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Russia urges Iran, West not to aggravate situation in Strait of Hormuz

Russia urges Iran and Western countries to refrain from statements and actions that can aggravate the situation in ...

Legislator accuses fellow commission III members of discriminative behavior

A member of the House of Representatives` Commission III has accused some Commission members of being discriminatory ...

BI rate maintained at 6.0 percent

Bank Indonesia (BI or the central bank) decided on Thursday to maintain its overnight benchmark rate or better known ...

Syrian army shells villages after defectors attack

Syrian troops shelled two northern villages on Thursday after an attack by army defectors on forces loyal to ...

news focus: govt to step up socio-economic approach toward Papua

Poverty and perceived injustices are believed to be among the problems triggering violence from time to time in ...

RI disagrees with US on Palestine`s UNESCO membership

Palestine`s bid for UNESCO membership is in accordance with the vision of a two-state solution and therefore Indonesia ...

Us stance on palestine`s membership in UNESCO could boomerang

The US` decision to stop its financial assistance to UNESCO after the UN agency voted to accept Palestine`s ...

UN Secretary General condemns Gaza rocket attacks

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday condemned a spike in rocket attacks in the Gaza Strip after the region`s ...

One killed in Israeli strike on southern Gaza: medics

One Palestinian was killed and another wounded on Sunday in a fresh Israeli raid on Gaza which came just hours after ...

Yemen policeman killed in bomb attack

A Yemeni policeman was killed Sunday and three others were wounded in a bomb attack on their vehicle in the southern ...

news focus: police deploy more personnel to defuse tensions in Papua

Following a series of shooting incidents in Papua Province that killed several people, including Mulia Sector Police ...

Police send 170 personnel to Papua Tuesday evening

The National Police will send 170 personnel of its Mobile Brigade (Brimob) to Papua on Tuesday evening (Oct 25) ...

Hatta predicts economy to grow 6.5 pct in 2011

Chief Economic Minister Hatta Rajasa said he was still optimistic that economic growth in 2011 still could reach 6.5 ...

NU leader asks govt to handle Papua problems without violence

Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) leader KH Said Aqil Siroj on Friday asked the government to handle the problems in Papua "with ...

Obama speaks to Saudi king on alleged Iran plot

U.S. President Barack Obama spoke on Wednesday to Saudi King Abdullah about the alleged plot to assassinate the Saudi ...