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Pakistan Taliban to attack lawmakers if Afghan supply routes reopen

The Pakistan Taliban will attack lawmakers if they decide to re-open NATO supply routes to Afghanistan, the militant ...

12 killed in operation on Kurdish rebels in Turkey

Six Kurdish rebels and six policemen have been killed during a massive operation targetting PKK militants in ...

US paid $30 mln in last 3 years to drug informants

The United States paid $10 million in each of the past three years to informants in an effort to capture major ...

Amnesty urges China not to return N. Korea refugees

Human rights watchdog Amnesty International urged China Wednesday not to repatriate North Korean refugees, joining ...

Govt provides lawyers to defend migrant workers overseas

Taking care of around five million migrant workers overseas is not an easy task at all since the government has to ...

RI govt looks set to cut subsidized fuel consumption despite protests

The government looks set to limit the use of subsidized fuel oils and implement an oil-to-gas conversion program ...

Israel must free jailed lawmakers: Palestinians

The Palestinians urged Israel to free dozens of Palestinian lawmakers during a new round of exploratory talks held in ...

Key U.S. lawmaker heads to Myanmar

A US congressman who has spearheaded sanctions aimed at pressuring Myanmar will pay his first visit to the country ...

Obama swaps Hawaii for reelection heat

US President Barack Obama lands in Washington Tuesday after his Hawaiian vacation, facing a buzz saw of Republican ...

Iraq issues arrest warrant for vp: officials

An Iraqi judicial committee issued an arrest warrant on Monday for Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi based on ...

Ex-opposition leader Marzouki elected Tunisia`s President

Tunisia`s veteran opposition leader Moncef Marzouki was elected president Monday, a month and a half after the north ...

Al-Maliki sets off for US ahead of pullout

Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki headed to Washington on Sunday, for the first time as leader of a country virtually ...

Clinton criticism sparks Israeli anger

Israeli ministers reacted angrily on Sunday after US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she feared for the future ...

Govt urged not to waste state budget

Finance Minister Agus Martowardojo has called on ministries and other state institutions to maximize the absorption of ...

Canadian man completes 11-year round-the-world walk

A 56-year-old Canadian man who left home after his business went bankrupt completed an 11-year walk around the world ...