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Police arrest six bomb terror suspects in Ambon

Police have arrested six people suspected of involvement in a bomb terror in the wake of September 11 clash between ...

Quake jolts Ternate

An earthquake measuring 5.0 on the Richter scale rocked the eastern Indonesian town of Ternate early Friday, but there ...

More prehistoric artifacts waiting to be unearthed in Indonesia

More and more prehistoric artifacts have been surfacing in Indonesia`s islands from Sumatra to Papua over the years, ...

RI inviting Chinese investors to develop infrastructures

The Indonesian government expected Chinese investors to take part in the country`s infrastructure development to boost ...

RI athletes win gold, silver at int`l aerobic gym meet

Zakarias Benny Noboba and Claudio Marsello won a gold and a silver medal respectively at the Sixth Heathrow Aerobic ...

Jayapura archaeology center discovers colonial-era ruins

Jayapura`s Archaeology Center has discovered the remnants of colonial-era artifacts and buildings such as churches, ...

TNI helicopter makes emergency landing in Papua

A Bell-412 helicopter belonging to the Indonesian Armed Forces, reportedly made an emergency landing in Kenyam sub ...

Leaders observe moment of silence over plane crash

ASEAN heads of state/government attending a summit here observed a minute of silence for the dead victims of a ...

President orders evacuation of Papua plane crash victims

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono ordered the evacuation of the victims of an aircraft which crashed in Papua and ...

Transportation ministry confirms W Papua plane crash

The Transportation Ministry has confirmed that a Merpati Airlines` MA-60 turbo-prop aircraft has crashed into Kaimana ...

Plane crash in West Papua kills 27

A Merpati Nusantara Airlines plane crashed off Utarung Kaimana airport, West Papua Province, at 2 pm local time, and ...

Eurico Guterres to meet Timorese in Manokwari

Jayapura, Papua (ANTARA News)  - Former deputy commander of the East Timor Integration Fighters Eurico Guterres ...

Hundreds of families evacuated from N Sumatra`s flood zone

Several hundreds of families in Tanjung Anom village, Deli Serdang district, in the outskirt of Medan city, North ...

Medan`s Floods Displace Tens Of Families

Tens of families fled their flood-hit houses in Kelambir Lima hamlet, Tanjung Gusta subdistrict, North Sumatra city of ...

RI enters 2011 cautious over natural disasters

Less than a week into the new year of 2011, floods have been reported happening in several cities in Indonesia ...