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Indonesia Committed to Increasing Coverage of Clean Water Supply

The Indonesian government, as one of the signatory countries of The Millennium Declaration, is committed to achieving ...

Bill Gates Emphasizes Power of Goals and Measurement as Keys to Tackling Extreme Poverty

- In his fifth annual letter (http://billsletter.org ), Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates ...

Govt to build 7,000 mw capacity hydro power plants

The government plans to build hydro power plants with a combined capacity of 7,000 megawatts in several parts of the ...

RI racing against time to meet MDG targets by andi abdussalam - (d)

Indonesia, one of the 189 countries that declared in 2000 their commitment to achieving eight Millennium Development ...

New Recipe for Microsilver from Swiss Company Sterilos Plc Protects Drinking Water, Hospitals and In

-- Swiss biotechnology to combat mold, germs, viruses and bacteria     Until now, the primarily ...

Tens of houses in Bukittinggi catch fire

Some 20 semi permanent houses in Mandiangin, Koto Selayan, here, caught fire on Monday at 5:30 p.m. local time. ...

Jakarta facing water crisis

Jakarta is facing a clean water crisis as the nation`s demand for drinking water continues to surpass its supply, ...

Over 21 pct of RI`s population still without clean water - (d)

Some 60 million people or 21.16 percent of Indonesia`s 230 million population still have no access to clean water, ...

RI-US activities in water supply, sanitation fields

The US Embassy and Indonesian government counterparts held a round table discussion on Wednesday about holding a ...

Clean water crisis affects 15 sub-districts in Sukabumi

Fifteen sub-districts in Sukabumi district, West Java, are running short of clean water during the dry season, a ...

Japan detects radioactivity 30 km off coast

Japanese scientists have found measurable concentrations of radioactive iodine-131 and caesium-137 in seawater samples ...

Govt needs Rp 10 trillion investment in drinking water

The government is preparing two million house connections of drinking water with an investment of Rp10 trillion in ...

Save water sources for next generations

Ever heard the punchline "Save the Water, Drink Beer"?. Although the saying might originally have been intended to ...

Almost 600,000 evacuated in Japan after quake: UN

About 590,000 people have been evacuated in Japan over the last three days following the devastating earthquake and ...

News Focus: Indonesians Struggle To Get Out Of Strife-torn Libya

Amid chaotic conditions and violence in Libya, a number of Indonesian nationals, like other foreigners of various ...