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ASEAN foundation collaborates to promote human resources development

The ASEAN Foundation and the University of the Philippines Los Ba`os recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding to ...

US urges dialogue to end crisis in Yemen

US Assistant Secretary of State Jeffrey Feltman said on Thursday that his country encourages Yemen's political ...

RI, Norway observe 10th anniversary of human rights dialog

Indonesia and Norway observed the 10th anniversary of the Human Rights Dialog between the two countries attended by ...

United States is talking to Taliban - Karzai

The United States and other foreign powers are engaged in preliminary taks with the Taliban about a possible ...

Public-private partnership offers solution to food security, malnutrition

At least two projects involving the public-private sector partnership have been highlighted at the World Economic ...

Asia needs sense of urgency to meet MDG anti-poverty goals

Asia has made the most progress in meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) but a sense of urgency is now needed ...

Govt expecting WEF-EA participants to invest US$10 billion in RI

The Indonesian government is expecting foreign companies to invest at least 10 billion US dollars in Indonesia as a ...

Number of WEF-EA participants increasing

The number of participants in the World Economic Forum - East Asia (WEF - EA), held here from June 12 to 13, 2011, ...

Govt to retain death penalty In anti-corruption bill

The Indonesian government will retein the death penalty in the anti-corruption bill, Law and Human Rights Minister ...

RI`s musicians, Aceh Tsunami survivors to join ASEAN caravan to Japan

The ASEAN Caravan of Goodwill volunteers including Indonesian musicians and survivors of the 2004 Aceh tsunami, are ...

RI`s musicians, Aceh tsunami survivors in ASEAN Caravan to Japan

The ASEAN Caravan of Goodwill volunteers including Indonesian musicians and survivors of the 2004 Aceh tsunami, are ...

Google Earth demonstrates how technology benefits RI`s civil society, govt

Michael T. Jones, Google`s Chief Technology Advocate, participated in a panel discussion to more than one hundred ...

President sees no possibility of military coup

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said he saw no possibility for a coup by the military to happen in the ...

News Focus: RI seeking UN rights council membership for third time

Acclaimed as being the third largest democratic country in the world with high commitment to respect for human ...

EU to open office in Libyan rebel stronghold: Ashton

The European Union is to open an office in Libya`s rebel-held city of Benghazi to shore up assistance for the ...