#natural disasters

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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 ...

New tool to keep Indonesia one step ahead of disaster

To help communities better prepare for floods, earthquakes and tsunamis, a new hazard impact modelling tool, the ...

Indonesia has 396 high-risk disaster areas

Based on Indonesia Disaster Risk Index (IDRI), there are 396 high-risk disaster areas across the country, according to ...

Govt to launch "disaster alert village" programme in Jambi

The government has called on the residents of Tebo regency, Jambi province, to cooperate in implementing its Disaster ...

Food shortage problem not solved yet

Food shortage has been one of the main problems facing the global community, which has not been solved yet because of ...

NTT Com Enters Myanmar Market with Branch Office

-     NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com) announced on October 17 that its subsidiary NTT ...

Thousands mark 3rd anniversary of W Sumatra quake

Thousands of people attended a religious gathering in Agam district, West Sumatra, on Sunday to mark the third ...

Yudhoyono leads first meeting of panel on Post-2015 Development Agenda

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono chaired the first meeting of the High Level Panel of Eminent Persons on ...

Parties should exercise self-restraint on South China Sea issue

In an effort to seek peaceful solutions of disputes following the recent escalating tensions in the South China Sea, ...

North Sulawesi ready to face tsunami

Thee regencies in North Sulawesi already have contingency plan to face natural disasters especially tsunami, the ...

Sandra E. Peterson to Join Johnson & Johnson as Group Worldwide Chairman and Member of the Executive

- Sandra E. Peterson will join Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) on December 1, 2012, as Group Worldwide Chairman and ...