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Clean-up drive 21 Apr 2013 - 02:34 am

Students, environmental activists and volunteers collect garbage in an effort to clean up the coast of the Paranaque Coastal Habitat and Ecotourism area,...

Philippine paper falls for fake Aquino Time cover 21 Apr 2013 - 02:34 am

MANILA: A top Philippine newspaper yesterday was taken in by a spoof cover of Time magazine depicting President Benigno Aquino with his mouth...

Malaysian election campaign begins 21 Apr 2013 - 02:33 am

Permatang Pauh: Malaysian premier Najib Razak and opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim yesterday kicked off their rival campaigns for May 5 elections likely to...

Indonesian leader appoints acting finance minister 21 Apr 2013 - 02:33 am

JAKARTA: Indonesia’s president has appointed a political cohort with little financial experience as acting finance minister, as the nation battles a weakening currency...

Another bird flu death, four new infections in China 21 Apr 2013 - 02:33 am

SHANGHAI: China reported another death and four new infections from a new strain of bird flu yesterday, raising the death toll to 18,...

Cambodian PM warns of ‘war’ 21 Apr 2013 - 02:31 am

PHNOM PENH: Cambodia’s strongman Prime Minister Hun Sen said the country risks civil war if the opposition wins polls later this year and...

Iraq holds first elections since US pullout 21 Apr 2013 - 02:29 am

An Iraqi woman casts her vote at a polling station during provincial elections in Baghdad yesterday. BAGHDAD: Iraqis voted yesterday in the country’s...

Mubarak stays in detention despite second release order 21 Apr 2013 - 02:29 am

CAIRO: A Cairo court yesterday ordered Egypt’s former president Hosni Mubarak released on charges of illicit gains, the second release order for him...

Saudi deputy defence minister replaced 21 Apr 2013 - 02:28 am

RIYADH: The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia has removed veteran deputy defence minister Prince Khaled...

US fears promise of Arab Spring may be lost 21 Apr 2013 - 02:27 am

WASHINGTON: Global hopes that democracy could replace dictatorships in Arab Spring nations risk being crushed by repressive regimes, the United States warned in...

Court postpones trial of 26 alleged militants in Egypt 21 Apr 2013 - 02:27 am

CAIRO: A Cairo court postponed the trial yesterday of 26 alleged Islamist militants accused of planning attacks against the Egyptian state, after the...

Mursi to reshuffle cabinet 21 Apr 2013 - 02:27 am

CAIRO: Egypt’s President Mohammed Mursi is set to announce a cabinet reshuffle, a presidential aide said yesterday, but it is unlikely to meet...

Qaeda gunmen kill intelligence officer in Yemen 21 Apr 2013 - 02:25 am

SANA’A: Suspected Al Qaeda militants shot dead a Yemeni intelligence officer in Mukalla, capital of the southeastern Hadramawt province, near here, a security...

Bahrain prince admits ‘issues’ on F1 race eve 21 Apr 2013 - 02:24 am

Bahrain’s Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa (centre) speaks to the media after the qualifying session for the Bahrain F1 Grand Prix...

Deep-seated animosity trumps Palestinian calls for unity 21 Apr 2013 - 02:24 am

RAMALLAH: After prime minister Salam Fayyad resigned, Palestinian politicians immediately called for elections and a national unity government to reconcile bitter rivals Fatah...

Israel police parade cuffed Palestinian to protesters 21 Apr 2013 - 02:24 am

JERUSALEM: Israeli police paraded a cuffed Palestinian teenager to protesters in what a human rights group charged yesterday was abuse of a “human...

Peacekeeper shot dead in Darfur region 21 Apr 2013 - 02:23 am

KHARTOUM: An international peacekeeper was shot dead by unknown gunmen in an eastern part of Sudan’s Darfur region, the joint African Union-United Nations...

Mursi says no secret deals with Qatar 21 Apr 2013 - 01:29 am

DOHA: Egyptian President Mohammed Mursi (pictured) yesterday laughed off rumours that Qatar is going to buy Suez Canal, saying there are no secret...