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VP Boediono officially closesSail Wakatobi Belitong

Vice President Boediono here on Thursday (Oct 13) officially closed Sail Wakatobi Belitong 2011. "The Sail ...

news focus: Babel poised to host sail Wakatobi Belitong peak event

Bangka Belitung (Babel) Province has been busy making preparations for the peak event of Sail Wakatobi Belitong (WWB) ...

Traditional fishing boats to join Sail Wakatobi Belitong parade

Some 500 traditional fishing boats will join the Sail Wakatobi Belitong (SWB) peak event. "At the SWB`s peak ...

Boeing 747-400 makes first landing on SIM airport

Hundreds of people from many parts of Banda Aceh, Aceh Province, flocked to Sulatan Iskandar Muda (SIM) airport at ...

news focus: SIM airport worthy to serve wide-body aircraft

Sultan Iskandar Muda (SIM) international airport in Aceh Province is worthy to serve wide-body aircraft such as Boeing ...

Sultan Iskandar Muda expected to become transit airport

Sultan Iskandar Muda (SIM) airport in Aceh Province is expected to be an international transit aerodrome, a local ...

News focus: all RI hajj pilgrims should wear batik

Thousands of Indonesian hajj pilgrims left for Saudi Arabia on Sunday morning (Oct 2,2011) to perform the fifth ...

Governor,US envoy open Banda Aceh-Calang highway

US Ambassador to Indonesia Scot Marciel and Aceh Governor Irwandi Yusuf on Thursday opened the Banda Aceh-Calang west ...

Casa plane crashes in North Sumatra

A Casa plane of PT Nusantara Buana Air (NBA) flying from Polonia Airport in Medan, North Sumatra, to Southeast Aceh, ...

Aceh police nab four suspected Malacca Strait pirates

Police in Aceh have arrested four men suspected of having committed piracy against ships passing through the Malacca ...

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 ...

Wild elephant crushes woman to death

A wild elephant is reported to have crushed a woman to death while she was taking water for her household needs at a ...

Five countries to participate in int`l nursing conference

Nursing organizations in five countries, namely Sweden, Norway, Thailand, Malaysia and Canada, have confirmed their ...

Sixteen yachts register for Darwin-Ambon race

The committee has registered at least 16 yachts for participation in the Darwin-Ambon Yacht Race 2011 which will be ...

Sail Wakatobi Belitong officially launched

Coordinating Minister for People`s Welfare Agung Laksono flanked by Marine Affairs and Fisheries Minister Fadel ...