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2 kidnapped teachers freed in s. Philippines

Gunmen released on Sunday their two government teachers hostages in the restive southern Philippines, an official ...

Obama visits border amid N. Korea tensions

US President Barack Obama visited the tense inter-Korean border Sunday, calling it "freedom`s frontier", as he weighs ...

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 ...

MP asks fuel price hike protesters not to vandalize public property

An Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP) lawmaker has asked the people not to vandalize public property while ...

UN prioritizes termination of violence in Syria

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon said that stopping the violence in Syria was the UN`s priority. At a ...

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 ...

AI sends letter to RI home affairs minister on Ahmadiyah

Amnesty International (AI) has sent an open letter to Indonesia`s home affairs minister to convey its concern over ...

Pope urges freedom for Indonesia`s christians

Pope Benedict XVI on Friday (Oct. 7) appealed for religious freedom and tolerance for Christians in Indonesia, where ...

Cabinet reshuffle not affected by coalition parties

Democratic Party chairman Anas Urbaningrum has said a cabinet reshuffle would not be affected by coalition parties. ...

US dismisses Iranian long-range naval reach

The United States Wednesday treated an Iranian claim that it would send ships close to US waters with derision, saying ...

Egypt elections to start on November 28

Egypt will hold on November 28 its first parliamentary election since a popular revolt ousted president Hosni Mubarak ...

82 journalists killed worldwide so far this year

A total of 82 journalists have been killed worldwide so far this year in the pursuit of their jobs, with Mexico being ...

RI`s reason for supporting palestine`s UN membership bid

Indonesia is fully supporting Palestine`s efforts to bring its cause to the United Nations because two decades of ...

Suu Kyi wins international relations prize

Myanmar democracy campaigner Aung San Suu Kyi has won this year`s Chatham House prize for her contribution to the ...

Iran`s Ahmadinejad attacks west, prompts walk-out

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad flayed the West on Thursday for a catalogue of misdeeds, but his address to the ...