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Effectiveness of social security spending must be improved

Coordinating minister for economic affairs Hatta Rajasa has called for the improvement of social security spending to ...

Japan to boost military budget amid China row

Japan will increase military spending in 2013 for the first time in more than a decade, the ruling party said Tuesday, ...

France votes as Sarkozy era hangs by thread

French voters headed to the polls on Sunday for the first round of a presidential election that is expected to mark ...

Australia to lift some Myanmar sanctions

Foreign Minister Bob Carr on Monday said Australia will lift sanctions against Myanmar`s president and more than 200 ...

North Korea set to stage huge anniversary rally

North Korea will Sunday mobilise tens of thousands for "unprecedented" celebrations marking the 100th anniversary of ...

Govt postpones cash handout program

The government has decided to postpone its cash handout (BLSM) program for the poor as a result of delayed increase in ...

Australian Accelerator Program - ANZ InnovyzSTART Generates Global Interest

-     - 45 mentors on board to work with the winners of the inaugural ...

Many small kids lack outdoor time with parents

Roughly half of preschoolers don`t spend time playing outside with a parent each day, despite the fact that outdoor ...

President urges massive savings effort in all sectors

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has instructed all departments in the government to begin a massive savings ...

Revised 2012 budget safe: president

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said the revised 2012 budget is still relatively maintained and safe although the ...

Govt, house agree on 2012 growth at 6.5 pct

The government and the House of Representative`s budget committee on Friday agreed to seek economic growth of 6.5 ...

round-up: demonstrations against fuel oil price hike end in clashes

Demonstrations held by thousands of people in Jakarta and other regions in the country against the imminent fuel price ...

West to pay Afghan military $4 bln a year: Karzai

The international community will subsidise Afghan security forces by more than $4 billion a year for a decade after ...

Indofood uses Rp4.065 tln of IPO funds to settle debts

Publicly-listed instant noodle producer PT Indofood CPB Sukses Makmur Tbk (ICBP) said on Saturday it had used 50 ...

'Youth in Europe' Drug Prevention Programme Sees Youth Drinking Drop From 42% to 9%

-        Iceland and Actavis continue to support the fight against substance ...