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Evacuations as typhoon nears Philippines

Philippine authorities on Monday ordered more than 100,000 people living along the country`s east coast to evacuate as ...

New seismograph installed on mount Lewotobi

A seismograph near the top of Mount Lewotobi was damaged in a recent forest fire but has now been replaced, a local ...

Tunisia arrests, jails former Libyan pm

Tunisia said Thursday it had arrested and jailed Baghdadi al-Mahmudi, Libya`s prime minister under fugitive ex-leader ...

Rice fields need better infrastructures

Indonesia needs to develop its dams and irrigation to overcome desolation during droughts so that the country`s 7.5 ...

BMW sales in Indonesia up 18 percent

BMW sales in Indonesia until the middle of September were up 18 percent compared with the figure for the ...

Bulog expected to conduct market operations in various regions

Due to a long drought that caused crop failures, State Logistics Agency (Bulog) is expected to conduct rice ...

Events in Libya a "charade": Kadhafi in new message

Fugitive strongman Moamer Kadhafi denounced events unfolding in Libya as a "charade," speaking in an audio message ...

Bbomb blast injures at least 15 in Ankara

A powerful bomb explosion wounded at least 15 people in the center of the Turkish capital Ankara Tuesday, a government ...

Some 38 hectares of paddy field in E. Java facing crop failure

Some 38 hectares of paddy field in East Java province are facing crop failure due to the current dry season, an ...

TNI to modernize its main armament system

Indonesia`s National Defense Forces (TNI), with the support of the government and the parliament, is determined to ...

FC2, Inc. LiveChat Now Available in English Language

-         FC2, Inc. has updated one of its services, FC2 LiveChat ( ...

RI urges Australia to sign Montara oil spill compensation accord

Indonesia has urged the Australian government to soon sign an accord on payment of compensation over the 2009 Montara ...

news focus: No need to worry about this year`s drought

The current drought which had caused water crises and affected 95,891 hectares of rice fields in the country is ...

Drought affected 95,391 hectares of rice fields in 2011 : Minister

Drought has affected 95,891 hectares of rice fields in various regions in Indonesia from January to August this year ...

Minister to resign if e-id card program misses time target

Home Affairs Minister Gamawan Fauzi has said he would resign if the implementation of the electronic identity (e-ID) ...