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Taiwan ranks 12th on Ernst &Young 2010 globalization index

Taiwan ranked 12th in a newly released world globalization index compiled by U.S.-based Ernst & Young, a ...

HRW: Saudi Arabia suppresses rights of millions

Saudi Arabia suppresses or fails to protect the rights of millions of women, foreign workers and Shiites, and reforms ...

RI to represent developing countries` interests in Davos

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said he would express the views and interests of developing nations at the World ...

RI to encourage economic cooperation through WEF

Indonesia is expected to promote its economic achievements at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, later ...

Vice President: Food Resilience Threatened by Climate Change

Vice President Boediono has reminded Sumatra farmers that the current climate change, which is difficult to predict, ...

Stairway to Asean Community in 2015

ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations) is now trying to build an ASEAN Community based upon three pillars ...

FBI pummels NY mafia in mass arrests

US law enforcement agents snatched more than 100 alleged Cosa Nostra mobsters in arrests around New York Thursday in ...

Australia thanks Indonesia for helping Queensland

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard thanked Indonesia for donating one million US dollars to support ...

Indonesia to host WEF 2011

Indonesia is to host the World Economic Forum (WEF) on East Asia on June 12-13, 2011, Trade Minister Mari Elka ...

Govt to seek US AID to probe Grice`s identity

The government will ask for US assistance to probe the identity of John Jerome Grice believed to be an intellectual ...

S korean tire maker invests $1.2 bln in RI

A South Korean tire maker Hankook Tire plans to build a new tire plant at a cost of US$1.2 billion in Bekasi, West ...

ASEAN ministers wish for lift of sanction on Myanmar

The ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations) Foreign Minister agreed to issue statement to lift economic ...

RI-Australia joint sports initiatives boost SEA Games preparations

Sports coaches, administrators, physiotherapists, professors, doctors and teachers were amongst the Indonesian ...

Will Timor Leste be the eleventh ASEAN member?

Timor Leste, used to be known as East Timor, has recently expressed interest in joining ASEAN (Association of South ...

Indonesian chairmanship`s role and ASEAN agenda

Since it was funded by the Association of Southast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Indonesia has played an important role for ...