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Lee praises navy commandos for daring rescue operation against Somali pirates

President Lee Myung-bak praised a contingent of Navy commandos Monday for their daring raid early this year to free a ...

President proud of task force`s success in rescuing sailors

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said he was proud of the military task force`s success in rescuing the crew of MV ...

ASEAN planning to issue regional visa

Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa said stakeholders in ASEAN member countries are starting to design a ...

World Bank, ASEAN launch world development report on conflict, security

A new World Bank report prepared in consultation with the ASEAN Secretariat shows that conflict and insecurity affect ...

25 killed as Syrian tanks storm Daraa: activists

Thousands of Syrian troops backed by tanks stormed the flashpoint town of Daraa on Monday killing at least 25 people, ...

Jimmy Carter in Beijing for N. Korea visit

A group of former statesmen led by ex-US president Jimmy Carter on Sunday said they were in Beijing on the way to ...

Malignant malaria still haunts Indonesia

For many years, malaria has been a frightening specter across the world, especially in countries with vast areas of ...

People`s green lifestyle awareness for better earth

In recent years after the awareness of the effect of global warming there was a certain lifestyle adopted to support ...

Rahmat Gobel receives Asia-Pacific productivity award

PT Panasonic Gobel Indonesia`s president commissioner, Rachmat Gobel, received an award from the Asian Produtivity ...

World`s oldest man turns 114 in Japan

The world`s oldest man, Japanese citizen Jiroemon Kimura, turned 114 on Tuesday, celebrating the day away from the ...

BI bans Citibank to use debt collectors

Bank Indonesia (BI, the central bank) has banned Citibank to use the services of a third party to collect its ...

More PT Freeport workers victimized by unidentified gunmen

More shooting has been reported near giant copper and gold mining company PT Freeport Indonesia in the land of Papua ...

Binjai residents mistake weather balloon for bomb

Residents of Binjai town , North Sumatra, were on Saturday gripped by terror bomb fear by an object that had fallen ...

Israel asks UN to help block planned Gaza flotilla

Israel asked the United Nations on Friday to help stop activists sailing to Gaza on the first anniversary of a bloody ...

President Yudhoyono Awaiting Official Report Concerning Umar Patek

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is still awaiting an official report concerning information about the arrest by ...