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Damascus pounded after deadly blasts: NGO 14 Dec 2012 - 12:32 pm

BEIRUT: Syrian regime forces on Friday bombarded southern districts of Damascus a day after two deadly car bombings, the Syrian Observatory for Human...

US inventor of bar code dies at 91 14 Dec 2012 - 12:32 pm

NEW YORK: N. Joseph Woodland, inventor of the now ubiquitous bar code that revolutionized retail, has died at the age of 91, US...

IAG to take $253 mln loss on sale of UK businesses 14 Dec 2012 - 12:20 pm

LONDON: Australian insurer IAG is to book a net loss of A$240 million ($253 million) on the sale of its British operations, including...

Assad losing, must go as quickly as possible: France 14 Dec 2012 - 12:19 pm

BRUSSELS: Syrian leader President Bashar al-Assad is losing the fight against rebel forces and must be made to leave as quickly as possible,...

Qatar National Day: Strong infrastructure for information technology and communications 14 Dec 2012 - 12:04 pm

DOHA: Qatar’s government leads efforts towards a solid infrastructure for information technology and communications, especially with State funding and development of infrastructure for...

US federal judge approves BP's US $525 million settlement with SEC 14 Dec 2012 - 12:04 pm

WASHINGTON: A US federal judge has approves British oil giant BP's US $ 525 Million settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)...

No evidence Turkish ex-president was poisoned - autopsy 14 Dec 2012 - 12:03 pm

ISTANBUL: An autopsy on the exhumed body of Turkey's President Turgut Ozal, who led the country out of military rule in the 1980s,...

Jordan gets 22.8 million euro loan from France 14 Dec 2012 - 12:02 pm

AMMAN: Jordan has signed a 22.8 million euros soft loan pact with France to renovate the country's drinking water network and improve the...

AkzoNobel to sell North American businesses for $1.05bn 14 Dec 2012 - 11:49 am

THE HAGUE: The Dutch-Swedish paint maker AkzoNobel announced Friday that it was selling its North American decorative paints division in a multi-billion-dollar deal...

Honda recalls 870,000 vehicles 14 Dec 2012 - 10:45 am

TOKYO: Honda is recalling more than 870,000 minivans and SUVs worldwide because they can roll away even though drivers have removed the keys...

Coca-Cola FEMSA to acquire Philippine bottler 14 Dec 2012 - 10:22 am

MANILA: Coca-Cola FEMSA of Mexico is to take control of the US soft drink firm's bottling operations in the Philippines in a $688.5...

Saudi Telecom's Indonesia unit eyes $300 mln in towers sale - sources 14 Dec 2012 - 10:22 am

DUBAI/JAKARTA: PT Axis Telekom Indonesia, controlled by Saudi Telecom Co, is planning to sell 1,600 telecommunication towers worth around $300 million, three sources...

Tokyo stocks closed mixed ahead of Japan elections 14 Dec 2012 - 10:21 am

TOKYO: Tokyo stocks finished mixed Friday ahead of weekend elections in Japan, as the nation's central bank said confidence among manufacturers had plunged...

Philippines to resume sending workers to Israel 14 Dec 2012 - 09:09 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...

Over 10 million cast ballot in Gujarat 14 Dec 2012 - 07:30 am

Polling officials seal an Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) at the end of polls at a polling station after the first phase of state...

Amid bedlam, quota bill in Rajya Sabha 14 Dec 2012 - 07:29 am

New Delhi: After four days of continuous disruption and unruly scenes in parliament, the UPA government finally took up the controversial promotion quota...

Nasa photo shows Mount Everest in India 14 Dec 2012 - 07:29 am

KATHMANDU: The world’s highest mountain should not be hard to spot but American space agency Nasa has admitted it mistook a summit in...

Revised visa deal with Pakistan to be inked today 14 Dec 2012 - 07:28 am

New Delhi: A revised visa agreement between India and Pakistan will be launched today when Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik arrives on a...