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Buddhist Leader Highlights Need for Education, Empowerment in Advance of Rio+20 Meeting

-     Daisaku Ikeda, president of the Soka Gakkai International (SGI) Buddhist association, issued ...

The World Bank Group, Earthstone Group Support Inaugural Investing in Asian Mining Indaba Conference

-     The organisers of the Investing in Asian Mining Indaba, to be held on 29 - 31 October 2012 in ...

Assad to Annan: peace plan depends on "end of terrorism"

The success of Kofi Annan`s six-point peace plan depends on "the end of terrorism," Syrian President Bashar al-Assad ...

Photography competition to celebrate Indonesia`s local elections

The Australian Government aid program, AusAID, invites Indonesian photo journalists to enter a photo competition ...

Ranger, two soldiers killed in Congo gorilla park

A ranger and two soldiers were killed in Democratic Republic of Congo`s Virunga national park as thousands fled fierce ...

US helps preserve W. Kalimantan rain forest

U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission Director Glenn Anders and West Kalimantan Governor ...

TNI destroys 16,581 land mines

The Indonesian military (TNI) has destroyed 16,581 land mines kept in its armory, International Security and ...

Vice president attends ASEAN Summit in Cambodia

Vice President Boediono is attending the 20th ASEAN Summit, to be officially opened by Cambodian Prime Minister Hun ...

Mali`s capital returning to normal, north threatened

Life in Mali`s capital slowly returned to normal on Sunday after most mutinous soldiers returned to their barracks, ...

Australia welcomes interfaith dialogue action plan

Australia has welcomed the Plan of Action to promote greater awareness and mutual understanding of faiths in the ...

World Congress on Information Technology to be held in Montreal

-     The World Congress on Information Technology (WCIT) will be held in Montréal, from October ...

NG0s Push Myanmar to Remain on Path Towards Democracy

Myanmar has been entrusted by its fellow members in ASEAN to become the next ASEAN Chair in 2014 because the country ...

Makassar prone to mini-market stick-ups

Makassar in the last two months had been prone to mini-market robbery. "In January and February 2012, at least ...

UN chief marks one-year anniversary of revolution in Libya

Marking the one-year anniversary of the revolution in Libya, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Friday that Libyans ...

President affirms RI`s commitment to trustworthy judicial system

Indonesia is committed to developing a judicial system that is trustworthy and free of corruption, President Susilo ...