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RI govt, house planning to ratify convention on disabled`s rights

The government and the House of Representatives` Commission VIII on Wednesday discussed a plan to ratify the ...

news focus: shooting at Freeport must be investigated

The shooting incident during a clash between demonstrating PT Freeport workers and patrolling police in Mimika, Papua, ...

Jambi to set up definitive village on Berhala Island

The Tanjung Jabung Timur district government in Jambi province will soon set up a definitive village on Berhala island ...

Police deny Australian boy was framed

Bali police have denied allegations that the 14-year-old Australian boy, LM, who was arrested for carrying drugs had ...

Berhala Island officially declared part of Jambi province

After being at the center of a dispute for years between the provinces of Jambi and Riau Islands, Berhala island has ...

DPR passes bills on intelligence, judicial commission

The House of Representatives (DPR) passed the bills on intelligence and the Judicial Commission at a plenary session ...

Police chief opens ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Transnational Crime

National Police Chief General Timur Pradopo officially kicked off the Eighth ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on ...

Australian drug-carrying boy to be tried in RI

The case of LM, a 14-year old Australian boy recently caught carrying 6.9 grams of marijuana, will be judicially ...

Pope urges freedom for Indonesia`s christians

Pope Benedict XVI on Friday (Oct. 7) appealed for religious freedom and tolerance for Christians in Indonesia, where ...

S1P1 Program Assets Generated by Epix Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Amgen Will Be Offered for Sale

-    Joseph F. Finn, Jr., C.P.A. ("Finn") Assignee for the Benefit of Creditors of Epix Pharmaceuticals, ...

Turkey evacuates dozens of Somali blast victims

Turkey evacuated dozens of severely wounded blast victims from the Somali capital Mogadishu on Thursday, two days ...

UNESCO executive committee backs Palestinian bid

The executive committee of the United Nations cultural organisation UNESCO on Wednesday (Oct. 5) recommended that the ...

ASEAN election committees pledge to hold more credible polls

Participants of an All-ASEAN Forum of Election Committees concluded their meeting here on Wednesday with a pledge to ...

Syria woman thought mutilated turns up alive on TV

Syrian state television has aired an interview with a woman who had reportedly been found decapitated, armless and ...

Returned Darfur leader says working to topple regime

A top Darfuri rebel leader, back from Libya, told AFP he is working with other armed groups to topple the Sudanese ...