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Smoking causes gene damage in minutes

Those first few puffs on a cigarette can within minutes cause genetic damage linked to cancer, US scientists said in a ...

Manila, MILF agree to resume peace talks next month

The Philippines and the country`s main Muslim separatist group agreed on Thursday to resume peace talks next month, ...

Brazil flood deaths rise to 369; rescuers struggle

Rescue workers struggled on Thursday to reach areas cut off by floods and landslides that have killed at least 356 ...

President to have teleconference on food resilience

President Susilo Bamang Yudhoyono is scheduled to hold a teleconference on food resilience with three provincial ...

Minister: Rice Import to Maintain Food Resilience

The government has given the green light to State Logistics Agency (Bulog) to import 1.5 million tons of rice in a bid ...

Two Thais in Cambodia court on spying charges

A Thai nationalist activist and his aide appeared in a Cambodian court Wednesday to face spying charges in a border ...

Govt urged to anticipate potential global food crisis

The Central Organization for Indonesian Employees (Soksi) urged the government on Wednesday to take prompt steps to ...

Beware of global issues affecting RI`s economy: President

Indonesians have been warned to beware of global crisis issues that could have a serious impact on its economic ...

50 out of 105 survive Iran air crash: report

Fifty from the 105 passengers and crew on board an Iran Air plane which crashed in bad weather and broke into pieces ...

News Focus: Inflation specter looms over RI`s economic horizon

The inflation specter looms over Indonesia`s economic horizon despite the projected sound economic performance for ...

Three dead, 400 hurt in Algerian riots

Three people were killed and over 400 injured in riots in Algeria linked to rising food costs and unemployment, the ...

Turkish foundation distributes meat among Yogyakarta`s poor

Thousands of poor people here Saturday received sacrificial meat packages donated by Turkish charity organization ...

Philippine boy survives three days at sea

A 15-year-old Philippine schoolboy who was sent alone to sea by his grandmother to fish survived three days adrift ...

More promises given to the poor in 2011

The poor in Indonesia have some gladdening things to look forward to this year as promises of better treatment have ...

Govt provides Rp25 billion to overcome lava`s impact

The government has set aside Rp25 billion to rehabilitate infrastructure damaged by lava floods from Mount Merapi on ...