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"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 ...

Coup plot foiled in Bangladesh, says army

The Bangladesh army said Thursday it had foiled a plot last month by some "religiously fanatic" serving officers to ...

Syria to let monitors stay, Obama ups pressure

Syria is ready to let Arab monitors extend their mission beyond this week, an Arab League source said, but U.S. ...

Released Myanmar activists pledge to fight on

Free at last after years locked up by the junta, prominent Myanmar dissidents have vowed to keep up their fight for ...

White House protesters call for Guantanamo closure

Human rights activists, some dressed in orange prison jumpsuits, protested in front of the White House Monday to ...

UN chief to visit Lebanon, UAE for mideast talks

U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon travels to Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates this month, where he will discuss the ...

Hague calls for reform on historic Myanmar visit

British Foreign Secretary William Hague Thursday called on Myanmar to release all its political prisoners and make ...

RI Demonstrates Continued Support For Palestine

It might be a small step forward, but it`s a victory any way for Palestine which became a full member of UNESCO ...

Vietnam jails two rights activists for propaganda

A woman writer was sentenced to five years in prison in Vietnam for spreading anti-government propaganda, state media ...

China police kill seven hostage-takers in Xinjiang

China said Thursday police killed seven "terrorists" who took hostages in the nation`s restive Xinjiang region during ...

Thousands strike at LG plant in China

Thousands of workers have gone on strike at a factory in eastern China owned by the South Korean conglomerate LG ...

Prince Walid to help save Tuti from execution

Saudi Prince Walid bin Talal bin Abdul Azis al Saud has promised to help save Indonesian migrant worker Tuti ...