Single female, over 30 and 'too old' to marry in UAE

Single female, over 30 and 'too old' to marry in UAE

Single female, over 30 and 'too old' to marry in UAE

Posted: 09 Jul 2012 12:18 AM PDT

If you are a 30-year-old Emirati woman and still single, then you have missed the marriage boat: by UAE standards, you are now considered to be too old.

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Russia mourns flood dead as questions mount

Posted: 08 Jul 2012 11:59 PM PDT

Russia on Monday held a day of mourning for at least 171 people who died in its worst flooding disaster as questions mounted over whether officials did enough to warn of the impending calamity.

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Saudi Arabia says two killed after cleric's arrest

Posted: 08 Jul 2012 11:34 PM PDT

DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia said on Monday that two men had been killed after protests in a Shi'ite Muslim area in the eastern part of the world's top oil exporter, following the arrest of a prominent Shi'ite cleric.

Gov't mechanisms help control rise in house prices, senate told

Posted: 08 Jul 2012 11:39 PM PDT

The government has implemented various control mechanisms to ensure that the rise in prices of houses is reasonable and has little impact on the people, said Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Chor Chee Heung.

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S. Korean rams gate at Japanese embassy in protest

Posted: 08 Jul 2012 11:11 PM PDT

A South Korean rammed his light truck into the main gate of Japan's embassy in Seoul early Monday in protest at an earlier demonstration in the city by a rightwing Japanese activist, police said.

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Scandal and policy

Posted: 08 Jul 2012 11:10 PM PDT

Everyone is talking about scandals and who is still interested in policies? Even the political debate between Chua and Lim is not able to change the political landscape.

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Mexico condemns fatal shooting over border by U.S. agent

Posted: 08 Jul 2012 10:24 PM PDT

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The Mexican government on Sunday condemned the fatal shooting of a Mexican citizen over the U.S. border by a U.S. agent.

ASEAN pushed on South China Sea code

Posted: 08 Jul 2012 10:47 PM PDT

Southeast Asian nations should give top priority to easing tensions with Beijing in the South China Sea, Cambodia's premier said Monday, as he stressed the importance of regional stability.

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WHO finds virus link to Cambodia mystery disease

Posted: 08 Jul 2012 10:46 PM PDT

Health experts working to identify an illness that has killed dozens of children in Cambodia found a link to a virus that causes hand, foot and mouth disease, the UN health agency said Monday.

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Student suffers ruptured eardrum after alleged bullying

Posted: 08 Jul 2012 10:20 PM PDT

A Form One student has complained of a ruptured eardrum after allegedly being slapped by a Form Five student at their hostel early Thursday morning.

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Khairiah of PAS sworn in as senator

Posted: 08 Jul 2012 10:20 PM PDT

Khairiah Mohamed of PAS today took her oath of office as a senator before Dewan Negara President Tan Sri Abu Zahar Ujang.

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Dogs may protect babies from some infections: study

Posted: 08 Jul 2012 10:16 PM PDT

Babies who spend time around pet dogs have fewer ear infections and respiratory ailments than those whose homes are animal-free, said a study released on Monday.

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Nepal's 'kamlari' girls break the bonds of slavery

Posted: 08 Jul 2012 10:15 PM PDT

Shanta Chaudhary was eight years old when her parents sold her into effective slavery for $75, sending her to scrub, cook and sweep for 19 hours a day at the house of a stranger in southwestern Nepal.

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Australia's Queensland to join mining tax challenge

Posted: 08 Jul 2012 08:46 PM PDT

MELBOURNE/CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia's northern Queensland state plans to join a challenge to the federal government's Minerals Resource Rent Tax (MRRT) in the High Court, saying the tax unfairly discriminates against the resource-rich state, the state government said on Monday.

Hand, foot and mouth may have killed Cambodian children - WHO

Posted: 08 Jul 2012 08:33 PM PDT

PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - A virus that causes hand, foot and mouth disease may have been responsible for some of the mysterious deaths of dozens of children in Cambodia since April, the Health Ministry said in a joint statement with the World Health Organization (WHO).

Greek government wins confidence vote, bigger battles loom

Posted: 08 Jul 2012 07:33 PM PDT

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's new conservative-led government won parliamentary approval on Monday, but faced the much tougher task of convincing European partners and the IMF to give it more time to meet the terms of its bailout.

Annan arrives in Damascus, Syria tests missiles

Posted: 08 Jul 2012 07:31 PM PDT

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Kofi Annan is due to hold talks on Monday with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who said U.S. political support for "terrorists" was hindering the peace envoy's plan to end 16 months of bloodshed.

Saudi police arrest prominent Shi'ite Muslim cleric

Posted: 08 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - A prominent Shi'ite Muslim cleric wanted for "sedition" was arrested in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province late on Sunday after being shot in the leg by police in an exchange of fire, the Interior Ministry said.

Putin opens probe into fatal floods

Posted: 08 Jul 2012 04:43 PM PDT

KRYMSK, Russia (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin launched an investigation into floods that killed 150 people and drove thousands from their homes in southern Russia at the weekend, hoping to stem criticism of the authorities' handling of the disaster.

Libya's Jibril calls for grand coalition

Posted: 08 Jul 2012 03:55 PM PDT

TRIPOLI/BENGHAZI (Reuters) - Libya's wartime rebel prime minister Mahmoud Jibril called for the some 150 political parties in the North African nation to back the creation of a grand coalition government, as election results were due to come in on Monday.

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