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Taliban to attend Paris conference on Afghanistan 11 Dec 2012 - 10:12 am

KABUL: The Taliban said yesterday it would attend a conference in Paris on Afghanistan this month but would not hold peace talks with...

Pakistan’s ‘Zero Hunger’ project hits snags 11 Dec 2012 - 10:12 am

ISLAMABAD: The newly created ministry of national food security has not been able to implement its ‘Zero Hunger’ project even after seven months...

Taliban attack on Peshawar police kills 6 11 Dec 2012 - 10:11 am

PESHAWAR: Taliban suicide bombers besieged a Pakistani police station yesterday, killing six people near the militant stronghold of North Waziristan that borders Afghanistan,...

Rights day in Manila 11 Dec 2012 - 10:10 am

Supporters and indigenous people from Mindanao wearing traditional dress march towards the Presidential Palace to rally as they commemorate International Human Rights Day...

Manila backs Japan to ‘balance’ China 11 Dec 2012 - 10:10 am

MANILA: The Philippines would support Japan dropping its pacifist constitution to become a fully fledged military force and act as a balance against...

UN aid call as Philippine typhoon toll rises to 600 11 Dec 2012 - 10:09 am

DAVAO: The United Nations launched a $65m global aid appeal yesterday to help desperate survivors of a typhoon that killed more than 600...

Greenpeace sues South Korea over nuclear activists 11 Dec 2012 - 10:09 am

SEOUL: Greenpeace said yesterday it had filed a lawsuit against the South Korean government for denying entry to half a dozen key campaigners...

N Korea extends rocket launch window 11 Dec 2012 - 10:09 am

SEOUL: North Korea yesterday extended the window for its planned rocket launch by one week due to technical problems but stressed it was...

Tibetan, 16, burns herself to death in China: Xinhua 11 Dec 2012 - 10:09 am

BEIJING: A 16-year-old Tibetan girl died after setting herself on fire, Chinese state media said yesterday, as the war-of-words between the government-in-exile and...

Chinese dissident Hu Jia kept at home on human rights day 11 Dec 2012 - 10:08 am

BEIJING: Chinese police barred prominent dissident Hu Jia from leaving home yesterday after he proposed marking UN Human Rights Day near the home...

Laos expels Swiss charity head for attacks on govt 11 Dec 2012 - 10:08 am

HANOI: Laos has expelled the outspoken head of a major Swiss charity for criticising the government, an official from the secretive communist country...

Chavez leaves for cancer surgery in Cuba 11 Dec 2012 - 10:06 am

CARACAS: Hugo Chavez left for Cuba early yesterday to undergo new cancer surgery that the Venezuelan leftist president admitted was urgently needed to...

US seen as ‘first among equals’ in 2030: Report 11 Dec 2012 - 10:05 am

WASHINGTON: The United States will likely be the “first among equals” in 2030 in an increasingly chaotic world where China is the top...

UK launches genome database to improve patient care 11 Dec 2012 - 10:05 am

LONDON: Up to 100,000 Britons suffering from cancer and rare diseases are to have their genetic codes fully sequenced and mapped as part...

Tearful radio hosts say sorry to nurse’s family 11 Dec 2012 - 10:04 am

SYDNEY: The Australian radio hosts who made a prank call to a London hospital treating Prince William’s wife Kate tearfully told of their...

Russia to send 3 task forces on anti-piracy mission in 2013 11 Dec 2012 - 09:28 am

MOSCOW: Russia will rotate at least three naval task forces on an anti-piracy mission in the Gulf of Aden in 2013, the Russian...

Tokyo stocks close almost flat 11 Dec 2012 - 09:27 am

TOKYO: Tokyo stocks closed almost unchanged Tuesday as investors awaited the outcome of a two-day US monetary policy meeting and talks aimed at...

China mostly satisfied with achievements of UN climate talks 11 Dec 2012 - 09:17 am

BEIJING: China is satisfied with the achievements of the United Nations climate talks held in Doha, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said Monday. Spokesman...