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More than 45 nations ready to help quake-hit Japan: UN

The United Nations said Friday that search and rescue teams from more than 45 countries were ready to head to quake ...

250,000 have fled Libya: UN

More than 250,000 people have now fled Libya into neighbouring countries since the revolt against Moamer Kadhafi ...

Tamil Tiger rebels training in India: Sri Lanka pm

Remnants of Sri Lanka`s defeated Tamil rebels are undergoing military training in India in a bid to revive their ...

RI receives UNESCO report on damage of Preah Vihear temple

The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has sent a report on the damage of ...

Gaddafi defiant as west mulls action

Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi stood firm Wednesday, accusing the West of plotting to seize his country`s oil and the ...

Gender equality still little understood in RI : Minister

While International Women`s Day is always observed in Indonesia, gender equality is still a little understood and ...

Premature to arm Libya rebels: White House

The United States said Monday it was considering whether to arm the Libyan opposition but said it would be premature ...

Britain, France could try no fly zone resolution this week

Britain and France are drafting a UN resolution on a no fly zone over Libya which could be put to the Security ...

USAID helping Borobudur`s rehabilitation with $100,000

US international aid agency USAID is providing 100,000 US dollars to UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific ...

Some 181 RI soldiers on leave from UNIFIL duties

Some 180 members of the Indonesian contingent in the UN Interim Force in Lebanaon (UNIFIl) are to arrive here soon ...

Sixty-one Indonesians still in Libya

Sixty-one Indonesians are currently still in conflict-torn Libya, Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesman Michael Tene ...

RI advised to adopt green economic policies

Indonesia should adopt green economic policies to ensure the sustainability of its economic growth, an international ...

Portugal to head UN Libya sanctions committee

The UN Security Council will on Tuesday name Portugal to head its Libya sanctions committee and the first meeting will ...

International Women's Day, 2011: Time to Make the Promise of Equality a Reality

-    The following is a message by Michelle Bachelet, Executive Director, UN Women:    A ...

Red Cross, UAE to build camps on Tunisia-Libya border

The Red Cross and the United Arab Emirates plan to build two new camps on Tunisia`s border with Libya in anticipation ...