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Five Somali pirates get life in US prison

A US court Monday sentenced five Somali pirates to life in prison plus 80 years for the attack last year on a US naval ...

Tunisia detains 3 associates of ousted leader

Tunisians authorities have placed in detention three senior officials who were close to ousted President Zine ...

Yemen opposition vows "escalation" against president

Yemen`s opposition coalition vowed on Monday to escalate protests that have swept the country demanding the ...

Iran hangs three Afghan rapists: report

Iran has hanged three Afghan nationals in a prison in Tehran after they were found guilty of raping an Afghan man`s ...

Robert F. Kennedy assassin denied parole

The assassin who killed US presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy in 1968 was denied parole Wednesday, and will have ...

Two dead in Egypt prison riot

At least two prisoners were killed and 10 wounded Wednesday when guards opened fire during a riot at a jail near the ...

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 ...

Egypt muslim brotherhood says 34 key members escape prison

Thirty-four members of the opposition Muslim Brotherhood, including seven members of the leadership, walked out of ...

Thousands escape from Egypt Prison

Thousands of prisoners escaped from the Wadi Natrun facility, north of Cairo, a security official said on Sunday, as ...

N Korea blasts Seoul for punishing a pastor for illegal Pyongyang trip

North Korea blasted South Korea Saturday for punishing a pro-unification pastor who illegally traveled to the ...

Corruption convicts to be held in one jail

People convicted for corruption will eventually be made to serve their sentences in one jail, namely the Cipinang ...

Australia wishes exchange of prisoners with Indonesia

The Australian government by way of its embassy in Jakarta offered an exchange of prison inmates with the Indonesian ...

HRW: Saudi Arabia suppresses rights of millions

Saudi Arabia suppresses or fails to protect the rights of millions of women, foreign workers and Shiites, and reforms ...

Police not afraid to name Cirus suspect

Police were not afraid to name prosecutor Cirus Sinaga a suspect in a case of falsification of the text of a ...

Gayus sentenced to seven years imprisonment

Tax evasion and corruption defendant Gayus Tambunan was sentenced to seven years imprisonment by a panel of judges at ...