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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 ...

Greenpeace sends Rainbow Warrior to test Japan Seawater

Greenpeace said Thursday it is sending its Rainbow Warrior flagship to Japan to test seawater and marine life near the ...

Singer Franky Sahilatua passes away

Ballad singer Franky Sahilatua passed away at around 3.15pm on Wednesday after being treated for four days at Medika ...

Syrian forces fire at protesters in square - activist

Syrian forces fired shots at hundreds of protesters who had gathered overnight in Homs city in defiance of warning by ...

Gulf intellectuals say UAE activist arrested

Another Emirati rights activist has been arrested, bringing to four the number jailed in the oil-rich Gulf state in ...

Manado has highest HIV/AIDS prevalence in N. Sulawesi

Manado city has the highest rate of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) ...

Indonesia`s mangroves need proper management

Mangrove forests - a common natural feature of tropical and subtropical coastlines - are among the most biologically ...

Yemen`s Saleh says ready for peaceful power-transfer

Embattled Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh said Monday he was ready for a "peaceful" and constitutional transfer of ...

ASEAN urged to adopt legally binding agreement on workers

Trade unionists and legal aid activists of Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore urged 10 ASEAN member states here Monday ...