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Mine blast kills eight Afghan policemen: police

Eight Afghan policemen were killed late Thursday when their vehicle struck a mine in northern Afghanistan, police ...

Suryadharma`s reelection to strengthen PPP ahead of 2014 general elections

The reelection of Suryadharma Ali as general chairman of the United Development Party or PPP was considered to be ...

Lampung to host Tourism Indonesia Mart & Expo 2011

Lampung province will host the 17th Tourism Indonesia Mart & Expo (TIME) on October 12-14, 2011 at the Novotel ...

Iraq attacks kill civilian, seven police

A drive-by shooting and other attacks in Iraq on Sunday killed a civilian and seven policemen, police and interior ...

Ten foreign immigrants escape from Samarinda quarantine house

Ten illegal immigrants from Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan, escaped from the Samarinda Quarantine House, in the East ...

Six family members die in Afghan bomb

A father, a mother and their four children were killed in southern Afghanistan on Thursday when a roadside bomb ripped ...

Strong quake rocks Bengkulu

A 5.6-magnitude earthquake rocked Bengkulu province on Wednesday at 11.19 a.m. but there were no immediate reports of ...

Govt urged to tighten security along RI-PNG border

A number of prominent Papua community figures in Jayapura have urged the central government to tighten security in ...

Magnitude-5.6 quake jolts Ende

An earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale shook Ende, East Nusa Tenggara, at 11.47 pm on Monday. The ...

News Focus: Will air service make lake Kerinci festival a success?

Only a month before Jambi`s provincial government staged the Lake Kerinci festival, Sky Aviation airline conducted ...

Magnitude-5.1 quake hits Mentawai Islands

A 5.1-magnitude earthquake rocked Mentawai islands off the western coast of Sumatra island on Tuesday at 11.25 p.m. ...

One dead as NATO oil tanker torched in Pakistan

Gunmen torched an oil tanker carrying fuel for NATO troops in Afghanistan after killing its driver in the southwestern ...

Indonesia hosts paragliding open championship in Palu

Seventy eight paragliders from home and abroad will compete in the Indonesia Open opened here on Saturday. ...

Some 320 km of roads in Kerinci heavily damaged

Around 320 kilometers of roads in Kerinci district, Jambi, which is nationally famous for its Mount Kerinci and ...

Twenty-two countries to participate in Sail Indonesia 2011

As many as 22 countries have confirmed their plans to participate in Sail Indonesia 2011 that was officially launched ...