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Anand Krishna in Plenary Keynote Speech of the 3rd IBMF 2011

The festival of 2011 opened on Nov 10 in Puri Agung - Ubud, but the plenary, panel discussion, and workshop session ...

New Video Introduces 'Asia' - How Environmentalists Betray The Developing World

-     'Disarming The Greens' introduces 'Asia,' a green activist and campaigner for the ...

21 Gaza flotilla activists still in Israeli jail

A group of 21 activists who tried to sail to Gaza in breach of an Israeli blockade of the territory remain in Israeli ...

RI cancer sufferers to increase 7-fold by 2010: WHO

The number of people suffering from cancer in Indonesia is predicted to have risen seven-fold by 2010, a cancer ...

Islamophobia used as war propaganda

Islamophobia is being used as a form of propaganda in the so-called war on terrorism, according to British peace ...

2,000 Pakistanis rally against US drones

Around 2,000 Pakistanis demonstrated outside the country`s parliament Friday to demand an end to US drone strikes, ...

news focus: police deploy more personnel to defuse tensions in Papua

Following a series of shooting incidents in Papua Province that killed several people, including Mulia Sector Police ...

Special autonomy status for Papua final : minister

Chief security minister Djoko Suyanto said that West Papua remains part of the Unitary State of Indonesia while the ...

Interfaith leaders express concern over country`s conditions

Interfaith leaders on Tuesday e expressed concern about the situation in the country and called on the people to ...

news focus: Sumatran tigers need to be protected

It`s tragic that amid a "Save Tigers` Home" tour in Sumatra by an NGO, a Sumatran tiger (Panthera Tigris Sumatrae) was ...

Syrian forces kill leading activist in tribal east

Government troops on Saturday shot dead a prominent activist in eastern Syria who helped organise peaceful ...

Sumatran tiger attacks Bengkulu villager

A Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae) attacked and injured Iwal (40), a resident of Pino Baru, Cawang village, ...

RI govt urged to protect orangutans against palm oil plantation companies

The Center for Orangutan Protection (COP) has urged President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to instruct the Forestry ...

Walhi protests environment awards for Newmont, Nusa Halmahera

The Indonesian Environmental Forum, Walhi, is sending a letter of objection to the Ministry of Energy and Mineral ...

Komodo Island promotion activities being intensified

The tourism and culture ministry has decided to withdraw the candidacy of Komodo for inclusion in the New Seven ...