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Pakistan’s 3G auction further delayed 12 Nov 2012 - 06:50 am

ISLAMABAD: A ministerial committee in Pakistan has scraped the process of selection of consultant for auction of the much-awaited multi-billion-dollar Third Generation (3G)...

Three leaders of Imran’s party set to join Zardari camp 12 Nov 2012 - 06:50 am

PESHAWAR: Four key politicians from the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province including three leaders of Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek Insaf (PTI) have met with the...

Newborn baby among six killed in Afghan blast 12 Nov 2012 - 06:50 am

Khost, Afghanistan: A mother and her newborn baby were among six family members killed in a roadside bombing in eastern Afghanistan overnight, police...

Myanmar quake leaves 13 dead, 40 injured 12 Nov 2012 - 06:48 am

SHWEBO, Myanmar: A powerful earthquake that struck Myanmar yesterday killed at least 13 people, injured 40 and sparked panic in the central city...

Seismic fault under Japan nuclear plant may be active 12 Nov 2012 - 06:41 am

TOKYO: Japan’s only working nuclear power plant sits on what may be a seismic fault in the earth’s crust, a geologist has warned,...

Sri Lanka’s opposition accuses troops of jail massacre 12 Nov 2012 - 06:41 am

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s main opposition party yesterday demanded an independent inquiry into a prison riot that left 27 convicts dead, alleging many were...

Philippine police thwart bomb attack; three held 12 Nov 2012 - 06:40 am

ZAMBOANGA: Police in the southern Philippines said yesterday they had arrested three members of the Al Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf group and thwarted a...

China slams ‘distorted’ view of copyright piracy problem 12 Nov 2012 - 06:30 am

BEIJING: China’s top official in charge of fighting copyright piracy yesterday slammed what he said was deliberate distortion of the problem by the...

Second woman appears in Petraeus affair 12 Nov 2012 - 06:27 am

WASHINGTON: The career of David Petraeus, the CIA director and a renowned military general, was derailed by allegedly vicious emails his paramour sent...

Call for major overhaul at troubled BBC 12 Nov 2012 - 06:27 am

LONDON: The chairman of the BBC’s governing board called yesterday for radical change in the world’s largest broadcaster after it was plunged into...

Kirchner’s popularity takes a tumble 12 Nov 2012 - 06:27 am

BUENOS AIRES: Argentine President Cristina Kirchner is enduring one of the toughest stretches of her term as her approval rating drops amid anger...

US senators restart talks on immigration reform 12 Nov 2012 - 06:26 am

Washington: Two key US senators are restarting bipartisan talks on US immigration reform that will include a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants...

West Africa bloc to send 3,300 troops to north Mali 12 Nov 2012 - 06:26 am

ABUJA: A West African summit yesterday agreed on a military force of 3,300 troops with a one-year mandate to wrest control of northern...

Violence escalates in Gaza 12 Nov 2012 - 06:24 am

JERUALEM: Israeli forces struck targets in the Gaza Strip yesterday, killing one Palestinian and wounding over 30 others as militants launched dozens of...

Bahrain jails 19 Shias for attempted murder 12 Nov 2012 - 06:23 am

DUBAI: A Bahraini court yesterday sentenced 19 Shias to five years each in jail for the attempted murder of policemen during unrest which...

Russia to help probe Arafat’s death: Abbas 12 Nov 2012 - 06:22 am

RAMALLAH: Russia will join an international investigation to determine whether the first Palestinian president, Yasser Arafat, was murdered, the current Palestinian leader, Mahmoud...

Thousands of Kuwaitis protest voting rules 12 Nov 2012 - 06:22 am

KUWAIT: Tens of thousands of Kuwaitis packed into a square opposite parliament yesterday in a peaceful opposition-led rally against new voting rules ahead...

Iraq executes 10 over ‘terrorist crimes’ 12 Nov 2012 - 06:22 am

BAGHDAD: Iraqi authorities executed 10 men yesterday, a spokesman said, bringing to 129 the number of people put to death this year, defying...