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Increased security 21 Dec 2012 - 10:43 pm

Indonesian police commissioner General Imam Sudjarwo (right) reviews policemen during a security roll call ahead of the Christmas and New Year Eve festivities...

New Japan PM to send envoy to South Korea 21 Dec 2012 - 10:42 pm

TOKYO: Japan’s incoming prime minister will send a special envoy to Seoul, he said yesterday, to meet South Korea’s president-elect, in an early...

Maldives bars ex-leader from leaving country 21 Dec 2012 - 10:42 pm

COLOMBO: Maldives authorities yesterday prevented the former president who was ousted in February from leaving the island nation to visit his ill father...

N Korea confirms arrest of US citizen 21 Dec 2012 - 10:42 pm

SEOUL: North Korea confirmed yesterday that it had arrested a US citizen in November, saying he had admitted to unspecified charges and suggesting...

UN denies selling China apocalypse ark tickets 21 Dec 2012 - 10:41 pm

BEIJING: The United Nations has denied distributing tickets for an ark to save people from the apocalypse, it said on a Chinese social...

Khmer Rouge court ‘has no money to pay wages’ 21 Dec 2012 - 10:41 pm

PHNOM PENH: Cambodia’s UN-backed Khmer Rouge war crimes court warned yesterday that it did not have money to pay hundreds of workers from...

Chinese ships in disputed waters, first since Japan poll 21 Dec 2012 - 10:41 pm

TOKYO: China sent its ships into territorial waters around disputed islands yesterday, in the first incursion since Japan elected a new government. The...

Lawmakers press for response to Bangladesh garment factory fire 21 Dec 2012 - 10:41 pm

WASHINGTON: A dozen US lawmakers pressed President Barack Obama’s administration on Thursday to complete a long-running review that could lead to suspension of...

Vietnam imposes funeral wreath limit in austerity drive 21 Dec 2012 - 10:40 pm

HANOI: Vietnam has imposed strict limits on the number of wreaths that can be laid at officials’ funerals and banned civil servants from...

Days of rusty navy ships over: Aquino 21 Dec 2012 - 10:39 pm

Philippine President Benigno Aquino (left) and former president Fidel Ramos salute during the celebration of the 77th founding anniversary of the Armed Forces...

Asean summit in India 21 Dec 2012 - 10:37 pm

Vice-President Jejomar Binay attends the plenary session of the Asean-India Commemorative Summit in New Delhi. Southeast Asian nations and India vowed on Thursday...

Chinese envoy’s largesse for typhoon victims 21 Dec 2012 - 10:37 pm

MANILA: Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Ma Keqing yesterday handed over $200,000 in cash to the Department of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines...

Relief team sent to areas hit by typhoon Bopha 21 Dec 2012 - 10:37 pm

COTABATO CITY: A 150-member contingent of physicians, nurses and social workers from the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) launched yesterday a three-day...

Two Germans, an Australian rescued after boat capsizes 21 Dec 2012 - 10:37 pm

MANILA: Two German tourists and an Australian have been rescued following two days in the sea in the central Philippines after their boat...

Senate approves resolution on peace deal with rebels 21 Dec 2012 - 10:36 pm

MANILA: The Senate approved a resolution expressing support to the 2012 Bangsamoro framework agreement forged by the government with the Moro Islamic Liberation...

Danish national killed in Agusan 21 Dec 2012 - 10:35 pm

DAVAO CITY: Unidentified gunmen shot and killed a Danish national in Agusan on Thursday, police said yesterday. Superintendent Martin Gamba, spokesman of Caraga...

PALESTINE SYRIA REFUGEE LEBANON TREE FLAG 21 Dec 2012 - 10:33 pm

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Cameron visits troops in Kabul 21 Dec 2012 - 10:24 pm

Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron (centre) eats breakfast with British forces at Camp Bastion in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, yesterday. LONDON: Prime Minister David...