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RI navy sends out warships and helicopter to Trenggalek

The Indonesian Navy headquarters have deployed two warships and a helicopter to support the search and evacuation of ...

Italian hostage freed in Sudan`s Darfur: report

An unidentified Italian hostage has been released in Sudan`s Darfur region, the Sudan Media Centre, close to the ...

Sudan captures strategic rebel border camps: army

The Sudanese army claimed a strategic victory on Saturday in its war against the rebels in South Kordofan, saying it ...

Two Afghan illegal immigrants escape

The Immigrant Detention house in Belawan, North Sumatra is still searching for two Afghan illegal immigrants who have ...

Ex-Libyan pm stays in cell after death threats: lawyer

Former Libyan prime minister Baghdadi al-Mahmudi failed to turn up Friday at a court hearing in Tunisia to fight an ...

Somali forces attack rebels near strategic town

Somali forces allied to Kenya attacked an al Shabaab base near Afmadow on Friday and said they would press towards the ...

China deports 5,000 N. Korea refugees annually

China repatriates about 5,000 North Korean refugees each year even though they often face harsh punishment on their ...

Security forces vehicle hit in northern Kenya, 3 wounded

An explosion hit a vehicle carrying members of Kenya`s paramilitary police force (GSU) on Friday in the north of the ...

Somali Islamists deny being behind Kenya kidnappings

Somalia`s Islamist Shebab rebels Monday denied being behind the recent kidnappings of foreigners in Kenya following ...

Kenyan troops enter Somalia to attack rebels: government

Kenyan troops have crossed the border into war-torn Somalia to attack Islamist Shebab rebels they accuse of being ...

Aid agency MSF pulls foreign staff from Kenyan camp

Aid agency Medecins Sans Frontieres said Friday it has pulled all its foreign staff from Kenya`s Dadaab refugee camp ...

Two Spanish aid workers kidnapped in Kenya

Somali Islamist Shebab rebels on Thursday kidnapped two female Spanish aid workers from Kenya`s Dadaab refugee camp, ...

Three wounded in Israeli raid on Gaza

Israeli fighter jets Saturday fired a missile on Gaza, injuring three people, one of whom was in serious condition, ...

Agung Laksono to visit Ambon

Coordinating Minister for People`s Welfare Agung Laksono is scheduled to be in Ambon, Maluku, on September 26, 2011 ...

Sri Lankan immigrants in despair, finally surrender

Some 88 Sri Lankan immigrants who had been living in despair aboard their boat, the MV Alicia, since July 10, 2011, ...