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Colombia readies for conflict-ending ceasefire INTERNATIONAL

Colombia readies for conflict-ending ceasefire

Colombia readied yesterday for a rendezvous with history at midnight when the guns fall silent in a 52-year-old war between the state and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, the South American country’s largest leftist rebel group.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Mehbooba seeks talks with ‘all stakeholders’ to end crisis INTERNATIONAL

Mehbooba seeks talks with ‘all stakeholders’ to end crisis

Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti yesterday squarely blamed Pakistan and separatists for fuelling the ongoing trouble in the Kashmir Valley that has been seething with public anger and violent anti-government protests for the past 50 days.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Tamuq welcomes largest freshman class in four years ARABIA

Tamuq welcomes largest freshman class in four years

Texas A&M University at Qatar (Tamuq) welcomed its largest freshman class since 2012 when 110 freshman students started classes on August 23, bringing the total enrolment of the branch campus to 545.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
PM sees conspiracy behind opposition to power plant INTERNATIONAL

PM sees conspiracy behind opposition to power plant

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina smelt a conspiracy behind Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson Khaleda Zia’s sudden open stance against the proposed coal-fired power plant at Rampal, 14kms off the world’s biggest mangrove forest, Sundarbans.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Obama presses Congress for Zika funding as worries grow INTERNATIONAL

Obama presses Congress for Zika funding as worries grow

US President Barack Obama called on Congress Saturday to step up funding to combat the Zika virus, warning that delay is putting more Americans at risk.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Blatter fights FIFA ban in marathon final appeal at CAS CULTURE

Blatter fights FIFA ban in marathon final appeal at CAS

‘I cannot give any prognosis how it will be decided. I will accept the verdict. I do hope it will be positive for me, but we are footballers. We learn to win but also we learn to lose’

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Backs to the wall, Wallabies will perform better, says coach Cheika CULTURE

Backs to the wall, Wallabies will perform better, says coach Cheika

Hammered on the field, pilloried by fans and local media off it, the woefully out-of-form Wallabies have even been called delusional by one of their former players this week.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Embassies to help illegal residents leave Qatar ARABIA

Embassies to help illegal residents leave Qatar

At least three South Asian embassies are hoping that their expatriates overstaying in Qatar without valid residence permit would avail of the Ministry of Interior's three-month amnesty offer once it starts on September 1.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Goodbye ‘Dilscoop’, Dilshan to retire after Australia series CULTURE

Goodbye ‘Dilscoop’, Dilshan to retire after Australia series

Sri Lanka’s Tillakaratne Dilshan will quit international cricket after the ongoing limited overs series against Australia, the swashbuckling opener announced yesterday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Peacock: A national symbol dying off in the wild INTERNATIONAL

Peacock: A national symbol dying off in the wild

Embraced by kings and freedom fighters alike, Myanmar’s peacocks have long been a national symbol of pride and resistance — but they are becoming ever harder to spot in the wild.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Goldman sees possible Opec output freeze as self-defeating ECONOMY

Goldman sees possible Opec output freeze as self-defeating

Opec and some producers from outside the group may agree to freeze output during informal talks next month, which could prove “self-defeating” because it would benefit other suppliers, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc

4:45 AM November 25 2016
India moves to ban booming commercial surrogacy business INTERNATIONAL

India moves to ban booming commercial surrogacy business

India's government on Wednesday approved plans to ban the booming commercial surrogacy industry, a move that would block thousands of foreign couples who flock to centres to have a baby.

4:45 AM November 25 2016