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EF Englishtown Announces New President: Andrew Wait

-     EF Englishtown, the world's leading online English school, today announced Andrew Wait's ...

2,000 Tamils stage protest at UN in Geneva

Thousands of Tamils from across Europe protested in front of UN headquarters in Geneva Monday demanding the creation ...

AusAID to help improve NTB civil servants` English proficiency

Australia`s foreign aid agency AusAID has agreed to help improve the English-language proficiency of civil servants ...

Orangutans Free At Last

In the Indonesian or Malay language, the word "orangutan" literally means "man of the forest", and this is not so ...

"The Artist" paints golden picture at Oscars

Hollywood showed some love for its history at the Oscars on Sunday, giving its best film award and four others to ...

Police handling sexual harassment report on foreign soccer player

The Jakarta Metropolitan Police have received a report of suspected sexual harassment experienced by a Lion Air ...

One Papua tribe extinct, two more to follow soon

Unable to compete in the acculturation process with other groups, the Sebo tribe in Kayu Pulau, Jayapura, Papua, has ...

Indonesia needs more interpreters: President

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has stressed the urgent need for hiring more top quality foreign language ...

BBC.com Expands Site with the Launch of - Future

-     New section will explore latest trends from the world of Science, Technology and ...

Iran cuts oil exports to UK, France

Iran has stopped oil exports to British and French companies, the Islamic republic`s oil ministry said on Sunday. ...

RI students dominate Asian English-language olympics

Indonesian highschool and university students dominated an Asian English Olympics (AEO) organized by Bina Nusantara ...

Aussie to provide language laboratory for RI navy

The Australian government plans to provide language laboratory equipment for the Indonesian Navy`s education and ...

Deported saudi blogger faces blasphemy charge

A Saudi journalist wanted in the kingdom for comments deemed insulting to the Prophet Mohammed was arrested after ...

President chairs meeting on peacekeeping force training center

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Thursday chaired a limited cabinet meeting to discuss progress in the ...

Swedish King impressed by Bantul scouts' work

Visiting Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf said he was impressed by the social awareness of boy scouts in Bantul district ...