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GM crops must for country, govt tells Supreme Court 13 Nov 2012 - 08:07 am

New Delhi: The central government has told the Supreme Court that it could not achieve the goal of reducing the number of hungry...

Couple arrested over $91 million investment fraud 13 Nov 2012 - 08:07 am

New Delhi: A married couple has been arrested in Maharashtra in connection with what is believed to be one of the biggest frauds...

2G auction gets muted response 13 Nov 2012 - 08:06 am

NEW DELHI: India yesterday began auctioning mobile spectrum reclaimed after the Supreme Court scrapped licences due to a graft-tainted allocation process, but the...

Indians in Colombo prison safe: Official 13 Nov 2012 - 08:06 am

New Delhi: All 38 Indians in Sri Lanka’s Welikada prison are safe and some had sustained minor injuries in the wake of a...

Burnt buses 13 Nov 2012 - 08:04 am

Buses that had been set on fire after unrest broke out as a result of target killing in Karachi, Pakistan, yesterday. Reports state...

‘Afghan’ mortars kill four in Peshawar 13 Nov 2012 - 08:04 am

PESHAWAR: Mortar rounds fired from Afghanistan have killed four civilians in a border village in Pakistan’s northwestern tribal belt, Pakistan security officials said...

Afghan massacre ‘too big’ for lone US soldier 13 Nov 2012 - 08:03 am

Washington: A lone shooter could not have committed the massacre of 16 Afghan villagers blamed on a US soldier, a witness testified late...

School closed in Peshawar for lack of teachers 13 Nov 2012 - 08:03 am

PESHAWAR: I haven’t seen a single child go to this educational institution for the last four years, says a resident of the Ghari...

Islamabad plans Malala schools for poor children 13 Nov 2012 - 08:03 am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan plans to honour Malala Yousafzai, the schoolgirl education campaigner shot by the Taliban, by opening special schools in her name for...

Hopes weak for peace talks 13 Nov 2012 - 08:03 am

ISLAMABAD: A high-level Afghan delegation arrived in Pakistan Monday for talks on peace in the war-torn nation, but analysts warned that without Taliban...

Germany to decide on Afghan troop withdrawal pace 13 Nov 2012 - 08:02 am

KABUL: German Defence Minister Thomas de Maiziere said yesterday on a visit to Afghanistan that his government would decide in the coming days...

Massacre anniversary 13 Nov 2012 - 08:00 am

Hundreds of East Timorese march carrying portraits of relatives to mark the 21st anniversary of the Santa Cruz massacre in Dili yesterday. Protesters...

Manila to boost fight against trafficking 13 Nov 2012 - 08:00 am

MANILA: The Philippine government vowed to intensify the campaign against human trafficking in the country following a preliminary report of a United Nations...

Japan high court clears politician after long trial 13 Nov 2012 - 08:00 am

TOKYO: Japan’s onetime political kingmaker Ichiro Ozawa was cleared yesterday of misreporting political funds, ending a drawn-out legal battle for one of the...

China not serious about immolation probe: Dalai Lama 13 Nov 2012 - 07:59 am

TOKYO: The Dalai Lama said yesterday that China is more interested in criticising him than finding the reason behind a spate of Tibetan...

S Korea’s first lady to face land deal probe 13 Nov 2012 - 07:59 am

SEOUL: South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak’s wife will be questioned in writing by special prosecutors probing alleged irregularities in the purchase of a...

Sri Lanka military defends killings during prison riot 13 Nov 2012 - 07:59 am

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s military yesterday defended its soldiers who have been accused of massacring prisoners during a jail riot last week, saying the...

Myanmar struggles to reach quake victims 13 Nov 2012 - 07:58 am

SINT KU: Myanmar rescuers struggled yesterday to bring help to outlying villages hit by an earthquake that aid agencies say has killed at...