An Indonesian court acquits a retired deputy intelligence chief of ordering the murder of a leading rights campaigner.

The winner of the first parliamentary elections in Bangladesh for seven years urges her defeated rival to accept the results.

A year of change ends, but what about the future?

A concerted diplomatic drive is under way to try to end Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip and Hamas rocket attacks.

ArmInfo. The results of 3rd All-Armenian E-Content Competition were summed up today. The organizers of the competition are ITF and ELBA, the partners - ITFSC and Bi Line, the sponsors - Microsoft and Icon Communications, the general sponsors - VivaCell-MTS

ArmInfo. Armenia has accumulated enough financial safety margin to counteract consequences of world economic crisis, Prime Minister of Armenia Tigran Sargsyan told representatives of some local news agencies. In response to ArmInfo's question about anti-crisis measures envisaged for 2009 and

ArmInfo. President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan has charged the government to complete preparations for increasing governmental stake in CJSC ArmRusgasprom till the end of the year, Prime Minister of Armenia Tigran Sargsyan told media. He could not say how much

ArmInfo. The priority sphere for development of information technologies in Armenia is e-content elaboration, President of "Bi Line" company Hayk Khanjyan told ArmInfo correspondent. To recall, "Bi Line" localized Windows XP in Armenian. In 2008 the company localized Windows Vista

ArmInfo. Armenia is one of the few countries which managed to ensure inflation at the 5,2-5,5% target level (according to preliminary data of the Central Bank of Armenia), CBA Chairman Artur Javadyan said at the official reception on the results

ArmInfo. Today, the maximum buying rates at commercial banks of Yerevan were 309 drams for 1 dollar, 439 drams for 1 EUR and 9,5 drams for 1 Russian ruble. The minimum selling rates stood at 310 drams for 1 dollar,

Former Bangladesh PM Khaleda Zia rejects the results of Monday's election, alleging widespread rigging.

Front line Israelis want the Gaza air strikes to continue

The trial of the Iraqi journalist who threw shoes at US President Bush is postponed pending an appeal against the charges.

Israel and Hamas face mounting pressure to end violence in and around Gaza, as air strikes and rocket fire continue.

A release issued by Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) and Arab Ambassadors in Geneva pulls wool over its eyes on the Hamas and called on international community to intervene to stop immediately the military operations, to help the ongoing

The Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs accused Iran of facilitating Hamas rocket attacks on Israel."The role of Iran in the training and buildup of the Hamas arsenal has been regrettably overlooked by the world's media and many of its

Israel has the "Arrow" which is an Anti-Ballistic Missile Systems (ABM) system , developed to destroy incoming missiles. The Arrow ABM is tasked to protect Israel against medium-range ballistic missiles. But Israel lacks protection against smaller range rocket and missile