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Siti Zaenab still under threat of S Arabia death penalty

The legal process against Siti Zaenab binti Duhri, an Indonesian house maid sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia in ...

Tunisian court sentences Ben Ali, wife to 35 years

Toppled Tunisian president Zine el Abidine Ben Ali and his wife were sentenced in absentia Monday to 35 years in ...

Egypt bans Mubarak daughters-in-law from travel

The Egyptian justice ministry`s fraud unit on Thursday slapped a travel ban on ousted president Hosni Mubarak`s two ...

Agus Condro gets 15 months in BI official`s election case

Agus Condro, the whistle blower in the case of traveler`s cheque bribery linked to the election of BI senior deputy ...

Govt to try getting RI boy prisoners in Australia relocated

The Indonesian government, through its diplomatic representative in Canberra, Australia, will try to lobby local ...

Seven more Temanggung rioters get five months in jail

Seven more men involved in last February`s Temanggung sectarian riots were sentenced to five months in jail minus time ...

Govt checking reports on Indonesian boys in Australian adult jail

The government through its Embassy in Canberra, Australia, is checking the validity of Australian newspaper reports ...

Temanggung sectarian rioter sentenced to one year

The Semarang District Court on Tuesday sentenced Syihabudin, a man involved in a sectarian riot in Temanggung last ...

Chavez recovers after surgery in Cuba

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was recovering satisfactorily Sunday after undergoing surgery in Cuba and was ...

AGO suspicious of judge Syarifuddin since Agusrin`s acquittal

The Attorney General`s Office (AGO) has actually been suspicious of Judge Syarifuddin ever since he acquitted Bengkulu ...

Ratko Mladic transferred from prison hospital to cellian embassy in Moscow

Former Bosnian Serb army chief Ratko Mladic who is facing war crimes charges in The Hague, has been transferred from a ...

Egypt sentences ex-finance minister 30 years in jail

The Cairo Criminal Court issued on Saturday a 30-year prison sentence in absentia against Egyptian former Finance ...

NZ prisoners given carrots to quit smoking

New Zealand prisoners are reportedly being offered carrot sticks to help them overcome nicotine cravings as jails ...

KPK grills Hatta Rajasa as witness in train graft case

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) grilled Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Hatta Rajasa as a ...

US welcomes Bahraini push for dialogue

The United States on Tuesday welcomed a call by Bahraini King Hamad for a national dialogue to begin July 1. "We ...