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Musicians lose billions of rupiah due to piracy

Noted Indonesian singer and composer Melly Goeslaw has urged the government to be serious in dealing with intellectual ...

Samudra Indonesia sets up a crisis management team

Samudera Indonesia (SMDR) cargo company has formed a crisis management team on the MV Sinar Kudus hijacked by Somali ...

RI cancels "hard option" as elite force approaches Somalia

Indonesia has dispatched an elite military force to Somalia to rescue 20 Indonesian sailors who were hijacked by ...

Somalia pirates release Panama-flagged Bitumen cargo ship

Somali pirates have released a Panamanian-flagged bitumen carrier ship after receiving a ransom, but detained some of ...

Help strengthens Somali marines to fight pirates

Somali Ambassador to Indonesia Mohammud Alow Borow hoped that the world could help strengthen his country`s marine ...

Somalian govt supports RI`s effort to free sailors from pirates

Somalian government supports Indonesia`s efforts to release its sailors in captivity of Somalian pirates since last ...

Govt to take immediate measures to rescue hostages

The government will take immediate measures to set free the 20-man Indonesian crew of the MV Sinar Kudus being held ...

President asks people to let govt overcome hostage-taking drama

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has asked the people to support and give its trust to the government to overcome ...

Govt action urged to free RI hostages in Somalia

As the conditions of 20 Indonesian sailors captured by Somali pirates since March 16 are reported to be ...

RI expected to ratify two significant enviro accords

Indonesia, as one of the world`s mega diversity countries and a main "exporter" of haze in Southeast Asia, has planned ...

Pirates seize Kuwaiti oil tanker off Oman: EU

Pirates armed with rocket-propelled grenades on Monday hijacked a Kuwaiti oil tanker carrying 29 sailors including 17 ...

Indonesian ship hijacked off Somalia coast

Somali pirates hijacked a ship owned by PT Samudera Indonesia Tbk (SMOR) off Somalia`s coast while it was on its way ...

Five Somali pirates get life in US prison

A US court Monday sentenced five Somali pirates to life in prison plus 80 years for the attack last year on a US naval ...

Kadhafi seeks UN, AU probe into Libyan unrest

Moamer Kadhafi said he wanted the United Nations or the African Union to probe the unrest rocking Libya and promised ...

News Focus : Hollywood zooming in on wrong issue over movie tax

Hollywood does not have to dispatch a muscular Arnold Schwarzenegger to wreak havoc with the Indonesian tax ...