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Tamil Nadu resolution on Sri Lanka rejected 30 Mar 2013 - 12:54 am

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid has said the UPA government rejects the Tamil Nadu assembly resolution calling on it to treat...

14 Holi-related deaths in Odisha, two in Bihar 30 Mar 2013 - 12:54 am

Bhubaneswar: At least 14 people were killed in separate accidents during Holi in Odisha, police said yesterday, a day after the festival of...

Five die in Mumbai factory blast 30 Mar 2013 - 12:53 am

MUMBAI: An explosion at a small factory in a Mumbai slum yesterday killed five people and injured three others when the wall of...

Pope presides over his first Good Friday 30 Mar 2013 - 12:45 am

Pope Francis prays during the Celebration of the Lord’s Passion in Saint Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, yesterday. The Pope presided over his...

Talks fail to break Italian stalemate 30 Mar 2013 - 12:45 am

ROME: Italy remained in political deadlock yesterday after a new round of talks led by President Giorgio Napolitano failed to break the stalemate...

Harry Potter actor Richard Griffiths dies 30 Mar 2013 - 12:44 am

LONDON: British actor Richard Griffiths (pictured), best known for his roles as Harry Potter’s uncle and in the cult film Withnail & I,...

Solar plane 30 Mar 2013 - 12:43 am

The Solar Impulse solar plane is seen at the Nasa Ames Research Centre in Mountain View, California. Weather conditions permitting, the Solar Impulse...

‘Facebook phone’ may ring true on April 4 30 Mar 2013 - 12:42 am

SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook fueled fresh talk yesterday about its own mobile phone after the leading social network scheduled a press announcement for next...

Ex-UK minister suing Sun over police slur story 30 Mar 2013 - 12:42 am

LONDON: Former British minister Andrew Mitchell is suing Rupert Murdoch’s The Sun newspaper over a report which claimed he called police officers “plebs”...

Warlord jailed for 45 years over Sarajevo killings 30 Mar 2013 - 12:42 am

SARAJEVO: A Montenegrin warlord was jailed for 45 years yesterday for the murder, rape and torture of non-Serb civilians in Sarajevo in the...

Putin restores Soviet ‘Hero of Labour’ title 30 Mar 2013 - 12:40 am

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday restored an honorary Hero of Labour title that was first awarded in the Lenin era to workers...

Land Day protest 30 Mar 2013 - 12:37 am

Israeli soldiers try to push a foreign demonstrator into a vehicle during a protest commemorating the deaths in 1976 of Arab-Israelis on “Land...

Car bombs kill 18 at Iraq Shia mosques 30 Mar 2013 - 12:37 am

BAGHDAD: A series of car bombs near Shia mosques targeting worshippers attending weekly prayers killed at least 18 people yesterday, the latest in...

Israel, Turkey to fix compensation for 2010 flotilla raid victims 30 Mar 2013 - 12:36 am

ANKARA: Turkish and Israeli officials will meet on April 12 for breakthrough talks over compensation for a deadly 2010 flotilla raid, for which...

Iran says hopeful of momentum in nuclear talks 30 Mar 2013 - 12:36 am

TEHRAN: Iran said yesterday it is hopeful “forward movement” continues during talks with major world powers over its controversial nuclear drive, the state...

Syria rebels take town; 38 killed in unrest 30 Mar 2013 - 12:36 am

BEIRUT: Syrian rebels have seized a key town on a main highway between Damascus and the south in their latest advance in Daraa...

Reform or face fresh protests, says Bahrain opposition chief 30 Mar 2013 - 12:35 am

DUBAI: Bahrain’s main Shia opposition group Al Wefaq has warned of fresh protests across the Sunni-ruled kingdom unless a national dialogue with the...

Ten hurt in Cairo, Alexandria clashes 30 Mar 2013 - 12:35 am

CAIRO: Clashes broke out yesterday in Cairo and Egypt’s second city Alexandria between opponents and supporters of Islamist President Mohammed Mursi, injuring 10...