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Argentina bans smoking in public places

Argentine lawmakers approved a nationwide law Wednesday that would ban tobacco advertising and smoking in public ...

Billions of trees to be planted across Indonesia

Realizing that tree-planting can make a valuable contribution to the fight against global warming, the Forestry ...

Indonesian Youth launches plant one billion trees campaign

Indonesian National Youth Committee (KNPI) chairman Aziz Syamsuddin launched a Youth Movement to Plant One Billion ...

Elbaradei attacked when voting in Egypt`s referendum

Egypt`s prominent opposition figure Mohammed ElBaradei was attacked Saturday by stones and bricks thrown from crowds ...

Miyagi police chief estimates over 10,000 deaths in prefecture

- The Miyagi police head said Sunday that Friday`s great quake and the ensuing tsunami is likely to claim more than ...

Baghdad blast kills Iraqi army general

A roadside bomb attack in east Baghdad killed an Iraqi army general on Wednesday while violence across the capital ...

Agricultural researchers produce 10 new rice varieties

The Agriculture Ministry`s research and development agency has succeeded in producing 10 new rice varieties to be ...

Egypt names new foreign minister

Egypt on Sunday named its former ambassador to the United Nations, Nabil al-Arabi, as foreign minister in the latest ...

News Focus: Govt still undecided on fuel consumption cuts

The government is still undecided on whether to go ahead with its plan to limit subsidized fuel consumption as of ...

2,600 Americans seek to evacuate Egypt: US

At least 2,600 Americans in Egypt have asked US officials for help in evacuating the crisis-torn Arab nation, the ...

Telairity Brokers Strategic Partnership for Installing National Mobile Digital Network in Thailand

- Thailand's IEC, America's Telairity, and China's CBC combine forces to implement new network; system will use CMMB ...

India sends plane to rescue citizens from Egypt

India on Sunday sent a passenger plane to Cairo to evacuate Indian citizens from Egypt due to the ongoing unrest, the ...

Elbaradei tells Cairo protesters we are `beginning new era`

Top dissident Mohamed ElBaradei told thousands at the epicentre of anti-regime protests in Cairo on Sunday that they ...

Students clash with police in Khartoum demos

Students clashed with police in Khartoum on Sunday, as Sudanese youths heeded calls to take to the streets for a day ...

Thousands escape from Egypt Prison

Thousands of prisoners escaped from the Wadi Natrun facility, north of Cairo, a security official said on Sunday, as ...