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Komodo receives over 100 million votes via SMS

Support for Komodo Island to become a New7Wonders of Nature site has reached more than 100 million votes cast through ...

Indonesia determined to become polio, measles-free nation

In addition to the routine immunization program using five vaccines to prevent tuberculosis, polio, diphtheria, ...

news focus: Sumatran tigers need to be protected

It`s tragic that amid a "Save Tigers` Home" tour in Sumatra by an NGO, a Sumatran tiger (Panthera Tigris Sumatrae) was ...

Greenpeace launches save tigers` home tour in Sumatra

Greenpeace recently launched a "Save Tigers` Home" Tour in Sumatra with a cultural blessing ceremony from the local ...

Army chief visiting Papua

Army Chief of Staff General Pramono Edhie Wibowo visited Papua Province on Friday. The general arrived at Sentani ...

President leads independence day ceremony

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono led a flag hoisting ceremony to commemorate the country`s 66th Anniversary of ...

France presents award to Indonesian education prominent figures

French Ambassador to Indonesia Phillipe Zeller will pin the "Chevalier de I`Ordre des Palmes Academiques" on nine ...

DPR to discuss bill on national security

Deputy Chairman of the House of Representatives (DPR)`s Commission I Tubagus Hasanuddin has said his commission has ...

RI students and professionals in US discuss 21th century vision

Nearly 100 Indonesian students and professionals in the United States are by the end of this week getting together in ...

Plan to observe Israel`s independence sparks protests

The plan by a handful of people to commemorate Israel`s independence in predominantly-Muslim Indonesia has sparked ...

Govt must ban commemoration of Israel`s independence

The government must strongly ban the plan by a handful of people to commemorate Israel`s 63rd Independence Day in ...

TNI chief supports literacy program in Papua hinterland

Chief of the National Defense Forces (TNI) Admiral Agus Suhartono has fully supported the involvement of the Military ...

Vice President watches opera Tan Malaka at TIM

Vice President Boediono and his family watched an opera entitled Tan Malaka at Graha Bakti Budaya, Ismail Marzuki Art ...

Parcel bomb scare grips residents in many regions

Over the past one week, residents in several Indonesian regions have been terrorized by issues of parcel bombs which ...

TNI intensifying intelligence, territorial operations

The National Defense Forces (TNI) is intensifying its intelligence and territorial command operations to anticipate ...