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BJ Habibie to lobby saudi to save migrant worker`s live

Former president BJ Habibie was scheduled to leave for Suadi Arabia on Saturday in an effort to save the live of Tuti ...

Thai army chief opposes change to royal insult law

Thailand's powerful army chief expressed opposition Tuesday to amending the country's lese majeste law, recently ...

Syria to let in Arab monitors as deaths mount

Syria agreed on Monday to let Arab states monitor its compliance with an Arab League peace agreement aimed at stopping ...

"Batman" star roughed up in bid to visit Chinese blind activist

Hollywood actor Christian Bale was roughed up by Chinese security guards as he attempted to visit a blind legal ...

Asian Film Festival to discuss cinephilia

The 6th Asian Film Festival themed Multitude held in Yogyakarta on 13 - 17 December will discuss the audience as an ...

Minister challenges researchers to create renewable technologies

Research and Technology Minister Gusti Muhammad Hatta has challenged domestic forestry researchers to make innovations ...

Chief minister opens population coalition working meeting

Coordinating Minister for People`s Welfare Agung Laksono opened a national working meeting of the Population Coalition ...

Indonesia Asked the World to Combat the IUU Fishing

Fishing theft is a crime that is closely associated with various trans national organized crimes, such as drug ...

Clinton criticism sparks Israeli anger

Israeli ministers reacted angrily on Sunday after US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she feared for the future ...

Seven Israeli women held over right-wing violence

Seven young Israeli women, six of them minors, have been arrested on suspicion of participating in the destruction of ...

VP observes world AIDS day 2011

Vice President Boediono on Sunday observed the World AIDS Day 2011 at the National Monument (Monas) square park here ...

NGOs present forest destruction evidence to govt

Environmental NGOs consisting of Greenpeace, Walhi, KKI Warsi and WBH here Wednesday (Nov. 23) presented evidence of ...

Yemen`s Saleh signs power transfer deal

Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh signed a Gulf initiative on Wednesday to hand over power to his deputy as part of ...

Syrian army shells villages after defectors attack

Syrian troops shelled two northern villages on Thursday after an attack by army defectors on forces loyal to ...

ASEAN ready to accept Myanmar`s ASEAN chairmanship in 2014

After a regional controversy regarding Myanmar`s bid for the ASEAN chairmanship in 2014, the ASEAN leaders at their ...