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Football: Ferguson dismisses Rooney to PSG speculation 19 Apr 2013 - 02:31 pm

Manchester United's Scottish manager Alex Ferguson looks on before the English Premier League football match between West Ham United and Manchester United at...

Chinese poachers' ship hauled off Philippine reef 19 Apr 2013 - 02:30 pm

PUERTO PRINCESA, Philippines: A Chinese fishing vessel that ran aground on one of the Philippines' most famous coral reefs more than a week...

Eight killed in Iraq attacks on eve of polls 19 Apr 2013 - 02:30 pm

BAGHDAD: Mortars and a bombing north of Baghdad killed eight people on Friday, on the eve of Iraq's first polls since US troops...

GM to launch 17 models in China this year 19 Apr 2013 - 01:52 pm

SHANGHAI: General Motors will launch 17 new or updated models in China this year as it seeks to maintain dominance in the world's...

Saudi opens luxury rehab centre for Qaeda militants 19 Apr 2013 - 01:15 pm

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia is hoping to wean jailed Al-Qaeda militants off religious extremism with counselling, spa treatments and plenty of exercise at a...

Taliban attack kills 13 Afghan police 19 Apr 2013 - 12:29 pm

KABUL: Taliban insurgents killed 13 local policemen Friday in an attack on their checkpoint in southeast Afghanistan, officials said. The policemen were sleeping...

WHO data on bird flu raises new questions about human transmission 19 Apr 2013 - 11:09 am

BEIJING: More than 50 percent of patients infected with a new type of bird flu in China had no contact with poultry, the...

Rockets wound eight near Pakistan election rally 19 Apr 2013 - 11:09 am

PESHAWAR, Pakistan: A rocket attack close to a Pakistani election rally wounded at least eight people on Friday in a troubled tribal district...

Baghdad cafe bomb kills 27 as unrest spikes before vote 19 Apr 2013 - 11:09 am

BAGHDAD: Violence spiked as Iraq readied Friday for its first elections since US troops withdrew, with 27 people killed in a late-night bombing...

Asia Crude-Qatar sells June al-Shaheen at steady premiums 19 Apr 2013 - 09:44 am

SINGAPORE: Qatar International Petroleum Marketing Co, or Tasweeq, sold eight 600,000-barrel cargoes of al-Shaheen crude for June loading at steady premiums from the...

S. Korea court jails North spy for China activities 19 Apr 2013 - 09:44 am

SEOUL: A South Korean court on Friday sentenced a convicted North Korean spy to four years in prison for collecting information on the...

Taiwan's ex-president transferred to prison hospital 19 Apr 2013 - 09:42 am

TAIPEI: Taiwan's ailing former president Chen Shui-bian has been transferred to a prison hospital to continue serving his 20-year jail term for corruption,...

Judge tosses Viacom copyright suit against YouTube 19 Apr 2013 - 09:41 am

SAN FRANCISCO: A US judge dismissed for the second time Thursday a billion-dollar lawsuit by entertainment giant Viacom accusing Google-owned website YouTube of...

UN says 6.8 million need aid in Syria, raps Damascus 19 Apr 2013 - 09:40 am

UNITED NATIONS, United States: Nearly seven million people need humanitarian assistance in Syria, a senior United Nations official said Thursday, criticizing Damascus for...

World's oldest person turns 116 in Japan 19 Apr 2013 - 09:38 am

This file handout photo received on April 19, 2011 by the Kyotango City government shows Jiroemon Kimura of Japan laughing at his home...

Google profit climbs with online ad revenue 19 Apr 2013 - 09:25 am

SAN FRANCISCO: Google said Thursday its profit climbed to $3.35 billion in the first three months of the year as revenue thrived despite...

Microsoft profits rise despite weak PC market 19 Apr 2013 - 08:23 am

NEW YORK: US technology giant Microsoft on Thursday reported a 19 percent year-on-year increase in profit despite contending with the fast-declining personal computer...

Malala to make UN speech in July 19 Apr 2013 - 08:23 am

LONDON: Malala Yousafzai, the teenage girl shot by the Taliban for promoting girls' education, will make her first public speech on her 16th...