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Additional subsidized fuel to be included in 2013 budget

Deputy Minister for Energy and Mineral Resources Rudi Rubiandini said additional subsidized fuel of 1.2 million ...

Pertamina saves 10-13 pct on premium gasoline, diesel oil

State-owned oil and gas company Pertamina has been able to save 13 percent on diesel oil and 10 percent on premium ...

Obama dicusses violence in Israel, Gaza with Erdogan

U.S. President Barack Obama called Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan to discuss how the two countries could help ...

Investigators to brief congress on Petraeus

Senior FBI and CIA officials are set to brief top lawmakers on Capitol Hill on Tuesday about their investigation of an ...

President calls for increased role of local govts in preventing conflicts

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has called on regional governments and security agencies to optimize their roles ...

Indonesia has opportunity to improve defence industry

Indonesia has an opportunity to improve its defence industry, both from economic and security angles. To exploit ...

Obama`s victory beneficial for Indonesia-US ties

Presidential special staff Daniel Sparingga has stated that U.S. President Barack Obama`s re-election will strengthen ...

Re-elected Obama might lower Indonesia`s exports: Observer

An observer of international relations in Indonesia University, Makmur Keliat has said that the re-election of Barack ...

PDIP rejects national security bill over potential human rights violation

The secretary general of the Indonesian Democratic Party Struggle (PDIP), Tjahjo Kumolo, has said his party has ...

Obama throws down gauntlet to Romney on debate

US President Barack Obama prepared Monday for his first debate with Mitt Romney, saying the clash was about security ...

US, Indonesia hold third joint commission meeting in Washington

US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa co-chaired the third ...

Taliban "open" to ceasefire, US presence to 2024

The Taliban are open to a general ceasefire as well as a political agreement which could lead to a US military ...

11 killed as NATO helicopter crashes in southern Afghanistan

A total of 11 people including four NATO and three U.S. soldiers were killed Thursday when a NATO military helicopter ...

Iran says alliance with Syria will not be broken

Iran assured President Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday that Syria was a vital partner in its regional anti-Israeli ...

Arab nations urge Assad to give up power

Arab nations have called on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to swiftly give up power in order to end his country`s ...