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Top al Qaeda militant Awlaki killed in Yemen
Anwar al-Awlaki, the public face of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, was killed on Friday in an airstrike in Yemen, dealing another body-blow to the terror network after the death of Osama bin Laden
17 Indians paid blood money, but back in jail
Seventeen Indians, whose death sentences for killing a Pakistani were revoked after the blood money was paid, were sent back to a Sharjah jail in the wake of demands for compensation by two men injured in the same incident, days before they were to fly back home.
Dhoni jumps to sixth spot in ICC ODI rankings
India captain M.S. Dhoni has moved up the order in the International Cricket Council (ICC) Player Rankings for ODI batsmen after producing a player of the series performance in the recently-concluded
E-gates at Dubai airport to clear immigration in 14 sec
Passengers at Dubai airport will soon be spared of time-consuming immigration clearance procedures as 'smart electronic gates', which will solve the purpose in just 14 seconds, are being set up, accor
Wealthy Indian expats in UAE capitalise on falling rupee
Wealthy Indian migrants are flocking to money exchanges to take advantage of the continued decline of the Indian rupee against the US dollar, exchange houses and currency specialists have claimed.
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Meet the Yemeni who drinks motor oil and radiator water as ‘meals’
A Yemeni resident of Makkah is stunning the viewers at his vehicle maintenance workshop by drinking engine oil, radiator and battery water.
According to reports, Mohammad Omar, nicknamed Bin Omar, dr
Al Qaeda releases video supporting Arab Spring
Al Qaeda has released a message in which Osama bin Laden's successor as the group's leader, Egyptian Ayman al-Zawahiri, said al Qaeda supported the Arab Spring.
The hour-long video was released to ma
Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid move up in ICC Test rankings
Senior batsmen Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid gained a place each in the latest ICC player rankings for Test batsmen, which is being headed by South Africa all-rounder Jacques Kallis.
While Tendul
Indian family found dead in the UAE
Three members of an Indian family have been found dead in their house in the Ras Al Khaimah emirate of the UAE, in what is suspected to be case of suicide over financial problems.
The deceased includ
ICC admits ‘minute errors’ in DRS
Amid a debate over the use of Decision Review System following (DRS) Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni questioning its accuracy, the ICC on Sunday acknowledged that ‘minute number of errors’ in DRS
