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Key ANP leader shot dead in North West Charsadda district 06 Nov 2012 - 06:45 am

ISLAMABAD: Unidentified gunmen yesterday shot dead a key local political leader in Pakistan’s restive north-western province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, police officials said. Assailants...

Manila pushes sea row at Asia-Europe summit 06 Nov 2012 - 06:42 am

VIENTIANE: The Philippines yesterday pushed its call for an international solution to overlapping claims in the South China Sea at an Asia-Europe summit,...

S Korea’s first lady to be grilled in land deal case 06 Nov 2012 - 06:42 am

SEOUL: South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak’s wife is to be questioned as part of a probe into a presidential retirement home deal that...

China probes Wen family wealth 06 Nov 2012 - 06:41 am

Hong Kong: China’s ruling Communist Party has launched an inquiry into the alleged wealth of Premier Wen Jiabao’s family at his own request,...

China must change with new leader: Dalai Lama 06 Nov 2012 - 06:41 am

YOKOHAMA: The use of “secrecy, censorship and bullying” to silence dissenting voices in China must end under the country’s incoming leader, the Dalai...

Two Japan tourists die in Great Wall storm 06 Nov 2012 - 06:41 am

BEIJING: Two elderly Japanese tourists died and another was missing after being trapped in sudden heavy snowstorms during a visit to the Great...

Laos to start construction of controversial mega dam 06 Nov 2012 - 06:40 am

VIENTIANE: Laos yesterday said it would start construction of a controversial multibillion dollar dam this week, after adapting the design to calm environmental...

Manila probing 60 private armies 06 Nov 2012 - 06:40 am

MANILA: Philippine police have identified about 60 suspected “private armies” that could use violence to influence national elections next year, an official said...

Romney, Obama pursue last vote in close race 06 Nov 2012 - 06:38 am

Election volunteers Frank Roth (right) and Dave Trout (left) count voting machines that will be sent out to precincts in Charlotte, North Carolina,...

Romney likely to tour Ohio today 06 Nov 2012 - 06:38 am

ABOARD THE ROMNEY CAMPAIGN PLANE: Mitt Romney launched a final full day of campaigning yesterday in swing state Florida, but his team did...

New Jersey email vote rule raises storm of protest 06 Nov 2012 - 06:37 am

WASHINGTON: New Jersey’s decision to allow voters displaced by superstorm Sandy to cast ballots by email has prompted a flood of warnings over...

Sandy’s winds of uncertainty blow through presidential race 06 Nov 2012 - 06:37 am

WASHINGTON: The devastating storm that slammed into the US East Coast last week could send winds of uncertainty through today’s presidential election, narrowing...

Obama on course for election victory: UK poll 06 Nov 2012 - 06:36 am

LONDON: US President Barack Obama will win the popular vote by two percent in today’s election while beating Republican opponent Mitt Romney in...

New York area slowly coming back to life 06 Nov 2012 - 06:36 am

NEW YORK: A week after superstorm Sandy wreaked havoc on New York City and the surrounding area, schools reopened yesterday and millions of...

Austerity of caveman 06 Nov 2012 - 06:34 am

Former steel factory worker Zarko Hrgic, 57, sits in his home, a cave near Babina river in Babino village, near the central Bosnian...

German govt okays welfare measures 06 Nov 2012 - 06:34 am

BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s centre-right coalition reached agreement yesterday on contentious social welfare issues that it hopes will bolster its support in...

UK minister most seen in nightmares, says study 06 Nov 2012 - 06:33 am

LONDON: Finance minister George Osborne is the public figure that most often appears in British nightmares, a recent study has found. Ruling Conservative...

Ukraine opposition wants vote recount 06 Nov 2012 - 06:33 am

KIEV: Ukraine’s opposition demanded a recount or a fresh vote in a dozen hotly contested constituencies yesterday, stepping up their campaign against a...