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  • Four children killed by mortar in Pakistan

    Sat, May 12 2012 00:30

    Four young children were killed on Friday when a mortar slammed into their family`s vehicle as they attempted to escape a Pakistani military offensive, officials said..

  • Iran says West behind deadly syria bombings - (d)

    Fri, May 11 2012 21:46

    Iran on Friday condemned the latest deadly bomb blasts to reel its ally Syria in a 14-month-old uprising and accused Western powers of orchestrating them..

  • Russia appreciates Indonesia`s handling of Sukhoi accident

    Fri, May 11 2012 14:33

    Russian President Vladimir Putin has praised the government and the people of Indonesia for their handling of Wednesday`s Sukhoi Superjet 100 crash in the Mount Salak terrain..

  • Obama, NATO chief agree Afghan focus for summit

    Thu, May 10 2012 19:19

    US President Barack Obama met with NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen on Wednesday ahead of the upcoming NATO summit to agree to focus on the Afghan conflict at the meeting, the White House said..

  • Merkel says NATO must stick to Afghanistan timetable

    Thu, May 10 2012 19:16

    German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday that the timetable laid out by NATO for international troops to withdraw from Afghanistan by the end of 2014 must be respected..

  • UN mission chief visits site of Damascus blasts

    Thu, May 10 2012 15:26

    Major General Robert Mood, chief of a UN observer mission in Syria, visited the site of two powerful deadly blasts that rocked Damascus on Thursday, an AFP correspondent reported..

  • Medvedev creates commission to investigate superjet incident

    Thu, May 10 2012 12:58

    Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has instructed the Industry Ministry, the Foreign Ministry and the United Aircraft-Building Corporation to investigate the incident with the Sukhoi Superjet 100 that went missing in Indonesia on Wednesday, May 9..

  • Saudi intelligence, CIA infiltrated Al Qaeda in Yemen

    Wed, May 9 2012 11:36

    A bomber from the al Qaeda affiliate in Yemen sent to blow up a U.S.-bound airliner last month was actually a double agent who infiltrated the group and volunteered for the suicide mission, U.S. media reported on Tuesday..

  • NATO air strikes kill 14 Afghan civilians: officials

    Wed, May 9 2012 00:44

    Fourteen civilians were killed and six others injured as warplanes of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) raided the suspected Taliban hideouts in Badghis province 555 km northwest of capital Kabul on Monday, local officials said Tuesday..

  • Senior Pakistani police officer shot dead: police

    Wed, May 9 2012 00:24

    A senior Pakistani police officer was killed in a drive-by shooting in the troubled southwestern province of Baluchistan on Tuesday, police said..

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Entertainment
ASEAN Jazz Festival expected to attract 500 tourists

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Science/Tech
Indonesia needs electric cars to help solve energy problem

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