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Towering red dust storm 12 Jan 2013 - 12:13 am

A handout photo taken on Wednesday, and posted by Perth Weather Live shows a towering red dust storm over the ocean ahead of...

Lincoln, Life of Pi top Oscar nods 11 Jan 2013 - 06:02 am

LOS ANGELES: Steven Spielberg’s taut political drama Lincoln, about the 16th US president’s drive to abolish slavery during the American Civil War, is...

Cruise turns down Psy’s Gangnam challenge 11 Jan 2013 - 06:02 am

SEOUL: Tom Cruise turned down a chance to try out his “Gangnam Style” dance skills yesterday, despite topping South Korean rapper Psy’s list...

Insulin study could see end to needles 11 Jan 2013 - 05:57 am

SYDNEY: Breakthrough X-ray research mapping how insulin works at a molecular level could lead to new diabetes treatments and end daily needle jabs...

Kate Winslet’s hubby wins UK photo court battle 09 Jan 2013 - 12:43 am

LONDON: British actress Kate Winslet’s husband won a court battle yesterday stopping The Sun newspaper from printing photographs of him “semi-naked” at a...

Nando’s reopens new-look Salwa Road branch 08 Jan 2013 - 04:09 am

By Pramod Prabhakaran After two months of extensive renovation, Nando’s, the South African casual dining restaurant chain, has reopened its Salwa Road branch....

Many people unaware of CT scans’ radiation risk 06 Jan 2013 - 10:06 pm

By Genevra Pittman One-third of people getting a CT scan didn’t know the test exposed their body to radiation, in a new study...

Windows 8 gives birth to new class of laptops 06 Jan 2013 - 03:45 am

By Rich Jaroslovsky Windows 8 is more than just the most radical makeover in the quarter-century history of Microsoft’s operating system. It’s also...

Giant rubber duck brings Sydney festival to life 06 Jan 2013 - 12:32 am

SYDNEY: A gigantic bright yellow rubber duck was floated into Sydney’s Darling Harbour yesterday as part of the Australian city’s annual arts festival,...

Countdown to museum opening 05 Jan 2013 - 12:33 am

Hendrikje Crebolder (left), member of a club supporting the Rijksmuseum, and museum CEO Wim Pijbes press the countdown button in front of the...

Money washing ceremony 04 Jan 2013 - 05:38 am

A visitor washes US currency bills with Japanese yen at the spring of Zeniarai Benten Ugafuku Shrine in Kamakura, south of Tokyo, Japan,...

Snowy Owl 03 Jan 2013 - 04:27 am

A young Snowy Owl looks into the camera at the zoo in Krefeld, Germany, yesterday. The species is native to northern Eurasia and...

Ringing in 2013 with fireworks 01 Jan 2013 - 01:16 am

Fireworks light up the New Year over Sydney harbour in Australia.

Dermatitis can lead to fingerprint ID failures 31 Dec 2012 - 10:57 pm

By Kathleen Raven Adults with excessively dry hands were four times more likely than healthy counterparts to fail computerised fingerprint verification tests in...

In Focus 31 Dec 2012 - 10:32 am

Clouds enveloping buildings at Kharaitiyat yesterday.

Feeding seagulls 30 Dec 2012 - 01:24 am

Seagulls fly in line to pick bread crumbs from the hand of a man feeding them on the shore of lake Steinhuder Meer...

Jumbo soccer 29 Dec 2012 - 04:30 am

Elephants play an exhibition soccer match during the final day of the Elephant Race event at Sauraha in Chitwan, about 170km south of...

Film explores Afro-Americans’ unhealthy soul food habit 28 Dec 2012 - 03:57 am

New York: After interviewing food historians, scholars, cooks, doctors, activists and consumers for his new film “Soul Food Junkies,” filmmaker Byron Hurt (pictured),...