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Absentee voting begins abroad 14 Apr 2013 - 06:36 am

MANILA: Sixty percent of the 737,759 registered absentee voters abroad are expected to cast their ballots with the month-long overseas absentee voting (OAV)...

Suu Kyi arrives in Japan 14 Apr 2013 - 06:35 am

TOKYO: Myanmar’s democracy hero Aung San Suu Kyi arrived in Japan yesterday, her first visit to the country where she spent time as...

Gunmen attack Tamil paper in Sri Lanka 14 Apr 2013 - 06:34 am

COLOMBO: Gunmen opened fire and torched the office of the main Tamil newspaper in northern Sri Lanka yesterday, the owner said, the latest...

Chavez loyalists mobilise on poll eve 14 Apr 2013 - 06:33 am

Handout picture released by the Venezuelan presidency shows Venezuela’s acting President Nicolas Maduro (left) and Argentina’s football legend Diego Maradona visiting the tomb...

Russia slaps entry ban on 18 Americans 14 Apr 2013 - 06:32 am

MOSCOW: Moscow said yesterday that Washington had dealt a severe blow to relations by barring 18 Russians from the United States over alleged...

Queen Beatrix reopens major museum 14 Apr 2013 - 06:12 am

AMSTERDAM: Fireworks and fanfare accompanied Dutch Queen Beatrix as she yesterday reopened Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum treasure trove of Golden Age masterpieces after a 10-year...

At least 26 killed in Peru bus crash 14 Apr 2013 - 06:12 am

LIMA: At least 26 people died and seven were injured early yesterday after a bus plunged 200 metres down a ravine in northern...

Thatcher’s opponents celebrate demise 14 Apr 2013 - 06:12 am

LONDON: Hundreds of opponents of Margaret Thatcher filled London’s Trafalgar Square last evening for a rain-soaked celebration of the former British prime minister’s...

12 Congo army officers arrested 14 Apr 2013 - 06:11 am

GOMA, Congo: A top Congolese official says 12 senior army officers have been arrested on charges of responsibility for mass rapes committed by...

Pope Francis forms advisory body for help in governance 14 Apr 2013 - 06:11 am

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis, in his first major decision, yesterday set up an advisory board of cardinals from around the world to help...

Gaza farmers burn tonnes of basil, mint 14 Apr 2013 - 06:10 am

Palestinian farmers burn mints at a farm in Khan Younis, in southern Gaza Strip, yesterday. GAZA: Palestinian farmers in Gaza began destroying three...

Iraqi forces cast ballots 14 Apr 2013 - 06:09 am

An Iraqi policewoman casts her vote at a polling station in Karbala, 110km south of Baghdad, yesterday. BAGHDAD: Iraqi soldiers and policemen cast...

Palestinian PM resigns after row with Abbas 14 Apr 2013 - 06:08 am

RAMALLAH: Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad resigned yesterday, leaving the Palestinians without one of their most moderate and well-respected voices just as the...

Hamas arrests ‘collaborators’ 14 Apr 2013 - 06:08 am

GAZA CITY: Security forces in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip have started arresting suspected “collaborators” with Israel after a month-long amnesty ended, a Hamas...

Tunisia publishes suspects’ images in leader’s killing 14 Apr 2013 - 06:08 am

TUNIS: The Tunisian government published the names and photographs of five people it said were suspected of involvement in the February assassination of...

Use of chemical weapons found in Syria: Report 14 Apr 2013 - 06:07 am

LONDON: British military scientists have found forensic evidence that chemical weapons have been used in the conflict in Syria, the Times newspaper reported...

Four Italian scribes freed 14 Apr 2013 - 06:07 am

Damascus: Four Italian journalists who had been held hostage in Syria for nearly two weeks have been released, say officials in Italy. The...

Tensions in Libya over bill targeting Gaddafi officials 14 Apr 2013 - 06:07 am

TRIPOLI: A bill banning associates of former dictator Muammar Gaddafi from politics risks inflaming tensions in Libya and could see top officials including...