#drought

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Normal weather for next six months in Indonesia, says weather bureau

The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics agency (BMKG) said Indonesia will experience normal weather conditions ...

Al Shabaab rebels ban red cross in Somalia

Al Shabaab rebels in Somalia have expelled the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) from areas they control ...

JOil Sees Tripling of Jatropha Productivity over Next Eight Years

--- Scientific findings and process on biofuel crop presented in a paper delivered at INSULA (International Scientific ...

Three Somali aid workers shot dead - officials

A gunman killed three Somali aid workers, including two with the U.N. World Food Programme (WFP), in Somalia on ...

Somali rebels block ICRC food aid convoys

Islamist militants in Somalia have blocked two International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) convoys carrying ...

Indonesia must actively help solve global problems : President

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said because of the complexity of today`s global problems Indonesia must actively ...

Texas drought leaves heartbreaking toll of abandoned horses

The yearlong Texas drought is taking a heartbreaking toll on horses and donkeys, thousands of which have been ...

Regions must brace for weather extremes

Southern Europe will be gripped by fierce heatwaves, drought in North Africa will be more common, and small island ...

World of "contradiction" awaits 7 billionth person

The world`s seven billionth person will be born Monday into what UN leader Ban Ki-moon calls a "world of ...

Public works ministry supports green city program

The public works ministry through its Director General of Cipta Karya (Human Settlements) supports the green city ...

Lake Jatiluhur fishes die of oxygen shortage : official

The mass fish deaths in Lake Jatiluhur, Purwakarta district, West Java, over the past several days was due to ...

Aid agency MSF pulls foreign staff from Kenyan camp

Aid agency Medecins Sans Frontieres said Friday it has pulled all its foreign staff from Kenya`s Dadaab refugee camp ...

news focus: govt to rehabilitate critically degraded lakes

Hundreds of lakes or reservoirs which are vital to human life in Indonesia are now in bad or even critical condition ...

Two Spanish aid workers kidnapped in Kenya

Somali Islamist Shebab rebels on Thursday kidnapped two female Spanish aid workers from Kenya`s Dadaab refugee camp, ...

news focus: haze should not disturb upcoming SEA Games

The 26th SEA Games organizing committee is still working hard to prepare everything needed for the successful conduct ...