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Fallout from Afghan Koran burning widens

The fallout from Koran burnings at a US airbase, which triggered a week of violence, has widened as Afghan ministers ...

Suicide blast kills six at Afghan airport: Police

At least six people were killed and seven wounded Monday in a suicide car bomb attack at Jalalabad airport in eastern ...

Freeport Indonesia resumes production

Production at PT Freeport Indonesia mines in Papua resumed on Tuesday after being halted since Monday (Oct 17) due to ...

Ministry to build micro-hydro power plant in Hukurila, Maluku

The ministry of public works will build a micro hydro power plant in Hukurilla village, South Leitimur sub district, ...

President leads Pancasila sanctity day observance

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Saturday morning presided over a ceremony to mark Pancasila Sanctity Day at the ...

PT Freeport workers on month-long strike over wage rise

Thousands of PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI) workers left the mining site of Tembagapura for Timika, Mimika District, ...

Flood continues at Southeast China Colliery, 23 confirmed trapped

Flood waters continued to pour into a coal mine in southwest China`s Guizhou Province Sunday following Saturday`s ...

Peru protesters shut airport after deadly clash

Thousands of protesters opposed to mining and energy projects in southern Peru took over a commercial airport on ...

Poso people want to live in peace

People in Poso, Central Sulawesi, want to be left alone and not disturbed by threats and rumours that could disrupt ...

President concerned about it being used to spread slander

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono expressed concern over the use of information technology and social networks as a ...

World Bank launches joint initiative to promote road safety

World Bank with six multilateral banks launches a joint initiative to improve road safety and stem rising road deaths ...

Greenpeace sends Rainbow Warrior to test Japan Seawater

Greenpeace said Thursday it is sending its Rainbow Warrior flagship to Japan to test seawater and marine life near the ...

Robots to gauge radiation in Japan's quake-hit plant

The operator of Japan`s stricken nuclear plant said Sunday it will send two remote-controlled robots into a reactor ...

Radioactive water leaks from Japan nuclear plant

Highly radioactive water is leaking into the sea from a 20-centimeter crack in a maintenance pit at Japan`s crippled ...