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Indonesia, US discuss results of joining oceanic expedition

Indonesian and US officials  met in Washington DC Thursday evening to discuss the results of the two countries\' ...

Filipino maid sentenced to life for smuggling heroin

The Denpasar district court has sentenced Carolina Sarmiento Bautista (41), a Filipino house maid, to life ...

Significant increase in Australian tourist arrivals in Bali

As many as 577,343 Australian tourists visited Bali in the January-November 2010 period, an increase of 44.77 percent ...

Bangka-Belitung waters good for seaweed cultivation

Due to its geographic location, Bangka-Belitung (Babel) province has promising maritime and fisheries resources that ...

Four arrested for used clothes smuggling

An Indonesian police patrol boat captured "Camar S20" vessel along with its 104 smuggled sacks of used clothes in ...

RI Competes In World`s Hotel Receptionist Contest

Putu Cintya Purnama Sari will represent Indonesia in the "International Receptionist of the Year 2011" contest due to ...

Ministry to focus on minapolitan project

The Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministry is to focus on development of Minapolitan areas (fisheries cities) in 41 ...

Strong earthquake shakes Mentawai

An earthquake measuring 5.8 at the Richter scale again hit Mentawai islands, West Sumatra province, on Wednesday at ...

RI enters 2011 cautious over natural disasters

Less than a week into the new year of 2011, floods have been reported happening in several cities in Indonesia ...

Over 7,000 tons of garbage dumped in Jakarta

The volume of garbage discarded during the New Year`s Eve in Jakarta on Friday night reached 7,149 tons, according to ...

A family becomes homeless in new year

A resident of Jambi city become homeless since early Saturday after sprinkle of firecrackers launched by local ...

Fire guts a Russian`s rented villa in Bali

Fire gutted a unit of Bakrie Estate villa`s block 57 at Bali Nirwara Resort of Tanah Lot, Kediri subdistrict, Tabanan ...

163,000 holidaymakers flock to Ancol Beach Park

On the first day of 2011, about 163,000 people spent their new year holidays at Ancol beach park in northern Jakarta, ...