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Ruling party fires treasurer to improve image

After several weeks under the spotlight of the public and media reports, the ruling Democrat Party (PD) fired on ...

Tornado Devastates Joplin, Missouri, 116 Dead

A monster tornado killed at least 116 people in Joplin, Missouri when it tore through the heart of the small ...

Democrat party fires its treasurer

The advisory board of the ruling Democrat Party fired its general treasurer Muhammad Nazaruddin following negative ...

Pertamina lost US$30 mln by Cilacap tank fires

The losses suffered by state-owned oil and gas firm PT Pertamina in its Central Java`s Cilacap oil tank fires early ...

Singapore halts food importsf from near Japan plant

Singapore has suspended imports of milk products and other foodstuffs from four areas near Japan`s damaged Fukushima ...

RI preparing Rp841.2 trillion to lower emissions

Under a commitment of the government under President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to lower emissions in Indonesia by 26 ...

Singapore monitoring forest fire smoke in Jambi

Singapore continues to monitor smoke from forest fires that often blankets Jambi and its surrounding areas and ...

RI`s peat forests can play important role in climate change

Peat swamp forests in Indonesia consist for 50 percent of tropical peat swamps and 10 percent of dry land, an ...

Western warplanes bomb civilian targets, oil depots in Libya - media

Western warplanes are bombing civilian targets in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, the Libyan Al Jamahiriya satellite TV ...

No significant worsening of situation at Fukushima: IAEA

The situation at Japan`s stricken Fukushima nuclear plant has not worsened "significantly" over the past 24 hours, an ...

Venezuela suspends nuclear energy program

Venezuela`s President Hugo Chavez said Tuesday (Mar 15) he suspended his country`s fledgling nuclear energy program in ...

Death toll in Japan quake nears 4,000

More than 3,600 people died and over 7,500 are missing in the wake of a series of natural disasters that hit Japan ...

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 ...

Dam breaks in northeast Japan, washes away homes: Kyodo

A dam in Japan`s northeast Fukushima prefecture broke and homes were washed away, Kyodo news reported Saturday, after ...

Japan disaster death toll likely to pass 1,000: Kyodo

More than 1,000 people probably died in the massive quake and tsunami disaster that devastated large parts of northern ...