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Torture death case: Bahrain jails two cops 13 Mar 2013 - 02:32 am

DUBAI: A Bahraini court sentenced two policemen to 10 years in jail yesterday for torturing to death a Shia protester, and acquitted three...

Kuwait expresses dismay to UN over Iraqis’ border protest 13 Mar 2013 - 02:32 am

DUBAI: Kuwait has expressed dismay to the United Nations over a protest by stone-throwing Iraqis against the demarcation of the border, state media...

Iran crackdown jeopardises fair poll: UN 13 Mar 2013 - 02:31 am

GENEVA: Iran’s silencing of journalists and opposition leaders could jeopardise the legitimacy of the presidential election in June, a United Nations human rights...

Bashir accepts Kiir invite to visit South 13 Mar 2013 - 02:31 am

KHARTOUM: Sudan’s President Omar Hasan Al Bashir has accepted an invitation to visit South Sudan, his press secretary said yesterday, in the latest...

Hamas gives collaborators a month to repent 13 Mar 2013 - 02:30 am

GAZA CITY: Gaza’s Hamas rulers yesterday launched a month-long campaign urging alleged Palestinian “collaborators” with Israel to turn themselves in return for leniency....

Fearful Syrian voters will keep Assad in power: Hezbollah 13 Mar 2013 - 02:30 am

BEIRUT: President Bashar Al Assad is likely to run for re-election next year and win, with Syria remaining in military and political deadlock...

UAE replaces energy minister in reshuffle 13 Mar 2013 - 02:26 am

ABU DHABI: The UAE has replaced its energy minister, created a ministry of development and international cooperation, and merged foreign trade and economy...

Snowstorm disrupts transport across northwestern Europe 13 Mar 2013 - 02:25 am

Some of the wrecked vehicles in an accident on highway A45 between Giessen and Hanau near the city of Woelfersheim, Germany, yesterday. More...

Cardinals begin historic conclave to elect Pope 13 Mar 2013 - 02:25 am

VATICAN CITY: Cardinals began a conclave under Michelangelo’s famous frescoes in the Sistine Chapel yesterday to elect a successor to Benedict XVI, with...

Syria, China and Iran worst for online spying, says watchdog 13 Mar 2013 - 02:25 am

PARIS: Syria, China, Iran, Bah-rain and Vietnam are flagrantly spying online, media watchdog RSF said yesterday, urging controls on the export of Internet...

Merkel urges family-friendly Germany 13 Mar 2013 - 02:24 am

BERLIN: Chancellor Angela Merkel urged German employers to help get more women back to work after they become mothers in a country which...

Bolshoi’s cast defend acid attack dancer 13 Mar 2013 - 02:24 am

MOSCOW: More than 300 members of Russia’s world-famous Bolshoi Theatre rose yesterday to the defence of a top dancer who was charged with...

Marble factory 13 Mar 2013 - 01:32 am

Afghan labourers work at a marble stone factory on the outskirts of Jalalabad, yesterday. Afghanistan is having trouble keeping hard-earned development gains due...

Five Nato troops die in Afghan chopper crash 13 Mar 2013 - 01:32 am

KABUL: Five members of the Nato-led international force fighting in Afghanistan were killed in a helicopter crash in bad weather in the country’s...

Three perish in bomb blasts; politician targeted 13 Mar 2013 - 01:30 am

PESHAWAR: A remote-controlled bomb targeting police killed two people in northwest Pakistan yesterday, police said, hours after a blast near the home of...

Top election official in Quetta gunned down 13 Mar 2013 - 01:29 am

The body of Pakistani district election commissioner Ziaullah Qasmi is brought to a hospital following an attack by gunmen in Quetta, yesterday. QUETTA:...

Island city deal signed 13 Mar 2013 - 01:29 am

ISLAMABAD: US real estate tycoon Thomas Kramer and CEO Bahria Town Ahmed Ali Riaz Malik signed a $20bn agreement for Pakistan’s first Island...

Island city deal signed 13 Mar 2013 - 01:29 am

ISLAMABAD: US real estate tycoon Thomas Kramer and CEO Bahria Town Ahmed Ali Riaz Malik signed a $20bn agreement for Pakistan’s first Island...