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Health service in a shambles, says report 07 Feb 2013 - 06:06 am

LONDON: The deaths of hundreds of hospital patients, left without food or water in filthy conditions, exposed an urgent need to change the...

Boeing 787 probe report in weeks: Official 07 Feb 2013 - 06:06 am

WASHINGTON: The results of the National Transportation Safety Board’s probe of a battery fire on a Boeing 787 Dreamliner are expected in the...

Five killed as tsunami hits Solomon Islands 07 Feb 2013 - 06:06 am

HONIARA: A major 8.0 magnitude earthquake jolted the Solomon Islands yesterday with small tsunami waves buffeting Pacific coasts, leaving at least five people...

Minister denies plagiarising doctoral thesis 07 Feb 2013 - 06:05 am

BERLIN: Germany’s education minister said yesterday she will not resign after a university found she had plagiarised parts of her thesis but will...

US Postal Service to stop delivery of first-class mail on Saturdays 07 Feb 2013 - 06:05 am

WASHINGTON: The US Postal Service plans to drop Saturday delivery of first-class mail by August in its latest effort to cut costs after...

Colombian militants for decriminalising marijuana crop 07 Feb 2013 - 06:04 am

HAVANA: Colombia’s leftist Farc guerrillas yesterday called for the decriminalisation of the cultivation of marijuana, coca leaf and poppies in the country. The...

US warns Islamabad against Taliban deal 07 Feb 2013 - 06:03 am

Mullah Mohammad Omar ISLAMABAD: The US has warned Pakistan against striking a peace deal with the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), sources said yesterday. Washington...

Delay in funds irks Pakistan provinces 07 Feb 2013 - 06:03 am

ISLAMABAD: All four provinces of Pakistan, especially Khyber Pukhtunkhwa, (KP) has expressed concerns over non-convening National Finance Commission and NFC Award Implementation Committee...

Torrential rains claim 34, three troops missing 07 Feb 2013 - 06:03 am

ISLAMABAD: Torrential rains have killed 34 people in Pakistan, mostly on the northwestern border with Afghanistan, officials said yesterday. The worst-hit region was...

Envoy blasts Obama for drone strikes 07 Feb 2013 - 06:02 am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s ambassador to the US yesterday blasted the Obama administration for continued drone strikes in Federally Administrative Tribal Areas, calling violations a...

US invested $800m 07 Feb 2013 - 06:02 am

ISLAMABAD: The US invested $800m in development projects in Pakistan in 2012. The US Embassy said the projects involved the establishment of a...

Ashraf to visit UK 07 Feb 2013 - 06:02 am

Islamabad: Pakistani Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf will start an official five-day visit to the UK on Saturday, According to sources, he will...

London talks dismissed by Afghan Taliban 07 Feb 2013 - 05:30 am

KABUL: A Taliban spokesman yesterday dismissed the outcome of a conference in London between the leaders of Afghanistan, Pakistan and Britain which aimed...

Good governance need of the hour: Modi 07 Feb 2013 - 05:29 am

Demonstrators shout slogans as they hold placards during a protest against Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi outside a college in New Delhi, yesterday....

Budget session to start from February 21 07 Feb 2013 - 05:28 am

New Delhi: , The first half of the 2013-14 budget session of parliament will begin on February 21 and end on March 22...

Policing system must change: Antony, Dikshit 07 Feb 2013 - 05:28 am

New Delhi: Leading professionals yesterday joined Defence Minister A K Antony and Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit to press for urgent police reforms...

Avalanche hits Kinnaur, 7 rescued 07 Feb 2013 - 05:28 am

Shimla: Following three days of heavy snowfall, an avalanche hit a remote hamlet in the tribal Kinnaur district yesterday, burying two houses. At...

Heated debate in Kerala House over Suryanelli 07 Feb 2013 - 05:27 am

Thiruvananthapuram: The infamous Suryanelli sex case was the matter of much contention and heated debate in the Kerala assembly yesterday, with the government...