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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 ...

Police seize 10,000 liters of diesel oil

The Jambi Police`s patrol team has confiscated 10,000 liters of subsidized diesel oil on Lingkar Timur street, ...

Agusrin taken to penitentiary to begin jail in corruption case

Convicted Bengkulu Governor, Agusrin Maryono Najamuddin, was taken to Cipinang Penitentiary, East Jakarta, on Tuesday ...

Ex-Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout sentenced to 25 years in prison

Viktor Bout, the Russian arms dealer who was the subject of a book titled "Merchant of Death," was sentenced ...

UN to replace judge who quit troubled KRouge court

UN chief Ban Ki-moon has said he will appoint a replacement for a Swiss judge who quit Cambodia`s Khmer Rouge war ...

Nigeria`s Boko Haram kills 4, robs bank

Suspected members of Nigerian Islamist sect Boko Haram killed four people on Friday when they robbed a bank and ...

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 ...

Sinai armed group surrounds peacekeeper base

An armed group blocked access to the headquarters of a peacekeeping force in Egypt`s Sinai to pressure the government ...

Potter actor jailed for his part in London riots

A London court on Tuesday sentenced a star of the Harry Potter films to two years in prison after he earlier admitted ...

Malaysian citizen sentenced to life imprisonment for smuggling narcotics

The district court of Pekanbaru, Riau has sentenced Malaysian Muhammad Adenan, who was also a port officer in Port ...

20 inmates killed in mexico jail brawl near us border - (d)

Twenty inmates died and 12 others were wounded during a fight Saturday at a northeastern Mexico prison near the US ...

Fighting erupts in Tripoli, three killed: NTC

Armed supporters of ousted Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi have clashed with new government fighters in Tripoli, leaving ...

"Fake" journalists get 7-year prison sentence in north China

A local court in north China handed down a seven-year prison term for two men who pretended to be journalists and ...

US welcomes Myanmar release of political prisoners

The United States on Thursday welcomed Myanmar`s release of some political prisoners but called on the Southeast Asian ...

Abu Tholut sentenced to eight years for terrorism

The West Jakarta District Court sentenced Abu Tholut to eight years in jail on Thursday for involvement in terrorism. ...