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RI escaped crisis due to hard work, not luck: vice president

Vice President Boediono said Indonesia successfully came out of the economic crisis in 2008 not because of sheer luck, ...

Pakistani president slams militants for exploiting religion of Islam

Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari Saturday condemned the militants for "exploiting religion of Islam" through ...

China`s railways carried 5.1 mln passengers in New Year`s Day

Over 5 million people traveled across China by train on New Year`s Day this year, the Ministry of Railways (MOR) said ...

Evacuation ordered in flood-hit southern Thailand

Residents in some part of south Thailand were ordered to evacuate immediately from ravaging and expanding floods ...

State firms expected to perform better in 2012

State-owned Enterprises (SOEs) are expected to get new boost as the state-owned enterprise ministry will carry out ...

Myanmar agrees ceasefire with rebel group: mediator

Myanmar has reached a ceasefire deal with one of the war-torn country`s major ethnic guerrilla groups, a mediator said ...

Indian train fire kills 7, including Australian

Seven people including a four-year-old girl and an Australian woman died when a fire swept through an overnight train ...

News Focus: more budget expected to remove development bottlenecks

Increased budget on infrastructure is expected to be absorbed effectively to remove the bottlenecks in the ...

RI govt earmarks Rp168.1 trillion for infrastructure development

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said the government had set Rp168.1 trillion capital expenditure in the 2012 Draft ...

Sumatra strives for acceleration of Sunda Strait Bridge Project

Regional administrations on Sumatra Island have decided to strive for the acceleration of the Sunda Strait Bridge ...

State budget needs leadership

The Revenue and Expenditure Budget (APBN) posture is considered as having no leadership economic politically which ...

At least 16 die in East China highspeed train crash

At least 16 people died when a high-speed train smashed into a stalled train in front of it in China`s eastern ...

Toisutta named Pindad chief commissioner

State-Owned Enterprise Ministry named Army Chief Gen. George Toisutta as chief commissioner of state-owned ammunition ...

Minister hopes RI to raise its competitiveness rating

Trade Minister Mari Elka Pangestu hoped Indonesia would continue improve its competitiveness until it reached a ...

State firms to form investment forum, minister

A number of state-owned companies (BUMN) will form a BUMN Investment Forum (FIB) to bridge the investment of state ...