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Govt seeks investor confidence with austerity budget 25 Feb 2013 - 06:44 am

NEW DELHI: Finance Minister P Chidambaram will present a belt-tightening budget this week in a bid to win back investor confidence, steering clear...

Karat flags off CPI-M’s southern march 25 Feb 2013 - 06:44 am

Kanyakumari: CPI-M general secretary Prakash Karat yesterday launched the southern leg of his party’s “Sangharsh Sandesh Jatha” (march for struggle) — that will...

Scientists develop arsenic detection tool 25 Feb 2013 - 06:26 am

Kolkata: Scientists in Kolkata have developed a new high-precision technique to detect arsenic in water, a toxic substance widespread in the groundwater of...

Karzai orders US forces out of two provinces 25 Feb 2013 - 06:24 am

A US soldier from International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) keeps watch in Kabul, yesterday. Afghan intelligence officers shot dead at least one would-be...

Karachi killings widen sectarian divide 25 Feb 2013 - 06:23 am

KARACHI: When Aurangzeb Farooqi survived an attempt on his life that left six of his bodyguards dead and a six-inch bullet wound in...

19 Pakistani diplomats to lose jobs next month 25 Feb 2013 - 06:22 am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s 19 ambassadors will be losing their jobs next month with the exit of the incumbent government since they are non-career and...

Sunday bazaars lose charm 25 Feb 2013 - 06:22 am

ISLAMABAD: Sunday bazaars in Pakistan are losing their charm, as encroachments continue to spring on footpaths outside the sale points. At the weekly...

Pakistan to identify 100 top smugglers 25 Feb 2013 - 06:21 am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Federal Board of Revenue Chairman Ali Arshad Hakeem has said that 100 top smugglers of goods would be identified to make...

Four Bangla protesters die in police firing 25 Feb 2013 - 06:15 am

Supporters of Islamic political parties burn an effigy of a blogger inside a madrassa during a nationwide strike in Dhaka, yesterday. DHAKA: Islamists...

Maldives denies deal as ex-president back in action 25 Feb 2013 - 06:15 am

MALE: The Maldivian government yesterday denied any deal to allow former president Mohamed Nasheed to end his refuge at the Indian embassy in...

North Korea honours nuclear scientists 25 Feb 2013 - 06:15 am

SEOUL: North Korea has awarded state medals and other honours to thousands of scientists and workers behind its recent nuclear test, state media...

Philippines sends mercy ship to Malaysia 25 Feb 2013 - 06:14 am

MANILA: The Philippines was preparing last night to send a mercy ship to pick up scores of followers of a Filipino sultan who...

China military drive to avoid extravagance in spending 25 Feb 2013 - 06:14 am

BEIJING: China’s military has introduced new rules to combat “extravagance and waste” in spending, state media said Sunday, as the country’s new leaders...

Austerity-hit Italians vote in elections 25 Feb 2013 - 06:13 am

ROME: Italians fed up with austerity voted yesterday in the country’s most important election in a generation, as Europe held its breath for...

Drug-tainted horsemeat likely in food chain: France 25 Feb 2013 - 06:12 am

PARIS: Horsemeat containing a drug potentially harmful to humans has probably entered the food chain, France announced yesterday, as Italy became the latest...

African leaders sign deal to end Congo conflict 25 Feb 2013 - 06:12 am

ADDIS ABABA: African leaders signed a UN-mediated deal yesterday aimed at ending two decades of conflict in the east of the Democratic Republic...

Anastasiades elected Cyprus president 25 Feb 2013 - 06:12 am

NICOSIA: Rightwing leader Nicos Anastasiades won yesterday’s presidential election in Cyprus, tasked with negotiating a crucial bailout for the EU state on the...

Chuck Hagel ‘not qualified’ to be secretary of defence: McCain 25 Feb 2013 - 06:11 am

WASHINGTON: Republican Senator John McCain yesterday said that his former colleague Chuck Hagel was not qualified to be US defence secretary but the...