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HIV/AIDS handling in Indonesia needs improvement : minister

Coordinating Minister for People`s Welfare Agung Laksono stated the handling of HIV/AIDS spread in Indonesia needs to ...

Corruption continues to hamper RI`s progress

Although its goivernment has allocated huge sums to tackle such pressing problems aa financial market instability, ...

Tanjungpinang immigration dispatches seven Thai sailors

Tanjungpinang immigration office dispatched seven of the total of 14 Thai sailors whose Singaporean-flagged tanker ...

Bali produces 150,000 tons of seaweed in 2010

The Indonesian island resort of Bali has been able to produce 150,000 tons of seaweed in 2010 or increased by 42.8 ...

RI's seaweed production target achievable

Indonesia`s target to be the world`s biggest seaweed producing country with an output of 10 million tons by 2015 is ...

SAR searching for missing ferry fire victims

A National Search and Rescue (Basarnas) teams is still searching for missing victims of the KMP Laut Teduh II Ferry ...

Twelve ships deployed to evacuate ferry passengers

A total of 12 ships --five tug boats and seven roll-on-roll-off ferries-- are being mobilized to help evacuate ...

Ferry ship catches fire near Merak port

A ferry ship which was serving passengers between Merak port of Banten (Java) and Bakauheni port of Lampung (Sumatra) ...

5.3 magnitude quake hits New Zealand: USGS

A 5.3-magnitude earthquake struck New Zealand`s North Island near Rotorua, the US Geological Survey said Thursday, but ...

President expected in Kupang on Feb 8

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is scheduled to arrive in Kupang, capital of East Nusa Tenggara province, on ...

Govt boosting national fish consumption

The government is trying to increase the country`s national fish production and the people`s per capita fish ...

Bali`s canned fish exports worth US$20.08 million

The Indonesian tourist resort island of Bali exported 8,488.8 tons of canned fish worth US$20.08 million in the ...

Bird flu spreads further in Japan

Japanese health authorities on Thursday said a fifth outbreak of bird flu since November had hit a poultry farm in the ...

Tidal waves affect 269 houses in Flores island

Flooding triggered by tidal waves hit seven subdistricts in the eastern Indonesian island of Flores on Wednesday. ...

Foreigner arrested for alleged involvement in human smuggling

Police have arrested an Australian citizen of Iranian descent known as Haydar Khani alias Ali Hamid alias Abu Hamid ...