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Boat wrecked in Malaysian waters

A boat with 48 Indonesian passengers bound for Batam, Indonesia, has been wrecked in Ramunia Bay, Pengerang, Malaysia, ...

Jakartans braced for possible flood

Residents of Jakarta are bracing themselves for possible flood on Tuesday following heavy rain that hit the city ...

HIV/AIDS forum in Kupang just for men

The AIDS Prevention Commission (KPA) has come up with a HIV/AIDS forum for men to reduce the number of HIV and AIDS ...

Rape "significant" factor in Syria conflict: Watchdog

Rape has been a "significant" weapon of war in the conflict raging in Syria since March 2011 and is the "primary" ...

Flooding kills hundreds of people in Indonesia in 2012

The Indonesian environmentalist organization (Walhi) expressed concern with the many people falling victims to ...

indonesia to host this year`s apec summit

This year, Indonesia will be hosting the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit. This is the second time that ...

President approves new tobacco regulation

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has signed a government regulation, PP No. 109/2012, on the use of approved ...

VP Boediono visits health minister at hospital

Vice President Boediono visited Health Minister Endang Rahayu Sedyaningsih who has been in the Cipto Mangungkusumo ...

Two police officers questioned over immigrant-smuggling attempt

Two police officers from the East Lombok resort police command, West Nusa Tenggara, are being questioned over their ...

Indonesia deplores shooting of its migrant workers in Malaysia

The Association of Indonesian Migrant Workers (SBMI) deplores the shooting to death of three Indonesian migrant ...

RI racing against time to meet MDG targets by andi abdussalam - (d)

Indonesia, one of the 189 countries that declared in 2000 their commitment to achieving eight Millennium Development ...

ASEAN Women Organizes Painting, Sculpture Exhibition at ASEAN Secretariat

About 94 women artists from ASEAN member countries and Japan exhibit paintings and sculptures at the ASEAN ...

First Lady encourages PERIP to be active in politics

First Lady Hj. Ani  Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has encouraged members of the Retired Servicemen and Policemen Wives ...

Qaeda holding Saudi diplomat kidnapped in Yemen

Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula is holding a Saudi diplomat kidnapped last month in Yemen`s main southern city of ...

Israel: 1.200 Palestinian prisoners begin hunger strike

Some 1,200 Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails have begun a hunger strike and another 2,300 are refusing food ...