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US TV icon Barbara Walters set to retire in 2014 29 Mar 2013 - 06:02 am

WASHINGTON: US broadcasting icon Barbara Walters, 83, is poised to announce her retirement next year in the coming weeks, US news media reported...

US launches new anti-smoking offensive 29 Mar 2013 - 05:34 am

WASHINGTON: US health officials launched a hard-hitting offensive Thursday aimed at slashing the numbers of smokers across the country following the success of...

US flies B-2 bombers over Seoul 29 Mar 2013 - 04:20 am

South Korean rescue personnel help "victims" during a drill near the border with North Korea in Paju, yesterday. SEOUL: The US said two...

Milf wants talks fast-tracked 29 Mar 2013 - 04:20 am

MANILA: The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (Milf) yesterday urged the international community to call for the fast tracking of the peace process, saying...

US vessel to be lifted from reef 29 Mar 2013 - 04:20 am

MANILA: The final sections of a US Navy ship that has been stuck on a UN World Heritage-listed coral reef in the Philippines...

Manila wins first investment-grade credit rating 29 Mar 2013 - 04:19 am

MANILA: The Philippines won its first investment-grade credit rating on Wednesday in a move President Benigno Aquino hailed as proof his country was...

Clean energy tariffs from 2014 29 Mar 2013 - 04:19 am

MANILA: The first power projects under the Philippines’ main incentive scheme for renewable energy should finally come online next year after a long...

Immigration boss in spot 29 Mar 2013 - 04:18 am

MANILA: Immigration Commissioner Ricardo David is not off the hook yet in the flight of a South Korean fugitive last March 19. Justice...

Blast kills 3 as peace talks begin 29 Mar 2013 - 04:15 am

The body of a Ranger who was killed in the roadside bomb attack by suspected separatist militants lies on a stretcher at a...

Myanmar extremists warned 29 Mar 2013 - 04:15 am

YANGON: Myanmar President Thein Sein yesterday said his reformist government would not tolerate religious extremism, following a wave of deadly Buddhist-Muslim violence in...

Japan task force to fight cyber crimes 29 Mar 2013 - 04:15 am

TOKYO: Japan will launch a 140-strong nationwide police task force next week to fight cyber attacks, including those from abroad, the National Police...

More than half of Indonesians at risk of landslides 29 Mar 2013 - 04:14 am

JAKARTA: More than half of Indonesia’s population live in areas at risk of landslides, an official said yesterday, with traditional farming methods blamed...

HK democratic hopes dashed 29 Mar 2013 - 04:14 am

HONG KONG: Hopes that Hong Kong’s 2017 election will be democratic have been dashed after a senior Chinese leader said, regardless of the...

Dutt not to seek pardon 29 Mar 2013 - 04:13 am

Actor Sanjay Dutt is comforted by his sister and Member of Parliament Priya Dutt as he breaks down during a media conference outside...

Congressional delegation invites Modi to visit US 29 Mar 2013 - 04:13 am

NEW DELHI: A visiting US congressional delegation yesterday invited Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi to the United States, despite the fact that Washington...

Property papers worthless if unregistered: SC 29 Mar 2013 - 04:12 am

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has said that a document bequeathing a property will remain just a piece of paper unless it is...

Two more women accuse writer of rape 29 Mar 2013 - 04:12 am

Satara: Two more women have accused Marathi writer Laxman Mane of raping them, police said yesterday. Earlier, three women had alleged that he...

Gang rape case: Court rejects plea 29 Mar 2013 - 04:12 am

New Delhi: The court trying the December 16 gang-rape case yesterday rejected the plea of the defence lawyer for two of the accused...