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Bin Laden film torture is fiction: Former CIA official 07 Jan 2013 - 01:25 am

WASHINGTON: Bloody interrogations like those depicted in Hollywood’s take on the hunt for Osama bin Laden Zero Dark Thirty never really happened, according...

Venezuelan vice president moves to fill Chavez vacuum 07 Jan 2013 - 01:24 am

CARACAS: Vice President Nicolas Maduro is moving quickly to fill the vacuum left by President Hugo Chavez’s prolonged absence, gaining valuable exposure and...

Nepalese protesters stage street drama on violence against women 07 Jan 2013 - 01:23 am

Nepalese activists perform a street drama during a protest near the prime minister’s residence in Kathmandu yesterday, demanding justice in rising cases of...

Philippine lawmaker seeks classifications on video games 07 Jan 2013 - 01:23 am

MANILA: The vice chairman of the House committee on children’s welfare yesterday urged local executives to immediately enforce regulatory classifications for video games...

China orphanage vows to stay open after fire 07 Jan 2013 - 01:22 am

BEIJING: An unlicensed Chinese caretaker vowed yesterday to continue sheltering orphans and other vulnerable children two days after a fire killed seven people...

Searching for missile 07 Jan 2013 - 01:21 am

A South Korean Navy vessel searches for the debris of a North Korean long-range rocket, which was launched early December last year, in...

Political fracas in Thailand after soap opera axed 07 Jan 2013 - 01:21 am

BANGKOK: A Thai soap opera has become the latest victim of the country’s bitter divisions, the opposition party said yesterday, claiming the prime-time...

13 killed in Philippine shootout 07 Jan 2013 - 01:21 am

MANILA: Police in the Philippines killed 13 members of a criminal gang in a shootout yesterday, the third violent incident within days amid...

Suu Kyi says any peace bid with Kachin rebels ‘up to government’ 07 Jan 2013 - 01:20 am

YANGON: Myanmar democracy campaigner Aung San Suu Kyi yesterday said she would not step in to help end worsening conflict between the army...

No nuclear power in Sri Lanka for a decade: Minister 07 Jan 2013 - 01:20 am

Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Power and Energy Minister has said that the country will not step into nuclear power generation for at least the...

Critically injured 07 Jan 2013 - 01:19 am

Forest workers drag a critically injured elephant calf from marshy land alongside the railway line in the Buxa Tiger Reserve in West Bengal,...

Pakistani soldier killed in Kashmir border clash 07 Jan 2013 - 01:18 am

ISLAMABAD/newdelhi: A Pakistani soldier was killed and another injured in a gunfight between Indian and Pakistani troops in Kashmir yesterday, a disputed incident...

Karunanidhi seconds son Stalin for top DMK post 07 Jan 2013 - 01:17 am

Chennai: DMK chief M Karunanidhi yesterday made it clear that he would propose his son M K Stalin as his successor or for...

Assassins honoured in Golden Temple 07 Jan 2013 - 01:17 am

Amritsar: Two assassins of prime minister Indira Gandhi were yesterday honoured by a senior Sikh clergyman to mark the 24th anniversary of their...

Cold wave unabated in UP, 14 more die 07 Jan 2013 - 01:17 am

Lucknow/srinagar: The cold wave continued unabated for the fourth day in Uttar Pradesh yesterday, with the lowest night temperature of 0.3 degrees Celsius...

Delhi freezes at five-year low; flights, trains hit 07 Jan 2013 - 01:16 am

New Delhi: There was no let-up in the spine chilling cold which worsened yesterday as the minimum temperature dipped to a five-year low...

RSS chief stokes fresh controversy 07 Jan 2013 - 01:16 am

Indore/New Delhi: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat stoked a new controversy yesterday with his comment that marriage was a contract and a man could...

Iran still spending to defend Opec role: Minister 07 Jan 2013 - 12:16 am

DUBAI: Iran has spent almost $25bn on upstream oil and gas projects since last March but needs to keep investing to keep its...