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Santa in the US 26 Dec 2012 - 05:22 am

Drunk bus driver causes accident 26 Dec 2012 - 05:10 am

DOHA: Some 13 people were injured, at least four of them critically, in four road accidents that took place in different parts of...

Plane in flames 26 Dec 2012 - 05:05 am

A man watches the burning wreckage of an Air Bagan Fokker-100 jet that crash-landed in a field near Heho airport in Myanmar’s Shan...

GCC to set up unified military command 26 Dec 2012 - 05:02 am

The Heir Apparent H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani with other GCC leaders at the closing session of the two-day 33rd...

Syrian peace envoy meets opposition 26 Dec 2012 - 01:41 am

French Junior Minister for Veterans Kader Arif waves to a wounded Syrian refugee during a visit to the French-run field hospital at the...

Egyptian commission rejects poll fraud charge 26 Dec 2012 - 01:38 am

Egyptian girl Fatma Al Sharif holding a bunch of hair cut from female protesters during a demonstration by women against their country’s new...

US calls on Mursi to ‘bridge divisions’ 26 Dec 2012 - 01:38 am

WASHINGTON: The United States yesterday called on Egyptian President Mohammed Mursi to work to “bridge divisions,” after Egyptian officials confirmed voters backed an...

Iran begins naval war exercises 26 Dec 2012 - 01:38 am

TEHRAN: Iran yesterday launched naval manoeuvres in the Gulf, and announced plans for another exercise in the strategic Strait of Hormuz later this...

Bahrain policeman held over slap video 26 Dec 2012 - 01:37 am

DUBAI: A policeman in Bahrain has been arrested after a video showing him hitting a resident of a Shia village was posted online,...

Kitesurfers ride new winds in Libya 26 Dec 2012 - 01:37 am

TRIPOLI: Neon crescents twirl over the sheltered waters of Tripoli’s main port, one of the hangouts of Libya’s growing kitesurfing community, thriving after...

Iran foils new cyber attack on industrial units 26 Dec 2012 - 01:37 am

Tehran: Iran has repelled a fresh cyber attack on its industrial units in a southern province, a local civil defence official said yesterday,...

Netanyahu launches re-election bid centred on Iran 26 Dec 2012 - 01:36 am

JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday put Iran at the top of his re-election campaign, pledging that halting Tehran’s nuclear programme would...

Injured policeman dies; rape victim critical 26 Dec 2012 - 01:31 am

New Delhi: A constable brutally attacked during gang-rape protests here succumbed to his injuries yesterday, shattering his family and colleagues, even as the...

Attending Christmas mass 26 Dec 2012 - 01:30 am

Bollywood actresses Kareena Kapoor (right) and sister Karishma Kapoor arrive to attend midnight mass in Mumbai, yesterday. Despite Christians forming a little over...

Congress core group meets over protests 26 Dec 2012 - 01:29 am

New Delhi: The Congress core group yesterday took stock of the political situation in Delhi, following angry protests by youth protesting the gang-rape...

Virbhadra Singh begins sixth term as Himachal Pradesh chief minister 26 Dec 2012 - 01:27 am

Shimla: With more than 20,000 supporters cheering him on, Congress veteran Virbhadra Singh (pictured), was sworn in yesterday as Himachal Pradesh chief minister...

Congress demands action against Akali leader who attacked cop 26 Dec 2012 - 01:27 am

Chandigarh: The Congress yesterday demanded immediate action against a Ludhiana-based leader of the Punjab’s ruling Shiromani Akali Dal who allegedly assaulted a senior...

CRPF trooper kills four colleagues in Chhattisgarh 26 Dec 2012 - 01:21 am

Raipur: A CRPF trooper said to be mentally disturbed shot dead four sleeping colleagues and critically wounded another in Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh...