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Vietnam busts China, Taiwan fake police scam: State media 08 Dec 2012 - 01:58 am

HANOI: Vietnamese state media yesterday said authorities had busted an elaborate telephone scam in which victims in China and Taiwan were tricked into...

Camps overflow as storm toll rises to 540 08 Dec 2012 - 01:57 am

President Benigno Aquino III distributes relief goods inside a sports complex turned into a temporary evacuation centre at a typhoon devastated village in...

Youth urged to join in nation-building 08 Dec 2012 - 01:55 am

President Benigno Aquino (centre) with the Generation TAYO Viral Video Contest Special Citation awardee The Moving Art Camp at Malacañang Palace. MANILA: President...

Senator Honasan wants revision of wiretapping bill 08 Dec 2012 - 01:55 am

MANILA: Communications equipment of persons suspected of being involved in the illegal drug trade may soon be subjected to wiretapping. This, after Senator...

University professor named head of govt peace panel 08 Dec 2012 - 01:54 am

MANILA: President Benigno Aquino III appointed yesterday University of the Philippines (UP) professor Miriam Coronel Ferrer as the new head of the government...

Trapped Filipino worker in Syria sends SOS 08 Dec 2012 - 01:54 am

MANILA: A Filipino working as a domestic helper in Syria is asking for immediate evacuation from the war-torn country. The overseas Filipino worker,...

Two soldiers killed, three injured in attack in Leyte 08 Dec 2012 - 01:54 am

MANILA: Two government soldiers were killed and three others were injured in an attack staged by leftist New People’s Army rebels in Leyte...

Northern Ireland hails Hillary’s peace efforts 08 Dec 2012 - 01:52 am

BELFAST: Northern Ireland’s leaders yesterday paid tribute to US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for helping build peace in the troubled British province,...

Kate hospital hoax call staffer in suspected suicide 08 Dec 2012 - 01:52 am

LONDON: A staff member at a hospital which treated Prince William’s pregnant wife Catherine was found dead in a suspected suicide yesterday, days...

Medvedev defends tough laws, backs Putin 08 Dec 2012 - 01:52 am

MOSCOW: Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev yesterday defended new laws which opponents say will be used to stifle dissent, underlining his allegiance to...

Amnesty sought for Venezuela’s jailed, exiled Chavez opponents 08 Dec 2012 - 01:51 am

CARACAS: Venezuela’s opposition is pressing President Hugo Chavez for a Christmas amnesty for scores of his foes in jail and exile over their...

Canada reviewing cost of F-35 fighter programme 08 Dec 2012 - 01:51 am

OTTAWA: The Canadian government said yesterday it was reviewing an independent report on the cost of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter programme, but...

Meshaal visits Gaza, ending long exile 08 Dec 2012 - 01:45 am

Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal (centre) and Hamas Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyah (right), wave to the crowd surrounded by security guards after Meshaal’s arrival...

Rebels circle Damascus airport; Russia, US downbeat 08 Dec 2012 - 01:45 am

BEIRUT: Rebels fighting to topple Syrian President Bashar Al Assad declared Damascus International Airport a battle zone yesterday, while Moscow and Washington both...

Deadly Israeli raid on Gaza home violated war laws: HRW 08 Dec 2012 - 01:45 am

JERUSALEM: The Israeli army committed a clear violation of the laws of war when it killed 12 Palestinians, including women and children, in...

Protesters breach barrier at Mursi’s palace 08 Dec 2012 - 01:44 am

CAIRO: More than 10,000 protesters opposing Egyptian President Mohammed Mursi swarmed the square in front of his Cairo palace last evening, breaking through...

South Sudan drops kidnap charges against US citizen 08 Dec 2012 - 01:44 am

JUBA: South Sudan dropped its case against an American citizen who it had held on kidnap charges but whose wife said was a...

Bahrain protesters demand PM’s ouster 08 Dec 2012 - 01:43 am

DUBAI: Thousands of Shia demonstrators in a village near the Bahraini capital yesterday demanded the premier’s ouster in the first officially sanctioned protest...