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Ban slams killing of UN peacekeeper in Mali

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday strongly condemned the killing of a UN peacekeeper in Mali, saying this ...

Accelerated development of smelters may boost economic growth

The accelerated development of smelters and the issuance of mineral export permits may boost the nation's economic ...

Indonesia concerned over Egypt`s mass death penalty

Many countries, including Indonesia, reacted to another preliminary mass death sentence handed by a court in Egypt, ...

Oklahoma halts execution but inmate dies of apparent heart attack

Oklahoma halted the execution of Clayton Lockett on Tuesday (April 29)  due to problems with its lethal ...

China steps up purge of online porn amid wider censorship push

China has shut down more than 100 websites carrying pornography and closed thousands of accounts on social media sites ...

Turkey bans YouTube after Syria security talk leaked

Turkey banned YouTube on Thursday after the video-sharing website was used to spread damaging leaked audio files from ...

Smoking bans cut premature births and child asthma attacks

Banning smoking in public places has helped to cut premature births by 10 percent, according to new research from the ...

Indonesia ready to face Japan`s complaints at WTO

Indonesia is ready in the event that Japan decides to file a complaint at the World Trade Organization, with regard to ...

Stable economic base being prepared for next government

The current government, which will end term in October this year, is determined to lay a stable foundation for ...

UN sends deputy chief to Ukraine

UN deputy chief Jan Eliasson will fly Sunday to Ukraine, where a threatened Russian invasion has risked sparking the ...

Indonesia hemmed-in between benefits and hazards of tobacco

The Indonesian government has not yet discussed whether it will ratify the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control ...

Hong Kong culls chickens, bans live imports after H7N9 found

Hong Kong began culling 20,000 chickens and suspended imports of fresh poultry from mainland China for 21 days on ...

Antam anticipates income decline

State-owned mining firm PT Antam is taking steps to anticipate the decline in its income after the government banned ...

Mt Sinabung eruption isolates villages in Karo

A number of villages in Namanteran Subdistrict, Karo District, North Sumatra, are now isolated as vehicles are ...

Indonesia`s coal production to decline in 2014

This year, the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources has downsized its coal production target to 400 million tons, ...