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President inducts eight new ambassadors

At the Presidential Palace, on Friday, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono appointed eight ambassadors who will be ...

Fluke Biomedical acquires Unfors RaySafe

- Fluke Biomedical, the world's leading manufacturer of biomedical test instruments, announced today the acquisition of ...

Deadlocked Syria talks resume in Geneva

Talks between Syrias warring sides entered their fifth day in Geneva on Wednesday with no signs of progress on a ...

Iran nuclear talks to resume February in New York: US

Iran and world powers will resume talks next month in New York on reaching a long-term nuclear deal, a senior US ...

Landmark Report Calculates Societal Benefits of Fossil Energy to be at Least 50 Times Greater than Perceived Costs of Ca

- The benefits to society of fossil fuel energy far outweigh the social costs of carbon (SCC) by a magnitude of 50 to ...

IMF official killed in Kabul restaurant blast

The International Monetary Funds representative in Afghanistan was killed in the attack on a Kabul restaurant friday ...

Snowden leaks may be `lethal` for troops

Fugitive intelligence contractor Edward Snowdens theft of 1.7 million secret documents could potentially put US ...

Iran, US can save Syria: Mousavian

Cooperation between Iran and the United States can help save Syria, former Iranian nuclear negotiator with the West, ...

Vitamin E may slow functional decline in alzheimer`s patients: Study

Vitamin E may slow functional decline in patients with Alzheimers disease (AD) and decrease caregiver burden, a U.S. ...

Kerry in new Year's day trip to Israel

US Secretary of State John Kerry will make a New Year's Day trip to Israel and the Palestinian Territories aiming to ...

Beirut car bomb kills adviser to ex-PM

A huge car bomb rocked central Beirut on Friday, killing an adviser to Lebanese ex-premier Saad Hariri and leaving ...

Kerry expresses concern over Egypt crackdown on Muslim Brotherhood

US Secretary of State John Kerry expressed concern Thursday over Egypts intensified crackdown on the Muslim ...

Abe visits Yasukuni war shrine

Japan's nationalist Prime Minister Shinzo Abe paid tribute at Tokyo's controversial Yasukuni war shrine on Thursday, ...

Snowden declares "mission accomplished" on leaks

Just six months after first leaking National Security Agency secrets in a move that triggered a revaluation of US ...

Iran says slow progress in nuclear deal talks

Technical talks between Iran and world powers on how to implement a landmark nuclear deal clinched last month are ...