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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 ...

India testfires astra missile

India on Friday testfired its indigenously developed air-to-air missile Astra at Chandipur, 15 km from Balasore in the ...

Queen Elizabeth II bestows honour on Indonesian ambassador to Britain

Queen Elizabeth II has bestowed on Indonesian Ambassador to Britain TM Hamzah Thayeb the title of Knight Commander of ...

RI president leaves Kuala Lumpur for India

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono left Kuala Lumpur at 1.45 pm local time for a working visit to India. ...

RI pushing for implementation of Lombok Ageement

The Indonesian government continues to evaluate the implementation in Malaysia of the Lombok Agreement on the ...

Indonesia, Malaysia have broad areas to expand economic cooperation

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said Indonesia and Malaysia still had broad areas for expanding economic ...

Sipadan-Ligitan case must not recur

Vice President Boediono has stated that cases such as the one in Sipadan and Ligitan islands and Ambalat must never ...

Wiranto to run for president in 2014

Indonesia`s retired army general, Wiranto, will run for president in 2014. "I am ready to run for president in ...

Singapore Speaker resigns in fresh sex scandal

Singapore`s parliamentary Speaker announced his resignation Wednesday after confessing he had an extramarital affair ...

Indonesia is working hard to stop illegal fishing

Indonesia is home to more than 17,500 islands and vast water bodies, which is why it is difficult to protect the ...