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Telkomsel Launches Facebook by Fonetwish in Indonesia

-     Telkomsel, Indonesia's largest telecom provider, with a reach of 106 million subscribers ...

Ban calls for calm in Sudan after clashes

UN chief Ban Ki-Moon appealed for calm after Sudan on Tuesday suspended an April summit between President Omar ...

Borobudur to host international poetry reading event

The renowned Borobudur Temple in Magelang District, Central Java, is expected to inspire international poets in early ...

Mali`s capital returning to normal, north threatened

Life in Mali`s capital slowly returned to normal on Sunday after most mutinous soldiers returned to their barracks, ...

Medvedev heads off for Seoul, New Delhi

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Sunday departed for South Korea and India, where he will attend a nuclear summit ...

S. Korea to push tourism near tense border with north

Gun-toting soldiers patrol guard posts overlooking North Korean territory beyond a barbed-wire fence. Hundreds of red ...

UN secretary general`s visit proof of Indonesia`s increasing role

Vice Chairman of Commission I of the House of Representatives for foreign, defense and intelligence affairs Tubagus ...

President Yudhoyono, UN Chief discuss Papua issue

President Susilo Yudhoyono and UN Chief Ban Ki-Moon discussed security issues in Papua during their bilateral meeting ...

400-pound gorilla escapes, bites zookeeper at buffalo zoo

A 400-pound adult male gorilla escaped his cage at the Buffalo Zoo on Monday, biting a female zookeeper before being ...

NATO extends anti-piracy mission until 2014

NATO agreed Monday to extend its anti-piracy mission off the coast of Somalia until the end of 2014, stressing that ...

Obama sends 100 troops to fight rebels in central Africa

US President Barack Obama said Friday he is sending 100 combat troops to central Africa to help and advise forces ...

Actavis Donates EUR 2M Worth of Medicines to Libya

-         "We know Libya is faced with shortages of essential supplies. That's why ...

Two Spanish aid workers kidnapped in Kenya

Somali Islamist Shebab rebels on Thursday kidnapped two female Spanish aid workers from Kenya`s Dadaab refugee camp, ...

RI keeps promoting climate technology center`s establishment

Indonesia continues promoting the establishment of a Climate Technology Center and Network (CTC-N) to accelerate ...

Turkey evacuates dozens of Somali blast victims

Turkey evacuated dozens of severely wounded blast victims from the Somali capital Mogadishu on Thursday, two days ...