ANT - LKBN ANTARA (Indonesia) articles from April 2005

ANT - LKBN ANTARA (Indonesia) archives from April 2005

INFLATION RATE UP 1.91 PCT.
April 2, 2005... Jakarta, April 1 (ANTARA) - The inflation rate in March 2005 reached 1.91 percent, and in the January-March 2005 period reached 3.19 percent, while the year-by-year inflation rate stood at 8.81 percent. "The inflation rate was formed as the...

PPP TO ORGANIZE CONGRESS EARLIER THAN SCHEDULED.
April 2, 2005... Jakarta, April 1 (ANTARA) - The Central Executive Board meeting of the National Development Party (PPP), attended by supporters of a national gathering, has decided to organize the congress of the party in May 2005, earlier than originally...

GSA REBELS KILL THREE ACEHNESE RESIDENTS.
April 2, 2005... Jakarta, April 1 (ANTARA) - A group of the Aceh Separatist Movement (GSA) shot dead three Acehnese residents in the districts of East Aceh, Bireuren and North Aceh on Thursday (March 31). "A 15-member GSA group sprayed a truck passing...

INDOSAT ESTABLISHES COOP WITH STARHUB FOR INT'L ROAMING.
April 2, 2005... Jakarta, April 1 (ANTARA) - Indonesia's publicly listed telecommunications company PT Indosat Tbk established cooperation in international roaming with Singapore-based integrated information and communication provider StarHub, a spokesman said....

US MEDICAL SHIP TO ARRIVE IN NIAS ON MONDAY.
April 2, 2005... Gunung Sitoli, 1/4 (ANTARA) - Head of the North Sumatra Information and Communications Agency Rustam Efendi Nainggolan has said that a United States hospital ship and two support vessels are scheduled to arrive in the Nias waters for...

IFC-PENSA ASSISTS INVESTMENT LICENSE DEREGULATION IN REGIONS.
April 2, 2005... Jakarta, April 1 (ANTARA) - The International Finance Corp. (IFC-PENSA) signed agreements with the Indonesian mayoralty administration association (Apeksi) and the Indonesian district coordinating agency (BKKSI) to assist in to draw up an...

GOVT STILL REEVALUATING FTZ BILL FOR BATAM.
April 2, 2005... Jakarta, April 1 (ANTARA) - The government will try to resume discussions on the Free Trade Zone bill for Batam for inclusion in the 2005 national legilation program, a cabinet member said. "The bill is now included in the 2006 program. We...

NAVY SENDS 4,078 KG OF RICE AND 885 BOXES OF MEDICINES TO NIAS.
April 2, 2005... Surabaya, April 1 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian warship, KRI Teluk Penyu, of the Eastern Fleet Command carried 4,078 kilograms of rice and 885 boxes of medicines for the victims in Nias island, North Sumatra, which was hit by a powerful...

HEADLINES FROM MAJOR INDONESIAN DAILIES SATURDAY APRIL 2, 2005.
April 2, 2005... Jakarta, April 2 (ANTARA) Following are headlines in some major Indonesian dailies: The Jakarta Post SURVIVORS WORRY OVER QUAKE RUMORS A fresh wave of panic swept through Simeulue island off the coast of Aceh on Friday, with most of...

PPP FORMER LEADER ISMAIL HASAN METAREUM PASSES AWAY.
April 2, 2005... Jakarta, April 2 (ANTARA) - United Development Party (PPP) former leader Ismail Hasan Metareum died early Saturday at 2 a.m. at Pelni Hospital in Petamburan, West Jakarta. PPP spokesman Emron Pangkapi said here Saturday morning that Buya,...

GOVERNMENT TO HELP BUILD HOUSES FOR NIAS QUAKE VICTIMS, VP SAYS.
April 2, 2005... Gunung Sitoli, Nias, April 2 (ANTARA) - Vice President Jusuf Kalla said the government would help construct houses for the victims of a powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 8.7 that rocked the Indonesian islands of Nias and Simeulue late on...

TOP-NOTCH TEAM ADVISING RI DELEGATION TO TECHNICAL TALKS WITH M'SIA.
April 2, 2005... Jakarta, April 2 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian Foreign Ministry delegation to technical talks with Malaysia on the Ambalat issue is being supported by advicers from a selected group of five senior diplomats and international law experts, a...

SOME 25 AUSTRALIAN BUSINESSMEN TO MEET PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO.
April 2, 2005... Jakarta, April 2 (ANTARA) - Some 25 leading business makers in Australia would meet for a dialogue with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono during his visit to Sydney and a number of cities in Australia next week, Indonesian Chamber...

GAMBIAN PRESIDENT TO ATTEND ASIA-AFRICA SUMMIT.
April 2, 2005... Bandung, W Java, April 3 (ANTARA) - Gambian President Yahya AJJ Jammeh has decided to attend the Asia Africa Summit to be held in Jakarta on April 22-23 and the 50th anniversary celebration of the Asian-African Conference in Bandung on April...

MODERATE QUAKE ROCKS PADANG.
April 2, 2005... Padang, W Sumatra, April 2 (ANTARA) A moderate earthquake measuring 4.1 on the Richter scale rocked West Sumatran capital city of Padang at 10.38 am on Saturday, Jakarta Meteorology and Geophysics Office (BMG) chief Budi Waluyo said as he was...

ALMOST ALL SHOOL BUILDINGS IN SIMEULUE DESTROYED BY MARCH 28 EARTHQUAKE.
April 2, 2005... Banda Aceh, April 3 (ANTARA) - Almost 100 percent of elementary and high school buildings in Simeuleu district, Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam, were destroyed by the 8.7 magnitude earthquake that rocked Sumatra last Monday, a local education offiial...

VP ASKS NIAS QUAKE SURVIVORS TO BE PATIENT.
April 2, 2005... Gunung Sitoli, Nias, N Sumatra, April 3 (ANTARA) - Vice President Jusuf Kalla called on survivors of the 8.7 magnitude tremor in Nias district to be patient in waiting for the restoration of normal public services. "The work to restore...

SUMATRA EARTHQUAKE MAY HAVE WIDENED INDONESIAN TERRITORY, SAYS A'LIAN EXPERT.
April 2, 2005... Brisbane, Australia, April 2 (ANTARA) - The powerful earthquake that rocked the northeastern coast of Sumatra island late last Monday may have widened Indonesian territory because it led to the emergence of new atolls, a maritime law expert at...

M'SIA-INDONESIA COOPERATION VITAL IN TACKLING PIRACY.
April 2, 2005... Kuantan, Malaysia, April 2 (ANTARA/Bernama)- Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak on Saturday expressed concern that the international community will interfere in the control of the nation's waters if the piracy problem in the...

NIAS DEATH TOLL REACHES 514.
April 2, 2005... Gunung Sitoli, Apr 2 (ANTARA) - The number of people who have been confirmed dead following the strong earthquake that rocked Nias island recently reached 514 on Saturday. Some 420 of the dead victims were discovered in Gunung Sitoli, the...

AUSTRALIA SENDS MILITARY HOSPITAL SHIP TO NIAS.
April 2, 2005... Gunung Sitoli, Apr 2 (ANTARA) - Australia has sent its military hopital ship, the HMAS Kanimla, with 60 doctors on board and sophisticated medical equipment to help survivors of a magnitude 8.7 earthquake in Nias, off the west coast of...

MOTHER , BABY KILLED IN LANDSLIDE IN MAJALENGKA.
April 2, 2005... Majalengka, Apr 2 (ANTARA) - A mother and her 18-month old baby were killed on Friday when their house in Majalengka, West Java, was buried by a landslide. The incident occurred after heavy rains fell on the area from 5pm to 7pm. The...

ICRC TO REUNITE FATHER, SON IN ACEH.
April 2, 2005... Banda Aceh, April 2 (ANTARA) - The International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) will reunite another father and his son after being separated for more than three months following the powerful earthquake and huge tsunami that hit Nanggroe...

GOVT NOT MAKING ANY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FOREIGN, DOMESTIC RELIEF AID.
April 2, 2005... Nias, Medan, N Sumatra, April 3 (ANTARA) - Vice President Jusuf Kalla said on Saturday in distributing relief aid to Nias disaster victims the government was not making any distinction between foreign and domestic contributions and handing it...

AUSTRALIAN HELICOPTER MAKES EMERGENCY LANDING, CREW SAFE.
April 2, 2005... Gunung Sitoli, Apr 2 (ANTARA) - An Australian helicopter carrying medical equipment to help quake victims in Nias, off Sumatra, crashed on the island on Saturday due to bad weather. The chopper which had a three-man crew crash-landed in...

QUAKE VICTIM FOUND ALIVE AFTER BEING TRAPPED FOR SIX DAYS.
April 2, 2005... Gunung Sitoli, Nias, Apr 2 (ANTARA) - A 45-year-old man, Hendra, was found alive by rescue workers on Saturday after being trapped under the debris of a collapsed two-story building for six days.` Hendra, who looked exhausted was rushed to a...

INDONESIAN OFFICIAL ASKS MALAYSIA TO ACT AGAINST MANPOWER BROKERS.
April 2, 2005... Pontianak, Apr 2 (ANTARA) - West Kalimantan Deputy Governor Laurensius Herman Kadir has urged Malaysian authorities to take stern action against Malaysians who employ illegal Indonesian migrant workers. "Not only illegal migrant workers but...

VP VISITS NIAS.
April 2, 2005... Gunung Sitoli, Apr 2 (ANTARA) - Vice President Yusuf Kalla on Saturday made a visit to Nias Island that had been ravaged by a magnitude 8.7 earthquake early this week. While on the island he took an opportunity to visit quake survivors at...

SOCCER - MARTUNIS WAITING FOR CRISTIANO RONALDO TO KEEP PROMISE.
April 3, 2005... Banda Aceh, Apr 2 (ANTARA) - Eight-year-old Martunis who escaped from the tsunami in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, three months ago is waiting for the fulfilment of Cristiano Ronaldo's promise : to invite him to a Manchester United performance in...

BOOK PUBLISHERS COMPLAIN ABOUT INCREASING BOOK PIRACY.
April 3, 2005... Jakarta, Apr 2 (ANTARA) - Indonesian book publishers are currently facing difficulties as piracy of original works continues and is even becoming more rampant, a spokesman said. Some publishers are even almost unable to operate further...

HEADLINES FROMMAJOR INDONESIAN DAILIES SUNDAY APRIAL 3, 2005.
April 3, 2005... Jakarta, April 3 (ANTARA) - Following are headlines of major Indonesian newspapers: Kompas GOODBYE POPE Pope John Paul II died Saturday night in his private apartment in Vatican after he led the Catholic church for 26 years. Vatican...

INDONESIAN PRESIDENT LEAVES FOR AUSTRALIA.
April 3, 2005... Jakarta, April 3 (ANTARA) Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and his entourage left Jakarta for state visits to Australia, New Zealand and East Timor on April 3 to 9. ANTARA reported here Sunday Indonesian aircraft carrier...

NIAS DEATH TOLL REACHES 546.
April 3, 2005... Jakarta, April 3 (ANTARA) - Until Sunday morning (April 3) at least 546 people were known to have been killed and 2,939 others injured in Nias and other islands off North Sumatra's western coast by the 8,7 magnitude earthquake that struck on...

RI PRESIDENT CONVEYS CONDOLENCE ON POPE'S DEATH.
April 3, 2005... Jakarta, April 3 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono here Sunday on behalf of the Indonesian government and people conveyed his profound condolence on Chatolic church leader Pope John Paul II's death. "I, on behalf of the...

YUDHOYONO CONTACTS AUSTRALIAN PM HOWARD ON CHOOPER CRASH.
April 3, 2005... Jakarta, April 3 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono contacted Australian Prime Minister John Howard by phone on the accident of an Australian navy helicopter on the earthquake-devastated island of Nias, North Sumatra, on Saturday. ...

GERMANY'S UNIVERSITIES TO COOPERATE IN RAIN FOREST RESEARCH.
April 3, 2005... Bogor, W. Java, April 3 (ANTARA) - Two German universities and two Indonesian universities established cooperation in a research of the Stability of Rain Forest Margins in Indonesia (STORMA), a spokesperson said. Henny Windarti,...

BALI TO HOST INT'L CONFAB ON GEOTHERMAL.
April 3, 2005... Sanur, Bali, 3 (ANTARA) - Indonesia would host an international geothermal conference to be held in island resort of Bali in 2010, a spokesman said here Sunday. The forum conducted in every five years would take place in Turkey this year,...

PT KRAKATAU STEEL TO CONTINUE EXPLOITING LOCAL RAW MATERIAL.
April 3, 2005... Cilegon, W. Java, April 3 (ANTARA) - Indonesia's steel producer PT Krakatau Steel (KS) will continue exploiting local raw material to increase its production capacity. "PT Krakatau Steel plans to increase its production capacity to 4...

THAILAND RECEIVES NU'S PROPOSALS TO SETTLE CRISIS IN SOUTHERN PROVINCES.
April 3, 2005... Cirebon, W Java, April 3 (ANTARA) - Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej and parliament had received the Nahdlatul Ulema (NU) moslem organization's proposals to handle crisis in its three southern predominantly provinces, a NU chairman, said. ...

RI WANTS TO ENHANCE CLOSER RELATIONS WITH AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND AND TIMOR LESTE.
April 3, 2005... Jakarta, April 3 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's state visit to Australia, New Zealand and Timor Leste has shown that Indonesia wants to have good relations, a member of the House of Representatives (DPR) has said. "It's an...

SCORES OF PASSENGERS SUSTAIN INJURIES IN BUS ACCIDENT.
April 3, 2005... Cikampek, W Java, April 3 (ANTARA) - At least 14 passangers of the Sahabat transport bus sustained seriously injuries and 33 others light injuries after it rolled over in Jakarta-Cikampek toll road in Bekasi, West Java, on Sunday morning,...

SIX AUSTRALIAN MILITARY TROOPS KILLED IN NIAS CHOPPER CRASH.
April 3, 2005... Jakarta, Apr 3 (ANTARA) - At least six Australian naval personnel were reportedly killed when a navy Sea King helicopter carrying an emergency medical team crashed on the recent quake-ravaged island of Nias on Saturday afternoon, a police...

6.2 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE AGAIN JOLTS NIAS, SURROUNDING AREAS.
April 3, 2005... Jakarta, April 3 (ANTARA) - An earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale again jolted Nias island and surrounding areas on Sunday morning. A spokesman of the Meteoroligical and Geophysic Agency, Edison Gurning, said here that the...

PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE TO BE CONSISTENT WITH LIFE SENTENCE FOR CORRUPTORS.
April 3, 2005... Jakarta, April 3 (ANTARA) - The Attorney General's Office (AGO) will remain consistent with imposing a life sentence on corruptors whose criminal deeds have inflicted great financial losses to the state, spokesman for the AGO, RJ Soehandoyo,...

PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO ARRIVES IN AUSTRALIA.
April 3, 2005... Canberra, April 3 (ANTARA) - Visiting Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono arrived in Canberra, the capital of Australia, on Sunday, in the first leg of his tour of three countries. A Boeing 737-400 with the president and an...

AUSTRALIAN DEAD VICTIMS IN CHOPPER CRASH TO BE FLOWN TO JAKARTA ON MONDAY MORNING.
April 3, 2005... Jakarta, April 3 (ANTARA) - Nine members of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) who were killed in the helicopter crash in Amandraya subdistrict, South Nias district, North Sumatra, will be sent to the Indonesian Air Force's Halim Perdanakusuma...

DISTRIBUTION OF HUMANITARIAN AID HAMPERED BY DAMAGED INFRASTRUCTURE.
April 3, 2005... Jakarta, April 3 (ANTARA) - Air Force Chief of Staff Vice Marshal Djoko Suyanto has said that the fact that many people in Nias have yet to receive humanitarian assistance, was caused by badly damaged infrastructure like the airport runway and...

INDONESIAN,GERMAN CONSTITUTIONAL COURTS TO HOLD DISCUSSION IN JAKARTA.
April 3, 2005... Jakarta, April 3 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian Constitutional Court is scheduled to hold a discussion with its German counterpart in Jakarta on Monday (Apr 4). According to Mutia Fria of the Constitutional Court's Media Center, the discussion...

POPE JOHN PAUL II'S LOVE BEYOND RELIGIOUS, RACIAL, NATIONAL BOUNDARIES.
April 4, 2005... Jakarta, April 3 (ANTARA) - Pope John Paul II is a figure who loves men beyond religious, racial and national limits, Cardinal Julius Darmaatmadja, SJ, said at a mass praying for the late Pope at the Cathedral church here Sunday. The...

INDONESIAN CATHOLICS ASKED TO PRAY FOR PAPAL ELECTION.
April 4, 2005... Jakarta, April 3 (ANTARA) - Cardinal Julius Darmaatmadja, SJ, called on the Indonesian Catholics here on Sunday to pray for a quick process of papal election to replace Pope John Paul II who died on April 2, 2005. The cardinal said up to...

PUBLIC WORKS ASKING FOR MORE FUNDING.
April 4, 2005... Bandung, W Java, April 3 (ANTARA) - The Ministry of Public Works has proposed a revision of its budget through the Revised State Budget in view of the increase in expenditures on the rehabilitation and reconstruction of disaster-ravaged areas....

BANK MANDIRI PREPARES RP6,7 TRILLION IN INFRASTRUCTURE CREDITS.
April 4, 2005... Jakarta, April 3 (ANTARA) - President Director of Bank Mandiri ECW Nelloe said the bank has prepared Rp6.7 trillion this year to support the government's efforts of building infrastructure projects. He said here over the weekend that the money...

HEADLINES FROM MAJOR INDONESIAN DAILIES MONDAY APRIL 4, 2005.
April 4, 2005... Jakarta, April 4 (ANTARA) - Following are the headlines of Indonesian major dailies on Monday. The Jakarta Post JOHN PAUL, A MAN OF PEACE FOR RI: MUSLIM LEADERS Mourning the passing of Pope John Paul II, Muslim leaders in Indonesia on...

INTEGRATED EFFORTS NEEDED TO OVERCOME SILTING UP OF LAKE TEMPE.
April 4, 2005... Wajo, S Sulawesi, April 4 (ANTARA) - Integrated efforts from all parties were needed to overcome the continual silting up of Lake Tempe in the Indonesian province of South Sulawesi, Governor Anin Syam said here Sunday. "The silting up of...

SUMATRA'S NIAS DEATH TOLL REACHES 616.
April 4, 2005... Jakarta, April 4 (ANTARA) - The number of people who have been confirmed dead following the strong earthquake that rocked Nias island recently has reached 616, the National Police Headquarters said in a report here on Monday morning. ...

S.E. ASIAN PRIMATOLOGISTS HOLDING FIRST CONGRESS IN JAKARTA.
April 4, 2005... Jakarta, April 4 (ANTARA) - South East Asian primatologists are gathering here to hold a four-day first congress and to set up a South East Asian Primatological Association (SEAPA), organizers said here on Monday. Chief organizer Jatna...

QUAKE RAISES CORAL REEF LEVEL IN N SUMATRA.
April 4, 2005... Asu island, N Sumatra, April 4 (ANTARA) The last Monday's earthquake measuring 8.7 on the Richter scale that rocked Nias island in Indonesia's North Sumatra province has raised coral reefs surrounding Asu, Hinako, Bugi, and Bawa islands up to 2...

PEOPLE IN INDONESIA'S HINAKU ISLAND GRIPPED IN FEAR.
April 4, 2005... Hinaku Island, Nisas, April 4 (ANTARA) - Reeling from last Monday's massive earthquake and December 26 devastating tsunami, the people in Hinaku and Asu islands in Indonesian district of Nias were still gripped in fear of circulating rumors...

INDONESIAN MINISTERS, RELIGIOUS LEADERS TO ATTEND POPE'S FUNERAL.
April 4, 2005... Jakarta, April 4 (ANTARA) Indonesian Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare Alwi Shihab and Religious Affairs Minister Maftuh Basyuni on behalf of the government will attend the funeral of Pope John Paul II scheduled either on next...

WISMILAK INT'L TEAM TO JOIN "ToEJ".
April 4, 2005... Surabaya, Apr 4 (ANTARA) - A professional bcycle race team "Wismilak International Team (WIT)" Surabaya is interested in taking part in the "Tour de East Java 2005" (ToEJ) which will be held here from June 217, to July 1 Juli, 2005. ...

S SULAWESI, WESTERN CAPE SET UP SISTER PROVINCE.
April 4, 2005... Makassar, S Sulawesi, April 4 (ANTARA) Indonesia's South Sulawesi province and South Africa's Western Cape province have agreed to set up a sister province to improve bilateral ties between the two parties, an Indonesian official said here...

FOOD, MEDICINE NOW IN SUFFICIENT SUPPLY IN SOUTH NIAS.
April 4, 2005... Jakarta, April 4 (ANTARA) - Food and medicine for relief of earthquake survivors in the southern part of Nias Island are now in sufficient supply , Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare Alwi Shihab said here on Monday. "The sufficient...

AFTERSHOCK JOLTS NIAS AGAIN.
April 4, 2005... Jakarta, April 4 (ANTARA) An aftershock measuring 4.8 on the Richter scale jolted Nias island on Monday a week after it was rocked by a powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 8.7 on the Richter scale. The tremor shook Nias for a bout two...

PRESIDENT SHOULD CONVINCE CANBERRA ABOUT RI FOREIGN POLICY : PDI-P LEGISLATOR.
April 4, 2005... Semarang, C Java, April 4 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's current visit to Australia will have strategic meaning if he can convince Australians that Indonesia adheres to a free and active foreign policy, an Indonesian...

HOTEL IN INDONESIA'S N SUMATRA COLLAPSES.
April 4, 2005... Jakarta, April 4 (ANTARA) A private hotel in Asahan district in North Sumatra province collapsed Monday morning, leaving a number of hotel workers and guests trapped under the five-storey building, a Jakarta-based radio station reported. ...

TAIWAN-INDONESIAN ECONOMIC COOPERATION TO IMPROVE.
April 4, 2005... Jakarta, April 4 (ANTARA) - Economic cooperation between Taiwan and Indonesia is expected to increase this year, Taiwan Economy and Trade Office (TETO) spokesman David Lin said here Monday. "Macro economic and political stability in...

PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO TO AWARD HONORARY MEDALS TO 11 AUSTRALIAN NAVAL PERSONNEL.
April 4, 2005... Canberra, April 4 (ANTARA) - Indonesian government would award honorary medals of social service to 11 Australian naval personnel whose helicopter carrying an emergency medical team crashed on the recent earthquake-hit island of Nias on...

CALTEX SERIOUSLY INTERESTED IN ENTERING DOWNSTREAM OIL INDUSTRY.
April 4, 2005... Jakarta, Apr 4 (ANTARA) - US-based Caltex oil company has expressed serious interest in entering Indonesia's down-stream oil industry or the production and marekting of fuel oils, an energy official said. "Yesterday they enquired about...

PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO ARRIVES IN SYDNEY.
April 4, 2005... Sydney, Apr 4 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono arrived here on Monday evening in accordance with the program of his three-day state visit to Australia. The president, accompanied by his wife, Ani Yudhoyono, and a few cabinet...

REMAINS OF A'LIAN SERVICEMEN KILLED IN CHOPPER CRASH FLOWN HOME.
April 4, 2005... Jakarta, Apr 4 (ANTARA) - The bodies of nine members of the Australian Defense Force who died in a helicopter crash in Nias on Saturday were on Monday flown to Australia from the Indonesian Air Force's Halim Perdanakusuma base here. The...

PRESIDENT REITERATES RI'S SUPPORT FOR AUSTRALIA'S PARTICIPATION IN EAST ASIA SUMMIT.
April 4, 2005... Canberra, Apr 4 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono here Monday reiterated Indonesia's support for Australia's participation in the East Asia Summit - a notion opposed by Malaysia. Speaking at a joint press conference with Australian...

RI, A'LIAN LEADERS AGREE TO ENHANCE PARTNERSHIPS.
April 4, 2005... Canberra, April 4 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Prime Minister John Howard here Monday agreed to enhance their countries' partnerships in various sectors while admiting that it was not always smooth sailing in their...

QUAKE VICTIMS STAGE RALLY OVER SLOW DISTRIBUTION OF RELIEF AID.
April 4, 2005... Nias, N Sumatra, Apr 4 (ANTARA) - Some 100 earthquake victims thronged the office of the Nias district head on Monday to protest the slow distribution of relief aid. The demonstrators hailing from different areas in quake-ravaged Nias...

HABIBIE CENTER RECEIVES $300,000 IN AID FROM TAIWANESE COMMUNITY.
April 4, 2005... Jakarta, Apr 4 (ANTARA) - The Habibie Center on Monday received US$ 300,000 in aid from the Taiwanese community for the establishment of an orphanage for Aceh children who have fallen victim to the December 26 earthquake and tsunamis. "I...

AUSTRALIA SENDS TEAM TO INVESTIGATE CHOPPER CRASH.
April 4, 2005... Jakarta, April 4 (ANTARA) - Australian Air Defence Attache, Col. Tony Johns said, Australia has sent a team to investigate the Australian military helicopter crash in Nias Island in North Sumatra which killed nine Australian Defence Force...

WIKA TO ENTER OVERSEAS MARKET.
April 4, 2005... Jakarta, Apr 4 (ANTARA) - Indonesian state-owned construction company PT Wijaya Karya (Wika) expressed readiness here on Monday to bid for overseas projects through two of its strategic units. "We have prepared two units to enter into the...

PRESIDENT HOPES BAHASA INDONESIA TO REMAIN SUBJECT AT A'LIAN SCHOOLS.
April 4, 2005... Sydney, Apr 4 (ANTARA) - Visiting President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said he had instructed Education Minister Bambang Sudibyo to soon negotiate with his Australian counterpart about the possibility of maintaining Bahasa Indonesia as subject...

FAO: WORLD RICE OUTPUT IN 2005 TO SLIGHTLY INCREASE.
April 4, 2005... Jakarta, Apr 4 (ANTARA) - The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has predicted world rice output this year will slightly increase by 1.5 percent to 614 million tons from 605 million tons last year. Actually, the figure could still...

WORLD OIL PRICES CAN STRIKE $60 PER BARREL, SAYS OBSERVER.
April 4, 2005... Jakarta, Apr 4 (ANTARA) - World oil prices could strike US$60 per barrel in the fourth quarter of this year due to soaring demand and tight production, an oil business observer said. "When we entered this second quarter oil prices had been...

INDONESIA HAS NO OBJECTION TO AUSTRALIAN MARITIME CONTROL SYSTEM.
April 4, 2005... Canberra, Apr 4 (ANTARA) --Indonesia hinted it accepted the Australian government's plan to apply the Australian Maritime Identification system (AMIS) replacing the Australian Maritime Identification Zone (AMIZ) which Indonesia has rejected. ...

TWO POLICE OFFICERS DETAINED FOR ALLEGED PART IN ILLEGAL LOGGING.
April 4, 2005... Jakarta, Apr 4 (ANTARA) - Two ranking police officers are being detained for alleged involvement in illegal logging in the country's eastern-most province of Papua. The two identified as Commissioner H and Adjunct Commissioner S were...

MANPOWER MINISTRY TO BUILD SHELTER HOUSES FOR PROBLEMATIC WORKERS OVERSEAS.
April 4, 2005... Surabaya, Apr 4 (ANTARA) - Manpower and Transmigration Minister Fahmi Idris has said his office will soon build shelter houses in some countries where Indonesian migrant workers (TKI) are being employed, to enable the government to give general...

TWO STUDENT SOCCER PLAYERS KILLED BY LIGHTNING, FOUR INJURED.
April 4, 2005... Purwokerto, Apr 4 (ANTARA) - Two student soccer players were killed while four others sustained serious injuries when lightning struck them on Monday at 4.20 pm. They were waiting for their turn to play at a grass field in Purwanegara...

THOUSAND ORANG UTANS SMUGGLED FROM KALIMANTAN TO OTHER COUNTRIES EACH YEAR.
April 5, 2005... Jakarta, Apr 4 (ANTARA) - At least 1,000 orang utans, specific giant primates in Kalimantan, have reportedly been caught and smuggled to other countries each year, the result of a research by Pro Fauna Indonesia says. "The trading of...