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Bomb kills four, wounds 28 in Pakistan's Peshawar 09 Mar 2013 - 01:12 pm

PESHAWAR, Pakistan: A bomb explosion inside a Sunni Muslim mosque on Saturday killed four people and wounded 28 others in Pakistan's northwestern city...

Court dismisses Nokia patent claims against HTC 09 Mar 2013 - 12:53 pm

TAIPEI: Taiwan's top smartphone maker HTC said Saturday a German court had dismissed two patent infringement complaints brought against the company by Finnish...

Uhuru Kenyatta elected Kenyan president 09 Mar 2013 - 12:20 pm

Supporters of presidential candidate Uhuru Kenyatta celebrate upon learning of his victory in Kenya's national elections in Nairobi. NAIROBI: Uhuru Kenyatta has won...

Egyptian court confirms death sentences for 21 soccer fans 09 Mar 2013 - 12:08 pm

CAIRO: An Egyptian court confirmed on Saturday death sentences given to 21 soccer fans for their role in a stadium riot in Port...

Suicide attack in eastern Afghanistan kills 8 children 09 Mar 2013 - 11:11 am

KHOST, Afghanistan: A suicide attack in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday killed eight children and one policeman, officials said, adding the target of the...

Arafat death probe results to be announced end of May 09 Mar 2013 - 10:06 am

GENEVA: The results of a probe into claims that Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat was poisoned by polonium will not be known until the...

UN group seized on Syrian Golan set to be freed 09 Mar 2013 - 09:55 am

DAMASCUS: A group of 21 Filipino UN peacekeepers seized by Syrian rebels on the Golan are expected to be freed Saturday during a...

Kabul suicide bomber kills nine during Hagel visit 09 Mar 2013 - 08:42 am

Afghanistan National Army (ANA) soldiers lift a destroyed car as they remove it from the site of a sucide attack next to the...

Women’s day 09 Mar 2013 - 03:16 am

White cloth bags emblazoned with slogans denouncing rape are seen hung from mannequins at a fashion store in Mumbai yesterday on the occasion...

PM: Opposition attacks stem from jealousy 09 Mar 2013 - 03:16 am

New Delhi: Expressing confidence that growth will bounce back to 7-8 percent, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh yesterday said the opposition should be more...

Ajmer shrine chief to boycott Pakistani premier’s visit 09 Mar 2013 - 03:16 am

JAIPUR: The spiritual head of a revered Muslim shrine which Pakistani Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf was set to visit today said yesterday...

Kingfisher plea over tax demand rejected 09 Mar 2013 - 03:15 am

New Delhi: In a jolt to business baron Vijay Mallya, the Supreme Court yesterday dismissed a petition by his Kingfisher Airlines challenging the...

25 injured in Kashmir violence 09 Mar 2013 - 03:06 am

Policemen stand guard on a street during a curfew in Srinagar Srinagar: Twenty-five people, including security personnel and protesters, were injured across the...

Malnutrition fund used to fix buses 09 Mar 2013 - 03:06 am

MUMBAI: A fund of millions of dollars raised to help malnourished children in Maharashtra has been diverted to maintain public buses, a report...

Delhi gets small version of TED Talks 09 Mar 2013 - 03:06 am

New Delhi: The high-powered TED Talks — short for Technology, Entertainment and Design — have come to the Indian capital in a micro-level...

New Delhi: A court has directed the police to register an FIR on a complaint filed by a doctor against Bharatiya Janata Party...

Malaysia arrests 50 in strife-hit state 09 Mar 2013 - 03:05 am

FElda sahabat: Malaysian police said yesterday they had arrested more than 50 people in a remote state for suspected links to a nearly...

Vietnam unleashes communism debate 09 Mar 2013 - 03:04 am

HANOI: When Vietnam’s communist leaders asked for public comment on their plan to amend the country’s constitution they did not anticipate unleashing an...