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Death toll in Bangladesh war crimes clashes reaches 53 02 Mar 2013 - 05:41 am

DHAKA: The number of people killed in clashes in Bangladesh over the conviction of Islamist leaders for war crimes rose to 53 since...

Japan riled by WHO’s cancer warning 02 Mar 2013 - 05:41 am

TOKYO: Japan yesterday insisted warnings by the World Health Organisation of a rise in the risk of cancer for people in Fukushima were...

Convicts parade on TV before execution 02 Mar 2013 - 05:40 am

BEIJING: Four gang members from Southeast Asian countries were executed in China yesterday for the murder of 13 sailors on the Mekong river,...

Two US sailors jailed for raping Okinawa women 02 Mar 2013 - 05:40 am

TOKYO: Two US sailors who raped a Japanese woman in Okinawa last October were jailed yesterday for a crime that reignited long-smouldering anger...

Thai blast wounds 6 after landmark deal 02 Mar 2013 - 05:39 am

BANGKOK: A motorcycle bomb wounded six people in southern Thailand yesterday, a day after a landmark agreement between the government and a Muslim...

Blaze horror 02 Mar 2013 - 05:37 am

A Filipino helps a firefighter with a hose during a blaze in Valenzuela City, north of Manila. Local media reports said nearly 500...

Manila and Milf ink annex on roadmap 02 Mar 2013 - 05:36 am

MANILA: The government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (Milf) signed the annex on transitional arrangements and modalities and terms of reference for...

Senatorial candidates asked to remove all illegal posters 02 Mar 2013 - 05:36 am

MANILA: All 12 senatorial candidates of the administration were ordered by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) yesterday to immediately remove campaign posters proclaiming...

Conditional Cash Transfer programme on right track 02 Mar 2013 - 05:36 am

MANILA: The Department of Social Work and Development’s Conditional Cash Transfer programme is set to achieve its goals of promoting investments in the...

Church warned over election tarpaulins 02 Mar 2013 - 05:36 am

MANILA: The Catholic Church will be charged with an election offence if Team Patay/Team Buhay tarpaulins are not removed from the façade of...

Army pledges to tackle Cotabato incursions 02 Mar 2013 - 05:35 am

COTABATO CITY: The Army yesterday vowed to swiftly address the renewed incursions by the New People’s Army (NPA) in North Cotabato’s restive Makilala...

Workers ready to dismantle bridge of US navy ship 02 Mar 2013 - 05:31 am

MANILA: Workers are ready to dismantle the bridge of the US Navy minesweeper USS Guardian on the way to its complete removal from...

Cardinals to set date for conclave 02 Mar 2013 - 05:30 am

Pope Benedict XVI arrives by helicopter at the papal summer residence at Castel Gandolfo, south of Rome, on Thursday. VATICAN CITY: Cardinals from...

British premier humiliated in election 02 Mar 2013 - 05:29 am

EASTLEIGH, United Kingdom: British Prime Minister David Cameron was under pressure yesterday after his Conservatives were beaten into third place in a key...

Cardinals to set date for conclave 02 Mar 2013 - 05:28 am

VATICAN CITY: Cardinals from around the world were summoned yesterday to meetings that will set a date for a conclave to elect a...

Key Al Qaeda commander killed in Mali: Reports 02 Mar 2013 - 05:28 am

PARIS: Efforts were under way yesterday to confirm the killing of a notorious Al Qaeda commander during fighting with French troops in Mali,...

Rwandan woman jailed for inciting genocide 02 Mar 2013 - 05:28 am

THE HAGUE: A court in the Netherlands yesterday jailed Rwandan-born Yvonne Basebya for inciting genocide in the central African nation in 1994, the...

Berlusconi attacks magistrates over bribery probe 02 Mar 2013 - 05:27 am

MILAN: Silvio Berlusconi accused Italian prosecutors yesterday of threatening a senator with jail to force him to say the billionaire former prime minister...