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NAM demands release of Palestinian political detainees in Israel

The deep concern expressed by Indonesian Foreign Affairs Minister Marty Natalegawa about Palestinian political ...

Marty: RI concerned about conditions of Palestinian political prisoners

Foreign Affairs Minister Marty Natalegawa has expressed concern about the conditions of Palestinian political ...

NAM Meeting In Bali Momentum To Garner Support For Palestine

Palestine has always been a topic in Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) meetings, and this is also the case at the ongoing ...

NAM meeting to produce five documents

Indonesian permanent representative to the UN, ambassador Hasan Kleib said the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) will at its ...

RI to encourage NAM member countries to support Palestine`s independence

In the ongoing Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) meeting in Bali, Indonesia will encourage other NAM member countries to ...

Syrian authorities set free human rights activist

The Syrian authorities on Sunday released Anwar al-Bunni, a Syrian lawyer and human rights activist, after he finished ...

Syria rounds up regime opponents: rights group

Security forces have arrested dozens of people in raids across Syria even though President Bashar al-Assad has lifted ...

Egypt release 108 political prisoners: State TV

Egypt has released 108 political prisoners, state television reported on Sunday, following a pledge by Prime Minister ...

Egypt to release some political prisoners soon

Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq said on Saturday Egypt would release more than 200 political prisoners, saying only a few ...

Bahrain protesters rally for third day

Protesters in Bahrain, emboldened by revolts that have toppled Arab rulers in Tunisia and Egypt, poured into the ...

Middle East soon to be free of us, Israel: Ahmadinejad

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Friday that the Middle East will soon be free of the United States and Israel, ...

US presses but Egypt rejects `hasty` reforms

The United States urged Egypt to immediately lift an emergency law and launch democratic reforms as protestors staged ...

Egypt frees political detainees as part of reforms

Egypt has released 34 political prisoners, the state news agency said on Tuesday, the first men set free since the ...

Egyptian youth to found new opposition political party

The Egyptian youth movement plans to found its own opposition party to "preserve the achievements" of nearly two weeks ...

Tunisia`s Islamist leader returning from exile

Rached Ghannouchi, the leader of Tunisia`s Islamist movement Ennahda, boarded a plane Sunday to return home from ...