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RI had 30.2 million poor people by March 2011 :BPS

The Central Bureau of Statistics or BPS has recorded the number of poor people in Indonesia until March 2011 at 30.02 ...

Indonesia needs to increase food production

Indonesia should increase food production in a bid to maintain its food security. Food security can be defined ...

Govt earmarks Rp65.2 trillion for drinking water projects

The government is preparing Rp65.2 trillion for the development of drinking water facilities in cities and rural areas ...

Govt intervening in development to ensure equitable welfare

Vice President Boediono said the government was intervening in the country`s economic development in order to ensure ...

Mimika allocates Rp1.5 billion for HIV/AIDS program

The local government of Mimika district, Papua, has allocated Rp1.5 billion for HIV/AIDS handling program in the ...

Govt projects 2012 growth at 6.5-6.9 pct

The government has projected the domestic economy to expand by a range of 6.5-6.9 percent in 2012, or slightly higher ...

Phil Neal to vsit Indonesia

Phil Neal, Liverpool legend and the club`s most decorated player, is expected to lead BritCham`s "Giving Kids A ...

ASEAN connectivity must benefit people in the region, vp

ASEAN`s goal to have the region`s connectivity to benefit its peoples, especially the poor, Vice President Boediono ...

250,000 Pakistani children die a year due to unsafe water

Findings of a government body suggest that unsafe water kills 250,000 children in Pakistan a year. According to a new ...

Nine dead as tornadoes rip across central US

At least nine people, including three young children, were killed as a powerful storm whipped up tornadoes across the ...

Al-qaeda revives in Afghanistan: report

Al-Qaeda militants are gradually returning to eastern Afghanistan and setting up bases for the first time in years, ...

China discovers virus that killed 36 after betting tick bites

Chinese scientists have discovered a previously unknown virus carried by ticks which led to at least 36 deaths in six ...

Japan`s `convict` monkey escapes again

A marauding monkey that terrorized resort towns in central Japan last year by biting nearly 120 people has escaped ...

Populist economic program developed in Aceh

Iskandar Muda Military Command in Aceh Province has started to develop populist economic program by providing a number ...