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Tokyo shares end 0.47pc lower on profit-taking 12 Apr 2013 - 09:14 am

TOKYO: Tokyo stocks eased 0.47 percent Friday on profit-taking, although losses were limited by the weak yen and another record close on Wall...

Saudi awards Jubail fuel oil tender to SITME at high premium 12 Apr 2013 - 08:51 am

SINGAPORE: Saudi Arabia, the world's largest oil exporter has awarded up to 400,000 tonnes of cracked fuel oil from its joint venture refinery...

Psy back in saddle with new single 'Gentleman' 12 Apr 2013 - 07:48 am

SEOUL: "Gangnam Style" star Psy unveiled Friday the follow-up to his global hit with another catchy dance tune infused with his signature self-mocking...

India, Germany ink six deals 12 Apr 2013 - 04:51 am

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and German Chancellor Angela Merkel speak with students of an Indian school, at the Chancellery in Berlin, yesterday. BERLIN:...

Oil imports from Iran not to be cut 12 Apr 2013 - 04:51 am

Berlin: The Indian government does not intend to cut oil imports from Iran due to US-backed sanctions and the recent decline in purchases...

Tytler open to lie detector test 12 Apr 2013 - 04:51 am

New Delhi: Congress leader Jagdish Tytler, facing re-investigation in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, yesterday said there was nothing against him as yet...

We were not in bus: Delhi gang rape accused 12 Apr 2013 - 04:51 am

New Delhi: Vinay Sharma and Pawan Gupta, two of the accused in the December 16, 2012, gang rape, yesterday told a Delhi court...

University violence trivial: Trinamool 12 Apr 2013 - 04:51 am

Kolkata: Describing vandalism in Presidency University allegedly by its activists as a “trivial” matter, the Trinamool Congress yesterday castigated the media for not...

India-born lawyer set to be senior US judge 12 Apr 2013 - 04:50 am

Washington: Indian-American legal luminary Srikanth ‘Sri’ Srinivasan appears set to become the first South Asian judge in the prestigious US Court of Appeals...

Chittagong armoury raid hero dead 12 Apr 2013 - 04:50 am

Kolkata: Legendary revolutionary Binod Bihari Chowdhury, the sole surviving raider of the Chittagong armoury in 1930, an event that shook the British Raj,...

RTE Act’s success hailed 12 Apr 2013 - 04:50 am

New Delhi: The Right to Education (RTE) Act has ensured that the education budget in most states has doubled, and 11 million more...

Pakistan election candidate shot dead 12 Apr 2013 - 04:41 am

Relatives mourn Fakhrul Islam, 46, who was a candidate for the secular Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), in Hyderabad, yesterday. KARACHI: A Pakistani grocer...

Islamabad’s economy in trouble 12 Apr 2013 - 04:40 am

ISLAMABAD: A missing link in the ADB’s analysis of political failures in Pakistan is the role of bureaucrats in running the affairs of...

15 rebels, soldier die in Peshawar shootout 12 Apr 2013 - 04:40 am

PESHAWAR: Fifteen militants and one soldier were killed yesterday when the Pakistani military mounted another operation in a week of fighting designed to...

Top officials banned from foreign visits 12 Apr 2013 - 04:40 am

ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Pakistani Prime Minister Hazar Khoso has banned foreign visits of federal secretaries of divisions and heads of departments and autonomous bodies...

Only 43.5pc women are voters 12 Apr 2013 - 04:40 am

ISLAMABAD: Women in Pakistan are nearly 50 percent of the country’s population, but only 43.5 percent are registered voters, while the situation is...

Energy firm warns of worsening crisis 12 Apr 2013 - 04:39 am

KARACHI: While energy crisis has become part of life in Pakistan, power shortfall is expected to be worsen during the summer months owing...

Taiwan-Japan agreement 12 Apr 2013 - 04:38 am

Japan’s Interchange Association Chairman Mitsuo Ohashi (left) with Taiwan’s Association of East Asian Relations Chairman Liao Liao-yi after the signing of an agreement...