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SEA Games to take place as scheduled

Sports Minister Andi Mallarangeng said the 26th SEA Games will be held in Palembang and Jakarta as scheduled ...

Fires raze 200 hectares of forest area in C. Java

Fires have razed a total of 200 hectares of forest area in the current dry season in Central Java, a provincial ...

News focus: all RI hajj pilgrims should wear batik

Thousands of Indonesian hajj pilgrims left for Saudi Arabia on Sunday morning (Oct 2,2011) to perform the fifth ...

South Sumatra`s 355 would-be hajj pilgrims off to Medina

South Sumatra governor H Alex Noerdin on Sunday here saw off a total of 355 would-be hajj pilgrims from South Sumatra ...

SEA games will not be postponed

House of Representatives (DPR) commission X chairman Prof Dr H Mahyuddin NS has confirmed that the 26th Sea Games ...

WWF, Greenpeace Indonesia save Sumatran tigers and elephants

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) is cooperating with Greenpeace in saving the Sumatran tigers ("Panthera tigris ...

RI govt to speed up paddy planting amid drought

In spite of the drought, the government is ready to begin paddy planting this month, in an effort to cover this year`s ...

Bulog expected to conduct market operations in various regions

Due to a long drought that caused crop failures, State Logistics Agency (Bulog) is expected to conduct rice ...

Palembang to host meeting of world Muslim figures

A total of 350 Muslim figures from 51 countries are expected to attend a meeting to be organized by the Indonesian ...

Some 38 hectares of paddy field in E. Java facing crop failure

Some 38 hectares of paddy field in East Java province are facing crop failure due to the current dry season, an ...

news focus: No need to worry about this year`s drought

The current drought which had caused water crises and affected 95,891 hectares of rice fields in the country is ...

Forest fires could hinder C02 cutting efforts

Forest fire hot spots have been detected in around 10 provinces in Indonesia during the present dry season which has ...

RI'`s ankara embassy holds business luncheon to promote trade ties

The Indonesian embassy in Ankara recently held a business luncheon to promote bilateral trade ties between Indonesia ...

Ministry deploys personnel, planes to help extinguish forest fires

The forestry ministry has mobilized personnel and three planes to help extinguish forest fires on Sumatra Island. ...

Golkar sees signals president to reshuffle cabinet

The Golkar Party has seen strong signals indicating that the president will reshuffle or reposition his cabinet, Priyo ...