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North Sulawesi one of RI`s earthquake-prone regions

North Sulawesi province is one of Indonesia`s earthquake-prone regions as geographically it is surrounded by a number ...

Flash floods kill nine, sweep away hundreds of houses in Aceh

Flash floods triggered by incessant heavy rains over the past two days in mountainous area in Tangse sub district, ...

Flash floods hit Pidie district

Flash floods hit at least seven villages in Tangse sub district, Pidie District, Aceh Darussalam Province, Thursday ...

Ministry optimistic poverty rate to drop to MDG-sanctioned level

The Social Affairs Ministry is optimistic Indonesia will be able to cut its poverty rate to 7.5 percent by 2015 in ...

PKS ministers likely to be dropped in cabinet resfuffle : observer

A political observer said here on Thursday he believed ministers from the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) would be ...

Israel`s Barak to quit Labour and form new party: media

Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak was on Monday to quit his Labour party, a key member of the ruling coalition, and ...

Floods force over thousand East Flores residents to flee

Floods have inundated Waibalun, Larantuka, East Flores District, NTT Province, since Sunday (Jan 16), and forced over ...

Minister meets ex Maluku refugees

Social Affairs Minister Salim Segaf Al Jufri met with representatives of former Maluku and North Maluku refugees who ...

Govt does not consider Bromo eruptions extraordinary event

The government has been handling the impacts of the on-going Mount Bromo eruptions in East Java through general ...

RI hit by 644 disasters in 2010 : BNPB

Indonesia was hit by 644 natural disasters in 2010, National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) Chief Syamsul Maarif ...