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Arvind Kejriwal launches party in Maharashtra 03 Dec 2012 - 07:14 am

Roha, Maharashtra: Arvind Kejriwal launched his Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) Maharashtra unit yesterday with a rally from Mumbai to Roha in Raigad district....

Attack on Afghan Nato base kills 5 03 Dec 2012 - 07:13 am

JALALABAD: Taliban suicide attackers struck at a Nato base on an Afghan city airport at dawn yesterday, killing five people and wounding several...

Pakistan seizes 14 tonnes of bomb-making chemical 03 Dec 2012 - 07:10 am

QUETTA: Pakistani authorities seized nearly 14 tonnes of potassium chlorate, a key ingredient in bomb-making, from a bus in the country’s violent and...

Elite in the govt oppose border trade with India 03 Dec 2012 - 07:10 am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has missed a self-imposed deadline for allowing all tradable items through land routes from India because of stiff resistance from land-owning...

Court restrains temple demolition in Karachi 03 Dec 2012 - 06:57 am

Islamabad: A court in Pakistan has restrained a military estates officer and the administration of the port city of Karachi from demolishing a...

Rescuers find more bodies after Pakistan landslides 03 Dec 2012 - 06:54 am

MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan: Rescuers have found three more bodies after landslides in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, officials said yesterday, taking the confirmed death toll to 15,...

5 die as Japan tunnel caves in 03 Dec 2012 - 06:52 am

Rescue workers and highway officials work at the entrance of Sasago tunnel, which collapsed in Otsuki, west of Tokyo, yesterday. Otsuki, Japan: Japanese...

Survivors talk of horror amid debris, fire 03 Dec 2012 - 06:52 am

Otsuki, Japan: A man who survived a tunnel collapse in Japan spoke yesterday of how a woman who crawled from a mound of...

Alarm over depleting tuna stocks due to overfishing 03 Dec 2012 - 06:51 am

MANILA: Asia-Pacific fishing experts yesterday warned against depleting tuna stocks, saying the region needs to reduce its catch of the vulnerable bigeye species...

Workers clash with police in Bangladesh 03 Dec 2012 - 06:51 am

DHAKA: Police fired rubber bullets and tear gas yesterday in clashes with thousands of Bangladeshi workers protesting over the deaths of 110 people...

Chinese court asks newspaper to apologise, say reports 03 Dec 2012 - 06:51 am

BEIJING: A Chinese court has asked for an apology from a newspaper which said it jailed 10 “interceptors” who illegally held petitioners attempting...

Myanmar police arrest two at rally over China mine row 03 Dec 2012 - 06:44 am

YANGON: At least two people have been arrested at a rally in Yangon held to condemn a violent police crackdown on protesters at...

Slovenia elections 03 Dec 2012 - 06:42 am

A Slovenian citizen casts her ballot at a polling station in Sempeter during the second round of presidential elections in Slovenia, yesterday. Slovenians...

Clinton heads to Europe for Nato talks 03 Dec 2012 - 06:42 am

WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton headed yesterday on her 38th trip to Europe that may well be one of her last...

Merkel to rally CDU for poll battle next year 03 Dec 2012 - 06:41 am

BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel will seek to rally her ruling conservatives to win a third term in power next year at a...

No US budget deal without tax hikes: White House 03 Dec 2012 - 06:41 am

WASHINGTON: Lead White House negotiator Timothy Geithner insisted yesterday that there would be no deal to avert the “fiscal cliff” unless Republicans allowed...

France, Italy battle to keep rail link on track 03 Dec 2012 - 06:41 am

LYON: Controversial plans for a ¤26bn high-speed rail link between France and Italy will be at the centre of talks between leaders of...

WikiLeaks suspect’s trial date postponed to March 03 Dec 2012 - 06:40 am

FORT MEADE, Maryland: The trial date for a US Army private accused of passing a trove of secret documents to WikiLeaks has been...