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The NR Eye: Need for empowerment policy 15 Apr 2013 - 04:57 am

by Moiz Mannan Amnesty seekers, deportees, job losers… Is the Gulf ‘dream’ turning into a nightmare? Has this happened overnight? It is just...

Roadside bomb blast in Swat kills politician 15 Apr 2013 - 04:54 am

PESHAWAR: A roadside bomb planted by the Taliban in restive northwest Pakistan killed a political party official yesterday, a month before the country...

Political parties bending poll publicity rules 15 Apr 2013 - 04:54 am

LAHORE: Some political parties in Pakistan seem to have found a way around the Election Commission rules, which specify the sizes of campaign...

YouTube ban paving way for hackers to have proxy access 15 Apr 2013 - 04:53 am

KARACHI: Cyber domains in Pakistan, especially official sites of the government have been exposed to a grave threat of hacking as majority of...

Sindh plans to use private guards for poll security 15 Apr 2013 - 04:53 am

KARACHI: The government in Pakistan’s southern Sindh province has decided to engage private guards for the day of polling under a ‘security plan’...

Drone strikes claim four lives in North Waziristan 15 Apr 2013 - 04:52 am

MIRANSHAH: At least four militants have been killed by a US drone strike yesterday in Pakistan’s northwestern tribal belt, security officials said. The...

US ready to reach out: Kerry 15 Apr 2013 - 04:51 am

US Secretary of State John Kerry (left) and Japan’s Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida respond to questions during a news conference at Iikura Guest...

Two men held for Taiwan train explosives 15 Apr 2013 - 04:51 am

TAIPEI: Taiwan police yesterday arrested two men on suspicion of setting explosive devices on a high-speed train that prompted the evacuation of more...

China bird flu spreads; two more deaths, 11 new cases 15 Apr 2013 - 04:51 am

BEIJING: China’s H7N9 bird flu spread west to the central province of Henan yesterday, as government websites and state media reported two deaths...

Attack on Sri Lanka daily targets Tamil vote: Party 15 Apr 2013 - 04:50 am

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s main Tamil party accused the government yesterday of attacking the biggest opposition newspaper in an attempt to silence its political...

Maduro upbeat as Venezuelans line up to vote 15 Apr 2013 - 04:49 am

Venezuela’s opposition leader and presidential candidate Henrique Capriles (right) arrives to vote for the successor to late president Hugo Chavez in Caracas yesterday....

US Senate to take up gun control measure 15 Apr 2013 - 04:48 am

WASHINGTON: The US Senate could vote as early as Wednesday on expanded background checks for gun buyers, but leading lawmakers said yesterday it...

British university attacks BBC over North Korea trip 15 Apr 2013 - 04:48 am

LONDON: A leading British university criticised the BBC yesterday for arranging an academic trip to North Korea to make an undercover documentary, saying...

Croatians go to polls in first vote for EU MPs 15 Apr 2013 - 04:48 am

ZAGREB: Croatians elected European MPs for the first time yesterday but, with full EU membership three months away, low turnout suggested that euro-enthusiasm...

Five die in Belgian bus accident 15 Apr 2013 - 04:47 am

BRUSSELS: Five people died and several were badly injured when a bus carrying Russian youngsters on their way to Paris crashed early yesterday...

Global forum highlights improved patient safety 15 Apr 2013 - 04:46 am

The Minister of Public Health and Secretary of Supreme Council of Health H E Abdullah bin Khalid Al Qahtani receives a special hockey...

Role of translation in spotlight 15 Apr 2013 - 04:45 am

Dr Amal Al Malki, Executive Director of Translation and Interpreting Institute, during her presentation. DOHA: Hamad bin Khalifa University’s (HBKU) Translation and Interpreting...

PHCC tries for top Canadian accreditation 15 Apr 2013 - 04:44 am

By Fazeena Saleem DOHA: Primary healthcare in Qatar needs to further improve its services and performances to obtain an international recognition, said an...