Fertility rate in East Timor is one of the highest in the world.
According to World Health Organization, about 1,300 new cases of leprosy have been detected since 2004
Officials agree on blueprint to create seamless regional economy by 2015
United Nations' climate change chief says mood at negotiations positive; environmentalists not as optimistic about progress in negotiat
Men condemned for role in 2002 Bali bombings which killed 202 people, most of them foreign tourists
Witnesses in Rangoon say soldiers arrested dozens of people late Wednesday during raids on protesters' homes
Move may hamper efforts by other countries to develop vaccines to prevent possible worldwide bird flu pandemic
Burma's foreign minister tells Indonesian officials his country hopes to finish drafting new constitution by year's end
Small turnouts in Asia; protests scheduled later in day in Europe, US
Proposal would allow developing nations to earn billions of dollars through carbon trading by leaving idle forests such as those in Bor
Surgical procedures such as setting bones and stitching wounds are being carried out in the open air, while vanloads of the injured con
Country struggling to contain spread of H5N1 virus since first human case in South Sulawesi just over a year ago
Local villagers believe there is a spiritual kingdom at the mountain top
Indonesian officials say ferry sank during storm just after midnight early Saturday as it traveled between Borneo and Java Island
Surayud Chulanont in Jakarta Saturday as part of flurry of diplomatic trips since Thailand's military coup last month
Move means one convicted Islamist, Puryanto, was freed immediately; other prisoners received four-month reduction in penalties
Rebels surrender automatic rifles, other firearms to Australian peacekeeping troops on football field in mountains
Government's efforts hampered by limited resources, resistance from local communities
Powerful 6.2 magnitude tremor struck densely populated Java island early Saturday, killing more than 3,000 people
Special envoy John Miller says thousands of Indonesians sold into domestic or sexual slavery each year
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