Japan intercepts missile in milestone test

"The $55 million test was a "major milestone" in growing U.S.-Japanese cooperation, said Rear Adm. Katsutoshi Kawano of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and Lt. General Henry Obering, head of the Pentagon's Missile Defense Agency.U.S.-Japanese missile-defense ties have...

ANTARA elected OANA president

"The OANA general assembly is being attended by 22 delegations from OANA member agencies, including Bernama (Malaysia), Kyodo (Japan), Itar-Tass (Russia), Kuna (Kuwait) and Irna (Iran) as well as observers from the Middle East News Agency, AFP, AMAN, Pajhwok Afghan News and...

RI`s diplomacy in Asia Pasific to be strengthened

""Diplomacy in our national interest is not always conducted through nter-governmental lobbies. Non-governmental parties can also play a role in serving the national interest," he said. Vice President Jusuf Kalla on Tuesday officially opened the 13th OANA General Assembly...

OANA members advised to respond to media corvengency with wisdom

""News agencies will continue to exist if they properly adapt to the latest developments, or we will become stagnant or die," he said.He expressed hope that ANTARA news agency which will chair OANA from 2007 to 2010 to come up with fresh ideas to change the organization for...

News agencies urged to adapt to media convergence era

"ANTARA President Director Ahmad Muchlis Yusuf said the news agency had no other choice but to look at the market potentials and demand for its products to withstand competition in the era of media convergence. So far, there has been tendency to develop a combination of...

Pacific small island states send out SOS

""Climate change is a very serious problem for island states in the Pacific and Indian oceans," Arieta Moceica of Greenpeace for the Pacific said on the sidelines of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) here on Wednesday. Climate change which is...

RI gets yen 28.18 billion loan from Japan to tackle natural disasters

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The Japanese government has agreed to extend a Yen 23.18 billion loan to Indonesia to fund a program to tackle natural disasters causing both economic and social losses. A memorandum of understanding on the loan was signed here on Tuesday by Japanese...

Earthquake shakes Caribbean near Martinique

"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A powerful but very deep earthquake with a magnitude of 7.3 struck near the Caribbean island of Martinique on Thursday, the United States Geological Survey said. The quake hit at 5 p.m. British time (3 p.m. local) 13 miles (21 km) northwest of the...

Dupont lifts price of T-Pure titanium dioxide products sold in Asia

"DuPont Titanium Technologies is the world's largest manufacturer of titanium dioxide, serving customers globally in the coatings, paper and plastics industries. The company operates plants at DeLisle, Miss.; New Johnsonville, Tenn.; Edge Moor, Del.; Altamira, Mexico; and...