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Gas guzzlers: New insights into birth of giant planets 04 Jan 2013 - 05:36 am

PARIS: Astronomers using the most advanced land telescope in the world said that they had unlocked knowledge about how formidable “gas giant” planets...

Scientists mapping the Great Barrier Reef discover deep sea corals 04 Jan 2013 - 05:34 am

SYDNEY: Australian scientists mapping the Great Barrier Reef have discovered corals at depths never before thought possible, with a deep-sea robot finding specimens...

Chargesheet filed in Delhi gang rape 04 Jan 2013 - 05:27 am

New Delhi/patna: Delhi Police yesterday filed a chargesheet seeking trial for murder and gang rape against five men who brutally assaulted a young...

Minor’s rapist, murderer gets death in Kerala 04 Jan 2013 - 05:27 am

Thiruvananthapuram: A court here yesterday sent to the gallows an autorickshaw driver who raped a Class 10 student and murdered her in March...

Khurshid backs granting visa to Miandad 04 Jan 2013 - 05:27 am

Bangalore: External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid yesterday said the government followed proper procedures in giving a visa to former Pakistan cricket captain Javed...

BJP: Gadkari front-runner in presidential race 04 Jan 2013 - 05:27 am

New Delhi: BJP president Nitin Gadkari appears to be front-runner for a second term in office as the party weighs its options for...

Chilly day for Delhi, no respite today 04 Jan 2013 - 05:26 am

New Delhi: It was another chilly day in Delhi yesterday with the maximum temperature 8 notches below average at 12.7 degrees while the...

Jet Airways in stake sale talks with Etihad 04 Jan 2013 - 05:26 am

NEW DELHI: Jet Airways said yesterday that it was in talks with Abu Dhabi’s Etihad Airways for a potential stake sale in the...

US drone strikes kill Pakistani warlord 04 Jan 2013 - 05:25 am

MIRANSHAH: US drone strikes killed a prominent warlord who sent insurgents to fight Nato troops in Afghanistan along with nine other militants in...

Taliban compare Nato withdrawal to Soviet, Vietnam wars 04 Jan 2013 - 05:24 am

KABUL: The Taliban have issued an end-of-year review that compares the impending withdrawal of US-led foreign troops to the 1989 Soviet retreat from...

Gunmen kidnap 7 Pakistani soldiers 04 Jan 2013 - 05:24 am

ISLAMABAD: Gunmen have kidnapped seven soldiers from a bus in Pakistan, military officials said, just days after Taliban forces executed 21 pro-government paramilitaries...

New spike in violence raises concerns of aid groups 04 Jan 2013 - 05:24 am

PESHAWAR: Aid groups demanded greater protection in Pakistan amid concerns of a new spike in violence after seven charity workers were shot dead...

Ethnicity, language off limits in Afghan census 04 Jan 2013 - 05:23 am

Kabul: There are two questions Hajera Bashir does not ask as she goes door to door gathering census data in Ghor province in...

Factory fire 04 Jan 2013 - 05:22 am

Firefighters work to put out a blaze at a fur factory that contains six tanks of hazardous chemicals in Wenzhou, in eastern China’s...

Lanka’s top court rejects bid to sack chief justice 04 Jan 2013 - 05:22 am

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court said yesterday parliament does not have the legal authority to investigate accusations of misconduct against senior judges and...

Myanmar says jets used against Kachin rebels 04 Jan 2013 - 05:21 am

YANGON: Myanmar’s military has used jets to attacks rebel fighters in northern Kachin state, the government said yesterday, its first admission of an...

China denies rejecting visa to New York Times reporter 04 Jan 2013 - 05:21 am

BEIJING: Beijing yesterday denied rejecting a New York Times reporter’s visa after the paper - which has published a series of exposes on...

Wanted rapist-robber arrested 04 Jan 2013 - 05:21 am

BEIJING: A Chinese man accused of robbing and raping women in a crime spree across more than 10 cities has been arrested by...