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Judges grill Strauss-Kahn over prostitution case

Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was grilled by three judges on Monday over his role in a prostitution case in ...

Iraq president calls for unity meet in April

Iraqi President Jalal Talabani has called for a national conference on April 5 aimed at bridging sharp political ...

Pakistan Taliban to attack lawmakers if Afghan supply routes reopen

The Pakistan Taliban will attack lawmakers if they decide to re-open NATO supply routes to Afghanistan, the militant ...

Mali hit by looting after coup, president "safe"

Soldiers looted petrol stations and hijacked cars in Mali`s capital Bamako on Friday, 48 hours after a military coup, ...

Govt bows to demands for delayed power tariff hike

The Indonesian government has bowed to the demands for the delay of the electricity tariff hike despite worries that ...

Four Turkish police killed in PKK clash - officials

Four special force police officers were killed in a clash with Kurdish militants in a mountainous area of southeast ...

Blast near Indonesian embassy in Paris surprising

Deputy House Speaker Priyo Santoso said he was surprised by the bomb blast that occurred near the Indonesian embassy ...

Myanmar invites US, EU, UN election observers

Myanmar has invited election observers from the United States, the European Union and the United Nations for its ...

Sweden`s princess Estelle to be baptized in May

Sweden`s Princess Estelle would be baptized in the Royal Palace`s Church Slottskyrkan in Stockholm on May 22, the ...

Opposition ahead in E. Timor election count

Early results from East Timor`s presidential polls on Sunday showed the opposition Fretilin party`s Francisco "Lu Olo" ...

Pakistani president slams militants for exploiting religion of Islam

Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari Saturday condemned the militants for "exploiting religion of Islam" through ...

Syria draft constitution to be ready in 4 months: SANA

President Bashar al-Assad on Saturday announced the creation of an ad hoc committee tasked with preparing a new ...

Team to save migrant workers` lives in Saudi Arabia

The government is racing against time to save the lives of seven migrant workers on death row in Saudi Arabia, where ...

RI govt must legally help migrant workers in trouble

Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives (DPR) Priyo Budi Santoso has suggested that the government provide ...

Someone wants to create disharmony in Indonesia

Religious Affairs Minister Suryadharma Ali has warned that there was someone who intentionally wanted to create ...