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Israeli occupation authorities reopen the "Kerem Shalom" Tuesday 18 Dec 2012 - 11:41 am

GAZA: The Israeli occupation authorities reopened Tuesday morning the "Kerem Shalom" commercial crossway in southeast Gaza Strip to allow into the Gaza Strip...

Iraq president hospitalized after suffering stroke 18 Dec 2012 - 11:39 am

BAGHDAD: Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, a Kurd who has mediated among the country's Shi'ite, Sunni and Kurdish parties, was in hospital on Tuesday...

Philippine birth control fight not over: bishops 18 Dec 2012 - 11:24 am

MANILA: Philippine Catholic church leaders vowed Tuesday to overturn a birth control bill after lawmakers passed landmark legislation to make sex education and...

Malaysia Airlines to buy 36 ATR turboprop planes 18 Dec 2012 - 10:50 am

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia Airlines on Tuesday said it will buy 36 new ATR turboprop aircraft for 3.0 billion ringgit ($916 million) as it...

2 planes, 1 chopper gutted in massive fire at Hyderabad Airport in Southern India 18 Dec 2012 - 10:49 am

NEW DELHI: At least two aircraft and a chopper, used by the Chief Minister of the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, were...

Saudi Aramco, Total to double SATORP capital to $1.9 bln 18 Dec 2012 - 10:48 am

DUBAI: Saudi Aramco and France's Total will double the capital of its oil refinery joint venture at Jubail to 7.12 billion riyals ($1.90...

Egypt's top prosecutor general submits his resignation 18 Dec 2012 - 10:05 am

CAIRO: Egypt's prosecutor general Talaat Ibrahim submitted his resignation earlier on Monday evening, less than a month after he was swiftly sworn in...

Investcorp buys U.S. real estate assets for $100 mln 18 Dec 2012 - 09:46 am

DUBAI: Investcorp, a Bahrain-based alternative asset manager, said on Tuesday it acquired five real estate assets in the United States for around $100...

Jordan has 80-billion-ton stockpile of oil shale, Andres Anijalg says 18 Dec 2012 - 09:46 am

AMMAN: Jordan has approximately 40-80 billion tons of oil shale (about 34 billion barrels of shale oil) that could last for over 900...

Etihad buys majority stake in Air Berlin loyalty programme 18 Dec 2012 - 09:24 am

FRANKFURT: Gulf carrier Etihad agreed to buy a majority stake in Air Berlin's frequent flyer programme as the German airline seeks to cut...

Tokyo stocks close 0.96% higher 18 Dec 2012 - 09:23 am

TOKYO: Tokyo stocks closed 0.96 percent higher Tuesday, boosted by a weaker yen and extending a post-election rally after Japan's conservative opposition swept...

GCC voice radio to start broadcasting today 18 Dec 2012 - 09:13 am

MANAMA: The GCC Voice Radio is se to start broadcasting today, Tuesday (December17) in the Kingdom of Bahrain on frequency 98.4 FM. The...

Indonesia blames pilot error for Sukhoi crash that killed 45 18 Dec 2012 - 08:45 am

JAKARTA: Indonesian investigators blamed pilot error Tuesday for a Sukhoi Superjet crash that killed all 45 onboard an exhibition flight that slammed into...

Apple losses bid for US ban on Samsung smartphones 18 Dec 2012 - 08:29 am

SAN FRANCISCO: A judge late Monday denied Apple's request to ban a set of Samsung smartphones from the US market after a jury...

Coal mine blast kills 6 in Central China 18 Dec 2012 - 08:29 am

BEIJING: About six people were killed, one injured and another left missing in a coal mine explosion in central China's Hunan Province, local...

AIG raises $6.45 bn in final stake sale of insurer AIA 18 Dec 2012 - 08:26 am

HONG KONG: Asian insurer AIA said Tuesday that US giant American International Group (AIG) had sold its remaining stake in the firm, raising...

Mourners pack funeral for nurse 18 Dec 2012 - 06:48 am

Jacintha Saldanha’s widower Ben Barboza (centre), her children Lisha (left) and Junal mourn during her funeral at a cemetery in Shirva, about 52km...

Modi sweep forecast as polling ends 18 Dec 2012 - 06:46 am

AHMEDABAD: Exit polls universally forecast a sweeping, third term win for Chief Minister Narendra Modi as the two-phase assembly elections ended in Gujarat...