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No more Nato reports on attacks 06 Mar 2013 - 09:07 am

KABUL: The Nato-led military force in Afghanistan will no longer publish statistics on Taliban insurgent attacks, the coalition said yesterday, a week after...

Malaysia attacks Philippine group 06 Mar 2013 - 09:05 am

Filipino protesters burn a placard with a picture of Philippine President Benigno Aquino and Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak during a rally outside...

Social well-being China’s priority 06 Mar 2013 - 09:05 am

BEIJING: China’s government pledged yesterday to repair the country’s ravaged environment and boost public services under its new leadership, an acknowledgment that quality...

Twitter hack exposes Africa's cyber weaknesses 06 Mar 2013 - 09:05 am

JOHANNESBURG: Hackers have claimed the scalp of the South African Ministry of State Security's Twitter account, underlining concerns that Africa may be the...

North Korea threatens to scrap armistice 06 Mar 2013 - 09:04 am

SEOUL/UNITED NATIONS: North Korea yesterday threatened to scrap an armistice that ended the 1950-53 civil war and sever a military “hotline” with the...

Rebel ceasefire fuels eastern Myanmar land grabs 06 Mar 2013 - 09:04 am

BANGKOK: Land grabs have intensified in eastern Myanmar after a ceasefire between Karen ethnic minority rebels and the army paved the way for...

Russia to ‘back UN sanctions’ 06 Mar 2013 - 09:04 am

MOSCOW: Russia is ready to back a draft UN Security Council sanctions resolution against North Korea over its third nuclear test if it...

Millions of Indians facing worst drought in decades 06 Mar 2013 - 09:04 am

MUMBAI: Millions of people in western India are suffering their worst drought in more than four decades with critics blaming official ineptitude and...

Sharp shares soar on Samsung tie-up reports 06 Mar 2013 - 09:03 am

TOKYO: Shares in embattled Sharp soared Wednesday after reports that South Korean rival Samsung would become its biggest foreign shareholder, highlighting the fading...

Filipinos now can work in Iraq, Yemen 06 Mar 2013 - 08:58 am

MANILA: Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) can be deployed again to Iraq and Yemen. Labour Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration...

Royal visit 06 Mar 2013 - 08:55 am

Britain’s Catherine Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge, receives flowers from three-year-old Isobelle Laursen during her visit to Peaks Lane fire station in Grimsby, northern...

Italian president mulls technocrat govt 06 Mar 2013 - 08:55 am

ROME: Italian President Gio-rgio Napolitano is considering appointing a new technocrat government led by a non-politician as one way out of Italy’s political...

German flight set to take off with comet tourists 06 Mar 2013 - 08:55 am

FRANKFURT: A German travel agency is selling tickets for a flight to give 88 astronomy buffs a close-up view of one of two...

Briton jailed for $1.8m heist after 20 years on run 06 Mar 2013 - 08:54 am

LONDON: A British man dubbed “Fast Eddie” who spent nearly 20 years on the run in the United States was jailed yesterday for...

One in five of lawmakers women: IPU 06 Mar 2013 - 08:54 am

GENEVA: The share of women in the world’s parliaments has risen to a new high topping 20 percent, with quotas the driving the...

Nuclear power capacity grew again in 2012: IAEA 06 Mar 2013 - 08:53 am

VIENNA: The world’s nuclear power generation capacity grew again in 2012 after a drop in 2011 in the wake of the Fukushima disaster,...

Clashes continue in Egypt’s Port Said 06 Mar 2013 - 08:52 am

Riot policemen fire tear gas and hurl stones at protesters during clashes in front of Security Directorate in Port Said city, 170km northeast...

Big powers want fast results in Iran talks 06 Mar 2013 - 08:52 am

VIENNA: Six world powers called yesterday for quick and concrete results in nuclear negotiations with Iran that have resumed after an eight-month hiatus,...