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Magnitude 6.8 quake shakes East Nusa Tenggara

A tectonic earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter Scale shook East Nusa Tenggara at 2.57 pm local time on Tuesday. ...

News Focus: Will NTT fishermen finally be compensated for Timor sea pollution?

Will it be good news for East Nusa Tenggara fishermen after they have waited for about two years to receive ...

Some 16 countries to participate in Sail Indonesia 2011

A total of 16 countries will participate in Sail Indonesia which will take place July 23 though September 2011, the ...

Observer: Indonesia-Australia sea border should be canceled

The agreements on the border between the waters of Indonesia and Australia in the Timor Sea, signed in 1973 and ...

Oirata, Favorite Tourist Village In Maluku

Oirata village on Kisar Island in Maluku Barat Daya (MBD) district, Maluku Province, has in the past several years ...

Govt preparing NTT to become Indonesia`s cotton belt

The Indonesian government is currently preparing East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) to become an Indonesian cotton belt. ...

NTB still lacking in concrete antidrug actions

Efforts to fight drug abuse and rehabilitate drug addicts in West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) have until now remained "just a ...

Sumba hornbills under increasing threat of extinction

Indonesia`s Sumba hornbills are under threat of extinction as indiscriminate forest exploitation is progresively ...

Twenty-two countries to participate in Sail Indonesia 2011

As many as 22 countries have confirmed their plans to participate in Sail Indonesia 2011 that was officially launched ...

President presents Kalpataru, Adipura awards

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono conferred the Indonesian state`s highest distinction for environment-related ...

Kalimantan center of world`s flora

Kalimantan Island (Borneo) is one of the world`s flora center because the diversity of trees in a small plot of land ...

Sail Indonesia 2011 participants to support Komodo

The participants of Sail Indonesia 2011 will support the world`s giant lizard Komodo as one of the New7Wonders of ...

NTT ready to welcome Sail Indonesia 2011 participants

The people of East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) are ready to welcome the participants of Sail Indonesia 2011 which is to take ...

Govt boosting national fish consumption

The government is trying to increase the country`s national fish production and the people`s per capita fish ...

Japan interested in kesambi oil investment

Bec Japan, a Japanese investor, wants to invest in kesambi oil (Schleichera oleosa) in East Nusa Tenggara province, ...