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Indonesian President Visiting Britain Invited By Queen Elizabeth To Buckingham Palace

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, right, and his wife Ani Bambang Yudhoyono , second left, pose for a photograph with Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, centre right and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, left, in the Music Room at Buckingham Palace, in London, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012, ahead of a state…
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[Indonesia Report] President SBY visits London despite arrest threat

Despite of the threat from West Papua Independent organization’s leader Benny Wenda’s call for civil arrest of Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono upon his arrival in London, SBY left Indonesia Tuesday for London (October 30) to answer the invitation of Queen Elizabeth II. According to Vivanews report, SBY is visiting Britain along with the…
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[Australia Report] Prime Minister Gillard releases “White Book” on future policy

Amid the anxiousness of super power countries on the changing of global power that is predicted to take place in 20 to 30 years, Australia feels the need to reevaluate its foreign policy. “Foreseeing future is risky, but the bigger risk is the absence of planning our own future. As…
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[ASEAN Report] Indecent Malaysian advertisement offends Indonesians

A recent advertisement in Malaysia saying “Indonesian Maid on Sale!” raised protest from Indonesia. Malaysia Ministry of Labor and Transmigration promised to investigate those related to the advertisement. Malaysian government said the person who made the advertisement is recognized as Rubini. Responding to Indonesian protest, Indonesian Minister of Labor and Transmigration Muhaimin Iskandar asked…
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Muslims Driven To Live In Refugee Camp As Result Of Ethnic Violence In Myanmar

A Muslim woman refugee, fled from ethnic violence, cuddles a baby at Thechaung refugee camp in Sittwe, Rakhine State, western Myanmar, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. Survivors of ethnic clashes in western Myanmar lashed out at the government for failing to prevent violence between Muslims and Buddhists that has displaced more…
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[The AsiaN Video for Indonesian] Samsung akan Mengajukan Banding Terhadap ITC

Halo! Saya Meidyana Rayana dari Indonesia. Berikut adalah berita mengenai persetueruan hak paten antara Apple dan Samsung yang teus berlanjut. Samsung Elektronik mengatakan pada Kamis, 26 Oktober bahwa mereka akan mengajukan kasasi atas putusan sebelumnya oleh Komisi Perdagangan US yang memenangkan klaim Apple atas pelanggaran hak paten. Langkah ini diambil…
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Vietnamese Father, Daughter Living In America Take Part In Project To Preserve Stories Of Vietnamese-Americans

In this Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012 photo, Viola Van poses for a picture with her father, Hugo, at their home in Walnut, Calif. Viola Van is part of a Vietnamese-American Oral History Project at UC Irvine, that assembles, preserves, digitizes, and disseminates the life stories of Vietnamese-Americans in Southern California.…
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Muslims, Displaced By Recent Muslim-Buddhist Violent Clash In Myanmar, Live In Refugee Camp

Muslim refugees react to a photographer at Baw Du Pha refugee camp in Sittwe, Rakhine State, western Myanmar, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012. Victims of Myanmar’s latest explosion of Muslim-Buddhist violence fled to already packed displacement camps along the country’s western coast Sunday, with a top U.N. official saying the unrest…
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[Indonesia Report] Traditional Batik Tulis, an invaluable cultural legacy of Indonesia

Batik is Indonesian traditional fabric with classic ethnic pattern. The traditional Batik is drawn by Indonesian artists and the method they use is known as a wax-resist dyeing. This kind of Batik is different from the printed pattern batik that is common to find these days. The Batik artists use…
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Muslims Pray During Eid Al-Adha Festival At Pasar Senen In Jakarta

A Muslim girl sits with other pilgrims before the praying of Muslim festival of Eid Al-Adha at Pasar Senen in Jakarta, Indonesia, Oct. 26, 2012. Muslims pray during the Muslim festival of Eid Al-Adha at Pasar Senen in Jakarta, Indonesia, Oct. 26, 2012. <Xinhua/Agung Kuncahya B.>
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