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Annan warns Syria of grave concern

Peace envoy Kofi Annan expressed "grave concern" to Syria`s President Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday and Western nations ...

NATO air strikes kill 14 Afghan civilians: officials

Fourteen civilians were killed and six others injured as warplanes of the NATO-led International Security Assistance ...

Civilian death threaten US pact: Afghan president

Afghan President Hamid Karzai summoned the NATO commander and the US ambassador on Monday to warn that civilian ...

RI racing against time to meet MDG targets by andi abdussalam - (d)

Indonesia, one of the 189 countries that declared in 2000 their commitment to achieving eight Millennium Development ...

Russia, China join UN demand for Syria peace move

The UN Security Council demanded Wednesday that Syria immediately implement a peace plan by special envoy Kofi Annan, ...

Syria denies receiving special forces from Russia

A Syrian military source on Monday refuted as "baseless" some media reports about the arrival of Russian warships ...

Syria denies receiving special forces from Russia

A Syrian military source on Monday refuted as "baseless" some media reports about the arrival of Russian warships ...

FM Marty receives Myanmar human rights delegation

Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty M. Natalegawa received Chief of Myanmar National Human Rights Commission (MNHCR) U ...

13 women and children killed in Afghan bomb

A Taliban roadside bomb tore through a civilian vehicle in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, killing nine children and ...

Panetta acknowledges troubling events in afghanistan

The US defense chief held talks in Afghanistan on Wednesday, acknowledging that a series of "deeply troubling" ...

NATO chief expresses shock at US soldier`s shooting spree

NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen expressed shock and sadness at the shooting spree by a rogue US soldier in ...

Obama expresses shock over Afghan shooting

US President Barack Obama called Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Sunday "to express his shock and sadness" over a ...

ICRC fails to evacuate wounded journalists from Homs

The Red Cross Saturday failed to agree a deal to evacuate wounded Syrians and Western journalists from battered Homs ...

Corby refuses to be moved from Kerobokan penitentiary

Schapelle Leigh Corby, the Australian prisoner over a narcotics case, has refused to be moved from the Kerobokan ...

US backs humanitarian ceasefire in Syria

The United States supports calls for a humanitarian ceasefire in Syria to bring relief to civilians caught up in a ...