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Egyptian police raid Al Jazeera unit again

Egyptian police raided the offices of an Al Jazeera channel in Cairo on Thursday and confiscated equipment for the ...

Myanmar, US diplomats hold rare talks in Washington

Myanmar`s Foreign Minister Wunna Maung Lwin held rare talks Thursday in Washington with senior US State Department ...

Obama, Uzbek leader discuss Afghan supply route

President Barack Obama and Uzbekistan`s President Islam Karimov discussed expanding U.S. use of the central Asian ...

UN chief praises women`s voting right in S.Arabia

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon hailed as an "important step" on Thursday an announcement by Saudi Arabia that ...

Clinton says hopes Egypt emergency law lifted before June

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Wednesday that she hoped that Egypt would lift its emergency law before ...

RI to send domestic helpers to four countries only

The government will allow the dispatch of domestic helpers only to certain countries, namely Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, ...

Govt urged to form ad hoc tribunal on missing persons

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was urged here on Wednesday to issue a presidential instruction for the formation ...

Chavez denounces `new colonialist wars` at UN

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was absent from the UN General Assembly but made his presence felt Tuesday through a ...

NU leader calls for closure of websites spreading radicalism

An Islamic leader has called on the government to close down internet sites that spread radicalism so as to eliminate ...

Indonesia calls for UN reform

Indonesia expressed hope the United Nations could strengthen its central role of promoting cooperation among countries ...

Indonesia poised to become global home of batik

Batik lovers must not miss this upcoming event - a World Batik Summit to be held at the Jakarta Convention Center, ...

US trying hard to boycott durban conference

Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said that the US and certain countries are trying hard to weaken ...

RI wants to see Palestine gain statehood through UN by fardah

The Indonesian government has expressed its support for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas`s intention to secure ...

Obama speech shows bias towards Israel: Palestinians

Palestinians on Thursday slammed US President Barack Obama`s United Nations address a day earlier, calling it a ...

Syria death toll now over 2,700: UN

Over 2,700 people have been killed in Syria`s bloody crackdown on protestors, the Office of the United Nations High ...