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Umar Patek sentenced to 20 years in jail for terrorism

The West Jakarta District Court sentenced Hisyam bin Ali Zein alias Umar Patek to 20 years in jail on Thursday for his ...

Mubarak facing stroke risk at any time

Hosni Mubarak may be hit by a stroke at any time, a senior official in the prison where the Egyptian ex- president is ...

Govt remains committed to fighting narcotics

The chief of the National Narcotics Agency (BNN), Commissioner General Gories Mere, said the government would never ...

Mandela to move back to childhood village

Nelson Mandela will on Tuesday move back to his residence in his childhood village of Qunu, South African President ...

Anti-graft body to question Miranda Goeltom soon

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) will soon grill former Bank Indonesia senior deputy governor Miranda S ...

Pakistan bomb kills three, injures six: police

A remote-controlled bomb targeting a police van killed three passers-by and wounded six other people in Pakistan`s ...

Police officer acquitted in murder case

Adjunct Senior Commissioner Mindo Tampubolon had been acquitted in the murder case of Putri Mega Umboh at the Batam ...

Senior minister says Corby`s clemency has legal basis

A senior minister called on the public here on Thursday to stop making speeches about Corby`s clemency, since it was ...

News focus - Clemency for drug offender draws harsh criticism

The decision of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to cut the sentence of Australian marijuana smuggler Schapelle ...

Gunmen shoot dead jail warden in Pakistan: police

Gunmen on a motorcycle have shot dead a senior prison official in Pakistan`s troubled southwestern city of Quetta, ...

Sri Lanka mulls freeing jailed ex-army chief

Sri Lankan authorities are mulling a pardon for jailed former army chief and defeated presidential candidate Sarath ...

Tuti Tursilawati denies murder charges in Saudi Arabia

A female Indonesian migrant worker, Tuti Tursilawati, who is now facing the death penalty in Saudi Arabia denied ...

Cuban dissident detained after Pope visit released

Police in Cuba on Sunday released Jose Daniel Ferrer, a political dissident arrested shortly after the visit to the ...

Afghan Taliban deny holding new talks with US

Afghanistan`s Taliban insurgents on Sunday denied that they had resumed talks with the United States, while the Afghan ...

Saudi recalls ambassador to Egypt in lawyer row

Saudi Arabia has decided to recall its ambassador to Cairo and close its diplomatic missions in Egypt after protests ...