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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 ...

Pakistan forces attack Taliban hideouts in border region, kill 18

Pakistani troops and paramilitary forces, backed by helicopter gunships and warplanes, targeted Taliban positions in ...

London plans giant screens to show royal wedding

Well-wishers gathering in London to celebrate the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middletonwill be able to watch ...

Floods isolate three villages in E Nusa Tenggara

Floods have isolated thousands of people in three villages in Malaka Barat sub district, Belu District, East Nusa ...

Belu flood forces 1,447 people to evacuate

More than 1,447 people fled their homes after a flood swept through Malaka Barat subdistrict, Belu district, East Nusa ...

RI registers three cultural heritage sites at UNESCO

RI has registered three intangible cultural heritage sites, namely Balinese traditional dance, Noken handicraft and ...

Kalla hopes RI to learn from Japan in dealing with post-disaster situation

Chairman of the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) Jusuf Kalla expressed his hope that Indonesia could learn from Japan in ...

Japan death toll tops 10,000: Kyodo

The death toll from a massive earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan`s northeast coast topped 10,000 on Friday, ...

Japan quake dead, missing nears 22,000: police

The number of people confirmed dead or listed as missing in Japan neared 22,000 on Monday, 10 days after a massive ...

Yemeni president sacks government

Yemen`s embattled President Ali Abdullah Saleh on Sunday sacked his government in the face of massive protests ...

Iran frees 80-year-old opposition head: IRNA

Ebrahim Yazdi, the 80-year-old head of a banned liberal party who was arrested last October 1, was released from ...

Coalition Launches Military Action In Libya

French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Saturday announced the launch of military action in Libya, backed by Western ...

Yemen seethes as death toll climbs to 52

Yemenis seethed with anger as medics raised the death toll from a sniper attack on protesters to 52 and thousands ...

ICRC returns to Libya`s Benghazi amid improved security

The international Red Cross said that improvements in the security situation has allowed its team to return to Libyan ...

41 dead in Yemen protest bloodbath: medics

Beleaguered Yemen president Ali Abdullah Saleh ordered a state of emergency Friday after regime loyalists killed at ...