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World Bank picks Korean-American Kim as president

The World Bank chose Korean-American physician Jim Yong Kim as its next chief Monday in a decision that surprised few ...

Indonesia welcomes Jim Yong Kim as new World Bank president

Indonesia welcomes the election of Jim Yong Kim as the new president of the World Bank to replace Robert Zoellick who ...

Suu Kyi party `wins 43 seats` in Myanmar elections

Democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi`s party won almost all the seats it contested in Myanmar elections, becoming the ...

Chavez threatens banks,firms backing opposition

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has threatened to nationalize banks and private companies that support the opposition ...

Mali`s capital returning to normal, north threatened

Life in Mali`s capital slowly returned to normal on Sunday after most mutinous soldiers returned to their barracks, ...

Breakaway Georgia region S.Ossetia votes for president

The Russian-backed breakaway Georgian region of South Ossetia voted for a new president on Sunday, with its former ...

Muslims in France worry about rising bias in wake of Toulouse shootings

Although the Toulouse scooter-riding shootings ended with the al-Qaeda-inspired gunman being killed, to Muslims in ...

Indonesia potential for international cargo port investment

Indonesia`s strategic geographic position in the North Pacific Ocean to the Indian Ocean shipping lanes has the ...

Jakarta governor elections expected to proceed to two rounds

Political observer Andrinof Chaniago has predicted that the Jakarta Regional Head elections will proceed in two ...

Opposition ahead in E. Timor election count

Early results from East Timor`s presidential polls on Sunday showed the opposition Fretilin party`s Francisco "Lu Olo" ...

President names statistics chief deputy agriculture minister

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono named chief of the National Statistics Agency, Rusman Heriawan, deputy minister of ...

President Yudhoyono summons deputy agriculture minister

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, at his private Puri Cikeas residence in Bogor, West Java, on Saturday, continued ...

Zimbabwe`s Mugabe in Singapore for medical check, report

Zimbabwe`s President Robert Mugabe has flown to Singapore for a medical check-up, his seventh journey to see doctors ...

DPR elects six chief justices

Commission III of the House of Representatives (DPR) has elected six of the 18 candidate chief justices through voting ...

Reshuffle with political considerations not to bring change : Pramono

The cabinet reshuffle or shake-up to be carried out by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will not bring change if it ...