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Parliament remembers those who died for it 14 Dec 2012 - 07:28 am

New Delhi: Both houses of parliament yesterday paid tribute to the nine people killed when terrorists attacked parliament this day 11 years ago....

Public heater 14 Dec 2012 - 07:27 am

Labourers sit around a fire by a roadside to keep themselves warm after a downpour in Lahore yesterday.

Military, Taliban guilty of abuses in Pakistan 14 Dec 2012 - 07:27 am

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan military and the Taliban are guilty of rights abuses with a lack of justice fuelling a crisis in the tribal...

Pakistan wastes up to $72m a day: Watchdog 14 Dec 2012 - 07:26 am

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan government wastes a whopping $51m to $72m every day as a result of inefficiency, corruption and tax shortcomings, the head...

Karzai, Zardari agree to investigate spy attack 14 Dec 2012 - 07:26 am

ANKARA: Afghanistan and Pakistan agreed on Wednesday to jointly investigate an assassination attempt last week on Afghanistan’s spy chief that has heightened tension...

Afghan refugees get six more months in Pakistan 14 Dec 2012 - 07:26 am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Wednesday gave 1.6 million Afghan refugees the right to stay another six months, extending a deadline on their residency papers...

Islamabad withdraws embassy staff from Syria 14 Dec 2012 - 07:25 am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has withdrawn its diplomatic staff from Syria due to deteriorating security in the country, the foreign ministry said yesterday. “We have...

Japan scrambles fighters for China plane 14 Dec 2012 - 07:24 am

TOKYO: Japan scrambled eight fighter jets yesterday after a Chinese state-owned plane breached its airspace for the first time, over islands at the...

Thai ex-PM denies murder charge 14 Dec 2012 - 07:23 am

BANGKOK: Former Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva denied yesterday a murder charge brought against him for his role in a bloody military crackdown...

China defies US pressure over N Korea 14 Dec 2012 - 07:23 am

BEIJING: China yesterday resisted US-led pressure to bring its ally North Korea to heel for launching a long-range rocket, arguing that any response...

Nepal leaders get five more days to ink unity deal 14 Dec 2012 - 07:22 am

KATHMANDU: Nepal’s president yesterday gave rival political parties a third extension to his deadline for forming a national unity government to lead the...

S Korea opposition candidate closes poll gap 14 Dec 2012 - 07:22 am

SEOUL: Running a close second in opinion polls, South Korean presidential candidate Moon Jae-in announced yesterday plans for a 20 trillion won ($18.60bn)...

Singapore turns away rescued boat people 14 Dec 2012 - 07:22 am

SINGAPORE: Singapore has turned away a ship carrying 40 people rescued off Myanmar, port officials said yesterday, amid media reports the passengers could...

Vietnam jails 4 Hmong for ‘trying to overthrow state’ 14 Dec 2012 - 07:21 am

HANOI: Vietnam has jailed four people from the mainly Christian Hmong ethnic group for their roles in an alleged separatist plot to overthrow...

US renews commitment to freedom of navigation 14 Dec 2012 - 07:20 am

Admiral Samuel J Locklear III (right) shakes hands with General Jessie Dellosa, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of Philippines, after the...

Court junks govt bid to go after ex-army budget officer’s assets 14 Dec 2012 - 07:20 am

MANILA: The Court of Appeals (CA) has junked the government’s bid to run after the assets of retired military budget officer Lt. Col....

90,000 families need shelter, relief 14 Dec 2012 - 07:20 am

MANILA: As the government struggles to deliver relief goods to starving typhoon victims, the problem of providing shelter to some 90,000 families is...

Four dead in clash between rebels, soldiers in Negros 14 Dec 2012 - 07:19 am

MANILA: Four people were killed and at least four were wounded in a clash yesterday between government troops and leftist rebels in Negros...