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Islamabad urged to allocate more funds for welfare of children 21 Dec 2012 - 01:45 am

ISLAMABAD: Child Rights Movement (CRM), a coalition of over 100 NGOs working for promotion and protection of child rights in Pakistan, yesterday urged...

Hat-trick win for Modi; Cong bags Himachal 21 Dec 2012 - 01:44 am

BJP leader and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi speaks at a victory rally in Ahmedabad yesterday. Ahmedabad/Shimla: Chief Minister Narendra Modi returned to...

Court allows Italian marines to go home for Christmas 21 Dec 2012 - 01:43 am

Italian marines Massimiliano Latorre (right) and Salvatore Girone come out from the police commissioner’s office in Kochi yesterday. Kochi: A court yesterday allowed...

India, Asean upgrade ties 21 Dec 2012 - 01:41 am

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (second left) with the Prime Minister of Cambodia Hun Sen (left), Sultan of Brunei Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Waddaulah...

Rape victim stable; accused show no remorse 21 Dec 2012 - 01:41 am

New Delhi: The 23-year-old physiotherapist, who was tortured and raped here by a gang of men four days ago, is stable but doctors...

F35 STRIKE FIGHTER PLANE COSTS MILITARY ARMU BUDGET BARRIER 21 Dec 2012 - 01:19 am

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Ericsson reveals $1.22 bn hit over joint venture 20 Dec 2012 - 02:57 pm

STOCKHOLM: Swedish telecom group Ericsson said on Thursday it would book a charge of eight billion kronor ($1.22 billion or 923 million euros)...

WHO head warns diseases set to rise 20 Dec 2012 - 02:18 pm

HONG KONG: The head of the World Health Organization warned Thursday that infectious diseases will spread more easily in the future due to...

Qatar Stock Exchange up 0.42% 20 Dec 2012 - 02:17 pm

DOHA: Qatar Exchange pursued its upswing trend Thursday, adding 35.41 points (or 0.42%) to advance to 8,442.51 points from 8,407.10 Wednesday. The volume...

Kuwait FM: Kuwait's allocation of training site for NATO part of Istanbul initiative 20 Dec 2012 - 01:24 pm

KUWAIT: Kuwaiti Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Hamad Al-Sabah said here Wednesday Kuwait's allocation of a training site for...

HH the Emir condolences Mauritanian President 20 Dec 2012 - 01:21 pm

DOHA: HH the Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani has sent a cable of condolences and sympathy to President of the Islamic...

HH the Emir congratulates S. Korean president-elect 20 Dec 2012 - 01:13 pm

DOHA: HH the Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani has sent a cable of congratulations to Park Geun-hye on the occasion of...

Philippines orders airlines to improve services 20 Dec 2012 - 01:12 pm

MANILA: Philippine authorities ordered airlines Thursday to feed and fully reimburse passengers of delayed or cancelled flights amid rising complaints about budget carriers...

Top aide to Iran's Ahmadinejad temporarily freed from prison 20 Dec 2012 - 12:46 pm

DUBAI: A top aide to Iran's president was temporarily freed from prison on Wednesday, Iranian media said, in the latest twist in a...

Samsung Engineering wins US$1.5 billion Saudi Arabia power plant contract 20 Dec 2012 - 12:35 pm

SEOUL: Samsung Engineering Co., South Korea's largest industrial plant builder, said Thursday that it has secured a US$1.5 billion order to build a...

Flash floods kill 25 in Sri Lanka: disaster agency 20 Dec 2012 - 12:22 pm

COLOMBO: Flash floods have killed at least 25 people in Sri Lanka and left more than a quarter of a million marooned in...

Abu Dhabi creates housing body, may help sector restructuring 20 Dec 2012 - 12:04 pm

ABU DHABI: Abu Dhabi has set up an authority to develop mass housing as it pushes ahead with social welfare initiatives, in a...

33 dead in Sudan bus collision: police 20 Dec 2012 - 11:01 am

KHARTOUM: Thirty-three people were killed and 24 injured when two inter-city buses collided in Sudan late Wednesday, in one of the country's worst...