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"Ghost ship" off canada heralds arrival of tsunami debris

An empty Japanese fishing boat drifting off the coast of western Canada could be the first wave of 1.5 million tons of ...

Government Policies Responsible for Half of the Reduction in Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon

-     Approximately half of the deforestation that was avoided in the Brazilian Amazon during ...

Breakaway Georgia region S.Ossetia votes for president

The Russian-backed breakaway Georgian region of South Ossetia voted for a new president on Sunday, with its former ...

Taliban attack `kills three Pakistani soldiers`

At least three soldiers were killed after dozens of Taliban militants stormed a check post in Pakistan`s northwest ...

Workers say fuel price hike reduces their buying power

The Alliance of Confederations and Federations of Workers Unions said the planned fuel price hike will reduce workers` ...

Mali hit by looting after coup, president "safe"

Soldiers looted petrol stations and hijacked cars in Mali`s capital Bamako on Friday, 48 hours after a military coup, ...

Sri Lanka should punish civil war crimes - UN forum

Sri Lanka should ensure government troops who committed war crimes during the final stages of its war against Tamil ...

Russia accuses osce of double standards

Russia on Wednesday accused the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) for not sending a ...

Skyscanner Takes Off in Indonesia and Across Asia-Pacific

     Six months on from opening its regional headquarters in Singapore, world leading travel search ...

More than 50 dead in gunfights, air strikes in Pakistan

At least 51 militants and four soldiers have been killed in air strikes and clashes with Pakistani security forces in ...

35 hurt as Jordan anti-graft rally attacked: witnesses

Unknown attackers hurled stones and fired shots to disperse participants at an anti-corruption conference in northern ...

Spain requests extradition of ETA suspect from Cuba

Spain said Friday it will request the extradition from Cuba of an alleged member of the Basque separatist group ETA ...

Kitimat LNG Partners Announce Export Licence Approval by National Energy Board

     Kitimat LNG partners Apache Canada Ltd. (Apache Canada), EOG Resources Canada Inc. (EOG ...

RI-Morocco partnership association holds first meeting in Rabat

The Indonesia-Morocco Partnership Association held its first-ever general meeting on Sunday in Rabat, Morocco, to ...

Palestine state quest wins first victory in UNESCO vote

Palestine has won a first diplomatic victory in its quest for statehood as UNESCO`s executive committee backed its bid ...