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Biak tourism attractions need intensive promotion

The Biak Numfor district in the Indonesian province of West Papua has myriad natural, marine, cultural, and historical ...

Russia says U.S. should push Ukrainian leader to halt violence

The United States (U.S.) should press Ukraines new leader to stop violence and talk to separatists, Russian Foreign ...

NATO ships arrive in Lithuania amid Ukraine tensions

Five NATO ships arrived Friday in the Lithuanian port of Klaipeda to bolster defence in the region amid tensions with ...

Putin to visit Crimea for May 9 military parade

President Vladimir Putin will make his first visit to the Crimean peninsula since Russia annexed the territory in ...

Japan plans to send home remains of 20 thousand soldiers

The Japanese government plans to return home the remains of as many as 20 thousand World War II troops who fought in ...

Philippines drops food to troops after China "blockade"

The Philippine military said Thursday it had evaded a Chinese sea blockade by using an airplane to drop food to ...

Abe visits Yasukuni war shrine

Japan's nationalist Prime Minister Shinzo Abe paid tribute at Tokyo's controversial Yasukuni war shrine on Thursday, ...

Nuclear technology to achieve self sufficiency in soybean

The mention of nuclear will tend to conjure up a vision of great disaster despite attempts by scientists to convince ...

"Despicable Me 2" ranked atop N. America box office race

"Despicable Me 2" succeeded in finishing as the most popular film in North America over the Independence Day weekend ...

Iraq death toll passes 500 in May

Violence in Iraq has killed more than 500 people in May, AFP figures showed on Tuesday, as authorities struggled to ...

President hopes military to contribute to global peace

President Susilo Yudhoyono has expressed hope that military members worldwide would always contribute to the creation ...

Napolitano re-elected president to tackle Italy impasse

Italy`s 87-year-old President Giorgio Napolitano was re-elected by lawmakers on Saturday to end a deadlock on forming ...

Veteran US comic Jerry Lewis to get Cannes tribute

Jerry Lewis, the US comedy star from the 1950s and 1960s who later poured his efforts into raising money for muscular ...

Seven US marines killed in training exercise

Seven US Marines were killed and seven more wounded when a mortar round exploded while still in its launch tube during ...

Kolintang needs UNESCO recognition

The traditional kolintang musical instrument from Minahasa district in North Sulawesi province needs to receive ...