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China steps up war of words over hacking 22 Feb 2013 - 06:41 am

BEIJING: Chinese state media stepped up the war of words yesterday over allegations of sophisticated cyberattacks on US firms, branding the accusations a...

Japan hangs three murderers 22 Feb 2013 - 06:41 am

TOKYO: Japan said it hanged a child killer and two other convicted murderers yesterday, its first executions since a conservative government swept to...

Tokyo vows to keep up whale hunt after clash with activists 22 Feb 2013 - 06:41 am

TOKYO: Japan vowed yesterday to continue its whale hunt in the Southern Ocean after clashes with the militant conservationist Sea Shepherd group, which...

Sri Lankan Muslims try to defuse row over halal meat 22 Feb 2013 - 06:41 am

COLOMBO: Islamic clerics in Sri Lanka tried to calm religious tensions yesterday by telling stores to sell halal meat only to Muslims, after...

Colombo bans land sales to foreigners 22 Feb 2013 - 06:40 am

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka has decided to ban land sales to foreigners after finding that some offshore investors did not use land and property...

Crackdown on anti-Islam blogs in Bangladesh 22 Feb 2013 - 06:40 am

DHAKA: Bangladesh has launched a crackdown on Internet sites for “hurting religious feelings” in the majority Muslim nation amid protests by Islamic groups...

12 killed as two blasts rock Hyderabad 22 Feb 2013 - 06:38 am

HYDERABAD: At least 12 people were killed and more than 50 wounded when bombs ripped through a crowded suburb of Hyderabad yesterday in...

Economy a concern: President 22 Feb 2013 - 06:38 am

New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee yesterday said the UPA government was “burdened” by anxieties about the economic slowdown, job insecurity and security for...

Bomb attacks in recent years 22 Feb 2013 - 06:31 am

2006 March: Blasts in a train station and a temple in Varanasi, Hinduism’s holiest city, leave 20 people dead, mostly devotees. July: A...

Unions warn of more protests 22 Feb 2013 - 06:31 am

New Delhi: India’s financial sector, including public-sector banks, were shut and transport affected in large parts of the country during the last day...

Two more Karnataka ministers quit 22 Feb 2013 - 06:30 am

Bangalore: Two ministers quit the Karnataka government yesterday and were set to resign from the assembly and the ruling BJP too amid speculation...

Top police officer arrested in Ishrat Jahan case 22 Feb 2013 - 06:30 am

New Delhi: The CBI yesterday arrested a Gujarat police officer from Ahmedabad for his involvement in the alleged staged Ishrat Jahan shoot-out case...

Nato meeting 22 Feb 2013 - 06:29 am

US Secretary of Defence Leon Panetta (left) holds talks with his Afghanistan counterpart Bismillah Khan Mohammadi (second right) and members of his delegation...

School fire victims 22 Feb 2013 - 06:28 am

Pakistani schoolchildren recuperate at a hospital ward in Lahore, yesterday. Some 21 children and a teacher were treated for burns they had sustained...

Afghan teens of Buzkashi Boys stargazing in Hollywood 22 Feb 2013 - 06:27 am

LOS ANGELES: The teenage stars of an Oscar-nominated short film from Afghanistan arrived in Los Angeles on Wednesday for the Academy Awards after...

Ambassador accused of blasphemy 22 Feb 2013 - 06:25 am

MULTAN: Pakistani police registered an accusation from a businessman yesterday that the country’s Ambassador to the United States had committed blasphemy, a crime...

New probe law takes effect 22 Feb 2013 - 06:25 am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari yesterday signed the Investigation for Fair Trial Bill 2013 into law during a special ceremony at the...

Pakistan State Oil ‘on its knees’; blackouts likely 22 Feb 2013 - 06:24 am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan State Oil may default on payments due this month unless state-run companies at least partially pay for their oil, a spokeswoman...