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Pakistan blast kills eight, including six Shiites

A bomb explosion killed at least eight people, including six Shiite pilgrims, in Pakistan`s insurgency-torn southwest ...

Gunmen kill 3 policemen in southwest Pakistan

Gunmen killed three policemen in a drive-by shooting on the outskirts of Pakistan`s troubled southwestern city of ...

Clinton presses China on rights

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday told China that it cannot deny the "aspirations" of its citizens as ...

Belarusian president refuses to pardon subway bombers

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has refused to pardon two men sentenced to death for a deadly bomb attack at ...

White House protesters call for Guantanamo closure

Human rights activists, some dressed in orange prison jumpsuits, protested in front of the White House Monday to ...

ASEAN ready to accept Myanmar`s ASEAN chairmanship in 2014

After a regional controversy regarding Myanmar`s bid for the ASEAN chairmanship in 2014, the ASEAN leaders at their ...

Ministers discuss Myanmar`s 2014 chairmanship bid

The foreign ministers of ASEAN member states met here on Tuesday to discuss Myanmar`s bid for the ASEAN chairmanship ...

RI's FM meets Myanmar`s rights commission chief

On the first day of his 3-day visit in Myanmar on Saturday, Foreign Affairs Minister Marty M Natalegawa met the ...

RI`s FM to meet Suu Kyi in Myanmar

Indonesian Foreign Affairs Minister Marty Natalegawa is scheduled to meet with opposition figure Aung San Suu Kyi in ...

At least eight killed in Karachi violence

At least eight people were killed during the ongoing ethnic and political violence in the southern Pakistani port city ...

Mer-C Indonesia to participate in freedom flotilla II

Medical Emergency Rescue Committee (MER-C) Indonesia will again take part in the mission of "Freedom Flotilla" II, a ...

End of Syria emergency rule not enough: activists

Two prominent Syrian human rights activists welcomed a decree signed by President Bashar al-Assad on Thursday lifting ...

Syria must stop shooting at protesters

Human Rights Watch called on Syria`s president to rein in his security forces and stop them from firing on ...

Egypt frees 14 Palestinian prisoners

The Egyptian authorities released late on Tuesday 14 Palestinian prisoners detained during the rule of ousted ...

Attacks on journalists outrageous: Ban

Attacks on journalists and human rights activists covering the unrest in Egypt were `outrageous and totally ...