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Peru's Humala hikes minimum wage 13 pct ahead of elections 31 Mar 2016 - 11:42 am

Peruvian President Ollanta Humala talks during a business forum in Lima, Peru, February 3, 2016. REUTERS/JANINE COSTA Lima: Peruvian President Ollanta Humala raised...

UK voters shift slightly towards staying in EU: ORB poll 31 Mar 2016 - 11:41 am

A British Union Jack flag and a European flag fly on the Amiens city hall during a Franco-Britain summit in Amiens, northern France,...

U.S.'s Biden, Ukraine's Poroshenko to meet Thursday: White House 31 Mar 2016 - 11:40 am

File picture of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko WASHINGTON: US Vice President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, who is visiting Washington to...

Tunisia border guard wounded in 'terrorist' ambush 31 Mar 2016 - 11:39 am

Tunis: A border guard was injured late Wednesday in an ambush by more than a dozen "terrorists" in the Kasserine region near Tunisia's...

India flyover collapse kills 10, 150 feared trapped 31 Mar 2016 - 11:34 am

Photo credit: ABP News KOLKATA: At least 10 people were killed on Thursday and 150 were feared trapped when a flyover under construction...

When mobsters meet hackers - the new, improved bank heist 31 Mar 2016 - 11:23 am

Commuters pass by the front of the Bangladesh central bank building in Dhaka March 8, 2016. REUTERS/ASHIKUR RAHMAN By Jeremy Wagstaff and Jim...

Turkey eyes one million tourists from Ukraine 31 Mar 2016 - 11:21 am

KIEV: Turkish Minister of Culture and Tourism Mahir Unal has said he expects a million tourists from Ukraine this year. Addressing the media...

Britain to ship record amount of nuclear waste to US: UK govt source 31 Mar 2016 - 11:17 am

A file photo of cylinder containing nuclear waste is transported by rail. REUTERS/Ian Hodgson/Files LONDON: Britain will ship 700 kilograms of nuclear waste...

South Africa's top court to rule on Zuma home improvements 31 Mar 2016 - 11:14 am

South Africa's President Jacob Zuma (C) leaves after a summit on health and sanitary security in Lyon, France, March 23, 2016. REUTERS/ROBERT PRATTA ...

Myanmar's NLD seeks to bolster Suu Kyi's dominant cabinet role 31 Mar 2016 - 11:12 am

National League for Democracy (NLD) party leader Aung San Suu Kyi leaves the parliament building after a meeting with members of her party...

South Korea constitutional court upholds strict anti-prostitution law 31 Mar 2016 - 11:06 am

Skyline of Seoul, seen at dusk on November. AFP /Ed Jones Seoul: South Korea's Constitutional Court on Thursday upheld a strict anti-prostitution law...

One dead, dozens wounded in wave of bombs in south Thailand 31 Mar 2016 - 11:05 am

PATTANI: Several bombs have gone of in Thailand’s insurgency-plagued south killing one person and wounding dozens in a new wave of violence, the...

Nuclear security measure to take effect in 'near future': IAEA head 31 Mar 2016 - 11:04 am

File picture of IAEA director Yukiya Amano By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON: Only six more nations need to ratify an amendment to a nuclear...

Azerbaijan demands Armenian troops withdraw from disputed region 31 Mar 2016 - 10:59 am

Azerbaijani President Ilam Aliyev speaks at the State Department in Washington, DC, March 30, 2016. AFP / Jim Watson Washington: Azerbaijan demands the...

IS commander killed in strike near Syria's Raqa: Monitor 31 Mar 2016 - 10:57 am

Beirut: A drone strike near the Islamic State group's de facto Syrian capital Raqa killed a jihadist commander heading to Aleppo province on...

Gunmen storm Libya TV station as UN-backed govt told to leave 31 Mar 2016 - 10:56 am

Libya's UN-backed Prime Minister-designate, Fayez al-Sarraj is greeted and presented with a shield by officials upon his arrival in Tripoli on March 30,...

Yemen rebels in deadly counterattack on Red Sea coast 31 Mar 2016 - 10:50 am

Sanaa: Yemeni rebels have mounted a deadly counterattack against government troops advancing down the Red Sea coast from the Saudi border ahead of...

Boost to vote hopes as Haiti electoral body sworn in 31 Mar 2016 - 10:47 am

Former haitian soldiers patrol streets in Port-au-Prince on February 5th, 2016, during a protest against President Michel Martelly and for a transitional government...