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Obama ally warns of U.S. congress anger on Libya

President Barack Obama`s Democratic allies in the US Congress may respond with "anxiety, perhaps anger" if strikes on ...

Seoul to evacuate Koreans if Japan crisis worsens

South Korea said Friday it would mobilise military aircraft and vessels to evacuate its nationals if Japan`s nuclear ...

Tibet exile MPs debate Dalai Lama retirement

The Tibetan parliament-in-exile on Tuesday began debating the Dalai Lama`s request to resign as political leader in ...

Gaddafi defiant as west mulls action

Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi stood firm Wednesday, accusing the West of plotting to seize his country`s oil and the ...

News Focus: Mediation offered over media boycott polemics

Two press bodies, the Indonesian Broadcasting Commission (KPI) and the Press Council, have offered mediation efforts ...

Legislators fail to pass tax mafia inquiry motion

The initiators of the tax mafia inquiry failed to win the House approval in its plenary on Tuesday after 264 lawmakers ...

Pakistan intelligence considers US gunman CIA

Pakistani intelligence considers that an American in custody nearly month for killing two Pakistani men on ...

Students stage rally outside lawmaker`s house

Tens of students staged a rally in front of a National Mandate Party (PAN) house on Jalan Buncit Raya, South Jakarta, ...

Iran mps rage against opposition after deadly demo

Furious Iranian lawmakers on Tuesday demanded the hanging of opposition leaders who had called anti-government ...

Initiators optimistic House to pass tax inquiry motion

Initiators are optimistic that the House of Representatives (DPR) will pass a House inquiry committee motion they are ...

Iran`s parliament backs Egypt "revolution"

Iran`s Majlis (Parliament) has thrown its weight behind the "revolution in Egypt" as protesters continue to force ...

Turkish PM tells Mubarak to meet call for change

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak Tuesday to meet his people`s ...

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 ...

PKB still undecided about proposal for tax special committee

The National Awakening Party (PKB) is still undecided about a proposal for the formation of a House of Representatives ...

KPK detains former legislators in traveler`s check bribery case

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) detained a number of legislators of 2004-2009 named suspects in the ...