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Pakistan rejects US envoy visit

Pakistan has rejected U.S. special envoy Marc Grossman`s request to visit the country, a senior official said on ...

Turkey condemns U.S. candidate Perry`s criticism

Turkey condemned as "unfounded and inappropriate" on Tuesday comments by U.S. Republican presidential hopeful Rick ...

IAE ready to produce versatile aircraft N-219

Engineers at Indonesian Aerospace (IAE) are building N-219, a 19-seater versatile, short-distance aircraft.Journalists ...

N-219 plane to be produced soon

PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI) will soon start producing the latest type of N-219, which is a STOL (short-take off and ...

Released Myanmar activists pledge to fight on

Free at last after years locked up by the junta, prominent Myanmar dissidents have vowed to keep up their fight for ...

ASEAN calls for end to Myanmar sanctions

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on Wednesday called for Western nations to lift sanctions against ...

Key U.S. lawmaker heads to Myanmar

A US congressman who has spearheaded sanctions aimed at pressuring Myanmar will pay his first visit to the country ...

U.S. treasury secretary appeals to China over Iran

U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner appealed for Chinese cooperation on nuclear non-proliferation on Wednesday in ...

Kenya optimistic for Somali peace prospects in 2012

With a series of international peace conferences planned to boost peace and stabilization efforts in Somalia, Kenya`s ...

Myanmar`s Suu Kyi could get govt role: official

Myanmar democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi could be given a job in a nominally-civilian government if she is elected ...

Hague calls for reform on historic Myanmar visit

British Foreign Secretary William Hague Thursday called on Myanmar to release all its political prisoners and make ...

Papua police investigating shooting incident in Ilaga

Papua police are investigating a shooting incident that happened on Wednesday in Ilaga, Puncak district, and left ...

U.S. presidential candidate threatens to bomb Iranian nuclear sites

Rick Santorum, an ultra-conservative Republican presidential candidate, has vowed to ensure that Iran cannot produce a ...

Egypt upper house elections to be speeded up

Egypt`s military ruler decreed on Sunday that multi-phase elections for parliament`s consultative upper house, the ...

Panetta calls Egypt strongman over NGO raids

US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta conveyed his "deep concern" to Egypt`s military ruler over police raids on ...