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Govt plans regulatory body for theme, amusement parks 28 Dec 2012 - 09:56 pm

MANILA: A bill seeking to create a regulatory body for amusement and theme parks is set to be approved on second reading at...

Beauty queen dances Gangnam Style for anti-firecracker drive 28 Dec 2012 - 09:56 pm

MANILA: Miss Universe 1st runner-up Janine Tugonon danced with Health Assistant Secretary Eric Tayag to the tune of “Gangnam Style” at Liwasang Balagtas...

Fire dept wants to ban sky lanterns 28 Dec 2012 - 09:56 pm

MANILA: The Bureau of Fire Protection eyeing proposals to ban the use of sky lanterns, which its official branded as “very dangerous.” “The...

Lawmaker seeks creation of overseas workers department 28 Dec 2012 - 09:55 pm

MANILA: Las Piñas Representative Mark Villar is seeking the creation of a department that would integrate all agencies dealing with overseas Filipino workers...

Philippines port operator pulls out of war-torn Syria 28 Dec 2012 - 09:54 pm

MANILA: Philippine port operator International Container Terminal Services Inc said yesterday it is pulling out of Syria owing to instability caused by the...

China court orders Apple to pay for copyright violation 28 Dec 2012 - 02:58 pm

BEIJING: Technology giant Apple has been ordered to pay compensation to eight Chinese writers and two companies for selling unlicensed books online, state...

EU clears latest Dexia restructuring plan 28 Dec 2012 - 02:53 pm

BRUSSELS: The European Commission approved Friday the latest, 90-billion-euros restructuring plan for Dexia, the Franco-Belgian bank bailed out at the height of the...

Pharma firms tested drugs on East Germans: report 28 Dec 2012 - 02:51 pm

BERLIN: Major Western pharmaceutical companies carried out tests of medications in the 1980s on patients in communist East Germany, in some cases without...

Myanmar to allow daily newspapers from April 28 Dec 2012 - 02:23 pm

YANGON: Myanmar will allow private newspapers to publish daily from April 1, ending a decades-old ban in a further easing of the country's...

British girl missing for three years in Pakistan on way home 28 Dec 2012 - 02:06 pm

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...

French shipyard lands billion-euro luxury liner contract 28 Dec 2012 - 02:05 pm

SAINT-NAZAIRE, France: Officials hailed some rare good news for France's struggling economy on Friday after an ailing shipyard landed a billion-euro contract to...

Lonmin seeks new CEO to revive fortunes 28 Dec 2012 - 02:04 pm

LONDON: South African miner Lonmin opened the search for a new chief executive to revive it fortunes after a torrid 2012 as Ian...

Head of Pakistan Taliban says group will negotiate, but not disarm 28 Dec 2012 - 01:59 pm

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan: The head of Pakistan's Taliban said his militia is willing to negotiate with the government but not disarm, a...

Indian troops kill two militants in Kashmir, seven hurt 28 Dec 2012 - 01:54 pm

SRINAGAR, India: Indian troops on Friday shot dead two suspected Islamic militants in Kashmir while seven civilians recieved police bullet injuries when they...

Putin signs law banning US adoptions: Kremlin 28 Dec 2012 - 01:26 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a State Council meeting at the Kremlin, in Moscow, on December 27, 2012. MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir...

Second Chinese bus accident kills 10, including 5 children 28 Dec 2012 - 01:22 pm

BEIJING: At least 10 people, including five children, died when their overloaded minibus plunged into a mountain valley in southern China on Friday,...

Syrian warplanes raid Damascus province: watchdog 28 Dec 2012 - 01:01 pm

BEIRUT: Syrian warplanes launched air raids in Damascus province on Friday after overnight bombardments and clashes across the country, the Syrian Observatory for...

Nigerian troops kill five Islamists in restive north 28 Dec 2012 - 12:23 pm

KADUNA, Nigeria: Nigerian troops killed five suspected Islamists and recovered arms and explosives in a raid in the restive northern city of Kaduna,...