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Kalla invites youths to become blood donors

Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) Chairman M Jusuf Kalla has invited Indonesian youths to become blood donors and make ...

Israel arrests Hamas lawmaker in West Bank

Israeli forces arrested a Hamas lawmaker at his home in the West Bank city of Ramallah overnight, a source from the ...

Somali rebels block ICRC food aid convoys

Islamist militants in Somalia have blocked two International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) convoys carrying ...

President Yudhoyono bestows awards on outstanding blood donors

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono here on Tuesday bestowed honorary awards on 1,329 people who distinguished ...

RI's government to grant Rp1 billion for PMI blood donation drives

The government through President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will grant Rp1 billion to the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) for ...

PMI to collect 4.5 million blood pouches in 2012

The Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) will make an all out effort to reach its target of collecting 4.5 million blood pouches ...

ICRC has met Kadhafi son Seif in Libya: spokesman

Two representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross on Tuesday met Moamer Kadhafi`s detained son Seif ...

ICRC to clear explosives from Libya`s Sirte, Bani Walid

The International Committee of the Red Cross said Monday it will begin this week to clear unexploded munitions in ...

Campaign on komodo unites Indonesian people

The komodo dragon, the world`s last remaining prehistoric giant lizard, is to be found only in Komodo National Park, ...

news focus: Jakarta bracing for potential major floods

Jakarta is bracing for the possibility of floods happening in early 2012 on the same scale as the 2002 and 2007 ...

RI's govt urged to mitigate impacts of Jakarta floods

Public policy observer Andrinov Chaniago has urged the government to mitigate the impacts of big floods which usually ...

Jakarta to build another dam to address flood problem

Jakarta Governor Fauzi Bowo has said the capital city will build another dam to overcome a chronic flood problem in ...

`Thousands` buried under rubble in Turkey quake

The Red Cross said Tuesday that hundreds or even thousands of people remain buried under the rubble after a ...

ICRC appoints top Swiss diplomat as next president

The international Red Cross on Wednesday (Oct. 19) appointed a top Swiss foreign service official Peter Maurer as its ...

Hollywood actress Lohan`s probation revoked

Troubled Hollywood actress Lindsay Lohan, who has been put under a probation stemming from a misdemeanor theft and ...