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Philippines�A scion of the influential Ampatuan clan, who is also the vice governor of Maguindanao, was briefly held by police on Monday after Army personnel recovered what they thought to be unlicensed firearms from his alleged police escorts in Mamasapano,...

Interior Secretary Ronaldo Puno said the 1,092 police officers of Maguindanao province would be replaced by personnel from other regions. Mr Puno said the move was to ensure an impartial investigation of the murders. A local mayor, who belongs to...

Former Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) vice-president Jean-Pierre Bemba poses a flight risk and a threat to witnesses and must remain in custody until his war crimes trial in The Hague next year, a judge said on Wednesday. The International...

The decision to open the camps will undoubtedly be welcomed by the remaining displaced people. But it is the implementation of this decision that will determine its real impact. In the last few months, the numbers in the camps have...

The Services cricket team is rather unnecessarily being blamed for the fiasco surrounding its Ranji Trophy match against Jammu and Kashmir scheduled to be held in Srinagar. The match fell through as the Services team refused to play there because...

Japan on Wednesday welcomed US President Barack Obama's announcement of troop reinforcements for Afghanistan and reiterated a pledge of five billion dollars in aid to help rebuild the war-torn country. "We as the government welcome that the president himself has...

Macedonia— Macedonia says it will send more soldiers to Afghanistan. President Gjorgje Ivanov has promised to deploy an extra 80 soldiers in February, raising the strength of its contingent 250. Ivanov made the commitment Wednesday in a letter to U.S....

Answer is picturesque Pune,the 'Queen of the Deccan' nestles in the scenic Sahayadri ranges,on the edge of the Deccan plains. This 'Cultural Capital of maharashtra' was once the glorious capital of the Maratha empire and the centre of the Maratha...

Al Jazeera's James Bays reporting from the Afghan capital, Kabul, said: "This wasn't a counter-insurgency speech, it was a counter-terrorism speech, a very different mission from the one General Stanley McCrystal has been preparing himself for. "He only mentions the...

The first wave of additional US troops to be sent to Afghanistan will consist of around 9,000 marines deployed to Helmand province, where British forces have struggled to deal with a resurgent Taliban, defence officials said today.