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Mideast music industry at risk of collapsing: experts

The digital revolution has put the Middle Eastern music industry under severe stress as the region still lacks a ...

Police in West Nusa Tenggara arrest 50 Vietnamese immigrants

Police in West Nusa Tenggara have arrested 50 illegal immigrants from Vietnam as they sought to cross to Australia. ...

News focus - Clemency for drug offender draws harsh criticism

The decision of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to cut the sentence of Australian marijuana smuggler Schapelle ...

Clemency for Corby based on humanitarian consideration

The Indonesian government said the clemency granted to Australian drug smuggler Schapelle Corby was merely based on ...

Illegal immigrant boat capsizes, no fatalities : police

A boat carrying 48 illegal immigrants from Middle Eastern countries and two crew capsized in Pamayan waters in ...

Five army members named suspects in illegal immigrants case

Five Indonesian army (TNI-AD) members have been named suspects in the case of illegal immigrants whose boat sank in ...

2011 historic year forRI overseas manpower placement agency

Head of the National Agency for Placement and Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers (BNP2TKI) Moh Jumhur Hidayat ...

Regional commander admits servicemen possibly involved in people smuggling case

East Java`s military command chief, Maj Gen Murdjito, has admitted that a number of servicemen were suspected of ...

RI pondering "live-out" system for its migrant workers

Often called "foreign-exchange income heroes" Indonesian migrant workers overseas, particularly those employed as ...

Global economic conditions worsening: finance minister

Finance Minister Agus Martowardojo said global economic conditions were worsening and therefore Indonesia should be ...

RI-Saudi match ends with "glasses" score

The Indonesian senior soccer team shared a 0-0 draw in facing Saudi Arabian soccer players in a try-out match at the ...

RI to send domestic helpers to four countries only

The government will allow the dispatch of domestic helpers only to certain countries, namely Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, ...

Will RI soccer team be able to defeat Qatar ? by bustanuddin - (d)

Indonesian senior soccer team coach Wim Rijsbergen has asked a total of 26 players to do intensive exercises at the ...

Twenty-three Myanmarese apply for asylum seeker status

Twenty-three Myanmarese have applied for asylum seeker status to the United Nations High Commission on Refugees ...

RI expected to win against Bahrain on tuesday

Indonesia`s senior soccer team is widely expected to win its upcoming match with Bahrain at the Bung Karno main ...