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US to send election observers to Myanmar

The US State Department said Wednesday it is sending one observer each from two US-funded pro-democracy groups to ...

UN Council concerned by new political troubles in Yemen

The UN Security Council on Thursday expressed concern over recent events in Yemen, where followers of former strongman ...

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 ...

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, ...

Gunmen execute Yemen official, three killed in clash

Unidentified gunmen abducted and killed an intelligence officer in southern Yemen, sparking a clash in which two of ...

Myanmar invites US, EU, UN election observers

Myanmar has invited election observers from the United States, the European Union and the United Nations for its ...

ASEAN, UN Secretary General discuss Myanmar, future cooperation

Visiting Secretary General of the United Nations Ban Ki-Moon will meet with ASEAN Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan ...

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 ...

Thousands rally for Syria at White House protest

Thousands of protesters gathered outside the White House Saturday to demand that the United States "stop the massacre ...

East Timor votes in test for young nation

East Timor voted Saturday in the country`s second presidential election as a free nation, seen as a key test for a ...

10 terrorists detained in Kyrgyzstan plot terror attacks

Ten terrorists of the Islamic Jihad Union arrested in southern Kyrgyzstan had been plotting a series of terror attacks ...

Afghans hold anti-US rally on eve of war anniversary

Hundreds of Afghans marched through Kabul on Thursday, the eve of the 10-year anniversary of the U.S. military ...

ASEAN election committees pledge to hold more credible polls

Participants of an All-ASEAN Forum of Election Committees concluded their meeting here on Wednesday with a pledge to ...