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Tajik jailed for killing president's relative 19 Jan 2013 - 02:34 pm

DUSHANBE, Tajikistan: Tajikistan sentenced to 26 years in prison a man convicted of murdering the brother-in-law of President Emomali Rakhmon, sources in the...

Girls’ school blown up in Peshawar 19 Jan 2013 - 02:33 pm

PESHAWAR: A girls’ primary school has been blown up on Saturday in the capital city of Pakistan’s northwest province Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. No casualties...

Algeria gas plant raiders are led by Jihadi veteran 19 Jan 2013 - 02:10 pm

ALGIERS: The field commander of the Islamist group that attacked a gas plant in the Algerian desert this week and seized many hostages...

African leaders discuss speedy deployment of troops to Mali 19 Jan 2013 - 01:46 pm

BAMAKO: West African leaders and France were poised to meet Saturday at an emergency summit in Ivory Coast to fast track the deployment...

HRW urges Egypt to halt deportations to Syria 19 Jan 2013 - 11:59 am

BEIRUT: Egypt government unlawfully expelled two Syrian refugees back to the war-ravaged country last week, and two Palestinians from Syria now risk being...

Rape cases in New Delhi jump 23 percent in 2012 19 Jan 2013 - 11:46 am

NEW DELHI: Rape cases in New Delhi jumped 23 percent in 2012 from a year earlier, according to official figures, highlighting rising crime...

Yemen gunmen blow up oil pipeline 19 Jan 2013 - 10:41 am

ADEN: Gunmen in southeast Yemen have blown up an oil pipeline that transports some 8,000 barrels per day to export terminals on the...

Banned Armstrong says he wants to compete again 19 Jan 2013 - 10:31 am

LOS ANGELES: Shamed cyclist Lance Armstrong wants to return to competitive sport, but says the driving force behind his belated doping confession was...

Japan says will join child abduction treaty 19 Jan 2013 - 08:54 am

WASHINGTON: Japan's foreign minister said Friday his country's new government would join a treaty on child abductions, addressing one of the few rifts...

100 Ryanair passengers stranded at French airport 19 Jan 2013 - 08:01 am

BEAUVAIS, France: About 100 passengers were stranded at Beauvais airport north of Paris on Saturday after Irish low-cost carrier Ryanair cancelled their flight...

Philippine worker recounts Algeria hostage drama 19 Jan 2013 - 07:42 am

MANILA: A Philippine worker taken hostage by Islamist militants at a remote Algerian gas field recounted on local television Saturday how he escaped...

Jammu and Kashmir freezes 19 Jan 2013 - 05:25 am

Kashmiri youth throw snow balls during a snowfall in Srinagar yesterday. A cold wave tightened its grip on Jammu and Kashmir with most...

India can try Italian marines, rules top court 19 Jan 2013 - 05:25 am

NEW DELHI: India has jurisdiction to try two Italian marines charged with killing two fishermen, the Supreme Court said in a long-awaited ruling...

Talks offer welcomed; Islamabad criticises ‘Pakistan-bashing’ 19 Jan 2013 - 05:24 am

New Delhi/Jaipur: India yesterday welcomed the “positive statements” coming from Pakistan on talks to defuse tensions and said the border flare-ups of the...

Restrictions on foreigners in new surrogacy rules 19 Jan 2013 - 05:24 am

NEW DELHI: India has issued new rules barring foreign gay couples and single people from using surrogate mothers to become parents, drawing sharp...

Maoists attack IAF helicopter 19 Jan 2013 - 05:24 am

Raipur: An Indian Air Force helicopter had to make an emergency landing at a forested location in Chhattisgarh last evening after Maoist rebels...

Delhi gang rape: SC moved for mental test of juvenile accused 19 Jan 2013 - 05:23 am

New Delhi: The Supreme Court yesterday issued a notice to the central government on a petition seeking that the juvenile accused in the...

Karachi shuts down after politician killed 19 Jan 2013 - 05:22 am

KARACHI: Shops, businesses and schools shut across Pakistan’s financial capital Karachi yesterday, as the city braced for further unrest following the funeral of...