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News Focus: Towards establishment of ASEAN institute for peace and reconciliation

Eight years after the adoption of the ASEAN Security Community concept, the ten member countries of the Association ...

Armed gang kill 10 Syrian civilians-state agency

An armed gang shot dead ten Syrian civilian workers on their way back from Lebanon in a bus ambush near the Syrian ...

President to send fm to see Myanmar`s readiness in securing 2014 Asean chair

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has ordered Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa to visit Myanmar to find out about ...

Parliamentary Caucus rejects Myanmar`s wish to chair ASEAN in 2014

ASEAN`s Inter-Parliamentary Caucus (AIPC) rejects Myanmar`s proposal to lead ASEAN in 2014, President of the caucus ...

Syria arrests women, opposition figures-rights groups

Syrian security forces on Saturday arrested two veteran opposition figures and a group of female protesters as part of ...

Clinton to attend Rome talks on Libya conflict: US

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will visit Rome next week for fresh talks on how to help the rebels fighting in ...

EU to impose arms embargo on Syria--EU diplomats

European Union member states reached preliminary agreement to Friday to impose an arms embargo on Syria and consider ...

Yemen protests kill 3 as opposition haggles

Yemeni security forces shot dead three more protesters against President Ali Abdullah Saleh on Monday while opposition ...

Syria death toll hits 120 in two days: report

At least 120 people were killed in a two-day crackdown by Syrian security forces against protesters, a group of ...

Gulf intellectuals say UAE activist arrested

Another Emirati rights activist has been arrested, bringing to four the number jailed in the oil-rich Gulf state in ...

Iran helping Syria crack down on protests

The United States accused Iran Thursday of helping Syria in its efforts to crack down on pro-democracy ...

Syria`s Assad orders release of detainees

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Thursday ordered the release of all detainees arrested in a wave of protests, ...

African mediators in Libya amid NATO air strikes

A high-ranking African Union delegation arrived in Libya on Sunday to try to negotiate a truce between Moamer ...

NATO forces Libya rebel fighter jet to land: Official

NATO warplanes intercepted a MiG-23 fighter jet operated by a Libyan rebel pilot on Saturday and forced him to land ...

Yemen President says his regime firm

Yemen`s embattled President Ali Abdullah Saleh on Saturday rebuffed opposition calls to step down, saying his regime ...