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Cops thrash woman, two suspended 05 Mar 2013 - 04:40 am

Tarn Taran, Punjab: Two Punjab police personnel were suspended yesterday after they were caught on camera beating a young woman — who was...

Celebrations in Narail ahead of Pranab’s visit 05 Mar 2013 - 04:40 am

dhaka: President Pranab Mukherjee’s sasur bari (in-laws) place in Narail district of Bangladesh is in celebratory mood, waiting to greet their jamai (son-in-law)...

Thousands bury Karachi bomb victims 05 Mar 2013 - 04:38 am

KARACHI: Thousands of Pakistanis attended funerals yesterday for victims of a bombing that killed 48 people in a Shia area of Karachi, the...

Fair Afghan polls key to post-2014 peace: Nato 05 Mar 2013 - 04:26 am

KABUL: Nato chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen called on the Afghan government yesterday to ensure free and fair presidential elections next year after widespread...

Illegal arms a huge problem in Pakistan 05 Mar 2013 - 04:25 am

ISLAMABAD: If the huge number of illegal arms seized over the past five years by law enforcement agencies is anything to go by,...

Malala, Clinton top Nobel peace candidates 05 Mar 2013 - 04:25 am

OSLO: Pakistani schoolgirl-turned-icon of Taliban resistance Malala Yousafzai, ex-Eastern bloc activists and former US president Bill Clinton are in the running for this...

Global conspiracy behind unrest: Khan 05 Mar 2013 - 04:25 am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan yesterday said yesterday a larger ‘global conspiracy’ exists behind fuelling sectarian violence in Pakistan. He put...

Terrified Malaysians flee Sabah 05 Mar 2013 - 04:24 am

Coffins of Malaysian police personnel killed on Saturday in Semporna in Sabah state, are carried after their arrival at an airport in Subang,...

4 die as fresh violence, strike hit Dhaka 05 Mar 2013 - 04:22 am

DHAKA: A petrol bomb exploded outside the hotel where India’s president was staying in Bangladesh yesterday as four more protesters died in a...

South Korean ‘comfort women’ sue far-right Japan rock band 05 Mar 2013 - 04:22 am

SEOUL: A group of South Korean women forced into wartime sexual slavery by Japan filed a defamation suit yesterday against a little known,...

Manila leprosy cases not new infections 05 Mar 2013 - 04:21 am

MANILA: While the Philippines is still seeing leprosy cases in some communities, these cases are actually not new infections, the World Health Organisation...

Taiwanese nuclear plants to face OECD stress safety tests 05 Mar 2013 - 04:21 am

TAIPEI: International experts will run safety checks on Taiwan’s three nuclear power plants as parts of efforts to reassure the public following Japan’s...

Emir receives Somali President 05 Mar 2013 - 04:17 am

The Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani received Somalia President Hassan Sheikh Mahmoud at the Emiri Diwan yesterday. They discussed...

Jersey signed by Pele to be auctioned off 05 Mar 2013 - 04:17 am

DOHA: A jersey signed by Brazilian football legend Pele and a letter written by Mahatma Gandhi, the founding father of India, in 1931...

Aspetar launches injury and illness prevention programme 05 Mar 2013 - 04:16 am

Doha: Aspetar Qatar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital has launched its new injury and illness prevention programme (ASPREV). The initiative was introduced at...

Exeter team starts work on digital 3D models of QMA dhows 05 Mar 2013 - 04:06 am

The scanning team in front of the dhows. Doha: Qatar Museum Authority’s (QMA) National Museum of Qatar (NMoQ), in cooperation with a team...

Arab League Permanent Committee for ICT convenes 05 Mar 2013 - 04:06 am

Doha: The 32nd meeting of the Arab League’s Permanent Arab Committee for Information and Communication Technology is being hosted in Qatar through the...

Qatar-Saudi Coordination Council meeting 05 Mar 2013 - 04:05 am

Qatar and Saudi Arabia yesterday signed the minutes of a joint meeting of the Preparatory Committee for the fourth session of the Qatari-Saudi...