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China: Syria is important country in the Middle East

Syria is an important country in the Middle East, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei underlined, saying ...

1,000 Al-Qaeda fighters still in Iraq: Panetta

CIA chief Leon Panetta told lawmakers Thursday that 1,000 Al-Qaeda fighters are still operating in Iraq and said US ...

Obama says sorry to Karzai for civilian deaths

US President Barack Obama on Wednesday expressed his "sorrow" to Afghan President Hamid Karzai over recent civilian ...

President denies he has "no guts"

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said what he had done so far had been for the sake of seeking consensus and not ...

Military hq considering nominees to succeed Army Chief Toisutta

The National Defense Force (TNI) Headquarters is discussing a replacement for Gen George Toisutta as Army chief of ...

Soeharto deserves national hero status

Former President Soeharto`s merits in developing the Indonesian state and nation were outstanding and therefore he ...

RI intensifying efforts to evacuate citizens from Yemen

With the situation in strife-torn Yemen worsening by the day, the Indonesian government is intensifying efforts to ...

RI intensifying efforts to evacuate citizens from Yemen

With the situation in strife-torn Yemen worsening by the day, the Indonesian government is intensifying efforts to ...

Former Mexican governor arrested for embezzlement

A former governor of the poverty-stricken Mexican state of Chiapas was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly stealing ...

Indonesia`s military prefer peacekeeping than peacemaking

In its active role in the UN Peace and Security Department, the Indonesian Military (TNI) prefers to play a role as ...

ASEAN SOM to discuss nuclear-free zone concept in Surabaya

An ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) in Surabaya, East Java, on June 7-11, 2011 is to put discussions of the ...

Chinese communist party offers to cooperate with PDIP

China`s Communist Party has offered to cooperate in the political field with the Indonesian Democracy Party-Struggle ...

RI`s reform movement was not revolution

Former president BJ Habibie said Indonesia`s reform movement which began in 1998 leading to the overthrow of the New ...

Peru quick count says Humala leads Fujimori

Left-wing nationalist Ollanta Humala was leading right-wing lawmaker Keiko Fujimori in Peru`s presidential election, a ...

Bahrain police clash with Shi`ite religious marchers

Bahraini police clashed with Shi`ite marchers in a religious festival late on Sunday, less than a week after the Gulf ...