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Qadri’s party may take part in election 19 Jan 2013 - 05:22 am

ISLAMABAD: A cleric who has been pushing for electoral reforms in Pakistan will resort to street protests again if the government does not...

No Taliban peace talks under way: Cunningham 19 Jan 2013 - 05:22 am

KABUL: There are no significant peace talks under way with the Taliban, the US ambassador to Afghanistan said, despite years of Western and...

Investigator in PM case found dead 19 Jan 2013 - 05:21 am

ISLAMABAD: A case officer investigating a corruption scandal involving Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf was found dead yesterday in Islamabad, officials said. The...

Trilateral trade talks postponed due to protest 19 Jan 2013 - 05:21 am

ISLAMABAD: Tahirul Qadri’s sit-in has forced the government of Pakistan to postpone a two-day meeting of commerce ministers of Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran,...

11 dead, two missing in Jakarta floods 19 Jan 2013 - 05:20 am

JAKARTA: Floods in Indonesia’s capital Jakarta have left at least 11 people dead and two missing, authorities said yesterday as murky brown waters...

Myanmar government announces ceasefire with Kachin rebels 19 Jan 2013 - 05:20 am

YANGON: The Myanmar military will observe a ceasefire in its fight with ethnic Kachin rebels with effect from today, state television reported, but...

Suu Kyi defends donations from businessmen close to junta 19 Jan 2013 - 05:19 am

NAYPYIDAW: Myanmar pro-democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi yesterday defended her party’s controversial decision to accept donations from businessmen close to the former...

Working age population declines in China 19 Jan 2013 - 05:19 am

BEIJING: China’s working age population declined for the first time in recent decades in 2012, the government said yesterday, detailing the extent of...

Executed Sri Lankan maid’s mother refuses Saudi money 19 Jan 2013 - 05:17 am

COLOMBO: The mother of a Sri Lankan maid beheaded in Saudi Arabia for murder has rejected offers of cash from Saudi well-wishers following...

Fire aftermath 19 Jan 2013 - 05:13 am

A Filipino victim carrying her baby returns to her burnt house following a blaze in Cainta, yesterday. Hundreds of families lost their homes...

Definitely no shootout: Justice official 19 Jan 2013 - 05:13 am

MANILA: Two of the 13 had their hands raised in surrender but were shot at close range. The rest were killed, as Justice...

Hundreds of families flee Maguindanao clan wars 19 Jan 2013 - 05:12 am

COTABATO: Hundreds of families have fled yesterday as fierce fighting between two warring clans erupted in the restive southern Philippines, a local military...

11,000 people displaced by flooding in Caraga 19 Jan 2013 - 05:12 am

manila: More than 11,000 people in the Caraga region have been displaced due to floods caused by the tail end of a cold...

Manila to seek damages for US navy ship mishap 19 Jan 2013 - 05:12 am

MANILA: The Philippines will seek damages from the United States after a navy ship ran aground on a coral reef in a protected...

Pond owner raises rare blue, black milkfish 19 Jan 2013 - 05:11 am

DAGUPAN CITY: Rare species of black and blue bangus (milkfish) are being raised in a fishpond in Barangay Bonuan Gueset here. Ed Maramba,...

French-backed Malian troops reclaim towns 19 Jan 2013 - 05:07 am

A Malian gendarme checks the identity of people crossing a strategic bridge over a dam on the Niger River secured by French forces...

EU ready to look at Serbia accession talks: Rompuy 19 Jan 2013 - 05:06 am

BRUSSELS: Serbia has made enough progress in normalising relations with Kosovo for the EU to look at the possibility of opening accession talks...

Berlusconi’s poll recovery shakes Italy election race 19 Jan 2013 - 05:06 am

ROME: Four-time Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi extended his surge in Italy’s opinion polls yesterday, increasing prospects that the centre-left Democratic Party now leading...