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Desmond Tutu wins $1.7m Templeton Prize 05 Apr 2013 - 11:04 am

LONDON: Anti-apartheid icon Desmond Tutu, the former archbishop of Cape Town, was yesterday awarded the $1.7m Templeton Prize for his lifelong work to...

Eritrean President leaves Doha 05 Apr 2013 - 10:34 am

DOHA: Eritrea's President, HE Isaias Afwerki, left Doha this morning concluding a several-days official visit to Qatar. He was seen off upon departure...

Truck crashes into Saudi airport, killing Iranians 05 Apr 2013 - 10:34 am

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia: A service truck crashed into a passenger lounge of Jeddah international airport in Saudi Arabia, killing two Iranian pilgrims and...

World powers and Iran seek solution at Kazakh talks 05 Apr 2013 - 09:52 am

EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton (L) and Iran's top nuclear negotiator SaeedJalili (R) pose for a photo while meeting on the sidelines...

Used fuel cooling system down at Fukushima: TEPCO 05 Apr 2013 - 09:51 am

TOKYO: The system keeping spent atomic fuel cool at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant stopped on Friday, its operator said, the latest glitch...

Tokyo stocks close up 1.58pc on record volume 05 Apr 2013 - 09:51 am

TOKYO: Tokyo stocks jumped Friday as investors embraced sweeping new Bank of Japan stimulus measures that sent the yen plunging, spelling good news...

US, Philippine troops start war games amid China tensions 05 Apr 2013 - 08:33 am

MANILA: Thousands of US and Filipino troops began annual military exercises on Friday which the Philippines said were vital to building its defence...

Sixth bird flu death in China 05 Apr 2013 - 08:21 am

SHANGHAI: A sixth person has died of the H7N9 strain of bird flu in China, state media said Friday, after authorities carried out...

29 dead in India building collapse 05 Apr 2013 - 08:05 am

Indian rescue workers and local residents look for survivors at the site of building collapse in Mumbra, on the outskirts of Mumbai on...

Samsung estimates Q1 operating profit of $7.7bn 05 Apr 2013 - 08:03 am

SEOUL: South Korea's Samsung Electronics said Friday it expected a sharp increase in first-quarter operating profit to 8.7 trillion won ($7.7 billion), up...

Myanmar Buddhist-Muslim brawl in Indonesia kills 8 05 Apr 2013 - 08:01 am

MEDAN, Indonesia: Fighting between Buddhist and Muslim asylum seekers from Myanmar at a detention centre on Indonesia's Sumatra island left eight people dead...

Not in race to be PM, says Rahul 05 Apr 2013 - 05:09 am

Rahul Gandhi, a lawmaker of the ruling Congress party, speaks during the 2013 annual general meeting and national conference of Confederation of Indian...

Man kills nine in axe rampage 05 Apr 2013 - 05:08 am

RAIPUR: A villager axed to death four women and five young girls yesterday while apparently mentally disturbed after his wife left him, police...

Schools shut, roads blocked in Bengal over student’s death 05 Apr 2013 - 05:08 am

Kolkata: Students largely stayed away from schools and colleges while traffic came to a virtual standstill in many cities of West Bengal yesterday...

Airtel 3G roaming stopped 05 Apr 2013 - 05:07 am

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court yesterday set aside its earlier order allowing telecoms operator Bharti Airtel to continue providing 3G intra-circle roaming...

Haryana IAS officer Khemka transferred again 05 Apr 2013 - 05:06 am

Chandigarh: Senior IAS officer Ashok Khemka, who had ordered a scrutiny of land deals of United Progressive Alliance chairperson Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law Robert...

20 injured in Jaipur clashes 05 Apr 2013 - 05:06 am

Jaipur: Over 20 people, including a dozen policemen, were injured in the Rajasthan capital following a violent clash between two communities yesterday, officials...

Eight kids die in bus accident 05 Apr 2013 - 05:06 am

Srinagar: Eight schoolchildren were killed and 12 others injured when their bus rolled down into a gorge near here yesterday. A senior police...