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Ex-Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout sentenced to 25 years in prison

Viktor Bout, the Russian arms dealer who was the subject of a book titled "Merchant of Death," was sentenced ...

TNI destroys 16,581 land mines

The Indonesian military (TNI) has destroyed 16,581 land mines kept in its armory, International Security and ...

Iran ex-president urges better ties with Saudi Arabia

Iran should forge better ties with regional rival Saudi Arabia to counter Western sanctions on Iranian oil, a former ...

Syria accepts april 10 peace deadline: Annan

Syria has agreed to "immediately" start pulling troops out of protest cities, UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan said ...

Tourist arrivals to Bali up by 15.13 percent

At least 479,279 foreign tourists visited the resort island of Bali in January and February 2012, up 15.13 percent ...

Medvedev reassures Russia his cat is safe

President Dmitry Medvedev reassured Russians on Wednesday that his cat Dorofei was safe after reports that it had run ...

European cargo vessel docks with space station

An unmanned European supply vessel carrying more than six tonnes of freight docked with the International Space ...

Russian forces kill top militant in Caucasus

Russian forces on Tuesday killed a senior militant in the North Caucasus where radical groups are seeking to impose an ...

round-up: demonstrations against fuel oil price hike end in clashes

Demonstrations held by thousands of people in Jakarta and other regions in the country against the imminent fuel price ...

Indonesia defying cheap oil fuel policy

Indonesia`s Deputy Energy Minister Widjajono Partowidagdo said Indonesia could no longer apply a cheap oil fuel policy ...

Indonesia rejects presence of nuclear weapons

Indonesia will voice its firm rejection of the production and deployment of nuclear weapons during the nuclear ...

Obama to raise arms cuts with putin in may: official

President Barack Obama will Monday commit to raising the possibility of fresh nuclear arms cuts with new Russian ...

Breakaway Georgia region S.Ossetia votes for president

The Russian-backed breakaway Georgian region of South Ossetia voted for a new president on Sunday, with its former ...

Space junk misses ISS

A piece of space debris missed the International Space Station (ISS) on Saturday, forcing its crew members to take ...

Medvedev heads off for Seoul, New Delhi

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Sunday departed for South Korea and India, where he will attend a nuclear summit ...