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Insight: Innovative green financing has hobbled home sales in California 19 Oct 2015 - 05:51 pm

By Nichola Groom An innovative, government-sponsored program aimed at funding energy-saving home improvements has drawn praise from powerful supporters, including President Obama. But...

Nepal's Oli expands cabinet, inducts 9 new ministers 19 Oct 2015 - 04:30 pm

Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli KATHMANDU: Nepal's Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli expanded his cabinet on Sunday by inducting nine new ministers. President...

Eritrean mistaken for gunman killed in Israeli bus station attack 19 Oct 2015 - 04:23 pm

By Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM: An Eritrean migrant, shot by a security guard and kicked by an angry Israeli crowd that mistook him for...

Pakistan PM heads to US for talks with Obama on Afghan peace 19 Oct 2015 - 04:15 pm

Islamabad: Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif arrives in the US on Tuesday and is likely to face pressure to bring the Taliban to...

Yemeni government says ready for UN talks with rebels 19 Oct 2015 - 04:12 pm

RIYADH: The Yemeni government has agreed to participate in UN-sponsored talks with rebels aimed at ending the country's conflict, spokesman Rajeh Badi said...

Italian court clears writer of inciting crime in rail case 19 Oct 2015 - 04:04 pm

ROME: An Italian court on Monday cleared activist writer Erri De Luca of allegations that he had incited crime by saying in an...

Iran oil minister brands middlemen 'corrupt parasites' 19 Oct 2015 - 03:52 pm

TEHRAN: Iran's Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh launched a blistering attack Monday on industry middlemen, branding them "parasites that want to suck the nation's...

Lessons in art from China's Xi in new book 19 Oct 2015 - 03:43 pm

BEIJING: China's ruling party has compiled a book based on a call by President Xi Jinping for art to serve communism, state media...

Students protest at S.Africa's top universities over tuition fee hike 19 Oct 2015 - 03:34 pm

Protesting students By Nqobile Dludla JOHANNESBURG: Thousands of students rallied at top South African universities on Monday in protest at plans to hike...

Iranian official says expects nuclear deal to be implemented this year 19 Oct 2015 - 03:22 pm

VIENNA: Iran's nuclear negotiator Abbas Araqchi said on Monday he expected a deal with six world powers on shrinking Tehran's atomic programme in...

Egypt in second day of "election without voters" 19 Oct 2015 - 03:05 pm

Egyptian women leave an empty campus containing a polling station in Cairo's Giza district, on the second day voting in Egypt's parliamentary elections....

Fifty years after Zhivago, Spain hopes movies will work magic on the economy 19 Oct 2015 - 03:02 pm

In this 1`965 image provided by MGM, Yuri Zhivago, played by Omar Sharif (2nd from L), is shown arriving with replacement Russian troops...

Activists threaten to 'skin' Australian over tattoo 19 Oct 2015 - 02:56 pm

BANGALORE: Right-wing activists threatened to "skin" an Australian visitor who had a tattoo of a Hindu goddess on his leg, police said Monday,...

Hurricane Olaf heads towards the central Pacific 19 Oct 2015 - 02:54 pm

This image obtained from NASA shows Tropical Storm Olaf (C) in the eastern Pacific. MIAMI: Hurricane Olaf gained strength Monday as it churned...

Philippine storm weakens after killing at least nine, leaving thousands stranded 19 Oct 2015 - 12:30 pm

A resident holds onto a rope as he negotiates a flood current along a submerged highway in Santa Rosa town, Nueva Ecija province,...

Indonesia fires can't be put out, Malaysian minister warns 19 Oct 2015 - 12:22 pm

An Indonesian national board for disaster management MI-17 helicopter water-bombs a fire spot over Ogan Komering Ilir area, in South Sumatra province. KUALA...