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First Afghan female rapper seeks reason with rhymes 07 Jan 2013 - 12:12 am

Soosan Feroz practising with Afghan pop musician Farid Rastagar at a recording studio in Kabul. KABUL: Sporting a long leather coat and Western...

Biofuels not as green as thought: Study 07 Jan 2013 - 12:11 am

OSLO: Green schemes to fight climate change by producing more biofuels could actually worsen a little-known type of air pollution and cause almost...

Rape victim’s dad wants her named 06 Jan 2013 - 10:31 pm

A protest march against a gang rape in New Delhi, yesterday. NEW DELHI: The father of an Indian student whose brutal rape provoked...

JIH suggests public executions of molesters 06 Jan 2013 - 10:30 pm

New delhi: Execution of rapists in full public glare, abolition of co-education and sober and dignified dress for girls are among the 11...

Raj Thackeray kicks up row with ‘Bihari rapists’ remarks 06 Jan 2013 - 10:30 pm

Mumbai: Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray kicked up a storm once again when he said that the perpetrators of the recent...

Protester on hunger strike hospitalised 06 Jan 2013 - 10:27 pm

New Delhi: One of the two men on hunger strike demanding death for the culprits in the Delhi gang rape case here had...

USA NATIONAL DEBT DOLLAR CRUMBLING FISCAL CLIFF ECONOMY BUDGET 06 Jan 2013 - 10:23 pm

Group: ViewsAmerica Credit: VAN DAM Source: Landsmeer, Netherlands Keywords: COLOR USA NATIONAL DEBT DOLLAR CRUMBLING FISCAL CLIFF ECONOMY BUDGET 010312 Provider: CartoonArts International...

Two suicide bombers kill five at tribal meeting in Kandahar 06 Jan 2013 - 10:20 pm

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan: Two suicide bombers struck a meeting of community leaders in a southern Afghan town near the Pakistan border yesterday, killing at...

US likely to have legislation to honour Malala 06 Jan 2013 - 10:19 pm

ISLAMABAD: A US lawmaker, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, is introducing legislation to honour Malala Yousufzai, the girl who earned worldwide admiration for defying...

Afghan inmates walk free in push for peace 06 Jan 2013 - 10:19 pm

KABUL: With tears streaming down their faces, scores of suspected Afghan militants embraced waiting relatives and walked to freedom — just one sign...

Drone attack kills 10 suspected Taliban militants in Pakistan 06 Jan 2013 - 10:19 pm

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan: A US drone strike killed at least 10 people suspected to be Taliban fighters in Pakistan’s northern tribal areas...

‘Zardari, Sharif party members still archrivals’ 06 Jan 2013 - 10:17 pm

ISLAMABAD: A senior leader of Pakistan Mulsim League-Nawaz (PML-N), the main opposition party, yesterday said that the commitment between the government and the...

Qatar Stock Exchange up 0.79% 06 Jan 2013 - 06:12 pm

DOHA: Qatar Exchange pursued its upswing trend Sunday, adding 67.31 points (or 0.79%) to advance to 8,636.44 points from 8,569.13 Thursday. The volume...

Qatar Charity launches QRs 5 million development projects in Burkina Faso 06 Jan 2013 - 06:09 pm

DOHA: As part of its plan for 2013, Qatar Charity (QC) has launched a package of new development projects in Burkina Faso with...

Tehran air pollution leaves 4,460 dead: health official 06 Jan 2013 - 06:02 pm

TEHRAN: Air pollution in Tehran has left 4,460 people dead in a year, an Iranian health official said in reports Sunday, with another...

Assad outlines 3-phase reconciliation plan for Syria 06 Jan 2013 - 05:53 pm

BEIRUT: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Sunday outlined a three-phase plan to resolve the 21-month conflict in his country in which, according to...

13 killed in Philippine shootout: police 06 Jan 2013 - 04:55 pm

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

Egypt's Morsi reshuffles cabinet ahead of IMF loan talks 06 Jan 2013 - 04:48 pm

CAIRO: Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi reshuffled his cabinet on Sunday amid a serious economic crisis and ahead of talks with the International Monetary...