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Two Syrian MPs, top cleric quit over bloodshed

Two Syrian MPs from the protest hub city of Daraa and its top cleric on Saturday told Al-Jazeera television they ...

New strikes as Libya vows to leave Misrata to tribes

NATO launched fresh air raids on the Libyan capital Saturday as Moamer Kadhafi`s government said it was ready to ...

RI sports minister refuses PSSI rival congress

Youths and Sports Minister Andi Mallarangeng strictly refused if any party wishes to hold rival congress of the ...

US, China to hold human rights talks

China and the United States will hold human rights talks in Beijing next week, the State Department announced Friday, ...

Egypt former oil minister detained over corruption

Egypt`s former oil minister has been detained for 15 days in connection with a corruption probe, the latest member of ...

Assad must do more on reform: US

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad must "do more, or allow others to do more" if he is going to satisfy the reform ...

End of Syria emergency rule not enough: activists

Two prominent Syrian human rights activists welcomed a decree signed by President Bashar al-Assad on Thursday lifting ...

Mubarak name to be removed from public places

A Cairo court on Thursday ruled that the name of ousted president Hosni Mubarak, and that of his wife, be removed from ...

RI govt`s plan to acquire Newmont stake draws protests

The government`s decision to acquire a seven percent stake in PT Newmont Nusa Tenggara (NNT) which operates the Batu ...

Tens of thousands of Yemenis protest against president

Tens of thousands of protesters on Sunday took to the streets in nine Yemeni provinces to demonstrate against ...

Gulf ministers to meet over Yemen crisis

Gulf foreign ministers meet Sunday in the Saudi capital to discuss the crisis in Yemen, after proposing an exit plan ...

Robots to gauge radiation in Japan's quake-hit plant

The operator of Japan`s stricken nuclear plant said Sunday it will send two remote-controlled robots into a reactor ...

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 ...

Jew killer, 9 others in deadly Yemen jail break

A convicted killer of a Yemeni Jew and nine other people on death row escaped on Friday from Amran prison, near the ...

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 ...