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Amnesty urges China not to return N. Korea refugees

Human rights watchdog Amnesty International urged China Wednesday not to repatriate North Korean refugees, joining ...

5 Syrian troops killed in clash with deserters

Five Syrian soldiers were killed on Tuesday in fighting with deserters in the restive southern province of Daraa, a ...

Sri Lankans protest US move over `war crimes`

Tens of thousands of ruling party supporters led by cabinet ministers staged demonstrations across Sri Lanka Monday to ...

Kontras urges president to settle past rights cases

The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) has urged President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to ...

FPI has renounced violence, says chairman

Chairman of the Islam Defenders` Front (FPI) Habib Rizieq said members of his organization had abandoned violence as a ...

news focus: importer of toxic waste likely to be named suspect

The Indonesian authorities are now investigating the entry into the country of 113 containers of hazardous wastes ...

Malaysia defends deporting Saudi in Ttwitter row

Malaysia on Monday defended its deportation of a Saudi journalist wanted at home for comments deemed insulting to the ...

Iran hails Russia, Chinese UN veto on Syria

Iran on Sunday welcomed the Russian and Chinese veto on a UN Security Council resolution condemning its ally Syria for ...

Kidnapped aid workers released in Yemen, 5 militants dead

Six kidnapped foreign aid workers have been released in Yemen, the defence ministry said on Thursday, and a military ...

Syria clashes near Damascus, league eyes UN

Fierce clashes broke out near the Syrian capital on Sunday as President Bashar al-Assad`s opponents sought to crank up ...

Riots in Senegal as Wade cleared for third term bid

Riots erupted in Dakar Friday night, leaving a policeman dead, as angry protesters took to the streets after a court ...

"Gillard shoe" put on eBay

A shoe advertised as the one Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard lost when she was bundled to a car by her ...

Anti-corruption activists present five demands to president

Representatives of community-based anti-corruption organizations at a meeting with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono ...

Aussie govt to organize "meet and greet" economic developing stars

Australian Community Development and Civil Society Strengthening Scheme (ACCESS), a cooperation program of Australian ...

Balloons carrying choco pie sent to N. Korea

North Korean refugees living in South Korea launched balloons carrying cakes across the heavily fortified border ...