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Telco Zain Saudi extends $2.4 bln loan for 6th time 19 Dec 2012 - 10:17 am

DUBAI: Zain Saudi extended the maturity of a 9 billion riyals ($2.40 billion) Islamic loan for another six weeks on Wednesday, the sixth...

World Bank warns East Asia of G3 central bank easing 19 Dec 2012 - 10:15 am

SINGAPORE: Monetary policy easing in the G3 countries may lead to excessive credit growth and the creation of asset bubbles in East Asia...

Philippine leader signs $49 bn anti-poverty budget 19 Dec 2012 - 09:50 am

MANILA: Philippine President Benigno Aquino on Wednesday signed into law a 2.005 trillion-peso ($49 billion) budget for 2013, vowing to use higher taxes...

UBS admits fraud in $1.5 bln Libor rigging settlement 19 Dec 2012 - 09:38 am

ZURICH: Swiss bank UBS was hit with a $1.5 billion bill and admitted to fraud on Wednesday in order to settle charges of...

Exchange Rates in Qatar 19 Dec 2012 - 08:59 am

Exchange Rates in Qatar DOHA: Exchange Rates for foreign currencies as issued on Wednesday Qatar National Bank (QNB) are as following: Currency Buying...

Nissan says to make Infiniti model at British plant 19 Dec 2012 - 08:50 am

TOKYO: Japanese automaker Nissan said Wednesday it would start building a compact model of the luxury Infiniti brand at its huge plant in...

Mexico prison clash leaves 17 dead: official 19 Dec 2012 - 08:32 am

DURANGO, Mexico: Eleven prisoners and six guards were killed Tuesday in armed clashes at a prison in northern Mexico that erupted when inmates...

Call for death penalty after Delhi bus rape 19 Dec 2012 - 04:01 am

Women shout slogans during a protest following the gang-rape of a student in New Delhi, yesterday. New Delhi: Anger, grief and outrage ..it...

Five Lashkar militants killed in gunfight 19 Dec 2012 - 04:00 am

Soldiers look on as smoke drifts from a building during an encounter with alleged militants in the village of Sadpora some 30km north...

‘Give harshest punishment if my son is guilty of gang rape’ 19 Dec 2012 - 04:00 am

New Delhi: The father of one of the accused arrested in the Delhi gang-rape case yesterday said if his juvenile son was guilty...

Ten rapes in moving vehicles in 10 years in Delhi 19 Dec 2012 - 03:59 am

New Delhi: There have been 10 rape cases in the city in moving vehicles over the past 10 years, according to official figures...

Firm bags Russian order for scientific equipment 19 Dec 2012 - 03:59 am

Bangalore: Multi-technology group firm Hind High Vacuum Ltd (HHV) has bagged an order from Moscow State University to supply a machine for re-coating...

333 honour crime complaints registered this year 19 Dec 2012 - 03:59 am

New Delhi: At least 333 complaints on honour crime have been registered in the current financial year on the basis of victims’ complaints,...

Govt committed to reforms to boost exports 19 Dec 2012 - 03:57 am

From left to right: The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Deputy Secretary General, Lim Hong Hin; Brunei Second Minister of Foreign Affairs...

Kerala tackles rising rice prices amid opposition fire 19 Dec 2012 - 03:56 am

Thiruvananthapuram:Even as the Congress-led government in Kerala tries hard to bring down skyrocketing prices of rice, Left parties have decided to take on...

Calcutta High Court not to initiate contempt case against Mamata 19 Dec 2012 - 03:56 am

Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court yesterday declined to itself initiate contempt proceedings against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee but stressed that the...

13 killed in Pune building collapse 19 Dec 2012 - 03:55 am

Pune: Thirteen labourers were killed and several others trapped when a slab of an upcoming college building collapsed in a village here yesterday,...

Arrested Taliban 19 Dec 2012 - 03:55 am

Taliban insurgents and their weapons confiscated by Afghan joint forces during an operation are presented to the media in Jalalabad province yesterday.