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Russia taps super-giant gas field after 40-yr wait
25 Oct 2012 4:34 AM ISTRussia’s Gazprom state energy giant on Tuesday launched production at one of the world’s largest natural gas fields some 40 years after its discovery...
China’s Communist Party drops ‘Mao thoughts’ from key document
25 Oct 2012 4:33 AM ISTWary of disgraced Chinese Communist Party leader Bo Xilai staging a comeback with pro-Maoist rhetoric at a later stage, the Party, which is holding...
Chinese woman deported over royal photos
25 Oct 2012 4:31 AM ISTA Cambodian court on Tuesday ordered the deportation of a Chinese factory manager who nearly caused a riot among workers by ripping up photographs of...
Iran to halt oil exports if hit with more sanctions
25 Oct 2012 4:27 AM ISTIran will stop exporting oil if Western powers slap any more economic sanctions against the Islamic republic over its disputed nuclear programme, Oil...
Full-body scanners at US airports to go
25 Oct 2012 4:26 AM ISTThe US is replacing full-body scanners deployed at some major airports that have been criticised for triggering potential health risks and privacy...
Obama gets third time lucky
25 Oct 2012 4:20 AM ISTAmerica’s trust deficit with Pakistan was evident on Tuesday as Barack Obama and Mitt Romney clashed on key foreign policy issues in the final...
Baghdad anti-Shiite attacks kill eleven
25 Oct 2012 4:18 AM ISTA series of car bombs in two predominantly Shiite neighbourhoods in north Baghdad killed at least eight people on Tuesday, days before the Muslim...
Can’t pinpoint retirement yet, says Warne
24 Oct 2012 3:51 PM ISTAustralian cricket legend Shane Warne said he could not say when he would finally retire, as he prepares to captain a domestic Twenty20 team five...
Gainey’s sparkling 60 wins McGladrey Classic
23 Oct 2012 7:59 AM ISTTommy Gainey couldn’t quite reach golf’s magic number of 59 -- but a sparkling 60 was good enough to give him a first US PGA Tour victory at the ...
Oldest Auschwitz survivor dies at 108
23 Oct 2012 6:43 AM ISTThe oldest known survivor of the Nazi German death camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau, Antoni Dobrowolski has died at the age of 108, one of the site’s...
Six Italian scientists sentenced to 6 years for underestimating quake damage
23 Oct 2012 6:39 AM ISTSix Italian scientists and a government official were found guilty on Monday of multiple manslaughter for underestimating the risks of a killer...
Holt shoots down rusty Arsenal
22 Oct 2012 6:35 AM ISTNorwich stunned Arsenal as Grant Holt punished a mistake from gfoalkeeper Vito Mannone to seal a shock 1-0 victory over the Gunners at Carrow Road....


