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Pakistani president slams militants for exploiting religion of Islam

Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari Saturday condemned the militants for "exploiting religion of Islam" through ...

East Timor votes in test for young nation

East Timor voted Saturday in the country`s second presidential election as a free nation, seen as a key test for a ...

US paid $30 mln in last 3 years to drug informants

The United States paid $10 million in each of the past three years to informants in an effort to capture major ...

New fighting in Sudan`s Darfur region

Sudan`s armed forces and a rebel group clashed in the Western Darfur region, both sides said on Wednesday, the latest ...

US judge dismisses Sri Lanka President abuse suit

A US judge has dismissed a lawsuit against Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse alleging he was responsible for ...

Airbus Military, Indonesia sign C295 purchase deal

Airbus Military has signed a deal with PT Dirgantara Indonesia to provide nine transport military planes for the ...

Xi backs expanding US-China military ties

China`s leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping and US defense chiefs agreed on the need for expanding military relations between ...

Yemen to kick off one-man presidential campaign

Yemen`s one-candidate presidential election campaign, as part of a UN-backed power transfer deal to ease the 33-year ...

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 ...

Sudan`s Darfur rebels release five Turks: ICRC

Rebels in the troubled Darfur region of western Sudan released five Turks who have arrived in the Sudanese capital, ...

President chairs meeting on peacekeeping force training center

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Thursday chaired a limited cabinet meeting to discuss progress in the ...

East Timor`s Ramos-Horta to seek second term

East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta will seek another term in March polls, his office said Tuesday, as the young ...

RI and Malaysia Agree to Solve the Fishermen Problem through Diplomacy

The Republic of Indonesia goverment and Malaysian Kingdom are agreed to solve various problems related to the ...

Last postponement of Aceh simultaneous polls

After several postponements of Aceh regional simultaneous polls, the Constitutional Court (MK) finally allowed the ...

Yemeni president arrives in U.S. - state department

Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh arrived in the United States for medical treatment on Saturday, a week after ...