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RI, PNG agree to ‘soft’ border approach

Indonesia and its neighbor Papua New Guinea (PNG) agreed to use a “soft” approach in the border areas between the…

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  • Obama: Wall Street will play less dominant role

    Wall Street is not going to play as dominant a role in the economy as regulations reduce "some of the massive leveraging and the massive risk-taking that had become so…

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  • Non-Aligned Movement must `redefine goals'

    As one of the founding members of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), Indonesia should help redefine the organization of 118 developing nations because the world is no longer defined by the…

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  • ASEAN health ministers to meet in Bangkok

    INDONESIA: The health ministers from ASEAN countries will convene in Bangkok on May 8 to address the issue of swine influenza following the WHO's announcement of an imminent pandemic, the…

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  • Iran hangs juvenile offender

    Iran hanged a juvenile female offender after six years in prison following a conviction for murder, her lawyer told The Associated Press Saturday.

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  • South Korea has first confirmed swine flu case

    Health authorities in South Korea said Saturday they have confirmed the country's first case of swine flu in a woman who recently returned from Mexico.

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  • WHO raises tally of swine flu cases to 331

    New Zealand and Germany have 3 confirmed cases each, Israel has two, and Austria, the Netherlands and Switzerland have a case each, according to the latest WHO figures Friday.

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  • Swine flu: NZ's Maori urged to avoid old greeting

    The Roman Catholic Church in New Zealand instructed priests Friday not to place communion wafers in worshippers' mouths because of swine flu risks, and indigenous Maori were urged to stop…

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  • Polarization feared over Islam and the West

    Islam is the most discussed religion following the terror attacks linked to the faith in almost every corner of the world, from New York to Lahore, from London to Bali.…

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  • New Zealand minister self-quarantines amid swine flu scare

    A New Zealand government minister went into self-imposed isolation Friday after coming down with flu symptoms, as Australian health officials recommended people stockpile food in case a swine flu pandemic…

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  • Asian alert

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