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Afghanistan, US finalise draft post-2014 deal: Kabul

Afghan and US officials have finalised the initial draft of a strategic partnership agreement that will govern ...

Former Democrat's treasurer gets over four years of jail sentence

Former treasurer of Democrat Party Nazaruddin gets four years and ten month of jail sentence for bribery case during ...

US invites Myanmar minister, welcomes Suu Kyi travel

The United States invited Myanmar`s foreign minister and said Wednesday that democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, who is ...

Karzai says NATO failed as 18-hr Kabul attack ends

Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Monday that a coordinated Taliban attack showed a "failure" by Afghan ...

Australia to lift some Myanmar sanctions

Foreign Minister Bob Carr on Monday said Australia will lift sanctions against Myanmar`s president and more than 200 ...

Britain says all its embassy staff in Kabul "accounted for"

All British embassy staff in Kabul have been "accounted for" amid explosions and heavy gunfire in the diplomatic ...

German embassy in Kabul damaged in attacks

Germany's embassy in Kabul was damaged Sunday but no one is believed to be injured, the foreign ministry said after ...

N Korea keeps mum on failure of rocket launch

North Korea remained silent on Friday`s long-range rocket launch, including its failure, as South Korea and the ...

Somali pirates release Panama-flagged ship amid ransom reports

Somali pirates have released a Panama-flagged vessel they seized two months ago allowing it to continue on its way to ...

Clinton warns Suu Kyi: Democracy isn`t easy

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday offered advice for Myanmar`s democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi as she ...

Plenary to vote for election bill

The dead end discussions on the national election bill are to be decided in voting in the House of Representative`s ...

Heated argument expected if elections bill voted on: Pramono

House Deputy Speaker Pramono Anung said a heated debate would occur if three crucial issues in the general elections ...

Mali president formally resigns: mediator

Mali`s President Amadou Toumani Toure, who was toppled by a military coup last month, has formally resigned from his ...

President advised to weigh consequences of ousting PKS from coalition

A political analyst has recommended that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono consider the impact if he decides to ...

Suu Kyi party `wins 43 seats` in Myanmar elections

Democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi`s party won almost all the seats it contested in Myanmar elections, becoming the ...