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Rowling ‘dismayed’ by British PM’s stance on press law 02 Dec 2012 - 01:24 am

LONDON: Harry Potter creator J K Rowling accused British Prime Minister David Cameron yesterday of betraying victims of press intrusion after he opposed...

DR Congo rebels pull out from Goma 02 Dec 2012 - 01:23 am

GOMA: Rebels in the volatile east of the Democratic Republic of Congo pulled out yesterday from the mining hub of Goma, the city...

Unfair play 02 Dec 2012 - 01:13 am

European economy 02 Dec 2012 - 01:12 am

Former premier Gujral cremated with state honours 02 Dec 2012 - 01:10 am

New Delhi: Former prime minister Inder Kumar Gujral was yesterday cremated here with full state honours in the presence of the country’s top...

Edwina, Nehru relations were platonic: Book 02 Dec 2012 - 01:08 am

New Delhi: Edwina Mountbatten enjoyed a close and warm relationship with Jawaharlal Nehru (pictured) but it was spiritual and intellectual, not a sexual...

Sahara group defends itself in newspaper adverts 02 Dec 2012 - 01:08 am

NEW DELHI: The Sahara business group, charged with illegally raising $4.5bn from millions of small rural savers, took out huge ads yesterday declaring...

Bangladesh MPs blame Delhi for not taking up illegal immigration 02 Dec 2012 - 01:08 am

Guwahati: A 12-member delegation of Bangladeshi MPs yesterday blamed the Indian government for not taking up with Dhaka the issue of illegal migration...

Ranbaxy probes glass in drug 02 Dec 2012 - 01:07 am

NEW DELHI: Drug giant Ranbaxy has ceased production of its generic version of cholesterol-busting drug Lipitor until it probes the issue of “possible”...

Man shoots revellers over noise 02 Dec 2012 - 01:05 am

SETE, France: A Frenchman enraged over a noisy birthday party burst onto the scene with a gun early yesterday in the southern town...

Psy says he gets sick of ‘Gangnam’ 02 Dec 2012 - 01:05 am

SINGAPORE: South Korean pop music sensation Psy admitted yesterday that he sometimes gets sick of his massive hit “Gangnam Style” but will continue...

Arab, Turk top diplomats condemn Israeli settlement plans 01 Dec 2012 - 08:06 pm

ISTANBUL: Arab and Turkish foreign ministers on Saturday condemned Israel's plans to build 3,000 settler homes in east Jerusalem after the Palestinians won...

Qatar participates in ISESCO Summit in Riyadh 01 Dec 2012 - 07:25 pm

DOHA: Qatar is taking part in the 11th session of the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO), held in Riyadh on December...

All communications lines back up in Damascus 01 Dec 2012 - 07:23 pm

DAMASCUS: Internet and telephone services resumed in Damascus on Saturday after a three-day blackout, an AFP reporter and state news agency SANA said,...

Oman's Foreign Ministry Secretary General meets Qatari Ambassador 01 Dec 2012 - 12:21 pm

MUSCAT: Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Sultanate of Oman Sayyid Badr bin Hamad bin Hamood AlBusaidi met here...

3 soldiers killed, 18 missing in avalanche in Pakistan 01 Dec 2012 - 11:19 am

ISLAMABAD: Landslides triggered by heavy snow claimed the lives of three soldiers and left 18 others missing in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, the military said. ...

Qatar describes upgraded UN status for Palestine as historic achievement 01 Dec 2012 - 11:06 am

NEW YORK: The State of Qatar welcomed the UN General Assembly resolution which upgraded the Palestinian status in the United Nations to a...

US senate expands sanctions on Iran's energy, shipping sectors 01 Dec 2012 - 11:06 am

WASHIBGTON: The US Senate has overwhelmingly approved expanded sanctions on Iran's energy, port, shipping and ship-building sectors. In a 94-0 vote, the Senate...