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Sri Lanka in talks with UN over war crimes: report

Sri Lanka has held secret talks with United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on alleged war crimes during the ...

Egypt names new foreign minister

Egypt on Sunday named its former ambassador to the United Nations, Nabil al-Arabi, as foreign minister in the latest ...

Palestinians President heads for visiting Britain

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas headed for Britain Sunday for an official visit to discuss the future of peace ...

CleanEquity Monaco 2011 - Awards

-    CleanEquity Monaco, the forum for emerging cleantech companies, closed Friday 4 March with the ...

Kadhafi seeks UN, AU probe into Libyan unrest

Moamer Kadhafi said he wanted the United Nations or the African Union to probe the unrest rocking Libya and promised ...

US Planes Carrying Relief Supplies Land in Tunisia

Two US military transport planes landed in Tunisia on Friday with water, blankets and other supplies for people who ...

172,000 have fled across Libya border: UN

More than 172,000 people have crossed Libya`s borders into Tunisia and Egypt in the past week, said a top UN official ...

News Focus : RI`s failure to host global environment day regretted

Indonesia`s failure to be named host of World Environment Day (WED) 2011 is regrettable because the nation has lost a ...

Chavez offers to mediate Libya crisis, rebels say no

Venezuela`s President Hugo Chavez offered Thursday to mediate the crisis roiling Libya, sayings its longtime ruler ...

UNESCO says suspends all cooperation with Libya

UNESCO has suspended all cooperation with revolt-hit Libya "until the rights of the Libyan people are fully ...

RI House supports unification of Cyprus

Indonesia`s House of Representatives (DPR) supports the unification of Cyprus as a sovereign nation within the the ...

Rising status of women, increased risk of smoking

Millions of women in developing countries risk disease and early death in the coming decades as the tobacco industry ...

News Focus: Indonesians Struggle To Get Out Of Strife-torn Libya

Amid chaotic conditions and violence in Libya, a number of Indonesian nationals, like other foreigners of various ...

UN suspends Libya fom human rights council

The United Nations suspended Libya`s membership in the UN Human Rights Council in an attempt to persuade the country`s ...

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 ...