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Malaysian investors to develop Pulau Bawah as tourist resort

Malaysian investors are ready to develop Pulau (island) Bawah in the district of Anamabas, Riau Islands province. into ...

Koranic literacy to be required at Makassar schools

Makassar`s City Council has proposed a bylaw to make proficiency in the reading and writing of Koranic texts a ...

RI continues stressing need to conserve APEC`S marine resources

Indonesia is at APEC forums to continue stressing the need to conserve the region`s marine resources to ensure its ...

Sri Lanka`s former war zone gets TV, radio back

Sri Lanka on Monday opened a communications tower that will bring national television and radio back to the north of ...

Bali ready to become economic corridor

The province of Bali is ready to become an economic corridor, Governor Made Mangku Pastika said here on Monday. ...

Tin Mining Activity Threatening Bangka Island`s Tourism

The landscapes in many parts of Bangka island can now be best described as barren wastelands due to unbridled tin ...

Bahrain police clash with Shi`ite religious marchers

Bahraini police clashed with Shi`ite marchers in a religious festival late on Sunday, less than a week after the Gulf ...

KNPI calls for public resolve to preserve environment

The National Committee for Indonesian Youths (KNPI) said a tree-planting and garbage-removal movement is not a mere ...

Japanese tourist arrivals in Bali down 21.81 pct

A total of 64,455 Japanese tourists visited Bali in the first four months of 2011, down 21.81 percent from 82,436 in ...

Bali hotel occupancy rate up 0.87 pct in April

Star-rated hotels in Bali saw average room occupancy rate in April increase 0.87 percent to 64.03 percent from 63.16 ...

South Korea warns North against new provocations

South Korea warned on Saturday that it would respond "very strongly" to any further provocations by North Korea. ...

Press council chief hospitalized

Chief of the Press Council Baqir Manan was rushed to Pertamina hospital in South Jakarta on Friday night for having ...

Wakatobi To Have Coral Reefs Conservation School

Known for its beautiful and highly diverse coral reefs found nowhere else on earth, Wakatobi is Southeast Sulawesi`s ...

Batam`s junior Red Cross rated best at Asia-Pacific jamboree

The Batam chapter of the Indonesian Junior Red Cross (PMR) was selected as the best teenage contingent at the "Youth ...

Ships hijacked at Muara Jungkat, Pontianak

A tugboat Mitra Jaya V and a barge Makmur Abadi V had been hijacked 15-20 miles west of the Muara Jungkat buoy in ...