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RI parliament to deliberate bill on ratification of Nagoya Protocol

Environmental Affairs Minister Balthasar Kambuaya stated that his ministry is currently processing a bill on the ...

UGM holds "dream 2012"

Gadjah Mada University in Yogyakarta will be holding an International Students Summer Program in Yogyakarta themed ...

2012 Sail Morotai was Officially Launched

A big event of 2012 Sail Morotai was officialy launched by the Coordinating Minister of People Welfare, Agung Laksono ...

Indonesia must have international standard steel industry

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said Indonesia must have a steel industry which meets international standards while ...

New Freeport chief advised to embrace local community figures

Newly-appointed president director of PT Freeport Indonesia, Rozik B Soetjipto, should embrace Amungme and Kamoro ...

Another PLN tower in Aceh cut by unknown people

Unknown people have cut a PLN (State Electricity Company) tower interconnecting the Aceh and North Sumatra power ...

Hundreds garbage sacks collected from Ciliwung River

More than 100 sacks of garbage had been collected from Ciliwung river in an environmental care action launched by the ...

Japan to repatriate remains of WWII dead from Papua

The Japanese government plans to repatriate the remains of Japanese World War II dead still to be found in several ...

Newmont Outlines Community Investment Programs for Conga Project in Peru

-     Newmont Mining Corporation (NYSE: NEM) today outlined a number of community investment ...

Karzai wants immediate halt to NATO night raids

Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday demanded an immediate halt to controversial NATO-led night raids and for ...

HIV/AIDS feared to remain major threat in 2012

During the past several years since the first case of AIDS/HIV was reported in Indonesia in 1987, people have been ...

District parliament rejects Bedugul geothermal exploitation

Bali Legislative Council (DPRD) rejects the exploitation of a geothermal project project after the governor and the ...

The Freeport Case, government's lost conscience

The Political and security situation in Papua is still heating up, beginning with the repeated shootings spree at ...

Poverty still to loom large in 2012

Despite the government`s continuous people`s welfare boosting efforts, poverty is likely to continue looming large in ...

RI, US building on success in fighting HIV/AIDS

The US Government is committed to working in partnership with the Indonesian government and local communities to ...