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US Senate approves landmark health care legislation
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WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama lauded the United States Senate’s passage of sweeping health care legislation and said providing coverage to most A
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26/12/2009 12:00 AM
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Private funeral held for Brittany Murphy
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LOS ANGELES: Brittany Murphy’s family and friends celebrated her life at a private Christmas Eve funeral.
The 32-year-old actress was buried la
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26/12/2009 12:00 AM
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Crew of DPRK’s arms plane jailed
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BANGKOK: A Thai court on Friday ordered the crew of a cargo plane carrying weapons from North Korea to remain in prison for 12 more days, while the pi
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26/12/2009 12:00 AM
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14 die in Iraq violence
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BAGHDAD: Fourteen people were killed in a spate of attacks across Iraq on Friday, despite ramped up security for Christmas and rituals for Ashura.
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26/12/2009 12:00 AM
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‘Qadhafi’s son abused’
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TRIPOLI, Libya: Libya on Friday accused Swiss authorities of using excessive force during the arrest of Libyan leader Moammar Qadhafi’s son in Switzer
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26/12/2009 12:00 AM
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Some struggles, a lot of hope, for tsunami orphans
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The 2004 tsunami obliterated Pipit’s village, wiped out her family and swept her through churning waters, cascading debris and hurtling bodies. On her
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26/12/2009 12:00 AM
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Huge US storm puts the freeze on Christmas
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CHICAGO: A fierce Christmas blizzard forced scores of US churches to cancel services on Friday as snow and freezing rain brought a holiday headache to
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26/12/2009 12:00 AM
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US policy to engage world
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From tough new sanctions against North Korea to a sweeping strategy aimed at eliminating nuclear weapons, the US ambassador to the United Nations says
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26/12/2009 12:00 AM
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Seoul protests against Japan’s stance on disputed islands
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SEOUL: South Korea protested on Friday about Japan’s reasserted claim in an educational handbook to islands controlled by Seoul, saying it could damag
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26/12/2009 12:00 AM
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Two more Irish bishops to resign
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DUBLIN: Two more Irish bishops have said they will offer their resignations to the Pope, bringing the total number of church leaders to quit after a d
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26/12/2009 12:00 AM
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DPRK could conduct another nuclear test
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SEOUL: North Korea could conduct another nuclear test next year in an attempt to solidify itself as an atomic power, a news report said on Friday, cit
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26/12/2009 12:00 AM
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Chinese dissident jailed for 11 years for subversion
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BEIJING: A Beijing court on Friday sentenced leading dissident Liu Xiaobo to 11 years in prison for subversion, prompting the United States to accuse
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26/12/2009 12:00 AM
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