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Anti-graft body nabs senior party politicians

Three days after it vowed to solve all corruption cases in 2011, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) arrested ...

KPK detains former legislators in traveler`s check bribery case

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) detained a number of legislators of 2004-2009 named suspects in the ...

Venezuela, Colombia sign drug cooperation pact

Venezuelan and Colombian ministers signed an agreement here Wednesday to jointly fight drug trafficking, in a sign of ...

Afghan parliament opening `significant milestone`: US

The United States welcomed the opening of the Afghan parliament Wednesday, calling it a "significant milestone," and ...

Anti-graft body vows to settle Gayus`s tax mafia case

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has vowed to settle this year the tax mafia case involving former taxman ...

Facebook hacker stands Sarkozy down from election

A hacker took over French President Nicolas Sarkozy`s Facebook account and posted a fake announcement that he was ...

Three shot dead at Albania anti-government protest

Three men were shot dead as protesters battled police at an anti-government rally in the Albanian capital on Friday, ...

Bomb attacks on Shi`ites, Iraqi police kill 48

At least 48 people were killed in Iraq on Thursday in bombings targeting Shi`ite pilgrims and police, a third day of ...

ASEAN ministers wish for lift of sanction on Myanmar

The ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations) Foreign Minister agreed to issue statement to lift economic ...

Haiti postpones runoff amid spiraling crisis

The second round of Haitian presidential and legislative elections scheduled for Sunday has been postponed, the ...

Thai majority would take vote bribes: poll

Most Thai people would be willing to accept money from election candidates to buy their votes in the politically ...

Nepal`s speaker urges end to leadership crisis

The speaker of Nepal`s parliament on Thursday urged lawmakers to find a way to end a political deadlock that has left ...

President opens GP Ansor congress

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono opened the 14th Congress of GP Ansor, Nahdatul Ulama (NU)`s youth wing ...

PKS unworried about higher parliamentary threshold

The Islam-based Prosperous Justice Party (Partai Keadilan Sejahtera/PKS) is unworried about the possibility of the ...

Detained Tomohon mayor walks tall to installation

In what to many people was a politically and legally bizarre event, Jefferson Soleiman Rumajar, Mayor-elect of ...