#civil war

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Syria to let in Arab monitors as deaths mount

Syria agreed on Monday to let Arab states monitor its compliance with an Arab League peace agreement aimed at stopping ...

Arab Spring makes 2011 busy year for Indonesia

Geographically Indonesia is quite far from Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Yemen - Arab countries that experienced popular ...

Sudan captures strategic rebel border camps: army

The Sudanese army claimed a strategic victory on Saturday in its war against the rebels in South Kordofan, saying it ...

Myanmar agrees ceasefire with rebel group: mediator

Myanmar has reached a ceasefire deal with one of the war-torn country`s major ethnic guerrilla groups, a mediator said ...

Syria civilian death toll at least 4,000: UN rights chief

The number of people killed in Syria following a crackdown on protesters since March has reached at least 4,000, the ...

Sri Lanka will act on evidence of atrocities by troops

Sri Lanka`s military will act against any soldiers who may have committed war crimes or other excesses in the last ...

Yemen`s Saleh signs power transfer deal

Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh signed a Gulf initiative on Wednesday to hand over power to his deputy as part of ...

Britain urges release of Sri Lanka war report

Britain`s Foreign Office on Monday urged Sri Lanka to release the findings of a government probe into the civil war ...

Sri Lanka war probe calls for new inquiry: reports

A Sri Lankan government probe into the civil war against Tamil rebels has called for further investigations of alleged ...

Qatar presses Yemen`s Saleh on power transfer deal

Qatar pressed Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh to sign a Gulf power transfer deal and a U.N. envoy on a mission to ...

Illegal immigrants to be processed by Jambi immigration

Some 31 arrested illegal immigrants from Afghanistan in Jambi will be processed by immigration authority, Jambi ...

Six militants killed in south Yemen clashes - official

Six militants were killed in clashes with Yemeni government forces in the southern province of Abyan, a local official ...

Somali rebels say will subject Kenya to `endless war`

Somalia`s Shebab rebels said Thursday they were building defences that would plunge Kenyan forces battling them into ...

Britain urges Sri Lanka to make progress on rights by 2013

British Prime Minister David Cameron urged Sri Lanka on Sunday to make progress on human rights before it hosts the ...

South Sudan wants to join Commonwealth

The world`s newest nation, South Sudan, wants to join the Commonwealth, the bloc`s Assistant Secretary General Stephen ...