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Emotional Pope celebrates final Sunday prayers 24 Feb 2013 - 07:11 pm

VATICAN CITY: Pope Benedict XVI delivered an emotional last Sunday prayer in St Peter's Square, saying God had told him to devote himself...

Israel demands Palestinian Authority curb protests 24 Feb 2013 - 07:06 pm

JERUSALEM: Israel on Sunday demanded the Palestinian Authority stem a surge of anti-Israeli protests ahead of U.S. President Barack Obama's visit to the...

Football: Focus on Parc des Princes for Beckham bow 24 Feb 2013 - 07:03 pm

PARIS: David Beckham is due to make his widely anticipated Paris Saint-Germain debut at Parc des Princes later Sunday, his presence adding extra...

Qatari Red Crescent constructs 60 residential compounds in Myanmar 24 Feb 2013 - 06:56 pm

DOHA: Qatari Red Crescent (QRC) announced the construction of 60 residential compounds with total 480 units to accommodate 480 families (approximately 3000 persons)...

45 arrested in Madrid after mass demonstration 24 Feb 2013 - 06:55 pm

MADRID: Forty-five people have been arrested in Spain during disturbances following a demonstration on Saturday by tens of thousands of people against spending...

Philippines sends mercy ship to Malaysia 24 Feb 2013 - 06:51 pm

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

Blast in Vietnam film effects warehouse kills 10 24 Feb 2013 - 06:47 pm

HANOI: Twin blasts at a warehouse owned by a cinema special effects expert killed 10 people and reduced three homes to burning rubble...

Qatar Exchange down 0.47pc 24 Feb 2013 - 06:43 pm

DOHA: The Qatar Exchange down on Sunday 41.35 points or 0.47 percent to 8,693.21 points from the previous closing of 8,734.56 points. The...

HH the Emir meets Bahraini foreign minister 24 Feb 2013 - 06:37 pm

DOHA: HH the Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani met at the Emiri Diwan office on Sunday with Bahraini Foreign Minister Sheikh...

Huge turnout in Meghalaya, Nagaland polls 24 Feb 2013 - 04:31 am

Shillong/Kohima: India’s democratic system triumphed as Meghalaya electors rejected a shutdown call by an outlawed outfit to cast votes in large numbers while...

83 percent polling in West Bengal by-elections 24 Feb 2013 - 04:30 am

Kolkata: A high average voter turnout of about 83 percent was witnessed in the by-elections in three assembly constituencies in West Bengal yesterday,...

Nasheed leaves Indian mission in Maldives 24 Feb 2013 - 04:30 am

Male/New Delhi: Former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed left the Indian High Commission in Male yesterday, 11 days after he sought refuge following an...

Progress in Hyderabad blast probe: Andhra home minister 24 Feb 2013 - 04:30 am

Hyderabad: Police have made progress in the investigations into Thursday’s twin bomb blasts at Dilsukhnagar, which claimed 16 lives and injured over 100...

SC may hear plea on pricing of natural gas 24 Feb 2013 - 04:29 am

New Delhi: The Supreme Court is likely to hear tomorrow a petition seeking the quashing of a government pricing policy which allegedly gives...

Govt unsympathetic to Lankan Tamils: Karunanidhi 24 Feb 2013 - 04:29 am

Chennai: DMK President M Karunanidhi yesterday said the central government does not seem to understand the continued suffering of Sri Lankan Tamils who...

Bus mishap 24 Feb 2013 - 04:28 am

Pakistanis gather around a bus carrying wedding guests which plunged into a canal in Charsadda on Friday. At least 13 people were killed...

Shias demand trial of militant leader 24 Feb 2013 - 04:28 am

QUETTA: Pakistani Shias yesterday demanded that the head of a banned Sunni militant group be put on trial, a day after he was...

Balochistan governor to quit, race for replacement begins 24 Feb 2013 - 04:27 am

ISLAMABAD: The race for governorship of Pakistan’s troubled southwestern Balochistan province seems to have kicked off after the incumbent governor informed the president...