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Protest march 15 Mar 2013 - 11:53 pm

Anti-government protesters, holding banners reading ‘Never Surrender’, march during a demonstration organised by Bahrain’s main opposition party Al Wefaq, in the village of...

Tunisia sets timetable for constitution, polls 15 Mar 2013 - 11:52 pm

TUNIS: Tunisian lawmakers voted yesterday to have a draft constitution ready by the end of April and hold elections by December at the...

UN women text a threat: Brotherhood 15 Mar 2013 - 11:51 pm

CAIRO: Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood has warned that a UN document demanding global standards to prevent violence against women is un-Islamic and would lead...

12 killed in Iraq ahead of invasion anniversary 15 Mar 2013 - 11:51 pm

BAGHDAD: Separate gun attacks north of Baghdad killed 12 security members — eight soldiers and four militiamen — yesterday, a second deadly day...

Water problem 15 Mar 2013 - 11:36 pm

A man filling water containers in a slum area in Manila. Nearly two-thirds of people in the Asia-Pacific region have no clean, piped...

Envoy seeks to mend Beijing ties 15 Mar 2013 - 11:34 pm

MANILA: The Philippines dispatched a new ambassador to China yesterday with a mandate to improve ties amid a festering territorial dispute between the...

Prosecutor claims gains in ex-president’s trial 15 Mar 2013 - 11:34 pm

MANILA: A Commission on Elections (Comelec) prosecutor claimed initial gains yesterday in the trial of former president and now Pampanga Rep Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo...

Milf bares attempts to delay talks 15 Mar 2013 - 11:33 pm

MAGUINDANAO: The chairman of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (Milf) peace negotiating panel disclosed on Wednesday attempts to postpone talks with the Philippine...

Senator sees leadership change 15 Mar 2013 - 11:32 pm

MANILA: Confident that a majority of the administration Team PNoy senatorial candidates would win, Senator Sergio Osmeña III revealed that Senator Franklin Drilon...

Cops told to beef up security during Lent 15 Mar 2013 - 11:32 pm

MANILA: Police were ordered to implement a security plan for the Lenten season and summer vacation. Philippine National Police Director General Alan Purisima...

HE Chairman of Administrative Control Authority leaves for Saudi Arabia 15 Mar 2013 - 02:45 pm

DOHA: HE Chairman of Administrative Control and Transparency Authority Abdullah bin Hamad Al-Attiyah left Friday to Saudi Arabia on a two-day official visit....

Asia Crude-Qatar sells May al-Shaheen at higher premiums 15 Mar 2013 - 02:24 pm

SINGAPORE: Qatar International Petroleum Marketing Co, or Tasweeq, sold six cargoes of al-Shaheen crude for May loading at slightly stronger premiums than the...

HH the Heir Apparent meets Prince Charles 15 Mar 2013 - 02:03 pm

DOHA: HH the Heir Apparent Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani met today at Al Bahr Palace with Prince Charles of Wales. Talks...

New Philippine envoy seeks to improve China ties 15 Mar 2013 - 02:00 pm

MANILA: The Philippines dispatched a new ambassador to China on Friday with a mandate to improve ties amid a festering territorial dispute between...

Pakistan court orders jobs reinstated for 'CIA' medics 15 Mar 2013 - 01:55 pm

PESHAWAR, Pakistan: A Pakistani court has ordered the authorities to reinstate the jobs of 17 health workers sacked over CIA efforts to track...

India alerts airports to stop Italian envoy leaving 15 Mar 2013 - 01:12 pm

NEW DELHI: India's airports have been put on alert to prevent Italy's ambassador leaving the country amid a dispute over two Italian marines...

Bomb kills three policemen in Thai south 15 Mar 2013 - 12:17 pm

NARATHIWAT, Thailand: A massive roadside bomb killed three policemen in Thailand's restive south on Friday, an army spokesman said, a fortnight ahead of...

Afghanistan's biggest-ever truck bomb defused in Kabul 15 Mar 2013 - 11:51 am

KABUL: Security forces in the Afghan capital have defused a truck bomb packed with nearly eight tonnes of explosives, the biggest of its...