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Satellite detects 1,046 hotspots from forest fires in Sumatra

The Terra and Aqua satellite has detected 1,046 hotspots from forest, plantation and peatland fires across Sumatra ...

Fires scorch 6,000 hectares of land, forests in Riau

Six thousand hectares of land and forests were destroyed by fire in Riau province, according to a disaster mitigation ...

Strict law enforcement ordered against forest fire perpetrators

As haze shrouded Sumatras cities over the past two months, President Yudhoyono has ordered strict law enforcement to ...

Around 99 percent of Sumatran fires deliberately set

Chief of the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) Syamsur Maarif stated that around 99 percent of forest and ...

Indonesian president orders enforcement of laws to prevent land fires

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has ordered enforcement of laws to prevent and tackle smog caused by forest or land ...

US offers training for forest rangers in Indonesia

The United States plans to offer training for forest rangers in Indonesia to enable them to tackle incidents such as ...

Dumai residents panic following oil refinery burn

The fires that devoured the oil refinery of the state energy company, PT Pertamina, in Dumai, Riau Province on Sunday ...

Pertamina oil refinery in Dumai burnt

The oil refinery belonging to the state energy company, PT Pertamina, got burnt in Putri Tujuh Street of Dumai, Riau ...

Malaysia not to assist Malaysian firms burning land in Indonesia

The Malaysian government will not provide assistance to Malaysian companies that violate Indonesian regulations, ...

Sinabung`s deadly clouds claim 15 lives in a single day

Over 30 thousand people across 34 villages have been displaced since last September 2013, as a result of the sporadic ...

Mount Sinabung eruption claims 15 casualties

Mount Sinabung eruptions casualties due to volcanic ashes that spread in Sukameriah Village of Karo District, N ...

Govt urged to sternly deal with Australia`s boat turn-back policy

Indonesia is observing a moratorium on cooperating with Australia on people-smuggling following a spying scandal ...

Turned-back refugees claimed being tortured by Australian naval officers

Four of the 47 African and Middle Eastern asylum seekers claimed that they were tortured by the Australian Naval ...

Dr. Rongxiang Xu Receives the Prestigious Scroll Award from Los Angeles County Government

- Dr. Rongxiang Xu, a Los Angeles resident, received the prestigious Scroll Award from the Los Angeles county ...

Dr. Rongxiang Xu: Mankind Is Entering New Era of Applied Organ Regeneration Science

- Dr. Rongxiang Xu received the Golden Biatec 2013 International award from the Informal Economic Forum (IEF) Economic ...