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PML-N asks members to file tax returns 15 Dec 2012 - 12:25 am

LAHORE: Taking notice of media reports that some parliamentarians have not yet filed their tax returns, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Muhammad Nawaz...

Thai militants vow more attacks on teachers 15 Dec 2012 - 12:23 am

Thai bomb squad members inspect the site of a roadside bomb attack by suspected separatist militants on a Thai army vehicle which injured...

Cambodia snubs critical UN rights envoy 15 Dec 2012 - 12:23 am

PHNOM PENH: The UN human rights envoy to Cambodia voiced regret yesterday at an apparent snub by government officials adding he was also...

N Korean leader urges more rocket launches 15 Dec 2012 - 12:23 am

SEOUL: North Korea’s leader has ordered more satellite launches, state media said yesterday, two days after Pyongyang’s long-range rocket launch triggered global outrage...

China intellectuals urge party leaders to disclose wealth 15 Dec 2012 - 12:22 am

BEIJING: About 65 Chinese academics, lawyers and human rights activists have signed an open letter demanding that top members of the ruling Communist...

Myanmar officials make new round of mine protest arrests 15 Dec 2012 - 12:22 am

YANGON: Myanmar authorities said yesterday they had made a fresh round of arrests in response to a spate of protests demanding an apology...

Japan’s conservatives headed for victory 15 Dec 2012 - 12:22 am

TOKYO: Japan’s conservative opposition and its junior coalition partner appear headed for easy victory in this weekend’s election, an opinion poll said yesterday,...

Man stabs 22 children in China: Officials 15 Dec 2012 - 12:21 am

BEIJING: A man stabbed 22 primary school students in a knife attack in China yesterday, officials said, the latest in a series of...

Monorail system 15 Dec 2012 - 12:20 am

Government officials inspect a monorail system that was set up at the campus of the University of the Philippines in Manila yesterday. The...

Philippines to test N Korea rocket debris 15 Dec 2012 - 12:19 am

MANILA: The Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (PNRI) will test the debris recovered off Luzon from a rocket launched by North Korea last Wednesday...

Manila to send workers back to Israel 15 Dec 2012 - 12:19 am

MANILA: The Philippines is to resume sending workers to Israel as the situation there returns to normal after last month’s violence, the foreign...

Palace asks court to allow live coverage of massacre trial 15 Dec 2012 - 12:19 am

MANILA: President Benigno Aquino has asked the Supreme Court (SC) to reconsider its resolution that banned the live coverage of the trial of...

Aquino wants typhoon victims relocated to safer ground 15 Dec 2012 - 12:18 am

MANILA: President Aquino said yesterday that families displaced by typhoon “Pablo” would be relocated to safer ground, with those from the most dangerous...

Rebel officials order fighters not to carry guns in public 15 Dec 2012 - 12:17 am

MANILA: Philippine Muslim rebel leaders who are negotiating a peace deal with Manila ordered their fighters yesterday not to wear military uniforms or...

Visayas sets up solar power plant 15 Dec 2012 - 12:17 am

CURRIMAO: Ilocos Norte’s scorching sun is a boon to yet another bid of the northern province as the centre for renewable energy in...

18 children among 28 dead in US shooting 15 Dec 2012 - 12:15 am

Police officers evacuate children from the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, USA, following a school shooting yesterday. NEWTOWN, Connecticut: At least...

Playing on ice 15 Dec 2012 - 12:14 am

Children play on a snowboard yesterday in Bucharest as cold winter temperatures hit Romania.

Russia’s House retaliates against US rights legislation 15 Dec 2012 - 12:14 am

MOSCOW: Russia’s lower house of parliament gave preliminary approval on Friday to a law barring entry to Americans who violate human rights, a...