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ASEAN ready to accept Myanmar`s ASEAN chairmanship in 2014

After a regional controversy regarding Myanmar`s bid for the ASEAN chairmanship in 2014, the ASEAN leaders at their ...

Ministers discuss Myanmar`s 2014 chairmanship bid

The foreign ministers of ASEAN member states met here on Tuesday to discuss Myanmar`s bid for the ASEAN chairmanship ...

RI's FM meets Myanmar`s rights commission chief

On the first day of his 3-day visit in Myanmar on Saturday, Foreign Affairs Minister Marty M Natalegawa met the ...

RI`s FM to meet Suu Kyi in Myanmar

Indonesian Foreign Affairs Minister Marty Natalegawa is scheduled to meet with opposition figure Aung San Suu Kyi in ...

Activists ask Lady Gaga to pose in lettuce dress

First, Lady Gaga wore a dress made of meat. Now, how about one made of lettuce? Indian animal rights activists ...

At least eight killed in Karachi violence

At least eight people were killed during the ongoing ethnic and political violence in the southern Pakistani port city ...

Mer-C Indonesia to participate in freedom flotilla II

Medical Emergency Rescue Committee (MER-C) Indonesia will again take part in the mission of "Freedom Flotilla" II, a ...

Britain, France seek for sanctions against Syrian president

Britain and France are seeking to impose a EU travel ban and asset freeze on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and four ...

25 killed as Syrian tanks storm Daraa: activists

Thousands of Syrian troops backed by tanks stormed the flashpoint town of Daraa on Monday killing at least 25 people, ...

Syria rounds up regime opponents: rights group

Security forces have arrested dozens of people in raids across Syria even though President Bashar al-Assad has lifted ...

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 ...

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 ...

French police fine woman for wearing full Islamic face veil

French police fined a woman for wearing a full-face Islamic veil, the first reported enforcement of a ban on the ...

Syria must stop shooting at protesters

Human Rights Watch called on Syria`s president to rein in his security forces and stop them from firing on ...