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US navy football players face charges over alleged rape

Several football players at the US Naval Academy are due to face criminal charges in connection with the alleged rape ...

Turkey pm vows "no more tolerance" for protesters

Riot police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to retake an Istanbul protest square on Tuesday as Turkish Prime ...

DBS waiting for the final nod from central bank for acquisition

Singapore`s DBS Group said it hopes Bank Indonesia (BI) announced its approval for its proposal to acquire Bank ...

Freeport neglects labor security

Deputy chairman of the Commission IX of the House of Representatives Irgan Mahfiz accused PT Freeport Indonesia of ...

Indonesia Strives For 30-percent Quota For Women In Parliament

Indonesia is currently gearing up for legislative elections which will be held on April 9, 2014, to elect 560 ...

Napolitano re-elected president to tackle Italy impasse

Italy`s 87-year-old President Giorgio Napolitano was re-elected by lawmakers on Saturday to end a deadlock on forming ...

Minister must be responsible for delay in exam papers

The education and culture minister must be responsible for the delay in the distribution of national examination ...

South activists call on gov`t to send special envoy to N. Korea

South Korean activists from various social circles called on the government Thursday to send a special envoy to North ...

Seoul plays down possibility of imminent N. Korean nuke test

South Korea`s defense ministry said Monday that satellite imagery showing the movement of vehicles and personnel near ...

Court rejects citizen lawsuit on traffic jam situation in Jakarta

The Central Jakarta court here on Monday rejected a citizen lawsuit against the government over severe traffic ...

Money laundering charge against Luthfi groundless

Zainudin Paru, the lawyer of former lawmaker and president of the Islamic Justice and Welfare Party Luthfi Hasan ...

Bangladesh in mourning after president`s death

Flags flew at half-mast across Bangladesh on Thursday as the country mourned its president Zillur Rahman, following ...

Bangladesh president`s body flown from Singapore

The body of Bangladesh President Zillur Rahman was flown to Dhaka on Thursday following his death in a Singapore ...

Gita claims he has no more share in Ancora Group

Trade Minister Gita Wirjawan said he has quit as a shareholder of the Ancora Group, a company allegedly received ...

Australia gets first Aboriginal provincial government leader

The first Aboriginal to head a government in Australia took office on Thursday as chief minister of the Northern ...