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Saudi workers get 3-month reprieve 07 Apr 2013 - 04:10 am

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah RIYADH: Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia yesterday...

Egypt sectarian clashes leave five dead 07 Apr 2013 - 04:09 am

Protesters throw fireworks at the High Court building during clashes with police in Cairo, yesterday. Five people were killed in sectarian clashes near...

Mega IPO by investment company next month 07 Apr 2013 - 04:04 am

DOHA: A multi-billion dollar investment company launched by Qatar earlier this year will offer shares to citizens, local firms and institutions via a...

Sudan, JEM sign peace agreement 07 Apr 2013 - 04:00 am

The Prime Minister and Foreign Minister H E Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem bin Jabor Al Thani applauds as officials exchange documents after the...

WikiLeaks Party unveils Australian election plans 06 Apr 2013 - 02:13 pm

SYDNEY: Whistleblowing group WikiLeaks unveiled plans Saturday to field candidates in at least three states in Australia's elections and said it would be...

Five die in Christian-Muslim clashes in Egypt 06 Apr 2013 - 02:11 pm

CAIRO: Five Egyptians were killed and eight wounded during clashes between Christians and Muslims in a town near Cairo, security sources said on...

Safe crackers steal nearly $3min S.Africa rhino horn 06 Apr 2013 - 02:08 pm

JOHANNESBURG: Thieves have made off with 66 rhino horns worth some $2.75 million in one of the biggest horn heists South Africa has...

10 killed in suicide attack on Iraq campaign meet 06 Apr 2013 - 02:07 pm

BAQUBA, Iraq: A coordinated attack involving a suicide bombing on a open-air election campaign meeting north of Baghdad killed at least 10 people...

First Arab Conference on Food, Drug and Medical Equipment opens 06 Apr 2013 - 01:44 pm

SHARM EL SHEIKH: The First Arab Conference on Food, Drug and Medical Equipment kicked off at Sharm El Sheikh,Egypt on Saturday under the...

Aden Governor escapes assassination attempt 06 Apr 2013 - 01:17 pm

SANAA: Governor of Aden, largest city of southern Yemen, Wahid Ali Rashid has escaped an assassination attempt by unidentified gunmen on Friday night....

Legal row over release of jailed Tunisia TV chief 06 Apr 2013 - 01:08 pm

TUNIS: The authorities in Tunisia are refusing to free TV station owner Sami Fehri despite a new court order for his release, his...

Nigerian fuel tanker explosion kills at least 36 06 Apr 2013 - 11:50 am

LAGOS: At least 36 people were killed when a fuel tanker exploded after crashing into a crowded bus in southern Nigeria, officials said...

Ukraine president considers pardoning Tymoshenko ally 06 Apr 2013 - 11:30 am

KIEV: Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has submitted a request to his pardons commission to consider an appeal to free a close ally of...

Turkey raps US absence in $22bn nuclear tender 06 Apr 2013 - 11:23 am

ANKARA: Turkey's energy minister has criticised the United States not joining in the $22 billion tender to build the country's second nuclear power...

Philippines asking $1.4m from US for reef damage 06 Apr 2013 - 11:06 am

MANILA: The Philippines will ask the United States to pay 58 million pesos ($1.4 million) in compensation for damage caused by a US...

Call for Britain to help military's Afghan interpreters 06 Apr 2013 - 10:11 am

LONDON: British military, political and academic figures on Saturday called on the government not to "abandon" the Afghan interpreters for the troops when...

Radioactive water may have leaked from Fukushima: TEPCO 06 Apr 2013 - 10:10 am

TOKYO: Radioactive water may have leaked into the ground from a tank at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, the operator said Saturday,...

Sudan says S. Sudan oil exports to resume by end May 06 Apr 2013 - 09:35 am

KHARTOUM: South Sudanese oil will be shipped again from Sudan by the end of May, official media said on Saturday, after a shutdown...