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VP kicks off Tunza int`l children, youth conference

Vice President Boediono officially kicked off the TUNZA International Children and Youth on the Road to Rio+20 ...

U.S. spy drone crashes in south Somalia

An unmanned U.S. spy drone has crashed in Somalia`s southern port city of Kismayu, a bastion of the al Qaeda-allied al ...

US trying hard to boycott durban conference

Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said that the US and certain countries are trying hard to weaken ...

82 journalists killed worldwide so far this year

A total of 82 journalists have been killed worldwide so far this year in the pursuit of their jobs, with Mexico being ...

US cultural envoy discusses film, multiculturalism with Indonesian youths

United States Cultural Envoy Mustafa Davis will visit Jakarta, Yogyakarta, Magelang and Palembang from September ...

Security Council to meet monday on Palestinian bid

The UN Security Council will meet Monday afternoon to discuss a request by the Palestinians to admit the state of ...

Major countries launch new anti-terror group

Twenty-nine countries from around the world, plus the European Union, on Thursday launched a new multilateral ...

How the Palestinian votes line up at the UN

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas is set to ask the United Nations on Friday that the Palestinians are granted UN ...

S. Africa voices support for Palestine`s statehood

South African President Jacob Zuma on Wednesday voiced his country`s support for Palestine`s statehood, urging the UN ...

South Africa `fully supports` Palestinian UN bid

South Africa, a key UN Security Council member, "fully supports" the Palestinian bid for full membership of the United ...

Indonesian, Palestinian FM meet over bid for UN membership

Indonesian foreign minister Marty Natalegawa met with his Palestinian counterpart Riad al-Maliki on the sidelines of ...

Ted Osius in Jakarta`s 24 hours of reality

Recently, U.S. Deputy Chief of Mission Ted Osius participated in Jakarta`s "24 Hours of Reality" discussion, the US ...

Nat`l economy to grow only 6.5 pct in 2012 : BI

Indonesia`s economy in 2012 will grow 6.5 percent, or slower than 6.7 percent as assumed in the Draft 2012 State ...

Britain`s Ian Martin named head of un Libya mission

The United Nations said on Monday it had chosen British diplomat and human rights activist Ian Martin to head its new ...

Pirates say holding British hostage in central Somalia

A British woman, who was kidnapped in Kenya after her husband was killed, is in the hands of Somali pirates in the ...