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CIA-controlled drones carried out 248 strikes under Obama

A total of 248 US drone strikes have occurred during President Barack Obama?s first three years, rising to a ...

Spain requests extradition of ETA suspect from Cuba

Spain said Friday it will request the extradition from Cuba of an alleged member of the Basque separatist group ETA ...

Laos congratulates TNI on 66th anniversary

The Laotian government has congratulated the Indonesian National Defense Forces (TNI) on its 66th anniversary which ...

Several dead after Iraq forces end hostage siege

Up to 15 people were killed on Monday after Iraqi security forces fought gunmen and suicide bombers who had seized ...

Returned Darfur leader says working to topple regime

A top Darfuri rebel leader, back from Libya, told AFP he is working with other armed groups to topple the Sudanese ...

World Youth Forum opens in Ambon amid conducive security conditions

Security conditions in Maluku`s provincial capital of Ambon are proving to be quite conducive as a two-day "World ...

President leads Pancasila sanctity day observance

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Saturday morning presided over a ceremony to mark Pancasila Sanctity Day at the ...

India test fires Agni-II missile

India`s nuclear-capable, surface-to-surface Agni-II ballistic missile, with a strike range of 2000 kms, was on Friday ...

Clinton says hopes Egypt emergency law lifted before June

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Wednesday that she hoped that Egypt would lift its emergency law before ...

Egypt amends election laws

Egypt approved amendments to its parliamentary election laws Sunday in response to criticism from activists and ...

India successfully test-fire "prithvi-ii" ballistic missile

India has successfully test-fired its nuclear capable `Prithvi-II` ballistic missile, with a range of 350 kms, Monday ...

komandan indobatt hadiri peringatan hari perdamaian internasional - (d)

Komandan Satuan Tugas Balalyon Mekanik (Satgas Yonmek) Kontingen Garuda XXIII-E/UNIFIL atau Indonesian Battalion ...

Saadi Kadhafi arrives in Niger: minister

One of deposed Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi`s sons, Saadi Kadhafi, arrived Sunday in Niger, a government spokesman ...

Fifteen people seized aboard a boat in Colombia:navy

Armed men on Friday seized about 15 people traveling on a boat near the southwestern Colombian port of Tumaco, the ...

Heavy fighting erupts in Sudan conflict town: witness

Heavy fighting erupted in the capital of Sudan`s embattled Blue Nile state on Tuesday evening, a witness said, a day ...