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MANILA: From Imelda Marcos to Manny Pacquiao, familiar names of Philippine political clans and celebrities dominated the ballots in yesterday’s congressional and l

SOFIA: Bulgaria faced fresh political uncertainty yesterday after tough guy ex-premier Boyko Borisov fell way short of a majority in elections held three months after ma

TOKYO: Three Chinese government ships remained in the waters of disputed Tokyo-controlled islands for nearly 12 hours yesterday, Japan’s coastguard said, as a long

KABUL: Afghanistan’s finance minister yesterday named in Parliament several lawmakers whom he said were guilty of corruption, triggering wild cheering and applause

ROME: Italian prosecutors yesterday asked that Silvio Berlusconi be banned from politics forever and serve six years in prison at the former prime minister’s trial

Raiwind: Pakistan’s incoming prime minister said yesterday he wanted to strengthen his country’s fractious relations with the United States but warned Washin

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan: Taleban leaders pledged yesterday to release the final four Turkish engineers held hostage since their helicopter crashed in eastern Afghanistan l

SEOUL: North Korea has replaced its hawkish armed forces minister after just six months in the job — the latest in a long line of top military reshuffles by suprem

BEIJING: Three more people have died in China from the new strain of H7N9 bird flu virus, raising the death toll to 35 while the total number of infections rose to 130,

SINGAPORE: A US high-tech researcher whose family claims he was murdered in Singapore was under treatment for depression and left suicide notes before he was found hange