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Insult against religion not part of freedom of expression

The production of anti-Islam film "Innocence of Muslims" by a small group of US citizens has hurt religious ...

Indonesian legislator urges govt to build more reservoirs

Deputy chairman of Commission IV of the House of Representatives (DPR) Herman Khaeron has called on the government to ...

BNPB, BPPT to conduct cloud seeding in 3 provinces

The National Disaster Mitigation Board (BNPB) and the Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT) ...

Minister to accelerate construction of seven PON sports venues

Youth and Sports Affairs Minister Andi Mallarangeng said his side would accelerate the construction of seven sports ...

President Yudhoyono to inaugurate National Sports Week in Riau

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is scheduled to inaugurate the National Sports Week (PON) XVIII in Riau Province on ...

Migrant workers promote Indonesian culture overseas

The six million Indonesian migrant workers (TKI) spread across 116 countries help promote Indonesian culture abroad, ...

Elephant population research in Riau uses DNA technology

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) is collecting DNA samples from Sumatra elephants` faeces to conduct research in an ...

Senior minister fails to meet KPK`s summons

Coordinating Minister for People`s Welfare Agung Laksono failed to show up at the Corruption Eradication Commission ...

Cause of elephant`s death not known yet: official

The cause of the death of a Sumatran male elephant at Tesso Nilo National Conservation Park in Riau province on ...

Sumatran elephant dies at Riau conservation park

A Sumatran male elephant was found dead at Tesso Nilo National Conservation Park in Riau province on Thursday, the ...

Yogyakarta vespa collector to visit Italy by land

After four years of planning to visit Italy, 37-year-old Andy Leeano, a resident of Wirosaban village in Yogyakarta, ...

Riau police seize 1 kg of marijuana

The police in Riau province have confiscated a kilogramme of dried, ready-to-use marijuana from the house of a ...

NOAA satellite detects 12 hotspots in Riau

The US National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Agency (NOAA) satellite has detected 12 hotspots at six districts in ...

BMKG detects six new hotspots in Riau

The Pekanbaru station of Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has detected through the National ...

Tornado destroys hundreds of houses in N. Sumatra

A tornado swept through three villages in Langkat district, North Sumatra, on Sunday evening and destroyed at least ...