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UNESCO says suspends all cooperation with Libya

UNESCO has suspended all cooperation with revolt-hit Libya "until the rights of the Libyan people are fully ...

6,000 dead since start of Libya unrest: rights group

At least 6,000 people have died since the start of the revolt against Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi`s regime two weeks ...

UN suspends Libya fom human rights council

The United Nations suspended Libya`s membership in the UN Human Rights Council in an attempt to persuade the country`s ...

UN Assembly suspends Libya from human rights body

The U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday unanimously suspended Libya`s membership in the U.N. Human Rights Council because ...

"All My People Love Me," Kadhafi Says

"All my people love me," Libyan strongman Moamer Kadhafi insisted Monday, ignoring mounting global pressure to step ...

Iran arrests two opposition leaders - website

Iran has arrested opposition leaders Mirhossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karoubi, the opposition website Kaleme said on ...

Mubarak`s deputy linked to secret CIA program

The man named by President Hosni Mubarak as his first ever deputy, Egyptian spy chief Omar Suleiman, reportedly ...

World leaders stop short in calling for Mubarak to step down

Prime Minister David Cameron has joined other world leaders in calling for a transition to democracy in Egypt but ...

UN Chief calls for restraint in deadly Egypt protests

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday called for restraint over the deadly political protests in Egypt that have ...

N Korea blasts Seoul for punishing a pastor for illegal Pyongyang trip

North Korea blasted South Korea Saturday for punishing a pro-unification pastor who illegally traveled to the ...

Obama meets security team on Egypt

US President Barack Obama met his national security team Saturday to discuss the Egypt crisis, and renewed his call on ...

Tunisia calm after government reshuffle

Calm returned to Tunisia`s capital Saturday a day after a new transition cabinet was sworn in and interim Prime ...

Corruption convicts to be held in one jail

People convicted for corruption will eventually be made to serve their sentences in one jail, namely the Cipinang ...

Anas calls on all Parties to trust KPK

Ruling Democrat Party leader Anas Urbaningrum called on all parties to trust the Corruption Eradication Commission ...

Obama warns Egypt against violence

US President Barack Obama Friday calleW on Egyptian authorities not to use violence against raging political protests, ...