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Obama thanks PM, pledges to continue close cooperation 10 Nov 2012 - 06:02 am

Washington/New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was amongst the several world leaders President Barack Obama personally called to thank for their congratulatory messages...

Campaigners call for Nobel Prize for shot Pakistani girl 10 Nov 2012 - 06:01 am

LONDON: Tens of thousands of Britons called on the government yesterday to nominate Malala Yousafzai, a Pakistani girl shot in the head by...

No breakthrough in Afghan peace efforts 10 Nov 2012 - 06:00 am

KABUL: Afghanistan’s government has failed to secure direct talks with the Taliban and no significant progress is expected before 2014, when most Nato...

Million-signature petition to support Malala Yousafzai 10 Nov 2012 - 06:00 am

ISLAMABAD: UN special envoy Gordon Brown yesterday presented a petition with more than a million signatures in support of shot schoolgirl education campaigner...

Centuries-old rare coins discovered 10 Nov 2012 - 06:00 am

ISLAMABAD: Around 150 two-century old coins have been found during digging for a mosque at Aadowal village in Pakistan’s eastern border city of...

Pakistan MP survives shoe bomb attack 10 Nov 2012 - 05:59 am

QUETTA: A Pakistan MP escaped an assassination attempt on Friday when a bomb planted in his shoe exploded as he put them on...

Islamabad preparing to enter global arms market 10 Nov 2012 - 05:59 am

KARACHI: Pakistan is close to finalising arrangements to start the commercial sale of locally manufactured rifle including the POF Eye corner shotgun, which...

Manila fails to curb human trafficking 10 Nov 2012 - 05:58 am

MANILA: The Philippines has failed to curb the huge problem of human trafficking in recent years, despite high-profile government efforts and the country’s...

Obama’s Myanmar trip ‘no threat to China’ 10 Nov 2012 - 05:57 am

BEIJING: A landmark trip by US President Barack Obama to Myanmar this month poses no threat to China’s interests in the Southeast Asian...

Japan, N Korea to hold talks in Mongolia 10 Nov 2012 - 05:57 am

TOKYO: Japan and North Korea are to meet in Mongolia next week, a Japanese government spokesman said yesterday, with talks among very senior...

China boosts security after Tibetan protests 10 Nov 2012 - 05:57 am

BEIJING: China has ramped up security in Tibetan areas, rights groups and residents said yesterday, after new self-immolation protests belied boasts of national...

Sri Lankan top judge rejects impeachment 10 Nov 2012 - 05:56 am

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s chief justice, facing an impeachment motion filed by the government, rejected yesterday the charges against her and vowed to refute...

Demolition of houses sparks protests in S Africa 10 Nov 2012 - 05:55 am

LENASIA, South Africa: South African government bulldozers moved in yesterday to demolish homes built on illegally sold plots of land, sparking anger and...

Take lead on fiscal deal, Speaker tells Obama 10 Nov 2012 - 05:55 am

WASHINGTON: The top Republican in Congress said yesterday the onus on averting a year-end fiscal crisis lies with President Barack Obama, as he...

Dutch govt reopens coalition negotiations 10 Nov 2012 - 05:54 am

AMSTERDAM: The freshly-installed Dutch government will re-open coalition talks to address concerns about healthcare cost increases, an unpopular austerity policy, media reported yesterday....

Court jails anti-Putin protester for 4.5 years 10 Nov 2012 - 05:54 am

MOSCOW: A Moscow court yesterday sentenced a participant in a May 6 protest against President Vladimir Putin to four-and-a-half years in prison for...

Putin expels army chief, top generals 10 Nov 2012 - 05:54 am

MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin yesterday replaced Russia’s army chief of staff with a veteran commander from a Chechnya war, in a military shake-up...

New York begins fuel ration; power returns 10 Nov 2012 - 05:52 am

NEW YORK: New York City began its first day of fuel rationing yesterday but there was relief for tens of thousands of people...