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Three women rescued in London after being enslaved for 30 years

Three women who had been working as slaves for some 30 years were rescued in a south London house Thursday morning, ...

"Argo" beats "Lincoln" to Best Picture Oscar

Iran hostage thriller "Argo" won the Best Picture Oscar on Sunday, the highest honor in the movie industry, while Ang ...

"Lincoln" leads BAFTA film nominations with 10

"Lincoln", the story of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln`s battle to end slavery starring Daniel Day-Lewis in the title ...

Dignifying women without exploitation

Until the end of 2012, women in Indonesia and in most of Asia`s developing countries seem to suffer more due to the ...

North Korea is Park Geun-hye's priority

South Korean president-elect Park Geun-Hye vowed Thursday to put national security first while pursuing greater ...

Lee heads to Thailand after trip to Indonesia

South Korean President Lee Myung-bak left for Thailand on Friday, wrapping up a three-day visit to Indonesia`s resort ...

US, RI explore opportunities for cooperation to fight human trafficking

Representatives from the U.S. Department of State`s Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons travelled to ...

Govt to lift outsourcing system

The government looks set to lift the outsourcing recruitment system but will still maintain it in the recruitment of ...

UN experts call on countries to prevent child marriage

A group of United Nations human rights experts on Thursday, the first UN International Day on the Girl Child, urged ...

Indonesia striving to be more child-friendly

Around 30 percent or 83 million of Indonesia`s total population of 245 million people are children who are considered ...

South Korea leader arrives at disputed islands

South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak landed Friday on remote islands disputed with Japan, according to Japanese news ...

24 ASEAN companies receive CSR Awards at AREA 2012

Twenty four companies from Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand received the prestigious Asia ...

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 ...

Iran`s Ahmadinejad attacks west, prompts walk-out

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad flayed the West on Thursday for a catalogue of misdeeds, but his address to the ...

Burqa-clad Taliban kill 10 police in Pakistan siege

At least 10 policemen were killed Saturday when Taliban militants in suicide vests, some of them clad in burqas, laid ...