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Sotheby's drops $1.6 mln painting sale disputed by nun 08 Oct 2012 - 12:07 pm

HONG KONG: Sotheby's said on Monday it has cancelled the sale of a Chinese painting by a top-selling artist at its auction in...

India working on 'credible' plan to cut deficit 08 Oct 2012 - 12:07 pm

NEW DELHI: Indian Finance Minister P. Chidambaram said Monday the government was working on "a credible and feasible" plan to reduce its yawning...

Putin tries to keep macho tag on 60th birthday 08 Oct 2012 - 12:06 pm

MOSCOW: Russia’s President Vladimir Putin turned 60 yesterday, the official retirement age in the country he has dominated for the past 12 years,...

Morgan Stanley's Qatar head leaves to join local firm - sources 08 Oct 2012 - 12:06 pm

DOHA: The head of Morgan Stanley Inc's Qatar business has resigned to join the investment banking arm of unlisted local lender Barwa Bank,...

Syrian rebel strongholds pounded, 23 killed: watchdog 08 Oct 2012 - 12:05 pm

BEIRUT: A string of rebel strongholds, including in Daraa and Homs provinces and the commercial capital Aleppo, were rocked by shelling and clashes...

Nigerian troops kill 30 members of Boko Haram 08 Oct 2012 - 12:04 pm

ABUJA: About 30 suspected members of the militant Islamist group Boko Haram have died in a gun battle with troops in north-east Nigeria,...

Manila, Muslim rebels agree to peace plan 08 Oct 2012 - 12:04 pm

Philippine President Benigno Aquino speaks while Cabinet officials are seated behind him at the presidential palace in Manila, yesterday. MANILA: The Philippine government...

US allows South Korea raise missile range to cover North 08 Oct 2012 - 12:04 pm

SEOUL: South Korea yesterday announced a deal with the United States to almost triple the range of its missiles to cover the whole...

Bo’s son suspected in plot to poison wife 08 Oct 2012 - 12:04 pm

Beijing: Months before his fall from power, Chinese politician Bo Xilai suspected a plot to poison his second wife and questioned whether his...

China has a highest Microbloggers in the world 08 Oct 2012 - 12:03 pm

BEIJING: China has the world's largest number of microbloggers, said a latest report on the country's new media development. The report, published by...

Maldivian court orders arrest of former president 08 Oct 2012 - 12:03 pm

COLOMBO: A court in the Maldives yesterday ordered the arrest of the country’s first democratically-elected president Mohamed Nasheed, who has challenged the legality...

Getting ready for Navratri 08 Oct 2012 - 12:01 pm

Folk dancers from the Panghat Group of Performing Arts participate in a full dress rehearsal for the forthcoming Navratri festivities or Dance Festival...

Allegations aimed at maligning my family: Vadra 08 Oct 2012 - 12:00 pm

New Delhi: Even as Robert Vadra yesterday described allegations of having received “undue favours” from reality major DLF as “entirely baseless” and aimed...

EC says no to Vajpayee’s photo on PDS carrybags 08 Oct 2012 - 12:00 pm

Shimla: The Election Commission (EC) yesterday stopped the BJP government in Himachal Pradesh from distributing free PDS bags carrying photographs of former prime...

Railways launches new luxury train 08 Oct 2012 - 12:00 pm

New Delhi: A new luxury train, which will cover tourist destinations in three states, started its maiden journey from Safdarjung railway station in...

Shiv Sena supports Chavan over probe in Maharashtra 08 Oct 2012 - 11:59 am

Mumbai: Congress’s arch rival Shiv Sena yesterday appreciated Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan for ordering a probe into the irrigation scam in Maharashtra, estimated...

Kerala legislator accuses former prime minister in ISRO spy case 08 Oct 2012 - 11:59 am

Thiruvananthapu ram: Former Kerala chief minister K Karunakaran’s son K Muraleedharan yesterday alleged that if there was a conspiracy in the ISRO spy...

Sharad Pawar gives green signal to Third Front 08 Oct 2012 - 11:59 am

Raipur: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) supremo Sharad Pawar yesterday gave his green signal to a proposal for the formation of a Third Front...