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Savile a suspect in 199 offences 13 Dec 2012 - 07:11 am

LONDON: British television star Jimmy Savile is suspected of carrying out an unprecedented number of offences including 31 rapes, police said yesterday in...

9/11 torture details to be kept secret 13 Dec 2012 - 07:10 am

WASHINGTON: A US military judge ordered yesterday that testimony describing the capture, secret imprisonment and torture of defendants accused of taking part in...

Ten Commandments copy goes online 13 Dec 2012 - 07:10 am

LONDON: A copy of The Ten Commandments dating back two millennia and the earliest written Gaelic are just two of a number of...

UK MP slams Australia radio station over death of nurse 13 Dec 2012 - 07:10 am

LONDON: A lawmaker representing the family of a nurse who apparently took her own life after a prank call to a London hospital...

Cameron says state conspired to kill Northern Ireland lawyer 13 Dec 2012 - 07:09 am

LONDON: British Prime Minister David Cameron said yesterday that an official report had revealed a “shocking” level of British state collusion in the...

Germany passes law to protect circumcision 13 Dec 2012 - 07:07 am

Tourists chat while visiting the Memorial for the Murdered Jews of Europe, covered in seasonal snow, in Berlin, yesterday. BERLIN: German politicians passed...

Have more babies, Putin tells Russians 13 Dec 2012 - 07:07 am

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday denounced opponents who receive financial assistance from abroad and vowed that Russia would not allow democracy to...

Bosnian Serb general sentenced to life 13 Dec 2012 - 07:06 am

THE HAGUE: The UN’s Yugoslav war crimes court found Bosnian Serb general Zdravko Tolimir guilty of genocide yesterday for his role in the...

Mali PM chalks out new unity govt 13 Dec 2012 - 07:06 am

BAMAKO: Mali’s new Prime Minister Diango Cissoko started drawing up a new unity government yesterday that could bring the consensus needed to launch...

Piety, mockery pepper reaction to Pope’s Twitter debut 13 Dec 2012 - 07:06 am

VATICAN CITY: Pope Benedict XVI’s debut on Twitter got off to a bumpy start yesrerday, with mockery outweighing piety in reaction to the...

Egypt opposition urges ‘no’ vote on referendum 13 Dec 2012 - 06:45 am

An Egyptian casts her vote on the new constitution at the Egyptian consulate in Dubai yesterday. CAIRO: Egypt’s liberal and secular opposition said...

Syria seeks arrest of Lebanese former PM Hariri 13 Dec 2012 - 06:44 am

BEIRUT: Syria has issued arrest warrants against former Lebanese prime minister Saad Al Hariri and a close political ally for “terrorist crimes” of...

Syrian forces fired Scud missiles at rebels: US official 13 Dec 2012 - 06:44 am

WASHINGTON: Forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Al Assad have fired Scud missiles at rebels trying to overthrow Syria’s government, a senior US...

Sudan minister warns of new conflict over Abyei 13 Dec 2012 - 06:43 am

KHARTOUM: Referring the flashpoint Abyei issue to the United Nations Security Council could spark a new war in the area, Sudan’s Foreign Minister...

Tunisia’s largest union cancels general strike 13 Dec 2012 - 06:43 am

TUNIS: Tunisia’s largest union cancelled yesterday a general strike set for the next day, a move which could calm Islamist-leftist tensions after violent...

Coptic Christian sentenced over anti-Islam film 13 Dec 2012 - 06:42 am

CAIRO: A Cairo court sentenced an Egyptian Coptic Christian to three years in prison yesterday for posting online parts of a US-made anti-Islam...

Five reasons Scotland shouldn’t panic about staying in the EU 13 Dec 2012 - 06:40 am

By Jeff Breslin Given the success of Ukip in the south of the country, it is perhaps surprising that Scotland is currently the...

Students against female foeticide 13 Dec 2012 - 06:38 am

Students from various schools and colleges shout slogans against female foeticide, in front of the Gateway of India, Mumbai, yesterday. The female foeticide...