When Arizona legislators introduced SB 1070 earlier this year, their intention was to crack down on illegal immigrants in the state. The law requires police to check the immigration status of anyone in custody. Since…
Jakarta. The leader of a fringe group that has managed to put a serious dent in relations between Malaysia and Indonesia after hurling human feces at the Malaysian Embassy in Jakarta and smearing excrement on…
A key figure in Japan’s ruling party dubbed Americans “simple-minded” in a speech to fellow lawmakers Wednesday. It was not clear what prompted the remarks by Democratic Party heavyweight Ichiro Ozawa at a political seminar,…
BEIJING (AFP) — Thousands of vehicles were bogged down Monday in a more than 100-kilometre (62-mile) traffic jam leading to Beijing that has lasted nine days and highlights China’s growing road congestion woes. The Beijing-Tibet…
The Malaysian government has deported three Indonesian officers of the  Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries it arrested for apprehending Malaysian fishermen fishing within the Indonesian territory. “I heard they’ve been heading for Batam, reportedly…
The CIA has tapes of Sept. 11, 2001 plotter Ramzi Binalshibh being interrogated in a secret overseas prison. Discovered under a desk, the recordings could provide an unparalleled look at how foreign governments aided the…
Three hundred and forty five migrant Indonesian workers are facing the death sentence in Malaysia, according to Sabang-Merauke Circle. “They seek jobs for a better life in Malaysia. Therefore, it is important for President Susilo…
Their country may have just become the No. 2 economy in the world, but China’s leaders seem determined to downplay the significance of the move. “China is a developing country,” Commerce Ministry spokesman Yao Jian…
Indonesia currently supplies more than 25 percent of the global demand of tobacco wrappers, the largest after Brazil. The quality of the country’s commodity used for cigars is considered one of the best in the…
Forty people were injured when a bull leapt into the packed grandstands of a Spanish bullring and ran amok, charging and trampling on spectators, regional officials said Thursday.Video shown on Spanish media outlets showed the…
– Two passengers were being questioned further by authorities in connection with a security threat against an American Airlines flight this morning in San Francisco, California, according to a law enforcement source familiar with the…
Ohio – President Barack Obama said on Wednesday he had “no regrets” about taking a controversial position on whether a Muslim community center and mosque is built near the site of the September 11 attacks…
The U.S. and South Korean militaries will stage their second joint exercise in less than a month from Monday, fuelling tensions with the prickly North and angering regional power China. The annual exercise comes a…
August 13, 2010 -Good evening. Welcome to the White House. To you, to Muslim Americans across our country, and to more than one billion Muslims around the world, I extend my best wishes on this…
In an emerging battle over regulating Internet access, companies are taking sides. Facebook, one of the companies that has flourished on the open Internet, indicated Wednesday that it did not support a proposal by Google…
A radical Muslim cleric, Abu Bakar Bashir has been arrested on charges of terrorism by Indonesian anti-terror police from West Java in early Monday. Abu Bakar Bashir planned for killing the Indonesia’s president Susilo Bambang…
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