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Sail Raja Ampat Set to Kick off

- The Peak event of Sail Raja Ampat will be held on June 21, in Waisai Torang Cinta (WTC) beach, Waisai city, Raja ...

Suryadharma has no plans to resign as religious affairs minister

Religious Affairs Minister Suryadharma Ali stated on Friday he will not resign, although he was named as a suspect in ...

Vietnam government promises compensation for damaged chinese factories

Vietnams government will provide compensation for factory owners, whose buildings were damaged in anti-China protests ...

Indonesia holds military joint drill 2014

The Indonesia Military Commander General Moeldoko inaugurated the military joint drill 2014, which is an exercise of ...

Indonesia currently needs no aircraft carrier: TNI Chief

A carrier vessel (CV) is not yet required to strengthen the countrys primary weaponry defense system (alutsista), ...

West never invited Russia to joint NATO

NATO has never proposes that Russia become a member of the alliance, according to a new report by the NATO Defense ...

Coral reefs provide protection from storms, rising seas: study

Coral reefs may offer a comparable but "significantly cheaper" alternative to artificial coastal defenses to protect ...

Kristin Lund becomes first female un peacekeeping force commander

UN chief Ban Ki-moon Monday named Major General Kristin Lund to take command of the UN peacekeeping force in Cyprus. ...

Papua-police suspect cannabis trade for weapons in border

The Papua Police Department suspect that cannabis was traded for weapons in the border areas between the Republic of ...

Brazil deploys troops to secure borders for World Cup

Brazil began deploying 30,000 troops on Saturday to patrol its borders and beef up security for the World Cup soccer ...

President Yudhoyono leaves for Myanmar

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono left Jakarta for Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, on Saturday morning to attend the 24th ASEAN ...

W. Kalimantan naval base to be promoted to naval main base

The naval base in the West Kalimantan provincial capital of Pontianak will be promoted to a naval main base, noted ...

Australia must be wise in dealing with boat people: Indonesian minister

Indonesias minister of defense Purnomo Yusgiantoro said here on Monday Australia must be wiser in dealing with boat ...

President Yudhoyono, Brunei`s Crown Prince hope for better bilateral ties

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono received visiting Crown Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah of Brunei Darussalam, flanked by ...

Fire at Ukraine`s Odessa kills at least 38

At least 38 people were killed on Friday when radicals set fire on a building in Ukraines Black Sea city of Odessa, ...