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Election chairman allays bishops’ fears of rigging 01 Feb 2013 - 11:45 am

MANILA: Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman Sixto Brillantes yesterday allayed fears of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) on wholesale cheating...

Assad turns to Manila for help to end crisis 01 Feb 2013 - 11:45 am

MANILA: As bodies continued to pile up in the bloody civil war in his country, Syrian President Bashar Al Assad turned to the...

52 passengers rescued from sunken ship 01 Feb 2013 - 11:44 am

MANILA: The authorities rescued 52 passengers who were on board a vessel that was about to sink yesterday. The ship partially submerged after...

Bahraini court jails policeman for protester death 01 Feb 2013 - 11:36 am

ABU DHABI: A court in Bahrain sentenced a policeman to seven years in prison for the fatal shooting of a Shi'ite protester during...

Brent climbs towards $116 on Mideast tensions 01 Feb 2013 - 10:56 am

SINGAPORE: Brent crude climbed towards $116 a barrel on Friday, its highest level in more than three months, as escalating tension in the...

Mobile services to be suspended in Karachi 01 Feb 2013 - 09:58 am

ISLAMABAD: Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik ordered shut all mobile phone services in Karachi during Friday prayer timings from 12 noon till 3pm...

Samsung chairman wins $4bn family court case 01 Feb 2013 - 09:28 am

SEOUL: Samsung Electronics chairman Lee Kun-Hee won a court ruling Friday against demands from his siblings to hand over billions of dollars in...

Tokyo stocks end up 0.47% 01 Feb 2013 - 09:12 am

TOKYO: Tokyo stocks rose 0.47 percent on Friday as the yen fell further against the dollar and euro. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index...

Armenian presidential candidate shot 01 Feb 2013 - 09:05 am

Armenian presidential candidate Paruyr Hayrikyan is wheeled by medical staff members at the hospital in Yerevan, February 1, 2013. Hayrikyan was wounded by...

Saudi Arabia 'spares Philippines death-row convict' 01 Feb 2013 - 08:42 am

MANILA: Saudi Arabia has spared one of two Filipino men sentenced to death by beheading for separate killings, Philippine Vice President Jejomar Binay...

Blast at Mexico oil giant's headquarters kills 15 01 Feb 2013 - 08:41 am

MEXICO CITY: A huge explosion rocked the Mexico City headquarters of state-owned oil giant Pemex on Thursday, killing at least 15 people, injuring...

Twitter popularity tests conservative Gulf 01 Feb 2013 - 08:25 am

DUBAI: Twitter's unmatched platform for public opinion is emboldening Gulf Arabs to exchange views on delicate issues in the deeply conservative region, despite...

26 dead as China bridge collapses 01 Feb 2013 - 08:24 am

BEIJING: At least 26 people were killed as a bridge collapsed in central China on Friday after a truck carrying fireworks exploded, state-run...

BlackBerry faces tough battle for business users 01 Feb 2013 - 08:24 am

WASHINGTON: BlackBerry's new smartphone platform launched this week faces an uphill battle winning back corporate and government users who helped spawn the "crackberry"...

Floods in Hamburg 01 Feb 2013 - 05:18 am

A general view of floods in Hamburg, Germany, yesterday. Stormy weather caused the River Elbe to burst its banks.

Marriage is good for the heart: Study 01 Feb 2013 - 05:17 am

PARIS: Married people are less prone to heart attacks than singletons and more likely to recover if stricken, according to a Finnish study...

No meat a day keeps the doctor away 01 Feb 2013 - 05:16 am

PARIS: A vegetarian diet can cut the risk of heart disease by as much as 32 percent, according to a British study. Researchers...

Could an earlier lunchtime help you lose weight? 01 Feb 2013 - 05:15 am

NEW YORK: Want to lose weight? Eating lunch earlier rather than later may help you out. Dieters who ate early lunches tended to...