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Lack of maintenance leads to ammunition depot blast: Legislator

Lack of maintenance may have caused Wednesdays (Feb. 6) explosion of the naval ammunition depot in Tanjung Priok, ...

Queensland town plagued by Wallabies

Theyre cute, cuddly and taking over a small town in North Queensland. Now environmentalists and animal welfare experts ...

Agricultural issue more important than economic concerns: Prabowo

The issue of agriculture is a more important concern than simple economics, because it has a strategic role in the ...

Indonesian house agrees to expert team to select constitutional court justices

The House of Representatives (DPR) has agreed to an eight-member expert team to select candidates for constitutional ...

Beijing security head detained in China graft probe

China has detained the head of Beijings state security bureau as part of a wider investigation into powerful ...

MP hails appointment of Luthfi as trade minister

A chief parliament member hailed President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyonos decision to appoint Muhammad Luthfi as the new ...

Govt urged to develop infrastructure in rural areas

Legislator Hetifah has urged the government to develop infrastructure not only in the cities, but also in the rural ...

Election court ruling to cause problems

A politician from the Hunura Party has stated that the recent Constitutional Court ruling on simultaneous elections in ...

Jakarta flood problem cannot be resolved overnight

The floods, which repeatedly strike Jakarta and its neighboring areas with sickening regularity almost every year, is ...

Megawati won`t run as presidential candidate

Former Indonesian President and Chairman of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP) Megawati Soekarnoputri ...

PDIP to name presidential nominees in April 2014

The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP) will name its presidential nominees in April 2014, after the ...

Police deny conducting execution of terror suspects

With regard to the terror suspects killed during a recent raid in Ciputat, Tangerang Selatan, the police denied ...

Russians name Putin as Man of The Year

Russians have named President Vladimir Putin as the Man of the Year in 2013, according to a new survey. ...

Thai govt rejects election delay despite deadly violence

Thailands government Thursday rejected calls to postpone February elections after clashes between police and ...

Abe visits Yasukuni war shrine

Japan's nationalist Prime Minister Shinzo Abe paid tribute at Tokyo's controversial Yasukuni war shrine on Thursday, ...