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Argentina bans smoking in public places

Argentine lawmakers approved a nationwide law Wednesday that would ban tobacco advertising and smoking in public ...

RI grabs eight golds on 1st day of karate open

Indonesia grabbed eight gold medals on the first day of the Indonesian Karate Open 2011 on Wednesday. Five of the ...

Minister opens Indonesian environment week 2011

Coordinating Minister for People`s Welfare Agung Laksono officially opened an Indonesian Environment Week 2011 at ...

Younger generation of Taiwanese saving less

Less than 30 percent of Taiwan`s young men and women were able to save their first pot of gold, a figurative name ...

President: do not base development on market mechanism

Development and efforts to reduce the number of poor people should not be based only on the law of economy and market ...

Over 100 Libyan army members defect from Gaddafi

Eight high-ranking Libyan army officers appeared in Rome on Monday saying they were part of a group of as many as 120 ...

Lawmaker wants more Indonesian women in UN peacekeeping missions

A member of the House of Representatives` Commission I covering defense and foreign affairs, Nurhayati Ali Assegaf ...

NATO air strike kills 14 civilians: Afghan officials

At least 14 civilians were killed and six wounded in a NATO air strike in southern Afghanistan, the local authorities ...

RI team fails to advance to Sudirman Cup finals

The Indonesian badminton team failed to reach the final round of the Sudirman Cup championship as it was beaten by ...

NAM demands release of Palestinian political detainees in Israel

The deep concern expressed by Indonesian Foreign Affairs Minister Marty Natalegawa about Palestinian political ...

UN rights body fears civil war in Yemen

The UN Human Rights Commission voiced fears Friday that Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh`s government will plunge ...

Marty: RI concerned about conditions of Palestinian political prisoners

Foreign Affairs Minister Marty Natalegawa has expressed concern about the conditions of Palestinian political ...

Another woman dies of mysterious virus in s Korea

A pregnant woman has died of pneumonia related to an unidentified virus, nearly 15 days after the same cause brought ...

19 stranded immigrants escape from their hotel

Nineteen of the 101 immigrants stranded in the Sunda Srait escaped from their accommodation of a hotel in Serang in ...

At least 12 dead in Malaysia orphanage landslide

A landslide caused by heavy rains hit an orphanage in Malaysia on Saturday, killing at least 10 children and two ...