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China media urge "heavy price" for North Korea nuclear test

China should exact a heavy price" from North Korea if it carries out a planned nuclear test, state-run media said on ...

Obama, Hollande hold phone talks on Mali offensive

US President Barack Obama voiced support Friday for France`s military intervention in Mali and vowed to work with ...

37 foreigners killed in Algeria hostage crisis: PM

Thirty-seven foreigners of eight different nationalities were killed during the hostage crisis at an Algerian gas ...

Japanese prime minister cuts short visit to RI due to Algeria crisis

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has decided to cut short his stay in Jakarta due to the hostage crisis in Algeria, ...

Indonesian citizen held hostage by armed group is safe

An Indonesian man, AA, who was held hostage by an armed group, has now been released. He was held hostage by an ...

"Lincoln" leads BAFTA film nominations with 10

"Lincoln", the story of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln`s battle to end slavery starring Daniel Day-Lewis in the title ...

Deutsche Bank office raided, hostage taken

An office of Deutsche Bank in Berlin was raided by an unidentified person Friday afternoon, at least one hostage was ...

No indication of toppling of President Yudhoyono

A survey institute director has stated that there are no indications that suggest the toppling of President Susilo ...

Mahfud calls for replacement of law officials

Constitutional Court (MK) Chief Justice Mahfud MD has called for the dismissal and replacement of all law enforcement ...

Kidnappers release Indonesian seaman in Nigeria

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said on Friday that Indonesian seaman Glenny Ferdinand Rugegbregt from Maluku, who ...

Indonesian seaman held hostage by Nigerian pirates

An Indonesian seaman, along with three other seamen from Malaysia, Thailand and Iran have been held hostage by armed ...

China warns ASEAN on South China Sea row

China warned Southeast Asian nations on Tuesday against "hyping" a dispute over the South China Sea, as it voiced ...

Somali piracy death toll rises as violence worsens

Somali pirates seizing Indian Ocean ships were responsible for at least 35 hostage deaths in 2011, a report showed on ...

Captors kill German hostage in Nigeria during raid: sources

A German kidnapped in Nigeria in January, purportedly by Al Qaeda`s north African branch, was killed by his captors ...

Turkish commandos arrest 14 pirates, free seven Yemenis

Turkish commandos have arrested 14 pirates thought to be from Somalia off the coast of Oman and freed seven Yemeni ...