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Haze again covers Dumai, Riau

Haze again covered Dumai, Riau Province, on Tuesday evening, after it had been disappearing over the last two weeks. ...

At least 69 hot-spots detected in Dumai in January-July

The Dumai agriculture, plantation and forestry office has detected at least 69 hot-spots from January to July 2011, ...

Global Warming: Cities, Too, Are "Carbon Sinks"

Scientists on Tuesday offered a slender piece of good news about global warming, reporting that cities can be of ...

Haze comes back in Sumatra and Kalimantan

Haze has come back on Sumatra and Kalimantan Islands over the past few weeks, affecting the environment, the local ...

Hazei n Dumai could claim lives

Health authorities in Dumai have warned the public that the air quality in the region has deteriorated due to haze ...

UGM to hold seminar on nutraseutical products

Gadjah Mada University (UGM) will hold a national seminar on the benefits, safety and development prospects of ...

Severe punishments await restaurants adding inedible ingredients in food

Restaurants that deliberately add inedible ingredients into their food and drinks will face severe punishments, ...

Legalizing marijuana to create new problems : Minister

The discourse on the legalization of marijuana in Indonesia will only create a new problems, Women`s Empowerment ...

Social minister concerned about marijuana legalization demand

Social Services Minister Salim Segaf Al Jufri has expressed concern over the current efforts of a group of people to ...

China bans several food additives to bolster food safety

Chinese authorities have banned several types of food additives as part of new national regulations on food safety ...

Minister opposed to idea to legalize marijuana

Women`s Empowerment and Children`s Protection Minister Linda Amalia Gumelar said she was opposed to the idea of ...

Philippines detects radiation from Japan

Small amounts of radiation from Japan`s damaged nuclear plant have been detected in the Philippines, the government ...

Radiation levels no danger to marine life - Japanese spokesman

Japan`s marine life is in no danger regardless of the radiation levels in the waters near the crippled Fukushima 1 ...

Japan to monitor seawater near nuclear plant

Japan will monitor radiation levels in the Pacific Ocean near a quake-hit nuclear plant, where firefighters have been ...

Earthquake, tsunami may cost Japan $235bn - World Bank

The devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan 10 days ago may cost the country`s economy $235 billion, or 4% ...