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Ethiopia pm accuses Eritrea of kidnappings

Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi accused Eritrea on Tuesday of abducting dozens of Ethiopian miners from the ...

Iraq Kurd leader accuses PM Maliki of `dictatorship`

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is monopolising power and preparing the ground for a return to dictatorship, ...

German author Grass says Israel endangers world peace

Nobel Prize-winning German writer Guenter Grass has attacked Israel as a threat to world peace and said it must not be ...

Syria accepts april 10 peace deadline: Annan

Syria has agreed to "immediately" start pulling troops out of protest cities, UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan said ...

President asks government officials to remain calm

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has asked all administration officials to remain calm, think clearly and rationally ...

Chile energy minister resigns over fuel protests

Chile`s President Sebastian Pinera has accepted the resignation of Energy Minister Rodrigo Alvarez who stepped down ...

UN says more than 9,000 dead in Syria unrest

The United Nations on Tuesday increased its death toll estimate for the Syria unrest to more than 9,000. ...

Poisonous Insects Still Spreading Horror In Java

The outbreak of poisonous rove beetles in East Java, which have infected around 560 people in 12 districts, has ...

Outbreak of rove beetles reaches Sleman

The outbreak of rove beetle attacks in East Java has reached the Sleman district in Yogyakarta where two locals in the ...

Mideast quartet calls on Israel, Palestine to end provocations

The Middle East Quartet on Monday called upon the Israelis and Palestinians to end " provocative actions" and make ...

Syrian ambassador leaves Cairo

Syrian ambassador to Egypt Youssef el- Ahmed and his family left Cairo to Damascus on Thursday in response to Egypt`s ...

37 Indonesians being evacuated fromSyria

More than 37 Indonesians are being evacuated from Syria following worsening of political crisis in the country, the ...

Legislator calls for evacuation of RI`s nationals in Syria

Indonesia has been urged to evacuate immediately around 12,500 nationals from Syria following the escalation in ...

Syria clashes near Damascus, league eyes UN

Fierce clashes broke out near the Syrian capital on Sunday as President Bashar al-Assad`s opponents sought to crank up ...

House factions differ on gasoline restriction plan

Several political party factions in the House of Representatives (DPR) differ with regard to the government`s plan to ...