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North Halmahera to allocate rp20 billion for Sail Morotai

The North Halmahera district government in North Maluku Province will allocate more than Rp20 billion from its 2012 ...

azerbaijan condemns adoption of "armenian genocide" bill by French senate

Azerbaijan condemned on Tuesday the adoption by France`s Senate of a bill making it a crime to deny the Armenian ...

French senate passes Armenian "genocide" bill

French Senate on Monday passed a bill criminalizing the denial of the controversial Armenian "genocide," which has ...

Turkey slams French senate`s pass of armenian "genocide" bill

Turkey on Monday dismissed as unjust and disrespectful the French Senate`s adoption of a bill criminalizing those who ...

Morotai airport to also serve as commercial aviation hub

The Transportation Ministry and Indonesian Air Force have reached an agreement to allow Morotai airport in North ...

Japan to repatriate remains of WWII dead from Papua

The Japanese government plans to repatriate the remains of Japanese World War II dead still to be found in several ...

Colorado woman accused of damaging $30 million painting

A 36-year-old woman was accused of causing $10,000 worth of damage to a painting by the late abstract expressionist ...

British army Gurkha dies 18 months after Afghan blast

A Nepalese Gurkha soldier serving in the British army has died in hospital a year and a half after being injured in a ...

Tokyo war shrine hit by arson

Tokyo`s controversial Yasukuni shrine, often seen as a symbol of Japan`s wartime aggression, had its main wooden gate ...

Russia activates missile warning system near EU

Russia on Tuesday activated a radar warning system against incoming missiles in its exclave of Kaliningrad on the ...

Australian warship calls at cilacap naval base

An Australian naval ship, the HMAS Melville A246, arrived at Cilacap`s Intan port, Central Java, on Monday for a ...

British army soldier shot dead in Afghanistan

A British army soldier was shot dead Saturday while manning a checkpoint in Afghanistan`s troubled Helmand province, ...

Japanese ambassador visits Biak exploring cooperation prospects

Japanese ambassador to Indonesia Yoshinori Katori paid a working visit to Biak Numfor regency in Papua to explore ...

Australian Ambassador meets leaders in Kalimantan

The Australian Ambassador to Indonesia, Greg Moriarty, is visiting East Kalimantan and Central Kalimantan this week to ...

Coco Chanel spied for Nazis

French designer Coco Chanel spied for the Nazis during the German occupation of France in World War II, according to a ...