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Greek parliament approves 15,000 civil service job cuts 29 Apr 2013 - 09:31 am

ATHENS: The Greek parliament has passed a bill which will see 15,000 state employees lose their jobs by the end of next year....

Pakistan to play match for Malala Fund 29 Apr 2013 - 09:14 am

KARACHI: Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates are to play a charity football match to raise money for the girls' education fund set...

Exchange Rates in Qatar 29 Apr 2013 - 09:11 am

Exchange Rates in Qatar DOHA: Exchange Rates for foreign currencies as issued on Monday Qatar National Bank (QNB) are as following: Currency Buying...

Kate prank DJ to attend suicide nurse inquest 29 Apr 2013 - 08:48 am

SYDNEY: An Australian radio DJ linked to the suicide of a British nurse after a royal prank call said Monday she would attend...

Bomb kills two in Pakistan 29 Apr 2013 - 08:03 am

PESHAWAR, Pakistan: A bomb attack on a busy roadside killed at least two people and wounded 21 others in Pakistan's northwestern city of...

Thai 'Yellow Shirts' face court over airport rallies 29 Apr 2013 - 07:51 am

BANGKOK: Dozens of Thai royalist activists will appear in court Monday to deny charges relating to 2008 rallies that paralysed Bangkok's main airports...

Begging becomes business in Pakistan 29 Apr 2013 - 07:49 am

RAWALPINDI, Pakistan: The sight of children, the disabled and disadvantaged begging at all hours of the day and night in Pakistan is a...

BHP sells US copper assets for $650 million 29 Apr 2013 - 07:47 am

SYDNEY: Global mining titan BHP Billiton on Monday announced the sale of its Pinto Valley mining operation and rail assets in the United...

Ganges boat ride 29 Apr 2013 - 04:40 am

Hindu devotees take a boat ride in the Ganges river in Varanasi yesterday. The city, 320km southeast of Lucknow, is the holiest of...

Dikshit takes 1,050,000 protest letters 29 Apr 2013 - 04:39 am

New Delhi: Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit yesterday accepted the 1,050,000 letters written to her by the Delhi residents over inflated water and power...

Don’t ever vote for Congress: Modi 29 Apr 2013 - 04:39 am

Bangalore: BJP’s star campaigner and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi yesterday made a virulent attack on the Congress, especially on its vice president...

Tripura chit fund director arrested 29 Apr 2013 - 04:39 am

Agartala: The chit fund scam in West Bengal had ripple effects in Tripura, where police swung into action on public complaints and protests...

Sarabjit critical, family pleads for govt help 29 Apr 2013 - 04:36 am

Lahore/Amritsar: With doctors in a Lahore hospital describing as “slim” the chances of survival of badly beaten up Indian death row prisoner Sarabjit...

Sri Lanka posing challenge to Kerala’s ayurveda: Expert 29 Apr 2013 - 04:36 am

Guruvayoor: Its decades long ethnic conflict over, Sri Lanka is steadily emerging as a major competitor to Kerala’s ayurvedic system of medicine, a...

Young Mumbai engineer missing in Pakistan 29 Apr 2013 - 04:35 am

Mumbai: A 27-year-old engineering and management graduate from Mumbai, Hamid Ansari, who went to Afghanistan in November to find a job, has gone...

Bombings at poll offices in Pakistan kill 9 29 Apr 2013 - 04:33 am

A rescue worker collects evidence outside the election office of an independent candidate Haji Nasir Khan Afridi. The office was damaged in a...

Sharif’s daughter campaigns for father 29 Apr 2013 - 04:33 am

Nawaz Sharif addresses supporters during an election rally in Murree, yesterday. Lahore: The convoy slows. In front of the candidate’s vehicle, men dance....

Imran wants Sharif in live TV debate 29 Apr 2013 - 04:32 am

ISLAMABAD: Challenging Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif again to a live TV debate, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan (pictured) said...