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Philippines says 146 Marcos paintings missing 27 Nov 2012 - 08:01 am

MANILA: More than 140 paintings by Picasso, Van Gogh and other masters which were bought with stolen funds by former Philippine dictator Ferdinand...

University exam 27 Nov 2012 - 03:47 am

Afghan university students take an exam in Baharak district in Badakhshan province yesterday. The government has closed down three major public universities in...

US to keep 10,000 troops in Afghanistan 27 Nov 2012 - 03:46 am

WASHINGTON: The administration of US President Barack Obama aims to keep around 10,000 US troops in Afghanistan after formal combat operations in that...

Toxic cough syrup kills 16 in Lahore 27 Nov 2012 - 03:46 am

LAHORE: At least 16 people have died after drinking a toxic cough syrup in the Pakistani city of Lahore, forcing authorities to close...

Senior Pakistan TV anchor escapes bid on life 27 Nov 2012 - 03:46 am

ISLAMABAD: A high-profile Pakistani journalist and television anchor escaped an assassination bid yesterday when police defused a bomb planted under his car in...

Rights group against amnesty for Afghan Taliban 27 Nov 2012 - 03:46 am

KABUL: An international human rights group urged Afghan authorities yesterday to refuse to give Taliban insurgents immunity from prosecution in return for peace...

Judges spared from dual nationality restrictions 27 Nov 2012 - 03:45 am

ISLAMABAD: The government of Pakistan has dropped its plan to bracket Supreme Court and high courts judges with civil and military bureaucrats and...

Protests against death sentence to killer of French troops 27 Nov 2012 - 03:45 am

JALALABAD: Student demonstrators yesterday demanded that an Afghan soldier sentenced to death for killing five French soldiers be spared execution. A military court...

Illegal cigarette industry becomes largest tax evader in Pakistan 27 Nov 2012 - 03:44 am

ISLAMABAD: The illegal cigarette industry in Pakistan has grown to become one of the largest tax evaders in the country, causing great loss...

Boosting ties 27 Nov 2012 - 03:44 am

Norway’s Crown Prince Haakon (secind left) and Crown Princess Mette-Marit (left) are welcomed by Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and his wife Ani...

Dolphin’s death 27 Nov 2012 - 03:42 am

Filipino animal activists hold photos of male bottlenose dolphin named ‘Wen-Wen’ which died en route to Singapore, in Manila, yesterday. It was one...

Manila urges Obama to act on climate change 27 Nov 2012 - 03:42 am

MANILA: A Philippine-based organisation campaigning against climate change has urged reelected United States President Barack Obama to prioritise the issue of climate change...

Chinese insurer hits out at Wen Jiabao report 27 Nov 2012 - 03:42 am

BEIJING: A Chinese insurance giant threatened legal action yesterday over a media report linking a key government decision about the firm to shareholdings...

US diplomat’s husband murdered in Philippines 27 Nov 2012 - 03:41 am

MANILA: Philippine police said they had charged four men yesterday over the stabbing death of a US diplomat’s husband during a brawl just...

Hundreds of Thai schools shut over militant attacks 27 Nov 2012 - 03:41 am

BANGKOK: Teachers in insurgency-wracked southern Thailand decided yesterday to suspend classes at hundreds of schools in the region over the killings of education...

Textile workers demonstrate in Bangladesh after deadly blaze 27 Nov 2012 - 03:41 am

DHAKA: Thousands of angry textile workers demonstrated in the outskirts of Dhaka yesterday after a fire swept through a garment workshop at the...

Japan should address nuclear fears, says UN 27 Nov 2012 - 03:40 am

TOKYO: Japan should do more to address fears over radiation in the area around Fukushima, a UN health expert said yesterday, urging it...

Former Cambodian king to be cremated on February 4 27 Nov 2012 - 03:38 am

PHNOM PENH: Cambodia’s beloved former monarch Norodom Sihanouk, who died aged 89 last month, will be cremated on February 4 following an elaborate...