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ADB loan for improvement of Indonesia`s local governments

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is extending $200 million to aid Indonesia?s push to develop strong regional ...

President receives top Unilever officials

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in Thursday received a group of top PT Unilever officials at his office here. ...

Car bomb kills six in Russia`s muslim Dagestan

One policeman and five civilians were killed when a car bomb exploded in Russia`s violence-plagued Muslim North ...

Indonesia calls for UN reform

Indonesia expressed hope the United Nations could strengthen its central role of promoting cooperation among countries ...

Govt prepares programs to improve fishermen`s welfare

Indonesia has the world`s second longest coastlines after Canada, and therefore it is not surprising if around 60 ...

Iran`s Ahmadinejad attacks west, prompts walk-out

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad flayed the West on Thursday for a catalogue of misdeeds, but his address to the ...

Minister outlines strategies to improve fishermen`s welfare

Marine Affairs and Fisheries Minister Fadel Muhammad has outlined eight strategies to improve the welfare of ...

President discusses economy with businessmen

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono met with businessmen grouped in the Association of Indonesian Employers (APINDO) ...

32nd Asean interparliamentary assembly kicks off in Cambodia

The 32nd General Assembly of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA-32) was held here on Tuesday to promote ...

Three slain Chechens buried in Turkey

Three Chechens, one of them closely linked to Russia`s most-wanted militant leader, were buried on Monday after they ...

news feature: Remove your cars, interact in public spaces

Clad in orange and yellow shirts, a group of activists sat on benches or stood around a table sipping different ...

Thaksin gives economic lecture in Cambodia

The fugitive ex-Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra on Saturday afternoon gave an economic lecture to approximately ...

China studying ri`s poverty eradication efforts

China is studying the ways in which Indonesia is reducing poverty as part of its efforts to balance its phenomnal ...

Peaceful coexistence absolute need in multicultural world : Din Syamsuddin

Peaceful coexistence is an inevitable necessity in a multicultural and multireligious world community, the leader of ...

VP raps regional govts for keeping development funds in budgets

Vice President Boediono has criticized local governments for keeping PNPM development funds in their budgets, saying ...