Boat carrying wedding guests goes missing
JAKARTA: A boat carrying about 20 Indonesians to a wedding on the resort island of Bali has gone missing after breaking down, officials said today.…
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STOCKHOLM: Isamu Akasaki and Hiroshi Amano of Japan and U.S. scientist Shuji Nakamura won the Nobel Prize in physics today for the invention of blue…
View More 2 Japanese, 1 American win Nobel for LED lightsSyria border town ˜about to fall as hundreds dead
MURSITPINAR: Jihadists are on the verge of seizing the key Syrian border town of Kobane, Turkey warned today after a three-week assault by the Islamic…
View More Syria border town ˜about to fall as hundreds deadQaeda-linked rebels seize priest in Syria
JERUSALEM: A Franciscan priest and 20 other Christians have been seized by Al-Qaeda affiliate Al-Nusra Front in a village in northwestern Syria, the Franciscan mission…
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KIEV: Ukraine appealed to Western powers for support as its truce with pro-Russian rebels seemed increasingly in tatters with 12 deaths reported today in the…
View More Ukraine seeks help as clashes kill 12 despite truceLondon underground staffs strike over jobs, ticket office closures
LONDON: Workers on Londons underground train system will strike for 48 hours next week over plans to close ticket offices and cut jobs, union officials…
View More London underground staffs strike over jobs, ticket office closuresMembers of notorious robbery gang arrested
SEGAMAT: Police arrested six members of a notorious Indonesian robbery gang, which included a woman member, following several raids in the Ledang district here today.…
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HONG KONG: The crowds of protesters who filled Hong Kongs streets thinned dramatically today after student leaders and the territorys government agreed the previous night…
View More Hong Kong protests thin as two sides agree to talkIndia wields the axe on Her Majestys œlaughable laws
NEW DELHI: If you happen to unearth treasure worth even as little as 10 rupees (16 U.S. cents) in India, dont even think of pocketing…
View More India wields the axe on Her Majestys œlaughable lawsS. Korea ferry disaster captain admits errors
GWANGJU: The ships captain at the heart of South Koreas ferry disaster acknowledged during his murder trial today that he had erred in leaving an…
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