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China Eastern Airlines to buy 60 A320 aircraft 23 Nov 2012 - 02:20 pm

HONG KONG, China: China Eastern Airlines said on Friday it will buy 60 Airbus A320 aircraft in a deal worth $5.39 billion to...

Pakistan suspends phone network over security fears 23 Nov 2012 - 01:58 pm

KARACHI: Pakistan suspended mobile phone services in major cities on Friday to prevent terror attacks from marring commemorations for the holy month of...

Myanmar blames Rohingya militants for border attack 23 Nov 2012 - 01:27 pm

YANGON: Myanmar authorities on Friday accused a Rohingya militant group of carrying out an attack that left one dead and three people missing...

India's capital widens ban on plastic bags 23 Nov 2012 - 01:04 pm

NEW DELHI: The Delhi government imposed a blanket ban on the use of all plastic bags on Friday in an attempt to tackle...

Qatar asks Syrian opposition to name ambassador 23 Nov 2012 - 01:00 pm

DUBAI: Qatar has asked Syria's newly formed opposition coalition to appoint an ambassador to the Gulf Arab state, the first Arab country to...

Strong interest for Chinese insurer PICC's IPO 23 Nov 2012 - 12:43 pm

HONG KONG: Chinese insurer PICC has attracted strong interest from investors for its $3.6 billion initial public offering in Hong Kong next month...

Vietnam arrests 11 on hijacked Malaysian ship 23 Nov 2012 - 12:42 pm

KUALA LUMPUR: Vietnamese authorities have arrested 11 suspected pirates aboard a chemical tanker after the first hijacking of a vessel en route to...

Asia Naphtha-Qatar offers GTL naphtha from Oryx 23 Nov 2012 - 12:19 pm

SINGAPORE: Qatar's Tasweeq is looking to sell 26,000 tonnes of Oryx gas-to-liquid (GTL) naphtha for Dec. 12-13 loading, but this comes at a...

Egypt tightens security measures 23 Nov 2012 - 12:18 pm

CAIRO: Security and military forces were Friday deployed outside the key state institutions near Tahrir Square in Cairo where the opposition plans a...

UK energy deal triples renewables subsidy by 2020 23 Nov 2012 - 12:14 pm

LONDON: British government support for low-carbon electricity generation will triple by 2020 after the energy and finance ministries reached a deal to end...

Lebanon 23 Nov 2012 - 12:08 pm

119 journalists killed in 2012: report 23 Nov 2012 - 11:41 am

VIENNA: A total of 119 journalists have been killed while on assignment so far this year, the Vienna-based International Press Institute (IPI) said. ...

Philippine massacre clan jostling for power again 23 Nov 2012 - 11:07 am

MANILA: Dozens of members of a clan whose leaders are on trial for the Philippines' worst political massacre are candidates in 2013 elections,...

Syria state TV journalist shot dead: official media 23 Nov 2012 - 11:06 am

DAMASCUS: A Syrian state television journalist was shot dead in the capital on Wednesday, the latest in a string of employees of pro-government...

Australian tycoon Rinehart puts $10m in pool 23 Nov 2012 - 09:46 am

SYDNEY: Australian mining billionaire Gina Rinehart Friday said she would splash out Aus$10 million (US$10.4 million) to support the country's leading swimmers, who...

Afghan suicide bomber kills two, wounds 40: police 23 Nov 2012 - 09:18 am

GHAZNI, Afghanistan: A suicide car bomber killed two people and wounded 40 others, including women and children, outside a security training centre in...

Doubts as greenhouse gas leader hosts climate meet 23 Nov 2012 - 09:02 am

DUBAI: Qatar has much to prove in the coming days as the fossil fuel producing nation with the world's largest per capita carbon...

Walmart suspends Indian finance chief in probe: report 23 Nov 2012 - 09:01 am

NEW DELHI: The Indian unit of Walmart has suspended its financial director and legal team as it investigates whether bribes were paid to...