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At Least 640 dead in Libyan unrest: rights group

At least 640 people have been killed in Libya in protests against the regime of Moamer Kadhafi since they started last ...

Asia plans mass rescue of citizens from Libya

Asian nations on Wednesday prepared "mammoth" evacuation plans for more than 100,000 migrants trapped in Libya, many ...

Finance minister hopes world oil prices to stabilize

Finance Minister Agus Martowardojo hopes that the world crude price will return to a stable level after fluctuating ...

Libya blames "criminals" for anti-Gaddafi uprising

Violence that has rocked Libya in the last few days is the work of gangs of delinquent youths manipulated by foreign ...

Egypt tells embassies to seek Mubarak asset freeze

Egypt`s foreign ministry on Tuesday told its embassies in the Arab world and Western countries to seek a freeze on the ...

Bahrain opposition marches against govt

Thousands of supporters of Bahrain`s Shiite-led opposition began Tuesday an anti-regime demonstration organisers ...

OIC denounces Libyan violence against protesters

The Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) on Tuesday denounced the "excessive" use of force by Libyan ...

UN security council to meet on Libya: Ban

The UN Security Council will meet Tuesday to discuss the crisis in Libya, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said, ...

Libya`s Kadhafi denies fleeing as cities overrun

Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi denied Monday he had fled his country after protesters overran several cities, as his ...

UK summons Libyan ambassador to protest at killings

Britain`s Foreign Office said on Monday it was summoning Libya`s ambassador to condemn the use of lethal force against ...

US urges restraint, reform in Bahrain

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged restraint in Bahrain on Sunday, blasting as unacceptable any violence by ...

Five dead in Morocco unrest after protests

Five bodies were found in a bank set ablaze in Morocco on the sidelines of one of many demonstrations calling for ...

Several Libyan cities held by protesters: rights group

Several Libyan cities, including Benghazi and Sirte, have fallen to demonstrators opposing Moamer Kadhafi`s rule after ...

Tunisia names new foreign minister

Tunisia`s interim government on Monday named Mouldi Kefi as the new minister of foreign affairs, the official TAP news ...

Egypt release 108 political prisoners: State TV

Egypt has released 108 political prisoners, state television reported on Sunday, following a pledge by Prime Minister ...