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Bahrain police disperse protest 19 Jan 2013 - 03:19 am

DUBAI: Bahrain police yesterday fired tear gas to disperse Shia protesters who took to the streets of the capital Manama chanting anti-regime slogans,...

Excitement in the air 19 Jan 2013 - 03:17 am

by Abdul Basit Hundreds of aviation enthusiasts yesterday trooped to the Al Khor Airfield on the opening day of the sixth edition of...

Venezuela economy 19 Jan 2013 - 03:15 am

12 hostages killed in Algeria 19 Jan 2013 - 02:45 am

Algerian Islamists protesting in the capital Algiers, against the decision taken by President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to allow French fighter jets to fly in...

Sniper kills Al Jazeera reporter in Syria 19 Jan 2013 - 02:33 am

A combo made yesterday of a handout picture from Al-Jazeera news channel (top-L) and image grabs from a video uploaded on YouTube shows...

Small ventures aiming high 19 Jan 2013 - 02:29 am

To diversify the national economy away from oil and eventually turn it into a knowledge-based one, Qatar has taken a number of steps...

Desert kidnappers offer to swap US hostages for jailed militants 18 Jan 2013 - 07:16 pm

NOUAKCHOTT: Al Qaeda-linked kidnappers who took hundreds of people hostage at a gas plant in Algeria have offered to swap U.S. captives for...

S.Africa's Eskom drops objections to Glencore-Xstrata 18 Jan 2013 - 07:07 pm

JOHANNESBURG: South African power utility Eskom has withdrawn its objections to commodities trader Glencore's takeover of miner Xstrata, removing one of the potential...

85 arrested in Turkey raids on banned left-wing group 18 Jan 2013 - 07:05 pm

ANKARA: Turkish police launched a major nationwide crackdown Friday on a banned left-wing group, arresting 85 people including attorneys, teachers and university students,...

Niger ambassador, wife found dead in Brussels 18 Jan 2013 - 07:05 pm

BRUSSELS: Niger's ambassador to Belgium and his wife have been found dead at their residence, apparently the victims of carbon monoxide poisoning, the...

White House says in 'constant contact' with Algeria on hostages 18 Jan 2013 - 06:50 pm

WASHINGTON: U.S. President Barack Obama is receiving regular updates on the situation at an Algerian gas plant, where about 60 foreigners were being...

UK mobile firm EE to sponsor Wembley Stadium 18 Jan 2013 - 03:00 pm

LONDON: British mobile phone network operator EE is close to signing a sponsorship deal with Wembley Stadium, the home of English soccer, according...

Philippines to seek damages for US navy ship mishap 18 Jan 2013 - 02:59 pm

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

Gunmen shoot up Lebanese minister's convoy 18 Jan 2013 - 02:45 pm

TRIPOLI, Lebanon: Gunmen ambushed the convoy of a Lebanese government minister in the northern city of Tripoli on Friday, wounding three people and...

Four dead in S.Korean fishing boat fire 18 Jan 2013 - 02:44 pm

TOKYO: Four fisherman died and another four were missing Friday following a boat fire in waters near islands at the centre of a...

Global LNG-Asia spot up on South America drought demand 18 Jan 2013 - 02:11 pm

PERTH: Asian liquefied natural gas (LNG) climbed to over $18 per million British thermal units (mmBtu) this week as South American buyers, especially...

Somali radio journalist killed in Mogadishu 18 Jan 2013 - 01:48 pm

MOGADISHU: Unidentified gunmen on Friday killed a Somali journalist working with the private Radio Shabelle in the capital Mogadishu, colleagues and witnesses said. ...

Leonardo DiCaprio to take 'long, long break' from filming 18 Jan 2013 - 01:30 pm

BERLIN: "Django Unchained" and "Titanic" star Leonardo DiCaprio said on Friday he was planning to take a significant break from filming and concentrate...