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Norway princess in secret trip to aid surrogate twins 05 Dec 2012 - 07:03 am

New Delhi/OSLO: Norway’s Crown Princess Mette-Marit secretly travelled to India in order to care for infant twins born to the surrogate mother of...

Yeddyurappa dares BJP on eve of assembly session 05 Dec 2012 - 07:03 am

Belgaum: Karnataka’s ruling BJP faces a tough assembly session from today as it stares at a split in its ranks following its former...

Put on hold cash transfer in Himachal, Gujarat: EC tells govt 05 Dec 2012 - 07:02 am

New Delhi: Even as the Election Commission (EC) yesterday expressed its concern over the government’s announcement of direct cash transfer and asked it...

52 killed as typhoon Bopha hits Philippines 05 Dec 2012 - 07:00 am

Workers clear a road of a fallen tree after Typhoon Bopha hit the city of Tagum, Davao del Norte province, on the southern...

Japan leaders start poll campaign near Fukushima 05 Dec 2012 - 07:00 am

IWAKI: Japan’s election campaign kicked off yesterday with party leaders making pitches near the disaster-struck Fukushima plant, setting the tone for a poll...

Former Indonesia top cop detained for graft 05 Dec 2012 - 06:59 am

JAKARTA: Indonesia has detained a former traffic police chief in a multi-million dollar graft case, the nation’s corruption watchdog said yesterday, in the...

South Korea, US to boost bid to stop North rocket launch 05 Dec 2012 - 06:59 am

SEOUL: South Korea and the United States will “maximise” diplomatic efforts to stop North Korea’s planned rocket launch, Seoul’s top nuclear envoy said...

Thailand hunts for killer tiger after second deadly attack 05 Dec 2012 - 06:59 am

BANGKOK: Terrified Thai villagers were yesterday hunting a tiger suspected of killing two people in less than a week after a woman was...

Myanmar monk who led rallies arrested 05 Dec 2012 - 06:58 am

YANGON: A leader of Myanmar’s 2007 monk rallies has been arrested, an official said yesterday, in his latest brush with the law since...

Taiwan students want right to protest freely 05 Dec 2012 - 06:58 am

TAIPEI: Student groups in Taiwan yesterday accused the government of trying to clamp down on their freedom to protest against a planned sale...

DR Congo rebels, govt to hold peace talks 05 Dec 2012 - 06:57 am

Congolese government policemen secure the runway near a United Nations armoured personnel carrier at the airport in Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo,...

Merkel kicks off bid for third term in power 05 Dec 2012 - 06:56 am

German Chancellor Angela Merkel after being re-elected as CDU Federal Chairwoman for the seventh time. HANOVER, Germany: Chancellor Angela Merkel triumphantly kicked off...

Farm workers resume strike in South Africa 05 Dec 2012 - 06:55 am

A group of striking farm workers march past a police armoured vehicle, through De Doorns, a fruit growing region about 120km north of...

Kenyan leaders agree on poll alliance 05 Dec 2012 - 06:55 am

NAIROBI: Kenya’s Prime Minister Raila Odinga and Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka announced a powerful alliance yesterday as running mates in presidential elections due...

France calls off search for missing climbers 05 Dec 2012 - 06:55 am

GAP, France: French rescuers yesterday called off a search for two Italian heart specialists and a guide missing in the French Alps for...

Prince William visits pregnant Kate in hospital 05 Dec 2012 - 06:53 am

LONDON: Prince William visited his pregnant wife Kate in hospital yesterday where she was spending a second day being treated for acute morning...

Internet storm welcomes #royalbaby 05 Dec 2012 - 06:53 am

LONDON: From spoof Twitter accounts to feverish speculation about names, the Internet went into a frenzy yesterday over the unborn child of Prince...

McAfee seeking political asylum in Guatemala 05 Dec 2012 - 06:52 am

GUATEMALA CITY: American anti-virus software pioneer John McAfee, wanted for questioning over the murder of his neighbour last month in Belize, is in...