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Regional Elections Act challenged in Constitutional Court

The Regional Elections Act that was approved by the House of Representatives (DPR) was immediately challenged in the ...

`Lebaran` expected to `reunite` people after elections

The Indonesian people appear divided into two camps following the recent presidential election on July 9, 2014, but ...

Smuggling at RI-PNG border must be stopped

Jakarta (ANTARA News - Stringent measures need to be adopted to stop smuggling activities involving drugs and other ...

Century Bank was in dire need of lending facility

Former Century Bank in 2008 urgently needed short-term lending facility (FPJP), as the Indonesian economy was then in ...

Government to Go Ahead With Sunda Strait Bridge Project

The government of Indonesia is determined to go ahead with the construction of Sunda Strait Bridge mega project that ...

Landslides damage 19 houses and schools in Lebak

Landslides have damaged 19 houses and two school buildings in Lebak District, Banten Province, over the past one week ...

Arab Spring Adds To Palestinian Refugees` Suffering

On the occasion of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, commemorated on November 29, the ...

Amnesty International highlights deteriorating human rights situation in Saudi Arabia

Amnesty International has accused Saudi Arabia of failing to live up to all promises to address the dire human rights ...

Why Entrepreneurs are Moving Beyond the Next Big Thing to Solving the Next Big Problem

- A new book, Planet Entrepreneur, published to coincide with the upcoming World Entrepreneurship Forum in Singapore ...

Important decisions made at President Rouhani`s 1st cabinet session

  Important decisions were made at President Hassan Rouhani`s first cabinet meeting on Sunday, including improving ...

Indonesia prays for peaceful, democratic Egypt

Given its close relationships with Egypt and the fact that thousands of Indonesians are in Egypt, Indonesia has ...

Indonesian House passes medical education bill into law

The House of Representatives (DPR) passed a bill on medical education into law at a plenary meeting here on Thursday ...

UN rights team believes chemical weapons used in Syria

United Nations human rights investigators said on Tuesday they had "reasonable grounds" to believe that limited ...

N. Korea dominates Park`s 100 days

As presidential baptisms go, being threatened with a pre-emptive nuclear strike within 10 days of taking office is ...

US deploys destroyer off tense Korean peninsula

The United States has placed a destroyer off the South Korean coast to defend against a possible missile strike, the ...