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Ban Ki-moon presents blue helmet to Yudhoyono

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon presented a blue helmet to President Susilo Yudhoyono as a symbol of ...

NATO hopes Putin election leads to stronger cooperation

NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen expressed hopes Monday that Vladimir Putin`s election will lead to enhanced ...

President chairs meeting on peacekeeping force training center

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Thursday chaired a limited cabinet meeting to discuss progress in the ...

Drone strike in nw Pakistan kills six militants

A second drone strike in two days killed six militants in North Waziristan in northwest Pakistan near the Afghan ...

RI citizens in Nigeria told to increase vigilance

The government has called on Indonesian citizens in Nigeria to increase their vigilance in view of worsening security ...

Pakistan to draw lines in US cooperation

Pakistan is reviewing future cooperation with the US as relations flounder between the shaky allies in the wake of a ...

China police kill seven hostage-takers in Xinjiang

China said Thursday police killed seven "terrorists" who took hostages in the nation`s restive Xinjiang region during ...

RI gearing up for bigger role in UN peacekeeping missions

Indonesia which has been participating in UN peacekeeping missions since 1957, is now seeking a bigger role and ...

Two journalists win Elizabeth O`neill journalism award

Two top journalists have won the prestigious Elizabeth O`Neill Journalism Award to foster understanding between ...

IT development facilitates terrorists` regeneration: Sociologist

Development of Information Technology (IT) is facilitating the regeneration of terrorists and thus compounding the ...

RI,EC about to ratify partnership, cooperation agreement

Indonesia and the European Commission (EC) are currently in the final stage of a process to ratify a Partnership and ...

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 ...

President Yudhoyono hopes RI-US defense cooperation stepped up

During a courtesy call by US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta in Bali`s Nusa Dua resort, Bali, on Monday morning, ...

CIA-controlled drones carried out 248 strikes under Obama

A total of 248 US drone strikes have occurred during President Barack Obama?s first three years, rising to a ...

Major countries launch new anti-terror group

Twenty-nine countries from around the world, plus the European Union, on Thursday launched a new multilateral ...