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As floods cripple Jakarta, President calls for public safety first

Jakarta (ANTARA News) Most parts of Jakarta were covered with flood water on Thursday crippling transports to the ...

Army special force command personnel help evacuate Jakarta flood victims

Personnel of the Indonesian Army`s Special Force Command (Kopassus) have been deployed to help evacuate flood victims ...

President urges govt officials to assist people

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has urged government officials to look into the public`s safety in light of the ...

UK Secretary of State for Defence to visit Indonesia

United Kingdom Secretary of State for Defence Philip Hammond MP is scheduled to arrive in Indonesia on Tuesday for a ...

Myanmar denies using chemical weapons on rebels

Myanmar on Thursday denied accusations it had used chemical weapons against ethnic minority rebels in the northern ...

Japan to boost military budget amid China row

Japan will increase military spending in 2013 for the first time in more than a decade, the ruling party said Tuesday, ...

democratic party prepared to compete fairly in 2014 elections - (d)

The Indonesian Democratic Party`s Secretary General, Edhie Baskoro Yudhoyono, said his party is prepared to compete ...

Tunisia frees suspect in Benghazi attack on US mission

A court in Tunis on Monday ordered the release of Ali Hamzi, a Tunisian suspected of involvement in the deadly attack ...

Indonesia to build unmanned drone squadron in 2013

Indonesia`s Minister for Research and Technology, Gusti Muhammad Hatta, said the country will build an unmanned drone ...

Agung Laksono to extend aid to victims of Bopha storm

Indonesia`s chief minister for people`s welfare, Agung Laksono, has arrived at the Sam Ratulangi Airport in Manado, ...

Indonesia to launch a three-digit rocket in 2013

Indonesia is planning to launch a three-digit rocket, with a range of 100km to 900km, to strengthen its artillery ...

Japan`s new cabinet line-up

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, head of the conservative Liberal Democratic Party, on Wednesday launched his ...

Muslim intellectuals introduce science-based sharia

The Association of the Indonesian Muslim Intellectuals (PRIMA) has introduced a science-based Sharia that will provide ...

Japan`s Abe picks mp Onodera as defence minister

New Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe appointed lower house lawmaker Itsunori Onodera as defence minister on Wedesday ...

Hawkish Abe to be named Japan`s next prime minister

Japan`s conservative leader Shinzo Abe is to be named as the country`s new prime minister Wednesday, after he swept to ...