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Govt seeks life sentences for Delhi bus rapists 22 Dec 2012 - 12:26 am

Demonstrators hold candles and placards during a candlelight vigil to show solidarity with a rape victim, in Chandigarh, yesterday. NEW DELHI: Government, facing...

Fire at garment shop 22 Dec 2012 - 12:24 am

Firefighters trying to control a fire that broke out at a garment shop at a supermarket in Agartala yesterday. More than 20 shops...

2G case: Chargesheet filed against Airtel, Vodafone 22 Dec 2012 - 12:24 am

New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) yesterday filed chargesheet against mobile service firms Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India Ltd and Sterling Cellular...

Cambodia seeks $57m Indian loan 22 Dec 2012 - 12:24 am

Phnom Penh: Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen asked for $57m concessional loan from India for two development projects and urged India to consider...

BJP may block Modi’s run for PM: Papers 22 Dec 2012 - 12:23 am

NEW DELHI: Hindu nationalist Narendra Modi should be in a strong position to run for prime minister in 2014 after winning state polls...

Ex-Olympics chief faces fraud charges 22 Dec 2012 - 12:23 am

NEW DELHI: A judge yesterday ordered prosecutors to charge India’s former Olympics chief and five other sports officials with fraud relating to the...

Verdict on Italian marines must be respected: Minister 22 Dec 2012 - 12:21 am

New Delhi: As the Kerala High Court on Thursday allowed two Italian marines charged with killing two Indian fishermen to go home for...

World greets ‘doomsday’ with pinch of salt 21 Dec 2012 - 11:00 pm

Journalists surround two people dressed in aluminium foil in the streets of Bugarach in southwestern France, yesterday. Residents of this tiny French hamlet...

Rough sleepers on London streets rise sharply 21 Dec 2012 - 10:59 pm

Two homeless men lying near Victoria rail station in central London. LONDON: Unshaven and shivering in the Winter cold, Christopher Burn, 42, cut...

Russia’s Duma seals approval of US adoption ban 21 Dec 2012 - 10:58 pm

MOSCOW: Russia’s lower House of parliament gave its final approval yesterday to a contentious bill that retaliates against a new US human rights...

Nearly 200 killed in cold snap across Russia, eastern Europe 21 Dec 2012 - 10:58 pm

MOSCOW: A vicious cold snap across Russia and eastern Europe has claimed nearly 200 lives, officials figures showed yesterday, as forecasters warned it...

Italian PM Mario Monti resigns ahead of polls 21 Dec 2012 - 10:57 pm

ROME: Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti resigned yesterday with his political plans still in doubt, paving the way for early elections next year...

Britain could deploy more troops to Gulf: Cameron 21 Dec 2012 - 10:49 pm

Oman’s Deputy Prime Minister Sayyid Fahd bin Mahmoud Al Said speaks to Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron after his arrival in Muscat yesterday....

Clashes on eve of Egypt referendum 21 Dec 2012 - 10:48 pm

Buses are seen ablaze following clashes between opponents and supporters of President Mohammed Mursi in the Mediterranean coastal city of Alexandria, yesterday. ALEXANDRIA:...

Palestinian refugees reclaim Syrian camp 21 Dec 2012 - 10:47 pm

DAMASCUS: Palestinian refugees streamed back into their camp in Damascus yesterday after a reported deal to keep it out of Syria’s conflict, following...

Russia won’t try to persuade Assad to quit 21 Dec 2012 - 10:47 pm

MOSCOW: Russia refuses to act as an intermediary trying to talk Syrian President Bashar Al Assad into fleeing, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said...

Gunmen kidnap 3 Westerners in Yemeni capital 21 Dec 2012 - 10:46 pm

SANA’A: Gunmen abducted three Westerners in the centre of the Yemeni capital Sana’a yesterday, a security official said. “People saw a car stop...

Lankan protest 21 Dec 2012 - 10:44 pm

Sri Lankan lawyers march during a protest against an attack on United National Party member and Bar Association President Wijedasa Rajapakshe, in Colombo...