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Alleged abuse in Malaysia alarms Manila 11 Mar 2013 - 01:07 am

Filipino Jamalul Kiram III (right), Sultan of the Philippine island-province of Sulu who has laid claim to the Malaysian state of Sabah, listens...

Lawyer declines post of Comelec commissioner 11 Mar 2013 - 01:06 am

MANILA: Lawyer Maria Bernadette Sardillo declined her appointment as Commission on Elections (Comelec) commissioner and President Benigno Aquino has accepted her decision. Deputy...

New law to curb cable TV signal tapping 11 Mar 2013 - 01:06 am

MANILA: Illegal tapping of signals provided by cable television (CATV) network and destruction or removal of cable Internet facilities will be penalised under...

Political dynasties still rule the roost: Study 11 Mar 2013 - 01:06 am

MANILA: Political dynasties continue to reign in the Philippine political landscape, especially in isolated and far-off provinces, despite anti-dynasty initiatives of civil society,...

Philippines welcomes release of UN peacekeepers 11 Mar 2013 - 01:05 am

MANILA: The Philippine government yesterday welcomed the release of its 21 UN peacekeepers after they were freed by Syrian rebels and crossed into...

Hagel’s press meet dropped 11 Mar 2013 - 01:04 am

US Secretary of Defence Chuck Hagel being greeted at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan on Saturday. KABUL: Afghan President Hamid Karzai yesterday cancelled...

Karzai accuses US, Taliban of collusion 11 Mar 2013 - 01:02 am

kABUL: Afghan President Hamid Karzai yesterday ratcheted up his criticism of Washington during a visit of the US defence secretary, underscoring tension between...

Eight state heads invited to gas pipeline project inauguration 11 Mar 2013 - 01:02 am

ISLAMABAD: With the groundbreaking of the Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline project set for today despite unrelenting US opposition, the diplomatic community is buzzing over...

Pakistan premier’s personal Indian trip paid by taxpayers 11 Mar 2013 - 01:01 am

ISLAMABAD: While officials are reluctant to share details of the expenditures of Prime Minister Raja Parvez Ashraf’s Ajmer trip, his boarding a Pakistan...

Drunken row sparked anti-Christian riots 11 Mar 2013 - 01:00 am

LAHORE: Christians demonstrated in cities around Pakistan yesterday to protest after a Muslim mob torched more than 100 Christian homes following allegations of...

Blast near Pakistan mosque claims girl 11 Mar 2013 - 12:59 am

PESHAWAR: A remote-con trolled bomb exploded near a mosque in northwestern Pakistan yesterday, killing a four-year-old girl and wounding three others, an official...

Largest religious festival ends 11 Mar 2013 - 12:58 am

Devotees take a holy dip at the confluence of the Ganga and Yamuna in the early hours of the last bathing day of...

Five of nine Asian cardinals for papal poll from country 11 Mar 2013 - 12:57 am

Panaji: India’s Catholics may account for less than two percent of the country’s population but they will be Asia’s most powerful voice in...

Bengal poll panel biased towards Left: Trinamool 11 Mar 2013 - 12:57 am

Kolkata: Firing a fresh salvo at the state poll panel, West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress yesterday accused its chief of favouring the Left...

The NR Eye: Whimsical approach to Gulf returnees 11 Mar 2013 - 12:56 am

by Moiz Mannan Efforts by Indian authorities to resettle uprooted returnees from the Gulf region seem to jump from one amnesty scheme to...

Cake for Maha Shivaratri! 11 Mar 2013 - 12:55 am

Hindu devotees carry a cake onto a mini truck, for distribution during the Maha Shivaratri festival dedicated to the Lord Shiva, in Amritsar,...

Huge crowds cheer jailed Kerala leader 11 Mar 2013 - 12:55 am

Kollam: Traffic stopped, crowds went delirious and Kerala politicians shook hands with Abdul Nasser Maudany as the jailed Muslim leader came here to...

More child labourers rescued in Rajasthan 11 Mar 2013 - 12:55 am

Jaipur: A day after rescuing 168 child labourers, Rajasthan Police rescued 63 others aged between seven and 13 years from a train here...