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Quake hits Bengkulu

An earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale shook Bengkulu city and environs on Thursday evening, forcing many ...

Hamas slams Obama`s UN speech

The Gaza Strip ruler, Islamic Hamas movement, slammed on Wednesday (Sept. 21) U.S. President Barack Obama`s speech at ...

Moscow will "certainly" back Palestinian UN bid

Russia will "certainly" support the Palestinian`s bid to be recognised as a state by the United Nations, deputy ...

Bbomb blast injures at least 15 in Ankara

A powerful bomb explosion wounded at least 15 people in the center of the Turkish capital Ankara Tuesday, a government ...

Egypt`s ex-tourism minister gets 3-year jail term

A Cairo court sentenced former tourism minister Zuheir Garana on Sunday to three years in prison for illegally issuing ...

Two Koreas set to meet for nuclear talks next week

Top nuclear envoys from North and South Korea will hold bilateral talks on Wednesday in Beijing, aimed at discouraging ...

9 killed in fighting north of Yemen capital: tribal source

Nine people were killed in two days of clashes between tribal fighters who are opposed to Yemeni President Ali ...

China officially recognises Libyan rebels - Xinhua

China has officially recognised the Libyan rebels` National Transitional Council as the "ruling authority and ...

RI again garners support for Palestine`s bid for un membership

As a staunch supporter of Palestine, Indonesia once again lobbied Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) members to support ...

Bahraini woman elected as second female MP

Bahraini female candidate Sawsan Taqawi on Sunday became the second female to win a parliament seat after her rival ...

Italian student killed in `sex game gone wrong`

Italian prosecutors have charged a 42-year-old man with killing a female student who suffocated during a sex-game gone ...

90 soldiers, 30 Qaeda leaders killed in 3 months: Yemen vp

Ninety Yemeni soldiers at a besieged army base and 30 Al-Qaeda leaders were killed in Yemen`s southern city of ...

N. Korean leader thanks Medvedev for offering sympathy over flood damage

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il expressed his gratitude to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev for offering sympathy ...

At least 11 dead in China ferry sinking

At least 11 people, including nine schoolchildren, died when an apparently overloaded ferry capsized in a river in ...

RI, South Korea strengthen defense cooperation

Indonesia and South Korea have agreed to strengthen defense bilateral cooperation as stated in a Memorandum of ...