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Indonesia reported 12 new cases of people positively infected by A-H1N1 flu, putting the total cases to 20, two of them were infected in Jakarta, indicating human transmission had occurred in the country, the Health Ministry announced here Saturday, Xinhua reported.

A Royal decree was issued today naming HRH Prince Hussein Ben Abdullah as Crown Prince as of Thursday July 2, 2009, the Jordan News Agency Petra reported

A U.S. drone has fired three missiles into northwestern Pakistan's South Waziristan tribal area on the Afghan border, killing at least 15 people and injuring dozens others on Friday, local TV channel reported.

Missiles fired from suspected U.S. drone kill eleven people in northwestern Pakistan's South Waziristan tribal area bordering Afghanistan on Friday, local TV channel reported.

After the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Saddam Hussein stayed in Baghdad until he saw "the city was about to fall." Months later, he was caught hiding at the same farm where he had fled in 1959 after taking part in an attempt to kill the country's prime minister, AP reported.1

Three missiles fired from suspected U.S. drones at northwestern Pakistan's South Waziristan tribal area bordering Afghanistan on Friday, Xinhua reported according to local TV channel.

Nepal confirmed two more cases of pandemic influenza A/H1N1 Thursday, bringing the total number of infected case to five, according to the Ministry of Health and Population, Xinhua reported.

Pakistan's military denies intentions of extending its anti-militant campaign to North Waziristan, urging people in the tribal region to cooperate with the army, reported Press TV.

The Chief Minister of India-controlled Kashmir (Jammu and Kashmir), Omar Abdullah, has sought phased withdrawal of Indian paramilitary troopers from the region, according to officials of the local government Thursday,reported Xinhua.

A roadside bomb exploded in Pakistan's northwest Thursday, killing two police officers in the latest attack on the country's security forces as they try to eliminate Taliban insurgents nesting near the border with Afghanistan, reported AP.