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Radiation fears spark panic buying, evacuations in Tokyo

Panic swept Tokyo on Tuesday after a rise in radioactive levels around an earthquake-hit nuclear power plant north of ...

G8 ministers to discuss Japan quake measures

G8 ministers meeting in Paris Tuesday were set to discuss how best to help Japan, after the massive earthqake and ...

Flight ban imposed within 30km of Fukushima nuclear plant

The transport ministry banned aircraft on Tuesday from flying within 30 kilometers of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear ...

Japan asks IAEA for expert help: UN watchdog chief

Japan has officially asked the UN atomic watchdog to send a team of experts to help in the current nuclear crisis, ...

Indonesia fears CPO exports to Japan to be affected

Indonesia fears its crude palm exports to Japan will be affected following the earthquake and tsunami disasters in ...

BOJ injects record $ 182 billion Into Japan economy

Japan`s central bank pumped a record 15 trillion yen ($182 billion) into the financial system Monday and doubled its ...

US `deeply concerned` over Yemen violence: state dept

The United States is "deeply concerned" over the continuing deaths and injuries to protesters in Yemen and demanded ...

France pushes to `speed up` Libya no-fly zone

France is pushing to "speed up" multilateral efforts for a no-fly zone over Libya to curb the civil conflict there, ...

Kadhafi troops advance as EU, US condemns Libyan leader

Libyan fighter jets bombed anti-Kadhafi forces Friday as the European Union called on the Libyan leader to go and ...

Australia vows to "stand by" Japan after quake

Australia pledged to throw "anything and everything" at helping Japan recover from the 8.9 magnitude quake and tsunami ...

RI`s economy to expand 6.5 pct in 2010: BI

Bank Indonesia (the central bank/BI) has predicted the domestic economy may expand by a range of 6-6.5 percent in 2011 ...

ASEAN chief expresses sympathy over disaster in Japan

ASEAN Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan has expressed sincere sympathy to the Japanese government and people following ...

Former VP Jusuf Kalla in Japan but safe

Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) Chairman M Jusuf Kalla who is currently visiting Japan is reported to be safe following ...

African Union to send team to help end Libya crisis

The African Union (AU) has set up a panel of five heads of state which will travel to Libya shortly to help end ...

Govt has repatriated 538 citizens from Libya

The government has repatriated a total of 538 Indonesian citizens from violence-plagued Libya in eight batches since ...