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Australia PM demands Pakistan probe sheep slaughter 06 Nov 2012 - 10:24 am

SYDNEY: Prime Minister Julia Gillard demanded on Tuesday that Pakistan investigate and explain the brutal killing of 21,000 Australian sheep in Karachi, a...

US avant-garde composer Carter dead at 103 06 Nov 2012 - 10:24 am

NEW YORK: Avant-garde composer Elliott Carter, who won the Pulitzer Prize twice in a career spanning nearly eight decades, has died in New...

Egypt's EGAS pushes back bidding deadline to February 06 Nov 2012 - 10:23 am

ABU DHABI: Egypt's state-owned Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS) has postponed the closing date for international companies to present their bids for...

Tokyo stocks close 0.36% lower 06 Nov 2012 - 09:14 am

TOKYO: Tokyo stocks slipped 0.36 percent on Tuesday as investors focused on the final chapter of a down-to-the-wire US presidential election. The benchmark...

Investment Banks expect S. Korean economy to grow 06 Nov 2012 - 08:46 am

SEOUL: Foreign investment banks (IBs) expect the South Korean economy to see its growth improve at a gradual pace next year, helped by...

Exchange Rates in Qatar 06 Nov 2012 - 08:43 am

Exchange Rates in Qatar DOHA: Exchange Rates for foreign currencies as issued on Tuesday by Qatar National Bank (QNB) are as following: Currency...

22 dead, 60,000 displaced in floods 06 Nov 2012 - 06:51 am

HYDERABAD: Torrential rains in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh have killed at least 22 people and displaced tens of thousands of...

India, Saudi to discuss labour issues 06 Nov 2012 - 06:50 am

New Delhi: After a delay of over eight months, Saudi Arabia and India yesterday agreed to discuss issues relating to the over two...

Kashmiri separatists to hold talks in Pakistan 06 Nov 2012 - 06:50 am

SRINAGAR: Separatist leaders from Indian Kashmir said yesterday they would travel to Pakistan for their first talks with officials in nearly four years,...

Campaign to halt public peeing 06 Nov 2012 - 06:49 am

NEW DELHI: Volunteers in India armed with drums and whistles are to lead a crackdown on going to the toilet in public under...

Gadkari in trouble over Vivekananda, Dawood comparison 06 Nov 2012 - 06:49 am

New Delhi: BJP chief Nitin Gadkari yesterday was in the thick of another controversy for comparing the IQ level of Swami Vivekananda to...

Four pacts to be signed during Karzai’s visit 06 Nov 2012 - 06:49 am

New Delhi: India and Afghanistan will discuss prospects of enhancing Delhi’s role in training Afghan security forces and sign four pacts in diverse...

5 sailors killed in gas leak aboard ship 06 Nov 2012 - 06:48 am

Mumbai: At least five sailors were asphyxiated by leaking gas aboard the LPG vessel Maharshi Krishnatreya in the Arabian Sea seas, a maritime...

Entertainment 06 Nov 2012 - 06:47 am

A man balances a goat on wooden sticks for his audience by a roadside on the outskirts of Faisalabad, yesterday.

Khyber Agency tops violence in tribal region 06 Nov 2012 - 06:47 am

PESHAWAR: Pakistan’s north-western tribal area of Khyber Agency has recorded the highest number of subversive acts during the current year as compared to...

Pakistan party announces referendum on Taliban 06 Nov 2012 - 06:46 am

KARACHI: A Pakistani political party has announced an unofficial nationwide “referendum” asking people whether they want their country to follow the ideology of...

Pro-Taliban religious party leader doubts Malala attack 06 Nov 2012 - 06:46 am

PESHAWAR: The leader of Pakistan’s largest religious political party has cast doubt on the Taliban shooting of schoolgirl activist Malala Yousufzai, saying he...

US soldier’s rampage haunts Afghan ‘ghost’ village 06 Nov 2012 - 06:46 am

Najeeban: Najeeban in southern Afghanistan is a ghost village, deserted by the surviving inhabitants after a murderous rampage allegedly carried out by a...