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Mobile phone subscribers surpass 123 million mark 27 Jan 2013 - 01:02 am

KARACHI: The number of cellular phone subscribers in Pakistan surpassed 123 million at the end of November 2012, according to the latest statistics...

Six workers killed in Bangladesh garment factory inferno 27 Jan 2013 - 12:54 am

DHAKA: At least six women workers were killed yesterday after a blaze swept through a small garment factory in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka,...

Myanmar army captures key Kachin outpost 27 Jan 2013 - 12:54 am

YANGON: Myanmar’s army captured a key strategic outpost in an escalating conflict in northern Kachin state, rebels said yesterday, as the government issued...

Aquino alleges China harassed Philippine boats 27 Jan 2013 - 12:54 am

MANILA: President Benigno Aquino has accused China of harassing two Philippine fishing boats in disputed South China Sea waters, allegedly driving out one...

No proof Arroyo pocketed PCSO funds, says witness 27 Jan 2013 - 12:53 am

MANILA: There is no proof that detained former president and now Pampanga congresswoman Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo had pocketed part of confidential and intelligence funds...

Last Japanese body from Algeria siege flown back 27 Jan 2013 - 12:52 am

TOKYO: The body of the last of 10 Japanese nationals killed in the Algerian hostage crisis arrived in Japan yesterday as the prime...

World Economic Forum 27 Jan 2013 - 12:37 am

Japan defends stimulus; yen policy under fire 27 Jan 2013 - 12:34 am

DAVOS: Japan’s economy minister rejected criticism yesterday that his country’s extraordinary fiscal and monetary stimulus programme was aimed at weakening the yen and...

Pranab issues veiled warning to Pakistan 26 Jan 2013 - 03:39 pm

King of Bhutan Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuk shakes hands with President Pranab Mukherjee, as Bhutanese Queen Jetsun Pema Wangchuck (left) and Mukherjee’s daughter...

New Delhi to press for Headley’s extradition 26 Jan 2013 - 03:38 pm

New Delhi: India said yesterday that it will continue to press for the extradition of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative David Headley, sentenced by a...

Scientist Yashpal, Dravid, Mary Kom get Padma honours 26 Jan 2013 - 03:38 pm

New Delhi: Noted scientists Yashpal and Roddam Narasimha, cricketer Rahul Dravid, actor Rajesh Khanna and comedian Jaspal Bhatti (both posthumous), and boxer Mary...

Six die as fire ravages Mumbai slum 26 Jan 2013 - 03:36 pm

MUMBAI: A fire killed six people when it ripped through a slum in the heart of Mumbai yesterday and left hundreds more homeless,...

Jeet wins $50,000 Asian literary prize 26 Jan 2013 - 03:36 pm

Jaipur: Novelist-poet Jeet Thayil (pictured), whose novel Narcopolis was nominated for the Man Booker Prize, became the first Indian to win the $50,000...

Shah Rukh Khan tops Forbes India celebrity list 26 Jan 2013 - 03:36 pm

MUMBAI: Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan (pictured), tops the first Forbes India Celebrity 100 with annual estimated earnings last year of $37.7m, the...

Milad-ul-Nabi 26 Jan 2013 - 03:34 pm

People chant as they sit on top of a vehicle during a procession marking the birthday of Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him),...

Suicide attack on Nato convoy kills 5 civilians 26 Jan 2013 - 03:34 pm

KABUL: A suicide car bomber attacked a Nato convoy in Afghanistan’s strategic Kapisa province yesterday, killing at least five civilians and wounding 20,...

Army retires official for having beard 26 Jan 2013 - 03:33 pm

ISLAMABAD: A retired Major of the Pakistan Army has accused the khaki leadership of following in the footsteps of General (Retd) Pervez Musharraf,...

Aid cut to Pakistan will be a draconian move, says Kerry 26 Jan 2013 - 03:33 pm

ISLAMABAD: American Senator John Kerry, President Barack Obama’s nominee for secretary of state, said during his confirmation hearing yesterday that cutting US aid...