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Bus accident kills at least 7 Syrians in Aley town 15 Mar 2013 - 11:00 am

BEIRUT: At least seven people died and 27 others injured when a bus with Syrian license plates that was carrying Syrian citizens on...

BlackBerry Z10 launched in Indonesia 15 Mar 2013 - 10:06 am

JAKARTA: BlackBerry on Friday launched its new Z10 smartphone in Indonesia, the company's third-largest market as it rapidly loses ground elsewhere to rivals...

Tokyo shares close 1.45 percent higher 15 Mar 2013 - 09:41 am

TOKYO: Tokyo stocks jumped 1.45 percent Friday, tracking gains on Wall Street and after Japan's parliament approved a new central bank governor expected...

At least three people killed in Karachi blast 15 Mar 2013 - 08:56 am

KARACHI: At least three people were killed and five others injured when a powerful bomb blast at a television network office in Karachi,...

Japan parliament approves Kuroda as BoJ chief 15 Mar 2013 - 08:55 am

TOKYO: Japan's parliament Friday approved a new central bank management team that is widely expected to back government demands for more policy action...

Samsung Electronics reshuffle sees joint CEOs 15 Mar 2013 - 08:33 am

SEOUL: Samsung Electronics announced Thursday that the heads of its consumer electronics and mobile divisions had been promoted to become joint CEOs of...

Iraq war killed 120,000, cost $800 billion 15 Mar 2013 - 08:32 am

PARIS: At least 116,000 Iraqi civilians and more than 4,800 coalition troops died in Iraq between the outbreak of war in 2003 and...

Tribute in sand 15 Mar 2013 - 06:08 am

Sand artist Sudersan Pattnaik works on a sand sculpture of Pope Francis in Puri, some 65km from the eastern city of Bhubaneswar, yesterday....

Kidney Day 15 Mar 2013 - 06:06 am

Kidney donors lie on beds in a ward at the Institute of Kidney Diseases and Research Centre in Ahmedabad yesterday. The hospital preformed...

Italian envoy barred from leaving India 15 Mar 2013 - 06:06 am

New Delhi: The Supreme Court yesterday restrained the Italian envoy from leaving the country following Rome’s refusal to send back two marines to...

Cabinet clears anti-rape bill 15 Mar 2013 - 06:06 am

New Delhi: The union cabinet yesterday cleared a bill for harsher punishments for rapists, after agreeing to replace the word “sexual assault” with...

Minister hints Pakistan behind Srinagar attack 15 Mar 2013 - 06:05 am

New Delhi: The two terrorists killed in Srinagar seemed to be foreign ‘fidayeen’ (suicide attackers), Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said yesterday. Items recovered...

Govt to hand over plots of land to rural poor: Reports 15 Mar 2013 - 06:05 am

NEW DELHI: The government is drawing up a major new welfare reform which would hand small plots of land to millions of homeless...

Sri Lanka told to release 53 fishermen 15 Mar 2013 - 06:05 am

New Delhi/Colombo: India yesterday told Sri Lanka to treat the 53 Indian fishermen arrested by its navy humanely and release them at the...

Telecom firms banned from providing live cricket updates 15 Mar 2013 - 06:05 am

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has prohibited telecom operators and mobile value added service (VAS) providers from giving live updates of cricket...

Nato ‘faces increased threat of attack’ 15 Mar 2013 - 06:03 am

US President Barack Obama (right) looks on as his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai gestures during a meeting in the Oval Office at the...

Two Czech women tourists abducted in Baluchistan 15 Mar 2013 - 06:03 am

QUETTA: Unknown attackers kidnapped two Czech women tourists in western Pakistan, officials of both countries said yesterday. The Czech Foreign Ministry said the...

Afghan massacre accused to undergo sanity review 15 Mar 2013 - 06:03 am

TACOMA: A US soldier charged with slaying 16 civilians in Afghanistan will undergo a sanity review set to begin next week to determine...