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Govt Begins Serious Efforts To Develop Miangas Island

The government appears to be seriously initiating efforts to develop Miangas island in North Sulawesi which has ...

Australia increases development assistance to Indonesia

The Australian Government will increase its development assistance to Indonesia from Rp923 billion in 2010-2011 to ...

Australia supports efforts to reduce poverty in Papua

Australia`s commitment to reducing poverty in Papua and West Papua provinces was further strengthened this week by ...

PLN to complete Miangas PLTS in August 2011

State power company PT PLN planned to complete the construction of the solar power plant (PLTS) on Miangas island, ...

Defense minister launches Indonesian-made warship

Defense Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro here Monday launched the "KRI Clurit", a 40-meter-long ship made in Indonesia to ...

Malignant malaria still haunts Indonesia

For many years, malaria has been a frightening specter across the world, especially in countries with vast areas of ...

RI strives to reduce maternal mortality rate

As a country with the highest maternal mortality rate in Southeast Asia, Indonesia has been struggling to save more ...

Indonesia elected chair of UN Population Commission

Indonesian Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ambassador Hasan Kleib has been elected as chairman of the ...

Govt to revitalize hundreds of traditional markets

The government plans to revitalize hundreds of traditional markets in the country to allow them to function more ...

President chairs cabinet meeting on inflation

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono here on Monday chaired a plenary cabinet meeting to discuss ways of controlling ...

President opens IACA conference

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono opened the International Association for Court Administrator (IACA) Asia-Pacific ...

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Partner to

- Together pledge $100 million to fight preventable diseases in Afghanistan and Pakistan     His ...

Navy intensifying border areas` security

The Indonesian Navy (TNI AL) will always focus on safeguarding the country`s outlying islands and border areas, a ...

15 are now dead in Qld flood disaster

The official death toll from the Queensland flood disaster has now reached 15, with the discovery of another body in ...

Brazil flood deaths rise to 369; rescuers struggle

Rescue workers struggled on Thursday to reach areas cut off by floods and landslides that have killed at least 356 ...