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Climate change real economic risk, World Bank tells G20 16 Feb 2013 - 02:23 pm

MOSCOW: The president of the World Bank on Saturday warned the finance chiefs of the world's leading economic powers that global warming is...

Doping-IOC plans conference on WADA role amid strained ties 16 Feb 2013 - 01:19 pm

BERLIN: The International Olympic Committee is planning a conference on the role of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) to improve the drugs in...

Suicide bomber kills senior Iraqi army officer 16 Feb 2013 - 12:29 pm

MOSUL, Iraq: A suicide bomber killed a senior Iraqi army intelligence officer and three bodyguards on Saturday when he detonated his explosives at...

Philippines hopes law will avert launder blacklisting 16 Feb 2013 - 12:21 pm

MANILA: The Philippines hopes to avoid being put on a blacklist of money-laundering havens after President Benigno Aquino signed a new law boosting...

Gunmen shoot Sri Lanka investigative journalist 16 Feb 2013 - 11:33 am

COLOMBO: Unidentified gunmen have shot and seriously wounded a Sri Lankan investigative journalist, colleagues and officials said on Saturday, an incident likely to...

Philippines calls for peaceful solution to Borneo stand-off 16 Feb 2013 - 11:32 am

LAHAD DATU, Malaysia: The Philippines on Saturday called for a peaceful resolution to a tense stand-off between Malaysian forces and a group of...

Saudi's Kingdom Holding buys stake in Chinese online retailer 16 Feb 2013 - 11:15 am

ABU DHABI: Kingdom Holding Co, the international investment firm of Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, and a consortium of investors have bought...

Bahrain police find bomb on causeway to Saudi Arabia 16 Feb 2013 - 10:57 am

ABU DHABI: Bahrain police found a bomb planted on a causeway linking the island to Saudi Arabia, and four officers were shot and...

Australian senator to be deported from Malaysia 16 Feb 2013 - 09:53 am

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian authorities are preparing to deport an Australian senator who said on Saturday he had been refused entry because he was...

6.2 quake shakes Philippines' Mindanao 16 Feb 2013 - 09:52 am

MANILA: A powerful 6.2-magnitude earthquake rocked the southern Philippine island of Mindanao on Saturday triggering panic, but there were no immediate reports of...

No buried Spitfires in Myanmar 16 Feb 2013 - 09:32 am

YANGON: The sponsor of a British-led team hunting for dozens of rare World War II Spitfires said to have been buried in Myanmar...

Bird flu outbreak hits 582,000 chickens in Mexico 16 Feb 2013 - 09:12 am

MEXICO CITY: A bird flu outbreak at seven farms in central Mexico has affected as many as 582,000 chickens, an animal health agency...

Facebook network hit by 'sophisticated' attack 16 Feb 2013 - 08:39 am

SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook said Friday its computer system was "targeted in a sophisticated attack" last month, but that it found no evidence any...

HH the Emir congratulates Lithuanian President 16 Feb 2013 - 08:36 am

DOHA: HH the Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani has sent a cable of congratulations to the President of Lithuania on the...

Aquarium fights to get disabled turtle swim 16 Feb 2013 - 05:29 am

KOBE, Japan: Life looked grim for Yu, a loggerhead turtle, when she washed up in a Japanese fishing net five years ago, her...

Legion of Honour 16 Feb 2013 - 05:25 am

French President Francois Hollande (right) shakes hands with Indian Nobel laureate Amartya Sen after presenting him with France’s highest civilian award, the Legion...

Govt moves to cancel dodgy helicopter deal 16 Feb 2013 - 05:25 am

NEW DELHI: India is seeking to cancel a $750m order for a dozen helicopters from Italian defence group Finmeccanica, the defence ministry said...

Owaisi gets bail, to be released today 16 Feb 2013 - 05:25 am

Hyderabad: MIM leader Akbaruddin Owaisi was yesterday granted bail in cases of hate speech in Adialabad and Nizamabad districts of Andhra Pradesh. He...