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RI, US building on success in fighting HIV/AIDS

The US Government is committed to working in partnership with the Indonesian government and local communities to ...

Yudhoyono proposes cooperation in five sectors with Germany

President Susilo Yudhoyono has proposed cooperation in five fields with Germany, namely investment and trade, health, ...

UN says ready to aid Arab peace mission to Syria

The United Nations is ready to support a proposed Arab League peace monitoring mission to Syria, where an ...

EU vows to support Libya - Ashton

The European union (EU) will continue to support post-Gaddafi Libya, the EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said ...

RI, US continue to step up cooperation in various fields

Positive relations between Indonesia and the United States have advanced since the election of President Susilo ...

Govt considering proposal to dissolve regional corruption courts

The Law and Human Rights Ministry is considering civil society calls for the dissolution of regional corruption courts ...

CSOs expected to be more transparent, accountable

Civil society organizations (CSOs) that were previously known as Non-governmental organizations (NCOs) in the ASEAN ...

Applications open for Australia-RI young Muslim leaders exchange program

In its media release on Friday, the Australian Embassy is calling for applications for the 2012 Australia-Indonesia ...

news focus: police deploy more personnel to defuse tensions in Papua

Following a series of shooting incidents in Papua Province that killed several people, including Mulia Sector Police ...

NU leader asks govt to handle Papua problems without violence

Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) leader KH Said Aqil Siroj on Friday asked the government to handle the problems in Papua "with ...

EU calls for broad-based reconciliation in Libya

The European Union urged Libya`s interim rulers on Thursday to push for a broad-based reconciliation in the country ...

Clinton, NTC leaders discuss assistance, rebuilding in Libyan capital

Senior leaders of Libya`s ruling National Transitional Council (NTC) on Tuesday held talks with visiting U.S. ...

news focus: Sumatran tigers need to be protected

It`s tragic that amid a "Save Tigers` Home" tour in Sumatra by an NGO, a Sumatran tiger (Panthera Tigris Sumatrae) was ...

RI govt intensifying HIV/AIDS eradication efforts to achieve MDG target

Coordinating Minister for People`s Welfare Agung Laksono said the government was intensifying its efforts to fight ...

Greenpeace launches save tigers` home tour in Sumatra

Greenpeace recently launched a "Save Tigers` Home" Tour in Sumatra with a cultural blessing ceremony from the local ...