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British Secretary of State on visit to Indonesia

UK Secretary of State Andrew Mitchell of the Department for International Development (DFID) is visiting Indonesia ...

news focus: RI concerned over violence in Syria, calls for peaceful solution

The anti-government protests in Syria and the harsh responses by President Bashar Al-Assad`s regime has reportedly ...

House Commission I supports March to Jerusalem

The House of Representatives` Commission I (foreign affairs) supports the Global March to Jerussalem (GMJ) campaign ...

RI calls for end to violence in Syria

Foreign Affairs Minister Marty M Natalegawa has again urged an end to the escalating violence against civilians in ...

NGOs: mily`s involvement in handling labor rallies called a setback

The Coalition of the Civil Society for Labor Rights on Friday criticized a plan to involve the Indonesian military ...

Aussie govt to organize "meet and greet" economic developing stars

Australian Community Development and Civil Society Strengthening Scheme (ACCESS), a cooperation program of Australian ...

ASEAN cultural show, exhibition in Jakarta soon

The Association of South East-Asian Nations (ASEAN) in an effort to promote its member countries` lives in various ...

Panetta calls Egypt strongman over NGO raids

US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta conveyed his "deep concern" to Egypt`s military ruler over police raids on ...

HIV/AIDS feared to remain major threat in 2012

During the past several years since the first case of AIDS/HIV was reported in Indonesia in 1987, people have been ...

ASEAN-Latin American Business Forum to be held next February

The Third ASEAN-Latin American Business Forum 2012 will be held in Jakarta, February 23-24, 2012, the ASEAN Foundation ...

ASEAN Foundation chief speaks at workshop on Nagoya Protocol

ASEAN Foundation Executive Director Dr. Makarim Wibisono spoke at a national workshop on the Nagoya Protocol and ...

Australia provides funding to support RI`s electoral system

Australia has boosted its commitment to the quality of elections in Indonesia through an electoral support package ...

President leaves for Bali to open democracy forum

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and First Lady Ani Yudhoyono here on Wednesday left for Bali to officially open the ...

UI will conduct Clean & Serve Bureaucracy declaration

A forum to initiate a mass movement to support stimulate and promote the establishment of bureaucracy reform in ...

Myanmar agrees ceasefire with rebel group: mediator

Myanmar has reached a ceasefire deal with one of the war-torn country`s major ethnic guerrilla groups, a mediator said ...