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Sudan, Saudi target 2014 start to Red Sea mining 28 Nov 2012 - 01:20 am

KHARTOUM: Sudan and Saudi Arabia are targeting a 2014 start for deep-water mining of a Red Sea basin believed rich in gold and...

Experts exhume remains of Arafat 28 Nov 2012 - 01:19 am

RAMALLAH: The remains of iconic Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat were exhumed yesterday, eight years after his death, with experts set to test for...

Egyptians challenge Mursi in nationwide protests 28 Nov 2012 - 01:18 am

Fireworks in Cairo’s Tahrir Square yesterday, during an opposition demonstration against President Mohammed Mursi’s decree. CAIRO: Tens of thousands Egyptians protested yesterday against...

Camel competition 28 Nov 2012 - 01:16 am

Camels are displayed during the Mazayen Al Ibl competition, a parade of the “most beautiful camels”, in Tabuk, 1,500km from Riyadh, yesterday.

UK court stops extradition of Iranian to US 28 Nov 2012 - 01:16 am

LONDON: A British court blocked yesterday the extradition of a former Iranian diplomat wanted by the United States after he was caught in...

Syrian warplanes attack towns 28 Nov 2012 - 01:15 am

BEIRUT: Syrian warplanes attacked towns in the country’s north and east and killed at least five civilians in a strike on an olive...

Saudi authorities detain families at rights protest 28 Nov 2012 - 01:14 am

JEDDAH: Saudi security forces detained dozens of men, women and children yesterday after they staged a rare protest outside a human rights group’s...

King Abdullah well and in good health, says Crown Prince 28 Nov 2012 - 01:13 am

JEDDAH: Saudi Crown Prince Salman said yesterday that the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz was “well and in...

Taliban militants killed 28 Nov 2012 - 12:59 am

Afghan National Police (ANP) officials load bodies of Taliban militants onto a vehicle in Laghman yesterday. Some 20 Taliban militants were killed in...

Anti-Israel protest 28 Nov 2012 - 12:58 am

Afghan university students shout slogans against the US and Afghan governments during a protest against Israel’s recent offensive in the Gaza Strip, in...

Four Pakistanis, including three females, among global thinkers 28 Nov 2012 - 12:57 am

WASHINGTON: The prestigious US magazine Foreign Policy has included four Pakistanis in its list of Top 100 Global Thinkers for 2012, a list...

Security pact with US to be flexible: Karzai 28 Nov 2012 - 12:57 am

KABUL: Afghan President Hamid Karzai hinted yesterday that his government would be flexible in negotiating “sensitive” issues in a new security pact with...

Taliban claim bid to kill Pakistan TV host 28 Nov 2012 - 12:56 am

PESHAWAR: Pakistan’s umbrella Taliban faction claimed responsibility yesterday for planting a bomb under the car of a prominent journalist and TV anchorman and...

Billions in taxpayer money untraceable in Pakistan 28 Nov 2012 - 12:56 am

ISLAMABAD: A huge sum of Rs88.7bn is untraceable in the official books. The federal government of Pakistan does not have any clue about...

250,000 child deaths in Pakistan every year 28 Nov 2012 - 12:55 am

ISLAMABAD: The quality of drinking water in Pakistan being supplied to the people is yet to meet international standards due to which waterborne...

Rights group urges judges to stop censoring media 28 Nov 2012 - 12:55 am

ISLAMABAD: An international human rights group urged Pakistan judges yesterday to stop using their powers to censor media critical of the judiciary. Over...

Merkel visits medical varsity 27 Nov 2012 - 10:28 pm

German Chancellor Angela Merkel looks through a microscope at stem cells that have been bred to grow heart muscle cells, during her visit...

Congo rebels set terms for Goma pullout 27 Nov 2012 - 10:28 pm

GOMA: Rebels in Democratic Republic of Congo said yesterday that they would withdraw from the eastern city of Goma only if President Joseph...