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US, RI explore opportunities for cooperation to fight human trafficking

Representatives from the U.S. Department of State`s Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons travelled to ...

Indonesia Among Countries Bearing Largest Burden of Malaria

Indonesia, India, Pakistan, Myanmar and Papua New Guinea bear the largest burden of malaria disease, according to a ...

President calls for prevention of horizontal conflicts

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has urged every party to actively prevent possible horizontal conflicts among ...

China adopts mental health law to curb forced treatment

China adopted a law on Friday to protect for the first time the rights of the mentally ill after years of accusations ...

US, Indonesia hold third joint commission meeting in Washington

US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa co-chaired the third ...

Health sector needs Rp80 tln to achieve MDGS

Budget allocations for the health sector must be raised by 68 percent to Rp80.6 trillion next year to achieve the ...

Australia to Host the EITI International Transparency Conference 22-24 May 2013

-EITI International Secretariat     The EITI, the global standard for transparency of revenues from ...

World leaders mourn death of Ethiopia`s Meles Zenawi

World leaders on Tuesday mourned the death of Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi with high praise after the ...

UN chief launches initiative to protect oceans

The UN chief Sunday announced an initiative to protect oceans from pollution and over-fishing and to combat rising sea ...

The Abbott Fund Announces $1 Million Partnership

- The Abbott Fund, the foundation of the global health care company Abbott (NYSE: ABT), today announced a partnership ...

Landmark Summit Puts Women at Heart of Global Health Agenda

- Voluntary family planning services will reach an additional 120 million women and girls in the world's poorest ...

Clinton urges talks to end Egypt crisis

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Tuesday called for talks among all those involved in a showdown between the ...

US ambassador hosts NU leaders

Ambassador Scot Marciel hosted prominent spiritual leaders (kyai) from the Muslim mass organization Nahdlatul Ulama ...

Changes in Libya offer "new opportunity" for women: UN official

The top UN official for Libya has said that women in the North African country will have new chances to express their ...

Ban says new Egyptian leader must pursue democracy

United Nations leader Ban Ki-moon that the election of Egypt`s president is just one stage of the country`s move ...