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House to conduct fit-and-proper test on supreme justices

House Commission III on legal affairs will conduct a fit-and-proper test on 18 would-be supreme justices for one week ...

Britain`s Ian Martin named head of un Libya mission

The United Nations said on Monday it had chosen British diplomat and human rights activist Ian Martin to head its new ...

Three slain Chechens buried in Turkey

Three Chechens, one of them closely linked to Russia`s most-wanted militant leader, were buried on Monday after they ...

news feature: Jak-Japan Matsuri to foster RI, Japan peoples` ties

Like a thunder-bolt piercing the skies in the Merdeka Square in Central Jakarta, the National Monument (Monas) stands ...

RI`s forex reserves sufficient to safeguard rupiah : BI official

Indonesia`s foreign reserves are strong enough to safeguard the rupiah from money market pressures caused by the ...

Rupiah corrected by 80 points

Indonesia`s rupiah currency dropped 80 points against the US dollar on Monday driven by foreign investors` moves to ...

Yemen security forces kill 26 protesters: medics

Yemeni security forces opened fire on anti-regime demonstrators in Sanaa on Sunday, killing at least 26 and wounding ...

Junior teams reach success in Asia

Amidst the current drastic decline of Indonesian senior soccer team performance, the under-15 years of age team ...

Central bank optimistic rupiah to appreciate soon

Bank Indonesia (BI/the central bank) believed that the local currency rupiah would soon appreciate again because its ...

Two Koreas set to meet for nuclear talks next week

Top nuclear envoys from North and South Korea will hold bilateral talks on Wednesday in Beijing, aimed at discouraging ...

PT Freeport workers on month-long strike over wage rise

Thousands of PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI) workers left the mining site of Tembagapura for Timika, Mimika District, ...

Students race against each other to map safer Indonesia

Students from five of Indonesia`s biggest universities have taken part in an innovative competition to map their ...

Visas issued to Indonesian students rise over 20 percent

The number of visas issued to Indonesian students going to the United States rose over 20 percent this summer to the ...

Lombok Airport to start operating in October

Lombok International Airport (BIL) in West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) will become operational on October 1, 2011 despite ...

Peat forest fires obstructing carbon emission cutting efforts

The ongoing peat forest fires on Sumatra and Kalimantan Islands may cause Indonesia to miss its carbon emission ...