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Rajapakse vanity airport now a warehouse 02 Sep 2015 - 01:53 pm

President Mahinda Rajapaksa at arrival to declare open Mattala Rajapaksa International airport, Mar 18, 2013 Colombo: Part of a vanity airport built by...

Hyderabad student dies in school clash 02 Sep 2015 - 01:25 pm

Representative image only HYDERABAD: A class 10 student died after a clash with his classmate at a private school in Hyderabad, police said....

US cop put on trial for slamming down Indian grandfather 02 Sep 2015 - 01:16 pm

By Arun Kumar Washington: The trial of a former Alabama police officer who slammed down an Indian grandfather walking in his son's neighbourhood...

Xi urges resumption of N-Korea nuke talks 02 Sep 2015 - 01:03 pm

Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) shakes hands with South Korean President Park Geun-hye at The Great Hall Of The People on September 2,...

3 Pak cops killed in raid against Taliban 02 Sep 2015 - 12:42 pm

A Pakistani policeman who was injured in an ambush with suspected militants, receives medical treatment at a local hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan, 02...

Kerala mulls setting up private universities 02 Sep 2015 - 12:38 pm

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said on Wednesday that the government will discuss whether it should set up private universities in Kerala. "Kerala...

BJP, RSS leaders meet in Delhi 02 Sep 2015 - 12:33 pm

NEW DELHI: A three-day coordination meeting of BJP and RSS leaders began here on Wednesday. BJP president Amit Shah, Home Minister Rajnath Singh,...

Malaysian PM urged to come clean 02 Sep 2015 - 12:27 pm

PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia: A global anti-corruption conference opened in Malaysia on Wednesday with a demand for the country's Prime Minister Najib Razak to come...

Spanish jobless claims rise for first time in 7 months 02 Sep 2015 - 12:21 pm

MADRID: Spain registered in August its first a increase in jobless claims in seven months, data showed Wednesday, but with elections just months...

Guatemalan Congress strips president's immunity 02 Sep 2015 - 12:04 pm

GUATEMALA CITY: Guatemala's Congress voted Tuesday to strip embattled President Otto Perez of his immunity, clearing the way for him to be prosecuted...

Pak says Uighur militants eliminated 02 Sep 2015 - 11:45 am

BEIJING: Almost all members of the Uighur militant group the East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM) have been eliminated from Pakistan, the country's president...

Support for Merkel's conservatives edges down on refugee crisis - poll 02 Sep 2015 - 11:36 am

BERLIN: Support for German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives slipped for the second week running with Europe's unprecedented refugee crisis a major factor, a...

Turkish construction firm says 18 workers kidnapped in Baghdad 02 Sep 2015 - 11:27 am

ANKARA: Eighteen Turkish workers were kidnapped from a sports stadium they were constructing in northeast Baghdad on Wednesday morning, the head of their...

Dubai Airport reports July traffic jump after year-ago maintenance 02 Sep 2015 - 11:21 am

DUBAI: Dubai International Airport saw a 29.6 percent jump in passenger numbers in July, reflecting runway maintenance the previous summer, the operator of...

Fresh migrant demo at flashpoint Hungary train station 02 Sep 2015 - 11:17 am

BUDAPEST: Around 100-150 migrants staged a demonstration outside Budapest's main international train station early Wednesday as police blocked some 2,000 from boarding trains...

Bahrain postpones plan to remove meat subsidies 02 Sep 2015 - 11:01 am

DUBAI: Bahrain has postponed by one month a controversial plan to remove government subsidies on meat, in a sign of the political obstacles...

Rising civilian casualties in Taiz worry UN 02 Sep 2015 - 12:03 am

A member of the Houthi militia mans a heavy machine gun in Sana’a, Yemen, yesterday. GENEVA: Nearly 100 civilians have been killed in...

Protesters evicted from Lebanon ministry 02 Sep 2015 - 12:02 am

Beirut: Lebanese police ejected protesters who occupied part of the environment ministry yesterday to press the minister to resign, raising tensions over their...