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1.6 million liters water dropped over Riau to extinguish fire

Special task force in Riau has dropped 1.6 million liters of water over the area to extinguish forest fires there, ...

President supervises fire extinguishing efforts in Riau

President Yudhoyono led a roll call of the integrated haze disaster emergency response task force, at the Roesman ...

Riau police names 65 suspects on deliberate land fire case

The Riau police has named 65 suspects on deliberate land fire case that has caused severe air pollution there since ...

Biak to Intensify Regional Development

The Biak Numfor district government in West Papua aims to promote regional development and empower the local ...

Mt Slamet`s status raised to alert level

The Indonesian authorities have raised the status of Mount Slamet in Central Java from normal to alert level as of 9 ...

Forest fire suspects must be immediately handled: President

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has called for an immediate judicial process against Riau forest fire suspects that ...

Police hunting down four suspects in Riau`s land fires

Police are hunting down four people suspected of setting fire to forested land in Riau province. "The four ...

Six human skeletons found in Bemgkalis

People living at the Rupat Selatan beach of Bengkalis, Riau, were shocked to find six human skeletons lying on the ...

Garuda to take over Merpati routes in NTT

Airplanes operated by publicly listed PT Garuda Indonesia will soon take over the routes of Merpati Nusantara Airlines ...

RI, Timor Leste Border Prone to Drug Smuggling

The border between Indonesias East Nusa Tenggara province and Timor Leste remains prone to drug smuggling, although ...

Haze-affected people in Padang to get free masks: Official

The Padang city health department in West Sumatra will soon distribute free masks to the local people if haze covering ...

46 elephants found dead in riau in three years : WWF

A total of 46 elephants were found dead in Riau province between 2011 and 2014, with most of them without ivory, ...

RI needs to reinforce economic resilience in border areas

As a window and gate for outsiders, border areas reflect a countrys socio-economic, cultural and political resilience ...

Tourists, local people join hands in Borobudur temple cleanup

When Mount Kelud erupted on February 13, it spewed millions of cubic meters of volcanic materials mainly gravels and ...

US offers training for forest rangers in Indonesia

The United States plans to offer training for forest rangers in Indonesia to enable them to tackle incidents such as ...