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Drought likely to trigger forest fires in Riau province

The Riau Province is currently experiencing a drought, which has the potential to trigger forest, peat land, and ...

3,900 firefighters battle China forest fire

About 3,900 firefighters are scrambling to put out a forest fire in southwest Chinas Yunnan Province, local ...

20 killed in Boko Haram raid on Nigerian village

Suspected Boko Haram gunmen stormed a Christian village in northeastern Nigeria, killing 20 residents, a government ...

Turkey declares three days of national mourning over mine disaster

Turkey has declared three days of national mourning for victims of a coal mine explosion on Tuesday (May 13) that ...

16 hectares of forest area razed by fires in Riau

At least 16 hectares of forest area were razed by fires in Riau Province, in May 2014, according to data from the ...

Participatory approach needed to overcome haze

Indonesia needs to take a participatory approach where the central government, local administrations, non-governmental ...

Lockheed Martin Receives $80 Million Contract For U.S. And Indonesian Apache Sensor Systems

- The U.S. Army awarded Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) a $80.6 million production contract for the Modernized Target ...

Indonesian minister denies having received red report card

Forestry Minister Zulkifli Hasan denied that his ministry had got a red report card from the Presidential Working Unit ...

44 hotspots detected in Sumatra

The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) 18 operated in Singapore detected on Saturday 44 ...

Fire at Ukraine`s Odessa kills at least 38

At least 38 people were killed on Friday when radicals set fire on a building in Ukraines Black Sea city of Odessa, ...

5.7 magnitude earthquake shakes Ambon

An earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale shook Ambon city in the eastern Indonesian province of Maluku on ...

Fire ravages thousands of kiosks in Central Jakarta`s Senen Market

Thousands of kiosks were destroyed after a fire ravaged the Senen Market in Central Jakarta at dawn on Friday, an ...

President Yudhoyono inspects Senen Market being gutted by fire

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono inspected Senen Market, here on Friday, which was being gutted by a massive fire. ...

Fire razes block 3 of Senen Market

A fire razed the second and third floors of Block 3 of Senen Market, Central Jakarta, Friday, prompting Jakarta ...

"Deadly shootout" in east Ukraine shatters easter truce

Four people were reported killed Sunday in a gun battle in restive eastern Ukraine, shattering a fragile Easter truce ...