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Downed US helicopter `lured into Taliban trap`

A helicopter which crashed killing 30 over US troops in Afghanistan at the weekend was shot down after the Taliban ...

ASEAN plays significant role in regional peace

Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung highlighted the role of ASEAN in maintaining regional peace and development ...

Syria denies military entrance, bombardment in northeastern province: official

An official military source on Sunday categorically denied as "baseless" media reports by satellite TV stations that ...

Jordan king says Israeli settlements undermine peace

King Abdullah II of Jordan said on Sunday continued Israeli settlement activities undermine peace efforts and hamper ...

Hamas, Fatah bid to seal reconciliation in Cairo

Rival Palestinian groups Fatah and Hamas opened talks Sunday in Egypt aimed at implementing a reconciliation agreement ...

Syria vows `free elections`

Syria vowed on Saturday to hold "free and transparent" elections by the end of 2011 as Arab states in the Gulf joined ...

Korean gov`t gears up for cyber security master plan

The government is pushing to build an integrated system for responding to cyber attacks to make the responses more ...

Bears saved from forced vodka drinking

Ukraine`s Environment Minister Mykola Zlochevsky vowed on Wednesday to free all bears kept in restaurants for ...

Afghanistan: At least 18 civilians killed by roadside bomb

At least 18 Afghans died when the minivan they were travelling in hit a roadside bomb in the southern Helmand ...

Syria: Homs activists call for Ramadan protests

Syrian activists said they have called for daily protests during the holy Ramadan month to start on Monday. ...

At least two dead as Yemen army, tribes clash

At least two tribesmen were killed and three wounded in fierce clashes with the Yemeni army on Monday near the ...

Police kill 4 after blasts, attacks in China`s west

Police shot dead four "rioters" in China`s far west on Sunday after at least three people, including a policeman, were ...

Trial venue of former Egyptian president changed

The trial venue of former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak has been changed to a police academy in Cairo, Chief ...

Floods wash N. Korean landmines into S. Korea

Parts of North Korean landmines apparently churned up by torrential rains have washed up across the border in South ...

Mubarak refuses to eat and `extremely weak`

Hosni Mubarak refuses to eat as is "extremely weak," state news agency MENA reported Wednesday, citing the director ...