US duo win Nobel Economics Prize
STOCKHOLM: US scholars Alvin Roth and Lloyd Shapley won the Nobel Economics Prize yesterday for research on how to match…
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Myanmar blocks world Islamic body office after rallies
NAYPYIDAW: Myanmar’s President blocked a world Islamic body from opening an office in the country, an official said yesterday, bowing…
Pilot rapped for landing at wrong Indonesian airport
JAKARTA: A foreign pilot has been suspended from flying after landing an Indonesian passenger jet at the wrong airport in…
Philippines, rebels begin road to peace
MANILA: Muslim rebels waging a four-decade insurgency in the Philippines signed a historic pact with the government yesterday to end…
Australia may become world’s top LNG producer by 2017: Minister
BRISBANE, Australia: Australia can potentially become the world’s largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) producer by 2017 if the nation’s pipeline…
Cambodian former King Norodom Sihanouk dies
PHNOM PENH: Cambodian retired King Norodom Sihanouk died of natural cause at the age of 90 in China’s capital city…
Tyson backs Australian PM on sexism
SYDNEY: Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s scathing speech against sexism won unlikely backing from controversial former heavyweight boxing champion Mike…
Mauritanian leader ‘accidentally’ shot by army
NOUAKCHOTT: Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz flew to Paris for medical treatment yesterday after soldiers shot at his convoy…