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US embassy recognizes Indonesian NGO`s fight against gender violence

The US Embassy`s Political Section has presented Misiyiah of the women`s advocacy NGO KAPAL Perempuan with a ...

Clinton criticism sparks Israeli anger

Israeli ministers reacted angrily on Sunday after US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she feared for the future ...

CSOs expected to be more transparent, accountable

Civil society organizations (CSOs) that were previously known as Non-governmental organizations (NCOs) in the ASEAN ...

Australian PM backs royal succession change

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has thrown her support behind David Cameron`s plans to scrap the archaic laws ...

RI govt trying to achieve MDG`s maternal mortality lowering target

The government continues to make efforts to lower the maternal mortality rate in the country to 102 per 100,000 ...

ASEAN election committees pledge to hold more credible polls

Participants of an All-ASEAN Forum of Election Committees concluded their meeting here on Wednesday with a pledge to ...

ADB loan for improvement of Indonesia`s local governments

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is extending $200 million to aid Indonesia?s push to develop strong regional ...

President Yudhoyono inaugurates ASEAN Election Commission Forum

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono inaugurated the ASEAN Election Commission Forum at the Presidential Palace here on ...

Australian women allowed to combat

Australian women will be allowed to serve in front line combat roles, including as special forces soldiers in ...

VP raps regional govts for keeping development funds in budgets

Vice President Boediono has criticized local governments for keeping PNPM development funds in their budgets, saying ...

P&G's Pioneering "Omics" Research Advances Beauty and Grooming Innovation

-Cutting-edge "Omics" tools to solve molecular puzzles in skin and hair biology, and unlock new pathways for better ...

Number of smokers skyrocketing in Indonesia

The number of smokers in Indonesia has been skyrocketing in the past 16 years from 34.7 million in 1995 to be 65 ...

Churches actively participating in HIV-AIDS eradication

Churches belonging to the Evangelical Christian Church (GKI) Synod of Papua have been playing an active role in ...

Ten percent of marriages in RI end in divorce annually

Around ten percent of married couples in Indonesia divorce every year, according to data of the religious affairs ...

Six countries attend IPU meeting in Jakarta

Six countries participated in a working group meeting of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)`s Asia Pacific ...