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Saudi King pardons prisoners 29 Dec 2012 - 09:15 am

RIYADH: The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia pardoned prisoners serving time for violating public rights...

Philippines seeks unity after birth control law signed 29 Dec 2012 - 08:54 am

MANILA: President Benigno Aquino's government called for reconciliation on Saturday after a "divisive" birth control act was signed into law despite bitter opposition...

Obama signs law against Iran's influence in Latin America 29 Dec 2012 - 08:23 am

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama enacted a law Friday to counter Iran's alleged influence in Latin America, through a new diplomatic and political strategy...

India gang rape victim dies in Singapore hospital 29 Dec 2012 - 07:47 am

SINGAPORE/NEW DELHI: An Indian woman whose gang rape in New Delhi triggered violent protests died of her injuries on Saturday in a Singapore...

Pakistan Taliban will negotiate, but not disarm 29 Dec 2012 - 04:29 am

A video grab made available to media yesterday shows Hakimullah Mehsud (right) chief of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (Pakistani Taliban movement) with Waliur Rehman, TTP...

Victims of Afghan air raid file suit against Germany 29 Dec 2012 - 04:28 am

BERLIN: Families of victims of a deadly air strike in Afghanistan that killed more than 90 people in 2009 have filed a multimillion-dollar...

Bhutto-Zardari dynasty, dominant force in Pakistan politics 29 Dec 2012 - 04:28 am

Garhi Khuda Bakhsh: Bilawal Bhutto Zardari launched his political career Thursday, becoming the third generation of his family to enter politics. The Bhutto-Zardari...

British girl missing for three years in Lahore going home 29 Dec 2012 - 04:27 am

LONDON: A six-year-old girl is on her way home to Britain more than three years after she was abducted by her father and...

France to take in Afghans in danger for working with troops 29 Dec 2012 - 04:27 am

PARIS: France will take in Afghans whose security is at risk after having worked with its troops in the war-ravaged country, joining other...

India mourns Delhi rape victim 29 Dec 2012 - 04:19 am

Police officials stand alert behind a barricade covered by a banner calling for capital punishment for rapists, in New Delhi, yesterday. AN Indian...

65 all-women police stations in Bengal 29 Dec 2012 - 04:03 am

KOLKATA: The woman chief minister of India’s West Bengal state unveiled plans yesterday for 65 all-female police stations, as authorities tried to assuage...

Sex offenders to be named and shamed 29 Dec 2012 - 04:03 am

New Delhi: The Indian government is to publish the names, photographs and addresses of thousands of convicted sex offenders in a bid to...

Decision on Telangana in a month: Home minister 29 Dec 2012 - 04:02 am

New Delhi: A decision on the issue of carving out a separate Telangana state from Andhra Pradesh will be taken within a month,...

Nearly 44pc Lakshadweep homes are headed by women 29 Dec 2012 - 04:01 am

New Delhi: The union territory of Lakshadweep, which has to its credit the youngest MP in the Lok Sabha, now has another feather...

Assam legislator blames party chief for violence 29 Dec 2012 - 04:01 am

Guwahati: A Bodoland People’s Front (BPF) legislator yesterday blamed his own party chief Hagrama Mohilary for the communal violence in Assam that left...

S Korea retrieves N Korean rocket debris 29 Dec 2012 - 03:56 am

A piece of the wreckage of North Korea’s Unha-3 (Milky Way 3) rocket is seen being pulled up by the South Korean navy,...

Taiwan plans oil, gas exploration in South China Sea 29 Dec 2012 - 03:56 am

TAIPEI: Taiwan plans to start exploring for oil and gas in the South China Sea from next year, an official and local media...

Huge support for new Japan PM, cabinet 29 Dec 2012 - 03:55 am

TOKYO: More than half of Japanese voters support new Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s cabinet, media surveys published yesterday showed, with the country’s stagnant...