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Indonesia Foils Trade In Vulnerable Slow Lorises

Indonesian authorities have detained an alleged wildlife trafficker and seized nine protected slow lorises and a...

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Obama On Temple Sojourn During Indonesia Holiday

Barack Obama took his wife and daughters to the ancient Borobudur temple on Java on Wednesday on a family vacation to...

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Indonesia Seizes Pangolins, Scales Worth $190,000

Indonesian authorities have seized hundreds of critically endangered pangolins and scales in a haul worth $190,000...

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IS Claims Suicide Attack On Jakarta Bus Station

The Islamic State (IS) group has claimed responsibility for a twin suicide bombing at a Jakarta bus terminal that...

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US Tries To Clear Waters After N. Korea ‘armada’ Confusion

The Trump administration on Wednesday tried to clear the waters after it gave confusing messages concerning the...

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We Never Said the Armada Was On Its Way, White House Says

In a face-saving declaration, the White House on Wednesday claimed the president's comments about the carrier strike...

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Key Leopard Population ‘crashing’, Study Warns

The leopard population in a region of South Africa once thick with the big cats is crashing, and could be wiped out...

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Trump’s Threatened ‘armada’ Still Far From N. Korea

An aircraft carrier the US Navy said was steaming toward the Korean Peninsula amid rising tensions has not yet...

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Carrier That Trump Promised Would Intimidate Kim Won’t Arrive For DAYS

A U. S. aircraft carrier the Navy had said was heading toward the Korean Peninsula amid rising tensions has not yet...

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US Carrier Strike Group Still Far From N. Korea

A US aircraft carrier the Navy had said was heading toward the Korean Peninsula amid rising tensions has not yet...

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Internet Pioneer Robert Taylor Dies

One of the founding fathers of the internet, Robert Taylor, has died. While working at the Pentagon in the 1960s, he...

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When Shall We Overcome?

As I do at every annual commemoration of our hard won independence from colonial subjugation, this year I waited for...

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History of African Wax Prints

You referred to them as ‘African wax prints,’ but what you may not know is that the fabrics are usually neither...

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Bomb Attack, Police Shootout In Indonesian City

A small bomb exploded in a park in the Indonesian city of Bandung on Monday, with the attacker fleeing into government...

International

Indonesians To Vote In Regional Elections, All Eyes On Jakarta Leftright 2/2leftright

Nearly 50 million Indonesians are set to vote on Wednesday in scores of regional elections but the most closely watched...

Opinion

Post -Election Ghana and the Quest For A Just Society

At my polling station in Kaneshie, nothing untoward happened. Voters patiently stood in line waiting for their turn to...

Opinion

Down To the Wire.

Mr. Mahama's National Democratic Congress (NDC) is fighting hard to remain in power against the rising momentum of the...

International

Indonesians Rally Against Purnama Over Blasphemy Claims

Tens of thousands of Muslims are rallying in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, against the city's Governor Basuki...

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Mystery Over Dutch WW2 Shipwrecks Vanished From Java Sea Bed

Three Dutch World War Two ships considered war graves have vanished from the bottom of the Java Sea, the Dutch defence...