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Indonesia must imitate Australia over Greenpeace

It is time now for Indonesia to follow Australia in dealing with negative campaign by Greenpeace, a National Mandate ...

Thousands rally for Syria at White House protest

Thousands of protesters gathered outside the White House Saturday to demand that the United States "stop the massacre ...

Belarusian president refuses to pardon subway bombers

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has refused to pardon two men sentenced to death for a deadly bomb attack at ...

Italy closes embassy in Syria, repatriates staff: official

Italy said Wednesday it was closing its embassy in Damascus and repatriating some staff to protest Syria`s ...

Libya brigades promise to turn over strategic sites

Libyan militias who helped oust Moamer Kadhafi have promised to turn over to the interim government strategic ...

Russia, China step up Syria peace efforts

Russia and China, who twice blocked UN resolutions to condemn ally Syria, were Monday stepping efforts to find a ...

Mer-C Indonesia to join global march to Jerusalem

Medical Emergency Rescue Committee (MER-C) Indonesia will participate in an international campaign Global March to ...

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 ...