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Some 440,000 foreign tourists expected to visit Borobudur in 2011

A total of 440,000 foreign tourists are expected to visit the Borobudur Temple in Central Java in 2011, a temple ...

President hopes RI-Japan cooperation to strengthen environment sector

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono hoped Indonesia could develop cooperation with Japan that would bring benefit in ...

Greenland cold snap linked to Viking disappearance

A cold snap in Greenland in the 12th century may help explain why Viking settlers vanished from the island, scientists ...

Australia To increase community preparedness for Merapi victims

The long-term safety of Indonesians living near Mount Merapi will be the focus of a new partnership formed between ...

Philippine minister calls for preparation for possible evacuation near Taal volcano

Philippine Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Jesse M. Robredo called on Monday the provincial government ...

Deep 6.4-magnitude quake strikes Fiji region: USGS

A 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck the Fiji region on Monday, the US Geological Survey said, but no tsunami warning was ...

Bridge`s closure disrupts Magelang-Yogyakarta traffic

The Pabelan river bridge linking the Central Java town of Magelang to Yogyakarta was closed for all vehicles and ...

Mt Merapi`s cold lava victims to get shelters

Sleman district government has pledged to build new shelters for its people, whose houses have been damaged or ...

Quake hits Southern West Java

An earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale rocked the southern part of West Java province on Sunday morning but ...

RI sends biggest delegation to ARF Direx

Indonesia sent the biggest delegation to the ASEAN Regional Forum - Disaster Relief Exercise (ARF-Direx) being held ...

RI sits on Pacific "ring of fire" : official

Indonesia sits on the so-called Pacific "ring of fire", a volcanologically active terrestrial chain where earthquakes ...

Yudhoyono asks RI embassy to plan anticipatory measures for radiation

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has asked the Indonesian embassy in Tokyo to prepare anticipatory measures in case ...

RI voices need for regional cooperation in handling disasters

Indonesia has voiced the need for regional cooperation in dealing with natural disasters in Asia and Pacific. ...

VP Boediono: sound cooperation in disaster responses needed in Aspac

Sound regional cooperation in natural disaster responses among Asia Pacific rim countries is highly needed, Indonesian ...

USAID helping Borobudur`s rehabilitation with $100,000

US international aid agency USAID is providing 100,000 US dollars to UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific ...