers from using its temporary foreign worker programme to squeeze Canadians...

Five doctors jailed for Kosovo organ trafficking 30 Apr 2013 - 03:25 am

PRISTINA: An EU-led court in Kosovo yesterday sentenced five doctors to up to eight years in prison for illegal organ harvesting and transplants. ...

France to cut armed forces by 10 percent 30 Apr 2013 - 03:23 am

PARIS: France plans to axe nearly 10 percent of all jobs in the armed forces as it battles a financial crisis, a government...

Textile bosses beg firms not to leave Bangladesh 30 Apr 2013 - 03:21 am

DHAKA: Bangladeshi textile bosses pleaded yesterday with Western clothing giants to keep doing business with them after nearly 400 people died in a...

Crying contest 30 Apr 2013 - 03:20 am

Babies, held by amateur sumo wrestlers, break into tears as a gyoji or referee checks how loud they cry during the Nakizumo Festival,...

New push to end Russia-Japan islands row 30 Apr 2013 - 03:20 am

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged yesterday to renew efforts to find a solution to a decades-long...

Most South Korean workers leave joint industrial zone 30 Apr 2013 - 03:19 am

PAJU: Most remaining South Korean workers at a troubled joint industrial zone in North Korea returned home early yesterday after Seoul ordered a...

Deploy more troops, Myanmar urged 30 Apr 2013 - 03:19 am

YANGON: Myanmar must urgently address the plight of Muslims displaced by sectarian bloodshed in western Rakhine State and double the number of security...

Manila says peace talks have failed 30 Apr 2013 - 03:19 am

MANILA: The Philippines said yesterday that peace talks with communist rebels had collapsed and a target of ending the decades-long insurgency by 2016...

Climbers, guides make peace after Everest brawl 30 Apr 2013 - 03:19 am

KATHMANDU: A trio of European climbers have made peace with a group of Nepalese guides working on Mount Everest after a “terrifying” high-altitude...

Taiwan sticks to ‘One China’ policy 30 Apr 2013 - 03:18 am

TAIPEI: Taiwan’s President Ma Ying-jeou yesterday renewed his support for the “One China” policy as the island marked the 20th anniversary of talks...

Khan urges terrorists to allow peaceful election 30 Apr 2013 - 03:17 am

Cricket legend and chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) , Imran Khan (left) addresses supporters during a general election campaign meeting in Murree, yesterday....

Agency to question Rehman Malik over Bhutto murder 30 Apr 2013 - 03:16 am

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Investigation Agency of Pakistan will be interrogating former interior minister Rehman Malik in the Benazir Bhutto assassination case, it has...

PPP willing to offer Khan PM slot 30 Apr 2013 - 03:16 am

ISLAMABAD: While Imran Khan is drawing huge crowds on his campaign trail, a senior leader of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) predicts that...

Suicide bomber kills ten in Pakistan 30 Apr 2013 - 03:15 am

PESHAWAR: A suicide bomber targeting police killed at least 10 people in northwestern Pakistan yesterday, including the son and nephew of an Afghan...