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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 ...

Students protest building of new DPR tower

Members of the student executive council of Diponegoro University in Semarang rejected the construction of the new DPR ...

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, ...

Suicide bomber kills 10 at Afghan elders meet

A suicide attack ripped through a gathering of tribal elders in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing 10 people, ...

Clinton urges Arab leaders to move faster on reform

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday pushed for Arab leaders to embrace a "spirit of reform" that has ...

Britain warns against travel to Syria

Britain warned Tuesday against all but essential travel to Syria after a bloody weekend crackdown on anti-regime ...