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Slovakian companies to invest us$1 bln in RI

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said that a number of private Slovakian companies want to invest US$1 billion in a ...

Batik sale in ASEAN market promising

Batik sale in the ASEAN market is promising and wide open as it has been officially recognized by UNESCO as one of ...

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 ...

Police foil attempt to smuggle in meth from Malaysia

Police have foiled an attempt to smuggle meth from Malaysia by Tiar Cornia who had pushed the illegal drug into her ...

US official visit to promote law enforcement cooperation

As part of the US-Indonesia Comprehensive Partnership, US Assistant Secretary of State William R. Brownfield visited ...

Batam to call tender for container port construction

The Batam Free Trade Zone and Free Port (KPBPB) Management Board will soon call a tender for the construction of Batu ...

Batam protected forest gutted by fire

A fire has gutted around 20 hectares of protected forest in Bukit Tiban, Batuaji, Batam, Riau Islands Province. ...

President signs decree of Nazaruddin`s discharge as legislator

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has signed a decree dismissing former Democrat Party treasurer M Nazaruddin as a ...

Ferries from Batam full of holiday makers

All ferries departing from Sekupang port in Batam in Riau Islands were full of Idul Fitri holiday makers on ...

Sri Lankan immigrants in despair, finally surrender

Some 88 Sri Lankan immigrants who had been living in despair aboard their boat, the MV Alicia, since July 10, 2011, ...

Starving Sri Lankan immigrants finally disembark from boat

After stubbornly refusing to disembark from the MV Alicia since July 10, 2011, 84 illegal Sri Lankan immigrants on ...

Telkomsel dispatches 5,000 Idul Fitri travelers for free

Some 5,000 Idul Fitri travelers are joining free `mudik` (home-bound trips) program of cellular phone operator PT ...

Pelni to operate extra ship for reverse Idul Fitri travelers

State-owned shipping company PT Pelni will operate one more of its ships, the KM Labobar, to transport people making ...

Thousands join free `mudik` travel programs

While the tickets of various modes of transpiration are now difficult to obtain for `mudik` (home-bound trips), tens ...

RI seizes 93 foreign ships: Bakorkamla spokesman

Indonesia, through its National Maritime Security Coordinating Board or Bakorkamla, has from January to August 2011 ...