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Syria to let monitors stay, Obama ups pressure

Syria is ready to let Arab monitors extend their mission beyond this week, an Arab League source said, but U.S. ...

Police deny teenage detainees in Sijunjung tortured

Police have denied allegations that two teenagers - Faisal Akbar (14) and Budri M Zain (18.

Amnesty Int`l urges RI to protect Shiite minority

Amnesty International has urged the Indonesian government to provide protection for hundreds of Shiites who have been ...

White House protesters call for Guantanamo closure

Human rights activists, some dressed in orange prison jumpsuits, protested in front of the White House Monday to ...

Syria civilian death toll at least 4,000: UN rights chief

The number of people killed in Syria following a crackdown on protesters since March has reached at least 4,000, the ...

Brazil`s Rousseff backs dictatorship abuses probe

President Dilma Rousseff, a former Marxist guerrilla who was jailed and tortured during Brazil`s military ...

Chechen poet shot dead in Moscow

A poet and academic from Russia`s volatile region of Chechnya was found dead on Wednesday outside a Moscow apartment ...

China deports 5,000 N. Korea refugees annually

China repatriates about 5,000 North Korean refugees each year even though they often face harsh punishment on their ...

UN Rights chief urges probe into Kadhafi's death

The circumstances surrounding the death of Libya's ousted despot Moamer Kadhafi are unclear and an investigation is ...

Amnesty calls on Canada to arrest Bush

Amnesty International called on Canadian authorities Wednesday to arrest and prosecute George W. Bush, saying the ...

Amnesty calls on Canada to arrest Bush

Amnesty International called on Canadian authorities Wednesday to arrest and prosecute George W. Bush, saying the ...

Jakarta police conduct special operations ahead of SEA Games

Jakarta police have dealt with 304 criminal cases in operations pver the past nine days from October 1 to 9. ...

Syria woman thought mutilated turns up alive on TV

Syrian state television has aired an interview with a woman who had reportedly been found decapitated, armless and ...

82 journalists killed worldwide so far this year

A total of 82 journalists have been killed worldwide so far this year in the pursuit of their jobs, with Mexico being ...

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 ...