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GORD unveils low-emission hybrid concept car 29 Nov 2012 - 03:24 am

A man looks at a Chevrolet Blazer hybrid concept car at a display of environmentally-friendly vehicles by the Gulf Organisation for Research and...

Emir meets GCC Secretary-General 29 Nov 2012 - 03:20 am

The Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani with GCC Secretary-General Dr Abdul Latif bin Rashid Al Zayani at the Emiri...

Greenpeace says not going soft on summit 29 Nov 2012 - 03:13 am

By Satish kanady DOHA: ‘Wait and watch’ is what Greenpeace activists tell their critics on its alleged ‘inaction’ during the Doha COP18/CMP8 Summit....

Thai PM survives no-confidence vote 29 Nov 2012 - 01:50 am

Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra (top right) attending a Parliament session in Bangkok yesterday. BANGKOK: Thailand’s government survived a no-confidence vote yesterday, days...

China paper deletes ‘sexiest’ Kim report 29 Nov 2012 - 01:50 am

BEIJING: The Chinese Communist Party’s official mouthpiece yesterday deleted a story that North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un had been named 2012’s “Sexiest Man...

Bangladesh arrests managers over blaze 29 Nov 2012 - 01:50 am

DHAKA: Bangladesh police fired rubber bullets to disperse thousands of workers who protested for a third day yesterday over the nation’s worst factory...

Manila refuses to stamp new Chinese passports 29 Nov 2012 - 01:48 am

MANILA: The Philippines said yesterday it would refuse to stamp Chinese passports containing a map showing most of the China South Sea as...

Myanmar police arrest activists over latest copper mine protest 29 Nov 2012 - 01:48 am

YANGON: Police in Myanmar have arrested six leaders of the latest protest against the planned expansion of a Chinese-run copper mine, with opposition...

Philippines rights body to probe unresolved extrajudicial killings 29 Nov 2012 - 01:48 am

MANILA: The super body that President Benigno Aquino recently created to handle cases of human rights violations is specifically mandated to investigate “unresolved...

Japan anti-nuclear groups join forces ahead of polls 29 Nov 2012 - 01:46 am

TOKYO: Anti-nuclear parties banded into a new political group yesterday, as Japan’s fragmented electoral landscape shifts ahead of next month’s national polls. Three...

Rally for Afsal Guru 29 Nov 2012 - 01:44 am

Members of Global Youth Foundation, a group of Kashmiri students, hold a banner and candles during a protest seeking clemency for Afzal Guru,...

UPA confident to face vote in FDI issue 29 Nov 2012 - 01:44 am

New Delhi: Assured of its numbers, the UPA yesterday appeared confident to face a vote on FDI in multi-brand retail to end the...

Zee scribes sent to police custody 29 Nov 2012 - 01:41 am

New Delhi: A Delhi court yesterday sent two Zee News journalists to two days’ police custody. They were arrested on an extortion complaint...

CBI court dismisses Jagan’s bail petition 29 Nov 2012 - 01:41 am

Hyderabad: In yet another setback to YSR Congress Party leader Y S Jaganmohan Reddy, a special court here dismissed one of his two...

Tortured Kargil martyr’s parents want justice for war crime 29 Nov 2012 - 01:40 am

Palampur, Himachal Pradesh: “A soldier wants to die taking the bullet in his chest and not being barbarically tortured for days,” says Vijaya...

Facebook fracas over post against MNS chief 29 Nov 2012 - 01:40 am

Thane: Police in Palghar yesterday questioned a young man for allegedly posting on Facebook objectionable matter against MNS chief Raj Thackeray, official sources...

NRKs granted vote in local body elections 29 Nov 2012 - 01:39 am

Kochi: The Oommen Chandy government at its weekly cabinet meeting here yesterday decided to allow the nearly two million non-resident Keralites (NRKs) the...

Graft buster vows to rein in Kabulbank kingpins 29 Nov 2012 - 01:39 am

KABUL: The chief investigator probing Afghanistan’s biggest financial scandal says he will stop at nothing to put the perpetrators in a multi-million dollar...