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Afghan presiden jokes he is "oppressed" by wife

Afghan President Hamid Karzai joked Tuesday that he was "oppressed" by his wife during a speech to mark International ...

5 Killed in 2nd U.S. drone attack in NW Pakistan

At least five people were killed and three others injured in the second U.S. drone strike in northwestern tribal area ...

Iran hangs three Afghan rapists: report

Iran has hanged three Afghan nationals in a prison in Tehran after they were found guilty of raping an Afghan man`s ...

11 militants killed in Afghanistan`s Helmand province

Eleven Taliban militants including a local commander were killed Saturday when warplanes of NATO-led forces pounded ...

China`s defence budget to rise 12.7% in 2011

China`s defence budget will rise 12.7 percent in 2011 to 601.1 billion yuan ($91.7 billion), a government spokesman ...

Muzammil: Indonesia urges OIC to help deal with Libyan crisis

Coordinator of the Indonesian Parliamentarian Caucus for Palestine Al Muzzamil Yusuf has urged the Indonesian ...

Actress Jolie visits Afghanistan: UNHCR

US film star Angelina Jolie has made a surprise two-day visit to Afghanistan to meet refugees in the war-torn country, ...

Britain axes 11.000 armed forces jobs: Government

Britain said Tuesday it would axe around 11,000 armed forces jobs as part of defence cuts brought in to help reduce ...

Britain halts aid to Russia, China, UN agencies

Britain on Tuesday slashed 16 countries including Russia and China from the list of nations it gives financial aid to ...

China buys 653 Indonesian National Standard Rights

China has bought as many as 653 user rights on Indonesia`s National Standard (SNI) system in anticipation of the ...

Afghan attacks kill four NATO soldiers

Four NATO soldiers, one of them an Italian, were killed in a wave of insurgent bomb and gun attacks across Afghanistan ...

Gunmen torch two NATO trucks in Pakistan

Gunmen in southwestern Pakistan attacked two trucks carrying supplies to NATO troops in Afghanistan and set them on ...

Burnt NATO tankers ablaze again in bomb blast

Four NATO tankers gutted by a series of blasts on Friday caught fire again when an unexploded timed device went off ...

Number of illegal immigrants in NTT keeps increasing

The number of illegal immigrants in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) on the way to Australia in the past three years ...

28 dead in North Afghanistan suicide blast: ministry

A suicide attacker killed 28 people and wounded 32 others on Monday when he blew himself up in the northern Afghan ...