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Taliban prisoners at Guantanamo agree to transfer

Five top Taliban leaders held by the U.S. in the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, told a visiting Afghan delegation they agree to a proposed transfer to the tiny...

At least six dead in Pakistan gunfight: officials

At least six people were killed Saturday in a day-long gun battle between militants and government troops in Pakistan’s troubled northwestern tribal region,...

Moroccan court hands down harsher sentences for cafe bombers

AP – A Moroccan appeals court handed down harsher sentences for the defendants convicted in the April 2011 bombing of a cafe in Marrakech that killed 17 people,...

Rano Karno’s step son arrested for alleged possession of drug

Jakarta police said that Soekarno-Hatta International Airport police had arrested step son of Banten Vice Governor Rano…

UN says 145 ‘presumed dead’ in Afghan avalanche

At least 145 people are missing and “presumed dead” after an avalanche hit a remote village in Afghanistan’s northeastern Badakhshan province last...

Kabul not against Guantanamo detainees’ transfer

The Afghan government will not oppose the transfer of five Taliban detainees from Guantanamo Bay to Qatar, a spokesman for President Hamid Karzai has said.

Eyeing resource wealth, Indonesia taps foreign miners

, Jakarta:Indonesia’s government offered a clearer view on Friday of a new regulation that limits foreign ownership in mines to no more than 49 percent, saying the...

Indonesia Seeks Higher Short-Term Yields to Absorb Funds

, Jakarta:Bank Indonesia is seeking to increase yields on its short-term securities to absorb liquidity from the financial system and ease inflation pressures stemming...

Pertamina Anticipates Fuel Scarcities

, Makassar, South Sulawesi:State oil company Pertamina is anticipating the possibility of fuel scarcities, ahead of fuel price hikes this April. “We hope…

Activists say China returned 31 N. Korean refugees

China has repatriated all 31 North Korean refugees it arrested last month despite international pressure against the move, refugee advocates in South Korea said Friday.