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Agency maintains safe level of rice stock

The state-run Board of Logistics (Bulog) said it succeeded in maintaining a safe level of rice stock at 2.27 million ...

Indonesia to send rice to victims of typhoon Bopha Friday

Indonesian government will send 2,000 tons of rice to the victims of Typhoon Bopha in Davao, Mindanao, the Philippine ...

Indonesia delivers aid to victims of typhoon bopha

The Indonesian Minister for People`s Welfare, Agung Laksono, arrived in the Philippine southern island of Mindanao on ...

Indonesia did not have major natural disasters in 2012

Indonesia, a country which is prone to natural disasters - floods, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, droughts, tsunamis ...

Maya 'end of days' fever reaches climax in Mexico

Thousands of mystics, hippies and spiritual wanderers will descend on the ruins of Maya cities on Friday to celebrate ...

LAPAN developing UAV to monitor disasters

The National Institute of Aeronautics and Space (LAPAN) is developing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) to help monitor ...

730 natural disasters hit Indonesia this year

Some 730 natural disasters have hit Indonesia so far this year, according to Chairman of National Disaster Mitigation ...

Reforms yet to create efficient institutions: MK chairman

Constitutional Court (MK) Chairman Mahfud MD said political reforms in Indonesia had not yet been successful in ...

Bacardi Celebrates Culmination Of Its Milestone 150th Anniversary With Time Capsule To Be Opened In 50 Years

- Bacardi Limited caps off the yearlong celebration of its 150th anniversary with the creation of a commemorative time ...

Poverty eradication should be far-reaching and continuous effort

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has said that poverty eradication should be a far-reaching and continuous effort ...

Yudhoyono believes d-8 can play vital role in responding global challenges

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has believed that Muslim nations grouped in the Development Eight (D-8) ...

Rainy season sees parts of Indonesia hit by floods, landslides

The rainy season has only begun in Indonesia, which has only two seasons, rainy (November to March) and dry (June to ...

Spatial mismanagement triggers floods

Indonesia`s Environmental Affairs Minister, Balthasar Kambuaya, said that floods and landslides in several provinces ...

Indonesian govt to promote Baduy land as culture tourism center

The local government is developing the Baduy Land into a culture tourism site. Baduy is populated by about ...

Indonesia-Australia use computer program to lessen impact of disasters

Indonesia and Australia, working with the World Bank - Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, has ...