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Biting the bullet 11 Apr 2013 - 01:41 am

A Philippine marine bites the primer of 155mm Howitzer round, a US marine ritual for soldiers firing the Howitzer for the first time,...

S Korea, US on ‘vital threat’ alert 11 Apr 2013 - 01:39 am

SEOUL: South Korean and US forces raised their alert status to “vital threat” yesterday ahead of an expected North Korean missile test, with...

Japan-Taiwan fishing accord on the way 11 Apr 2013 - 01:39 am

TOKYO: Japan and Taiwan are close to an agreement on fishing rights in waters near islands at the centre of a territorial row...

China fishermen face Manila court 11 Apr 2013 - 01:39 am

MANILA: President Benigno Aquino III yesterday assured that appropriate charges will be filed against the Chinese fishermen, whose boat ran aground in Tubbataha...

Myanmar activist told to return prison uniform 11 Apr 2013 - 01:39 am

YANGON: More than four years after he was freed by the junta, Myanmar’s longest-serving political prisoner has been ordered to return the uniform...

$500,000 payout for death row trio 11 Apr 2013 - 01:38 am

TAIPEI: Taiwan will pay a total of Tw$15m ($500,000) compensation to three men who spent more than 11 years on death row before...

12 detained over bird flu rumours 11 Apr 2013 - 01:38 am

SHANGHAI: China has detained at least 12 people for spreading false rumours about H7N9 bird flu, government statements showed yesterday, as authorities sought...

Bus plunge: 30 feared drowned 11 Apr 2013 - 01:38 am

DHAKA: About 30 people were feared drowned after an overcrowded bus plunged into a deep river in southern Bangladesh yesterday, police said. The...

Obama proposes $3.77tr budget 11 Apr 2013 - 01:36 am

US President Barack Obama speaks about his proposed Fiscal 2014 budget in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, yesterday....

Key US senators reach deal on gun sale background checks 11 Apr 2013 - 01:36 am

WASHINGTON: A Democratic and a Republican senator said yesterday that they had struck a deal to expand background checks for gun buyers, boosting...

UK ‘test tube baby’ pioneer Edwards dies 11 Apr 2013 - 01:36 am

LONDON: Robert Edwards, a British Nobel prize-winning scientist known as the father of IVF for pioneering the development of “test tube babies”, died...

Fake Rockefeller guilty of murder 11 Apr 2013 - 01:35 am

LOS ANGELES: A German man who posed as a member of the Rockefeller family after allegedly killing his landlord in California was found...

Exhibition of inventions 11 Apr 2013 - 01:34 am

Exhibitors displaying their inventions at the 41st International Exhibition of Inventions, New Techniques and Products, in Geneva, Switzerland, yesterday. Left: Chen Hsing-Feng of...

Brazen theft from Parisian bridge baffles city 11 Apr 2013 - 01:34 am

PARIS: The gilded Pont Alexandre III bridge in Paris has lost some of its sparkle after thieves made off with the historic monument’s...

Hollande vows crackdown on tax cheats 11 Apr 2013 - 01:33 am

PARIS: French President Francois Hollande yesterday vowed to “eradicate” tax havens, increase checks on officials’ finances and crack down on tax cheats as...

Austerity putting children at risk: UN 11 Apr 2013 - 01:33 am

GENEVA: The UN warned yesterday that austerity measures are hitting children hard, as it published a ranking of kids’ well-being in rich countries...

Louvre Museum closes after staff walkout 11 Apr 2013 - 01:33 am

PARIS: Paris’s Louvre Museum was closed yesterday due to a walkout by some staff over a rise in aggressive pickpockets including children sometimes...

Russia to lend Serbia $500m, pledges support on Kosovo 11 Apr 2013 - 01:32 am

GORKI: Russia granted Serbia a $500m loan yesterday and promised to back Belgrade in its dispute with Kosovo but warned it must broker...