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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 ...

Turkish warplanes bomb Kurdish militants in Iraq

Turkish war planes bombed Kurdish guerrilla positions in Iraq on Sunday, while in southeast Turkey insurgents killed ...

Six new Russian choppers to support RI defense system

Six Russian-made Mi-17 V5 helicopters are strengthening the Indonesian Army following their delivery by the Russian ...

President holds cabinet meeting amid Eid Fitr holiday

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono here on Monday holds a cabinet meeting in preparation of Eid Fitr holiday 2011. ...

US, Egypt cancel military exercise

The United States and Egypt have canceled a major military exercise this year to allow Egypt`s generals to focus on ...

Sudan threatens to terminate Darfur peacekeeping mission

Sudan`s foreign minister said on Tuesday that any attempt to "impose new commitments" on the UN peacekeeping force in ...

Syria: Homs activists call for Ramadan protests

Syrian activists said they have called for daily protests during the holy Ramadan month to start on Monday. ...

Iranian nuclear scientist shot dead

A nuclear scientist was shot dead on Saturday by unknown assailants on a motorcycle, the latest expert with links to ...