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New armed Arab group takes control of Timbuktu

A newly formed group of armed Arab fighters tightened its grip on the northern Malian desert city of Timbuktu on ...

Venezuela`s Chavez in cuba for 3rd anti-cancer treatment

Cuban leader Raul Castro welcomed his Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chavez as the latter arrived in Cuba midnight ...

Mali president formally resigns: mediator

Mali`s President Amadou Toumani Toure, who was toppled by a military coup last month, has formally resigned from his ...

Tuareg rebels seize Timbuktu, say Malian `occupation` over

The Tuareg rebel movement Sunday said it had wrested control of the legendary desert town of Timbuktu, the last ...

Mali`s military junta calls on Tuareg fighters to hold talks

The head of the military junta that seized power in Mali last week on Monday called on Tuareg guerrillas advancing in ...

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, ...

Mali hit by looting after coup, president "safe"

Soldiers looted petrol stations and hijacked cars in Mali`s capital Bamako on Friday, 48 hours after a military coup, ...

No group trying to topple government

The general chairman of the People`s Conscience Party (Hanura), retired general Wiranto, said here on Thursday that ...

Riots in Senegal as Wade cleared for third term bid

Riots erupted in Dakar Friday night, leaving a policeman dead, as angry protesters took to the streets after a court ...

Coup plot foiled in Bangladesh, says army

The Bangladesh army said Thursday it had foiled a plot last month by some "religiously fanatic" serving officers to ...

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 ...

Thai pm backs Suu Kyi in landmark Myanmar talks

Thailand`s premier Yingluck Shinawatra offered Aung San Suu Kyi her support in a coming by-election during a historic ...

Apply Bali Concord III in facing SC Sea situation: Marty

Foreign Affairs Minister Marty Natalegawa said the Bali Concord III is expected to serve as a guide for East Asian ...

Thai PM hospitalised with food poisoning

Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, grappling with a devastating flood crisis, was admitted to hospital on ...

Pakistan asks its US envoy to resign: Statement

Pakistan`s government has asked its US envoy to resign and ordered a probe into claims that he sought American help ...