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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 ...

More than 1,000 inmates moved after prison riot and fire in Uruguay

Authorities were forced to move more than 1,000 inmates from the Comcar prison near Uruguayan capital Montevideo after ...

Jordan condemns Israeli settlement decision

Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh on Tuesday denounced Israel`s decision to legalise three settler outposts in ...

Israel: 1.200 Palestinian prisoners begin hunger strike

Some 1,200 Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails have begun a hunger strike and another 2,300 are refusing food ...

Mexico prison fight leaves at least 20 dead

Violence at a prison on the outskirts of Mexico`s northern business city Monterrey killed at least 20 people on ...

Law ministry denies receiving funds from US

Law and Human Rights Minister Amir Syamsuddin has categorically denied an allegation his ministry had received Rp1 ...

news focus: Muslim legislators conference emphasizes women`s roles, democracy

After having discussions for a week in Palembang, South Sumatra, over 330 legislators from 40 member states of the ...

PUIC : urges Islamic nations to be united to face Israel

Secretary General of the Parliamentary Union of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (PUIC) Mahmud Erol Kilic has ...

Teenage detainees handling in A`lia better now : minister

Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa said the handling of Indonesian teenage detainees in Australian prisons had now ...

Winning bloggers awarded for helping raise HIV/AIDSs awareness

The 10 winners from the blogging competition organized by the Australian Government aid program (AusAID), National ...

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 ...

32 inmates break out of three Mexican prisons

Inmates staged near simultaneous jailbreaks from three prisons in the Mexican state of Veracruz early Monday and at ...

Some 53,404 inmates expected to get remissions

A total of 53,404 inmates throughout the country have been proposed to get public remissions during the independent ...

Govt to retain death penalty In anti-corruption bill

The Indonesian government will retein the death penalty in the anti-corruption bill, Law and Human Rights Minister ...

NAM demands release of Palestinian political detainees in Israel

The deep concern expressed by Indonesian Foreign Affairs Minister Marty Natalegawa about Palestinian political ...