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Supreme Court to hear Z A Bhutto case next week 09 Nov 2012 - 04:56 am

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan has fixed the hearing of presidential reference seeking revisiting of the death sentence given to former Prime...

Suicide bomber kills 3, injure 23 in Karachi 09 Nov 2012 - 04:56 am

\KARACHI: A suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden pickup truck into a government paramilitary base in Pakistan’s largest city yesterday, causing a huge blast...

Anti-Pyongyang protest 09 Nov 2012 - 04:55 am

Anti-North Korea activists releasing balloons containing US dollar banknotes, living necessities and leaflets denouncing North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, towards North Korea in...

China’s Hu warns graft could trigger ‘collapse’ 09 Nov 2012 - 04:55 am

BEIJING: China’s president yesterday warned the Communist Party faces “collapse” if it fails to clean up corruption and called for an economic revamp...

Suu Kyi calls for troop surge to end Myanmar unrest 09 Nov 2012 - 04:54 am

YANGON: Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has urged the government to send more troops to western Myanmar to restore peace to a...

Indonesian terror convict escapes disguised in burqa 09 Nov 2012 - 04:54 am

JAKARTA: An Indonesian man convicted of terror offences escaped from a high-security jail by wearing a burqa to disguise himself as a woman,...

N Korea ready to conduct nuke, missile tests: South 09 Nov 2012 - 04:54 am

SEOUL: South Korea’s defence minister said yesterday that North Korea has completed preparations for another nuclear test, and would also test-launch long-range missiles...

US president to visit Myanmar this month 09 Nov 2012 - 04:53 am

YANGON: US President Barack Obama plans to visit Myanmar on November 19 and meet both his counterpart, Thein Sein, and Nobel Peace Prize...

Nepalese speaks out against Japanese justice system 09 Nov 2012 - 04:53 am

KATHMANDU: A Nepalese migrant worker who spent 15 years in a Japanese jail for a murder he did not commit claims he was...

Aquino welcomes Obama re-election 09 Nov 2012 - 04:52 am

MANILA: President Aquino congratulated US President Barack Obama on his re-election on Wednesday. Aquino cited Obama’s message of hope that had been embraced...

16 Filipino-Americans win in US polls 09 Nov 2012 - 04:52 am

MANILA: Sixteen Filipino-Americans won in the 2012 US elections, a television report said. Among those who won was Robert Scott, who ran for...

Election panel assures no more ‘flying voters’ in 2013 09 Nov 2012 - 04:51 am

MANILA: The Commission of Elections (Comelec) in Dagupan expressed confidence that the government has successfully prevented “flying voters” from registering in multiple places...

Talk show host shot dead 09 Nov 2012 - 04:51 am

MANILA: A radio broadcaster was shot dead in the Philippines yesterday, police said, the seventh journalist to be murdered this year in one...

Cops nab wanted crooks in Cordillera 09 Nov 2012 - 04:51 am

La Trinidad, Benguet: Cordillera police’s stepped up drive against wanted criminals in the region netted nine suspects in three days. Since Sunday, nine...

PDEA seizes $9,000 worth of illegal drugs in Cebu 09 Nov 2012 - 04:50 am

CEBU CITY: Anti-narcotics agents arrested a suspected large-scale pusher in Cebu City during a buy-bust operation, seizing an estimated P400,000 worth of methamphetamine...

DILG employee faces dismissal for hitting aide 09 Nov 2012 - 04:50 am

MANILA: An employee of the Department of Interior and Local Government accused of physically and verbally attacking a traffic constable is facing an...

Obama gets back to business, picks cabinet 09 Nov 2012 - 04:49 am

WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama, fresh from re-election and facing a new clash with Congress, got back to work yesterday, with an important...

Snow, rain, wind hit Sandy-battered US Northeast 09 Nov 2012 - 04:49 am

NEW YORK: New York City and much of the US Northeast yesterday dug out from a snowstorm that hammered a region still struggling...