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Minister presents aid for Medan flood victims

Coordinating Minister for People`s Welfare Agung Laksono presented financial assistance amounting to Rp300 million to ...

Police mobilize two personnel to help flood victims

North Sumatra Police have mobilized personnel to help flood victims in the province, a police spokesman said. ...

Navy sends ship to ease congestion at Merak ferry port

The Indonesian Navy has sent a ship to the Merak ferry terminal on Banten`s western coast to ease a congestion of ...

Tens of Houses Inundated in Manggopoh, W Sumatra

Tens of houses were flooded at Pasa Durian Manggopoh, Lubuk Basung sub district, Agam District, West Sumatra, ...

Flash Floods Hit Aceh Jaya Villages

Flash floods triggered by heavy rains since Friday (Feb. 25), have hit seven villages in Teunom sub districts, Aceh ...

Baashir denies he funded terrorism in Aceh

Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Baashir has denied the prosecutors` charges that he had funded terrorist activity in Aceh ...

Riau forest fires discussed at ASEAN meeting

Representatives of five ASEAN member countries recently met in Singapore for talks about joint efforts to overcome ...

Number of hot spots in Sumatra down

The Riau meteorological, climatology and geophysics office (BMKG) has reported that the number of hot spots on Sumatra ...

Hundreds of trucks stuck at Merak port

Extreme weather conditions that had triggered high waves in the Sunda Strait has caused several hundreds trucks ...

"Sail Wakatobi-belitong 2011" To Expose Ri`s Other Paradises

Many foreign tourists are quite familiar with Bali Island, while Indonesia actually has a few more paradise islands, ...

Sail Wakatobi-Belitong 2011 to expose RI`s other paradises

Many foreign tourists are quite familiar with Bali Island, while Indonesia actually has a few more paradise islands, ...

US supports tripartite Malacca Straits security arrangements

The United States supports the existing framework of security arrangements made over the Malacca Straits` littoral ...

Hundreds of cargo trucks stuck in Merak

A few hundreds of cargo trucks could not yet go on aboard the ferries sailing from Merak seaport in Java to Bakauheni ...

Wild elephants in Bengkulu remain in Danger

Bengkulu province in Sumatra island still had about 100 - 165 elephants but the population of those animals was ...

Strong earthquake shakes Mentawai

An earthquake measuring 5.8 at the Richter scale again hit Mentawai islands, West Sumatra province, on Wednesday at ...