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"Mysterious" Sumatran elephant deaths remain unsolved

Conflicts between Sumatran elephants (Elephas maximus sumatranus) and humans have increased over the past few ...

News Focus: RI seeking UN rights council membership for third time

Acclaimed as being the third largest democratic country in the world with high commitment to respect for human ...

Six-year old to conquer ten mountain peaks in Indonesia

A six year old boy from Pamekasan on the island of Madura, East Java, plans to conquer ten mountain peaks in ...

Thirteen killed in Syrian shelling, gunfire - activist

Thirteen people were killed in the southern Syrian town of Harra on Wednesday in tank shelling and gunfire, activist ...

Six Syrian opposition figures released: lawyer

Syrian authorities have freed six Syrian opposition figures, including five arrested in a crackdown on protests, a ...

President to send fm to see Myanmar`s readiness in securing 2014 Asean chair

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has ordered Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa to visit Myanmar to find out about ...

Rights activist Farid Faqih passes away

NGO activist and founder of Government Watch (Gowa) Farid Faqih (57) passed away due to hearth attack at Dr ...

Solutions to migrant worker problems expected from ASEAN Summit

An activist hoped the 18th ASEAN Summit here this week would also address migrant workers` problems. Wahyu Susilo ...

ASEAN leaders must discuss human right issues : NGO

The 18th ASEAN Summit should discuss human right issues as part of efforts to protect the rights and minimize their ...

Parliamentary Caucus rejects Myanmar`s wish to chair ASEAN in 2014

ASEAN`s Inter-Parliamentary Caucus (AIPC) rejects Myanmar`s proposal to lead ASEAN in 2014, President of the caucus ...

Earth short of water by 2025

The earth may face a water shortage by 2025 as the result of lack of concern for the environment causing a water ...

Four Sumatran elephants found dead in Bengkulu

Four Sumatran elephants (elephas maximus Sumatrae) have been found dead within one month in an oil palm plantation ...

25 killed as Syrian tanks storm Daraa: activists

Thousands of Syrian troops backed by tanks stormed the flashpoint town of Daraa on Monday killing at least 25 people, ...

Makassar marginal community observe Earth Day

Non-governmental organization and environment activists grouped in marginal community staged a rally here on Friday to ...

End of Syria emergency rule not enough: activists

Two prominent Syrian human rights activists welcomed a decree signed by President Bashar al-Assad on Thursday lifting ...