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Steel giants bid for ThyssenKrupp US plant 30 Jan 2013 - 08:34 am

TOKYO: The world's two biggest steelmakers are planning to bid for a US steel plant operated by Germany's ThyssenKrupp, a Japanese media report...

Russian Rosneft to invest $10 billion in Venezuela projects 30 Jan 2013 - 08:33 am

CARACAS: Russian oil company Rosneft's investment in the current projects in Venezuela will total $10 billion, the Russian state-owned oil company's president, Igor...

Air Force guards among three shot dead in Quetta 30 Jan 2013 - 08:32 am

QUETTA: Gunmen shot dead two Pakistan Air Force security guards and a shopkeeper in the country’s troubled southwestern Baluchistan province on Monday, officials...

Smog smothers north China again 30 Jan 2013 - 08:30 am

BEIJING: Residents across huge swathes of northern China battled through choking pollution at extreme levels yesterday, as Beijing was plunged into toxic twilight...

Japan’s premier signals thaw with China, suggests meet 30 Jan 2013 - 08:29 am

TOKYO: Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe yesterday suggested a summit with China would improve a relationship that has been badly troubled for months....

Philippines’ church to take on politicians 30 Jan 2013 - 08:28 am

MANILA: Catholic bishops in the Philippines vowed yesterday to vigorously campaign against politicians who ignored their “moral” teachings, after the church failed to...

Two die on boat adrift for weeks 30 Jan 2013 - 08:28 am

CILACAP, Indonesia: Two people died and one went missing after a boat carrying 25 Sri Lankan asylum-seekers drifted for weeks off Indonesia’s Java...

War crimes probe 30 Jan 2013 - 08:27 am

Germany’s investigators in the village of Oradour-sur-Glane, southern France, yesterday. An investigation for war crimes is led by German and French authorities 68...

Donors to give Mali $455m in military aid 30 Jan 2013 - 08:26 am

ADDIS ABABA: Donor countries pledged $455.5m yesterday to back military operations against Islamist militants in Mali and provide more humanitarian aid. Malian President...

Obama to outline immigration reform plan 30 Jan 2013 - 08:26 am

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama was headed to Las Vegas yesterday to begin to mobilise the US public behind a comprehensive immigration reform drive...

Debris of US fighter jet likely found off Italy 30 Jan 2013 - 08:25 am

RAVENNA, Italy: Italian Coast Guard divers searching for a missing American F-16 and its pilot were focusing yesterday on waters where a fishing...

Hidden evidence angle to nightclub blaze 30 Jan 2013 - 08:25 am

SANTA MARIA, Brazil: A police investigation into a Brazilian nightclub fire that killed 231 people and left dozens in critical condition turned yesterday...

Zimbabwe’s draft constitution crimps powers of president 30 Jan 2013 - 08:24 am

HARARE: A draft constitution in Zimbabwe that paves the way for an election this year curbs presidential powers and strengthens cabinet and parliament,...

Gates urges polio eradication by 2018 30 Jan 2013 - 08:21 am

LONDON: Microsoft founder Bill Gates said the battle to eradicate polio was one of the toughest the world has faced, but said it...

Two Iraqis living in US sentenced in terrorism case 30 Jan 2013 - 08:20 am

WASHINGTON: A US judge Tuesday sentenced two Iraqi men living in Kentucky to federal prison for their role in a plot to ship...

Thailand pushes back 200 Rohingya boat people 30 Jan 2013 - 08:18 am

BANGKOK: Thailand's navy blocked more than 200 Rohingya boat people from entering the kingdom as part of a new crackdown on refugees from...

Elysee Treaty celebration 30 Jan 2013 - 04:07 am

German Ambassador Angelika Storz-Chakarji (centre) and her French counterpart Jean-Christophe Peaucelle (second right), with other officials during a function to mark the 50th...

207 QP-sponsored students honoured 30 Jan 2013 - 04:06 am

H E Dr Mohammed bin Saleh Al Sada, Minister of Energy and Industry and Chairman and Managing Director of Qatar Petroleum, congratulating one...