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World Bank, ASEAN launch world development report on conflict, security

A new World Bank report prepared in consultation with the ASEAN Secretariat shows that conflict and insecurity affect ...

Female migrant worker dies aboard Labobar

An Indonesian migrant worker (TKI) who was repatriated along with thousands of others died on Saturday aboard the ...

Increasing acceptance of rule of law concept in ASEAN

ASEAN member countries are increasingly accepting the concept of the rule of law for human rights, according to a ...

Hundreds flee Syria gunfire to Lebanon-witnesses

Hundreds of Syrian women and children have crossed into northern Lebanon, fleeing gunfire on the Syrian side of the ...

Ship carrying Indonesian workers now south of India

The Indonesian ship "Labobar" which left Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Saturday (April 23) with thousands of Indonesian ...

Kadhafi forces losing in Misrata: captured troops

Loyalist forces are losing their grip in the battle with rebels in Libya`s besieged western city of Misrata and their ...

Makassar marginal community observe Earth Day

Non-governmental organization and environment activists grouped in marginal community staged a rally here on Friday to ...

Nato raid killed civilians: Libya state media

A number of civilians were killed in NATO air strikes on Thursday on the Libyan town of Gharyan, 90 kilometres (55 ...

Thousands of Libyans flee remote western area-report

Some 11,000 Libyans have fled a remote and mountainous western region, where government forces are fighting rebels, ...

One-hundred flood victims in C Sulawesi still in shelters

Some 100 residents of Salua village, Sigi district, Central Sulawesi province, are still in refuge shelters on ...

100 evacuees to arrive in Jakarta from Japan this evening

A Garuda airplane carrying 100 Indonesians who have been evacuated from Sendai and Fukushima, Japan, is expected to ...

Minister wants women, children prioritized in disaster rescue operations

Indonesian Minister for Women`s Empowerment and Child Protection Linda Amalia Sari Gumelar has asked the Indonesian ...

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 ...

Domestic violence still rampant in Indonesia: Minister

Domestic violence is still rampant in Indonesia, according to women`s Role Empowerment Minister Linda Amalia Gumelar ...

President urged to end religiously-motivated violence

The National Commission on Women (Komnas Perempuan) has urged President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to take appropriate ...