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Next government expected to ensure food security

The next government of Indonesia after the upcoming July 9, 2014, presidential election is expected to ensure food ...

Erdogan says Turkey could ban Facebook and YouTube

Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey could ban Facebook and YouTube after local elections on March 30, saying ...

RI, Taiwan form joint task force to help migrant workers

Indonesia and Taiwan have agreed to set up a joint task force to assist migrant Indonesian workers in Taiwan. ...

First Lady receives award for Women Empowerment of Education

Indonesias First Lady Ani Bambang Yudhoyono has received an award from LOreal and UNESCO as a leader in the Womens ...

Maluku Southernmost Islanders Yearn for Autonomy

Located in the southernmost part of Indonesia`s Maluku province are outlying islands, including Lirang, Wetar, Kisar, ...

AEC implementation may cause shortage of skilled labor in Myanmar

It was only 9 in the morning, but workers at the factory of Best Industrial Company Limited, a garment manufacturer, ...

World Cocoa Foundation and ACDI/VOCA Join Forces to Bring Technology, Other Benefits to Indonesia's Cocoa Farmers

- ACDI/VOCA and the World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) are launching an agricultural development initiative in Indonesia ...

President Yudhoyono meets with former German President Kohler

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono who is currently in Germany for a state visit met with former German president ...

Security disturbance may not be ignored: President

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said security disturbances may not be allowed to go on in Papua although the ...

Bulgaria government resigns amid growing protests

Bulgaria`s government resigned on Wednesday after violent nationwide protests against high electricity prices, joining ...

Food Diversification Called Key to Food Security

Confronted by the challenge of food security for its population of more than 240 million people, the Government of ...

Yudhoyono leads first meeting of panel on Post-2015 Development Agenda

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono chaired the first meeting of the High Level Panel of Eminent Persons on ...

Senior minister congratulates Jakarta gubernatorial election winner

Coordinating Minister for People`s Welfare, Agung Laksono has congratulated the Joko Widodo - Basuki Tjahaja Purnama ...

Qatar Joins New International Organization to Promote Green Growth

-     Qatar joined sixteen other industrialized, emerging economies and developing countries on ...

Seeing REDD: WWF Poses "Direct Threat" to Livelihoods in Tanzania

-     Accusations of Evictions, Destruction of Crops, and Burning Homes Leveled Against ...