ANT - LKBN ANTARA (Indonesia) articles from April 2008

ANT - LKBN ANTARA (Indonesia) archives from April 2008

AGUM GUMELAR PROMISES TO ERADICATE CORRUPTION IN WEST JAVA.
April 1, 2008... Garut, W Java, April 1 (ANTARA): Lt Gen (retired) Agum Gumelar, one of three of West Java's gubernatorial candidates, promised to eradicate corruption in West Java if he wins in the April 13 direct election in the province. Speaking after...

POVERTY MAIN CAUSE OF INCREASE IN MALNUTRITION CASES IN SURABAYA.
April 1, 2008... Surabaya, Apr 1 (ANTARA): Poverty is the main cause of the increase in malnutrition cases in Surabaya since early this year, the city's deputy mayor, Arif Afandi, said. He said the poverty rate among Surabaya's residents had remained quite...

PRESIDENT TO SIGN ELECTION LAW.
April 1, 2008... Jakarta, Apri 1 (ANTARA): President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will in the near future put his signature on the general election law which was passed into law by the House of Representatives (DPR) recently, one of his spokesmen said. "The...

PRESIDENT CALLS ON PEOPLE TO BE PATIENT, TOUGH.
April 1, 2008... Bogor, W Java, April 1 (ANTARA): President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has called on Indonesian people to be patient and tough in facing various problems and current disasters. "It is true that the present world faces challenges. Thus, we...

News Focus: GOVT NOMINATES CHIEF MINISTER BOEDIONO AS BI GOVERNOR.
April 1, 2008... By Andi Abdussalam Jakarta, April 2 (ANTARA) - After his two previous candidates were rejected by the House of Representatives (DPR) last month, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono named his chief economic minister Boediono as the sole...

THIRD INFANT DIES OF MALNUTRITION IN SURABAYA.
April 1, 2008... Surabaya, E Java, Apr 1 (ANTARA): A nine-month-old baby, identified as Rasa, died of malnutrition after undergoing medical treatment at Dr Soewandi hospital in Tambakrejo, Surabaya, on Monday. "Rasa was admitted to the hospital on Sunday,...

STORM DAMAGES 329 HOUSES IN JAMBI.
April 1, 2008... Jambi, Apr 1 (ANTARA): A storm coupled with heavy rain and thunderbolts hit Jambi city on Sunday (March 31) at 17.00 pm local time damaging about 329 houses, a local disaster handling official said. The storm created havoc in the sub districts...

TENS OF VILLAGERS IN KLATEN DISTRICT CONTRACT CHIKUNGUNYA.
April 1, 2008... Klaten, C Java, April 1 (ANTARA): Tens of residents of Gombang village, Cawas sub district, Klaten district, have been diagnosed as suffering from Chikungunya, prompting the community to urge local health authorities to conduct fogging...

DUTCH GOVERNMENT REJECTS THE FILM 'FITNA'.
April 1, 2008... Jakarta, Apr 1 (ANTARA): The Dutch government rejects Dutch Parliamentarian Wilders' anti-Islamic film Fitna which equates Islam with violence as it has insulted many people, Muslims in particular, Dutch Ambassador to Indonesia Dr. Nikolaos van...

ACEH POLICE COOPERATE WITH MILITARY IN PROBING SHOOTING INCIDENT.
April 1, 2008... Banda Aceh, Apr 1 (ANTARA): The Aceh provincial police are teaming up with the Indonesian military (TNI) in investigating the March 29 shooting incident in which 1st Sgt Ujang, a member of the military police unit at the regional military...

BOEDIONO NOT LIKELY TO MEET HOUSE RESISTANCE : LEGISLATOR.
April 1, 2008... Jakarta, April 1 (ANTARA): Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Boediono who has been nominated by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono as his sole candidate for Bank Indonesia governor is unlikely to face major resistance from the House of...

TWO FRENCH NATIONALS ARRESTED FOR DRUG OFFENSE IN BUKITTINGGI.
April 1, 2008... Bukittinggi, April 1 (ANTARA): Bukittinggi police arrested two French nationals who were smoking dried marijuana in a house in West Sumatra's tourist city on Sunday night (March 30). The chief of the Bukittinggi police's drug unit, Adjunct...

OPAK-OYO QUAKES NOT CONSIDERED DANGEROUS.
April 1, 2008... Yogyakarta, April 1 (ANTARA): The tectonic quakes measuring 3.4 and 3.2 on the Richter scale which jolted Bantul district, Yogyakarta on March 24 and 31, were not perilous, a Meteorology and Geophysics Agency (BMG) official said. "Those...

RAINSTORM DAMAGES 24 HOUSES IN MUAROJAMBI.
April 1, 2008... Jambi, Sumatra, April 1 (ANTARA): Rainstorm hit Muarojambi District, Jambi Province, Sumatra Island, on Sunday afternoon, damaging 24 houses. Of the total damaged houses, 15 were located at Pemunduran village and nine at Merinai village,...

NOTED ECOLOGIST PROF OTTO SUMARWOTO PASSES AWAY.
April 1, 2008... Bandung, West Java, April 1 (ANTARA): Prof Dr otto Sumarwoto, an prominent Indonesian environmental expert and dean of Pandjajaran University, passed away at Boromeous Hospital, here at midnight on Monday. "He had been hospitalized over the...

STORM CUTS OFF CLEAN WATER SUPPLY TO 50,000 CLIENTS IN JAMBI.
April 1, 2008... Jambi, April 1 (ANTARA): Storm cut off electricity supply to Jambi's Tirta Mayang clean water company (PDAM) on Monday and as the consequence the company was unable to supply clean water to some 50,000 clients. The storm had hit a tree...

MALAYSIAN COURT SENTENCES ACEH WORKER TO EIGHT YEARS IN JAIL.
April 1, 2008... Kuala Lumpur, April 1 (ANTARA): Yhe high court of Shah Alam, Selangor, sentenced Zubir Abdul Jalil, a 29-year old migrant worker from Aceh, Indonesia, to eight years imprisonment for possession of 220 grams of hashish. The court chaired by...

HIZBUT TAHRIR PICKETS DUTCH EMBASSY TO PROTEST ANTI-ISLAMIC FILM 'FITNA'.
April 1, 2008... Jakarta, April 1 (ANTARA): Tens of members of Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI) staged a rally in front of the Dutch embassy here on Tuesday to protest an anti-Islamic film produced by a right-wing Dutch politician. "The Government of the...

US ENVOY TO GIVE RP15 B TO TANGERANG TO FIGHT BIRD FLU.
April 1, 2008... Tangerang, April 1 (ANTARA): US Ambassador to Indonesia Cameron R Hume is expected to hand Rp15 billion in humanitarian aid to the Tangerang administration to fight bird flu in the region, a local health official said on Tuesday. "The grant...

HEADLINES OF MAJOR INDONESIAN NEWSPAPERS ON TUESDAY.
April 1, 2008... Jakarta, April 1 (ANTARA): Following are headlines of several major Indonesian newspapers on Tuesday. The Jakarta Post BOEDIONO SEENS AS TOP CANDIDATE TO HEAD BI Respected for his record in leading country's economy during hard...

TECTONIC EARTHQUAKE ROCKS NORTH SULAWESI.
April 1, 2008... Manado, April 1 (ANTARA): A tectonic earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale rocked North Sulawesi province at 9.15 local time on Tuesday morning, local Meteorology and Geophysics Agency (BMG) spokesman Mujianto said after the tremor. ...

SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDONESIANS TO STUDY IN AUSTRALIA.
April 1, 2008... Jakata, April 1 (ANTARA): Australian Ambassador to Indonesia Bill Farmer is pleased to announce that applications are now open for the 2009 Australian Leadership Awards (ALA) Scholarships, embassy media released said here on Tuesday. "ALA...

WORLD ANTHROPOLOGISTS TO MEET IN SOUTH KALIMANTAN.
April 2, 2008... Banjarmasin, April 2 (ANTARA): Anthropologists from 20 countries around the world will meet in South Kalimantan's provincial capital of Banjarmasin for the 5th symposium on the International Journal of Indonesian Anthropology. Organizing...

GARUDA, MANDALA LOBBYING EU TO LIFT FLIGHT BAN.
April 2, 2008... Batam, Apr 2 (ANTARA): Garuda Indonesia and Mandala Airlines are lobbying the European Union to lift the ban it had clamped on them to fly to Europe, an executive of one of the airlines said. "Both Garuda Indonesia and Mandala Airlines are...

POWERFUL QUAKE HITS BENGKULU.
April 2, 2008... Bengkulu, April 2 (ANTARA): An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter Scale shook the Indonesian province of Bengkulu on Wednesday but there was no immediate report of casualties or material damage. The epicenter of the quake which struck...

RI, AUSTRALIA STUDYING EFFECTIVENESS OF CHINESE ANTI-MALARIA DRUGS.
April 2, 2008... Jayapura, Papua, April 2 (ANTARA): The Training and Development Department of Indonesia's Health Ministry and Australia's Menzies School of Health Research are continuing to study the effectiveness of Chinese anti-malaria medicines applied in...

PRESIDENT CALLS ON AMBASSADORS TO PROTECT STATE'S IMAGE.
April 2, 2008... Jakarta, April 2 (ANTARA): Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has called on the country's ambassadors and chiefs of representative offices abroad to be able to take smart action and to protect the state's image in their efforts to...

HEAVY RAINS CAUSE SERIOUS DAMAGE OF ROADS IN KOTABARU DISTRICT.
April 2, 2008... Kotabaru, April 2 (ANTARA): Heavy rains have damaged a 14 km stretch of the Seayu-Tanjung Sari road in West Pamukan sub-district, Kotabaru district, South Kalimantan province. Many parts of the road did not have a drainage system, therefore...

DENGUE FEVER OUTBREAK KILLS FIVE IN SUKOHARJO.
April 2, 2008... Sukoharjo, C Java, April 2 (ANTARA): Local health authorties said that in the first quarter of 2008 five people had died of dengue fever in Sukoharjo, Central Java province. "The dengue fever outbreak had killed a nine year old elementary...

AUSTRALIA ASSISTS TO CONSERVE EASTERN INDONESIAN ARTEFACTS.
April 2, 2008... Jakarta, April 2 (ANTARA): Australia is currently sponsoring a three-week workshop and training program at the East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) Provincial Museum in Kupang to help conserve fragile wooden and bamboo artefacts from Eastern Indonesia, an...

PRESIDENT : FILM 'FITNA' CAN DESTROY HARMONY IN INTER-HUMAN RELATIONS.
April 2, 2008... Bogor, April 2 (ANTARA): President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said he had forbidden the entry of the anti-Islamic film 'Fitna' into Indonesia because the film would destroy the harmonious relations among humans in the world. "I have banned...

PRESIDENT OPENS COORDINATIVE MEETING OF RI'S OVERSEAS REPRESENTATIVES.
April 2, 2008... Jakarta, April 2 (ANTARA): President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono here Wednesday opened a coordinative meeting of Indonesian representative offices in foreign countries at the State Palace. The meeting was attended by all Indonesian ambassadors...

PRESIDENT YET TO PICK SUCCESSOR TO BOEDIONO AS COORDINATING MINISTER.
April 2, 2008... Jakarta, April 2 (ANTARA): President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has yet to pick a successor to Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Boediono whose name has been submitted to the House of Representatives (DPR) as a candidate for the post of...

BRITAIN WANTS RI TO BE UNSC MEMBER MORE OFTEN.
April 2, 2008... New York, April 1 (ANTARA): Amid a debate about the expansion of the membership of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), Britain expressed its wish for Indonesia to have a chance to be in the Council more often. But at the same...

US ENVOY CONCERNED ABOUT ROADSIDE POULTRY TRADING IN TANGERANG.
April 2, 2008... Tangerang, April 2 (ANTARA): US Ambassador to Indonesia Cameron Hume during a visit here Wednesday expressed concern about the fact that local poultry traders were selling their merchandise by the roadside near Karawaci Gerendeng market. ...

WEDNESDAY'S INDONESIAN NEWSPAPERS HEADLINES.
April 2, 2008... Jakarta, April 2 (ANTARA): Following are headlines of major Indonesian newspapers published on Wednesday. The Jakarta Post INFLATION RATE FEARED TO SURPASS TARGET Soaring prices for food, energy and clothes caused inflation to rise...

INDONESIAN AND THAI NAVIES REACH COOPERATION AGREEMENT.
April 3, 2008... Jakarta, Apr 3 (ANTARA): The Indonesian Navy and the Thai Navy have reached agreement to step up cooperation, also in joint patrols in the Malacca Strait. The agreement is bolstered by the signing of Terms of Reference between the two navies...

SUPREME COURT SACKS THREE JUDGES.
April 3, 2008... Pangkalpinang, Apr 3 (ANTARA): Supreme Court President Bagir Manan said he had sacked three judges for their mistakes in handling some cases. "If the judges are delinquent, they must be punished. Three new judges had been dismissed...

GOVT TO CLOSE DOWN 'YOUTUBE' WEBSITE IF FILM 'FITNA' NOT DELETED.(Website overview)
April 3, 2008... Jakarta, April 3 (ANTARA): The Communication and Information Ministry has asked the "YouTube" website to delete the flim 'Fitna' of Dutch politician Geert Wilders from its menu and is ready to close down the website if it does not comply. ...

News Focus: AGUM EXPRESSES COMMITMENT TO ERADICATE CORRUPTION IN W JAVA.
April 3, 2008... By Bustanuddin Jakarta, April 3 (ANTARA) -- After seven days of a 12-day campaign for the upcoming West Java provincial direct gubernatorial election, three pairs of contestants expressed optimism about large support they would get from...

FLOOD INUNDATES RESIDENTIAL AREAS IN PEKANBARU.
April 3, 2008... Pekanbaru, April 3 (ANTARA): Heavy rain on Thursday morning caused flooding in residential areas in Pekanbaru city but by afternoon the flood waters had subsided. The flood inundated housing complexes in Rejosari, East Tangkerang in...

MAGNITUDE 6.4 QUAKE JOLTS MALUKU WATERS.
April 3, 2008... Bandarlampung, April 3 (ANTARA): An earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale shook Maluku waters at 2.10 am local time on Thursday. The location of the quake's epicenter was around 223 km southwest of Saumlaki, Maluku, at a depth...

OVER 16,000 INDONESIANS IN AUSTRALIA ELIGIBLE FOR 2009 ELECTIONS.
April 3, 2008... Brisbane, April 3 (ANTARA): The Indonesian consulate general in Sydney has registered 16,370 Indonesian citizens in three Australian states who have the right to vote in Indonesia's general election in 2009. The consulate's first...

PRESIDENT DENIES SRI MULYANI TO SUCCEED BOEDIONO AS COORDINATING MINISTER.
April 3, 2008... Jakarta, April 3 (ANTARA): President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said he would not appoint Finance Minister Sri Mulyani as coordinating minister for economic affairs to succeed Boediono if the latter's candidacy for Bank Indonesia (BI) governor...

AUSTRALIAN, INDONESIAN UNIVERSITIES DISCUSS CHALLENGES IN EDUCATION.
April 3, 2008... Jakarta, April 3 (ANTARA): More than 150 academics, educational experts and professionals are participating in an education seminar hosted by the Australian Embassy here on Thursday to discuss current and future challenges in the education...

MILY, POLICE TO REMAIN NEUTRAL IN REGIONAL HEAD ELECTIONS.
April 3, 2008... Jakarta, March 3 (ANTARA): Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Widodo AS said he guaranteed military and police personnel would remain neutral in regional head elections. The statement was made by the minister...

FLOODS INUNDATE HUNDREDS HECTARES OF PADDY FIELDS IN SUKOLILO.
April 3, 2008... Pati, C Java, April 3 (ANTARA): Flooded farmland in the last six months in Gadudero village, Sukolilo sub-district, Pati, Central Java province, has caused reluctance on the part of the farmers to return to their land. The floods caused by...

UMBULAN WATER PROJECT TO BE TENDERED AGAIN.
April 3, 2008... Surabaya, Apr 3 (ANTARA): The East Java provincial administration planned to hold a tender for the management of the Umbulan clear water in Pasuruan, which would later be supplied to four regencies/cities in the East Java province. "The...

PRESIDENT SIGNS GENERAL ELECTION BILL.
April 3, 2008... Jakarta, Apr 3 (ANTARA): President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono signed the general election draft law the deliberations of which by the House of Representatives were supposed to be completed early in March, 2008. "I think on March 31 the...

INDONESIA, MALAYSIA, BRUNEI TO HOLD 'HEART OF BORNEO' MEETING IN PONTIANAK.
April 3, 2008... Jakarta, Apr 3 (ANTARA): Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei Darussalam will hold the Second Tri-lateral Meeting of Heart of Borneo in Pontianak, West Kalimantan, from April 4 to 5, 2008. The upcoming meeting was a follow up of the the First HoB...

NUMBER OF CIKUNGUNYA CASES IN SUKOHARJO INCREASING.
April 3, 2008... Sukoharjo, C Java, April 3 (ANTARA): A Chikungunya outbreak in Sukoharjo district, Central Java, infected a total of 314 people up to March 2008, a local health official said. The number of Chikungunya cases happening in Sukoharjo district...

EARTHQUAKE SHAKES NORTH SUMATRA ON EARLY THURSDAY.
April 3, 2008... Jakarta, April 3 (ANTARA): An earthquake measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale shook an area located 70 km southeast of Tanah Masa, North Sumatra, in the wee hours of Thursday. The quake's epicenter was at 0.36 degrees southern latitude and...

HEADLINES OF MAJOR INDONESIAN NEWSPAPERS ON THURSDAY.
April 3, 2008... Jakarta, April 3 (ANTARA): Following are headlines of several major Indonesian newspapers on Thursday. The Jakarta Post JAKARTA PHILANTHROPIC CITY: SURVEY Jakartans are among the nation's most generous people when it comes to...

BENGKULU AGAIN HIT BY 5.0-MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE ON THURSDAY.
April 3, 2008... Bengkulu, Sumatra, Apr 3 (ANTARA): Bengkulu was again shaken by an earthquake measuring 5.0 on the Richter scale on Thursday at 9.58 am Western Indonesian Time (WIB), after it was hit by a powerful 6.1-magnitude earthquake on Wednesday (April...

TWENTY-FOUR PARTIES PASS VERIFICATION.
April 4, 2008... Jakarta, Apr 4 (ANTARA): Twenty four political parties meet qualifications as legal entities after they have passed the verification process held by the Ministry of Law and Human Rights. Minister of Law and Human Rights Andi Mattalatta said...

HELICOPTER CARRYING VICE PRESIDENT FAILS TO TAKE OFF.
April 4, 2008... Jakarta, April 4 (ANTARA): An Air Force Super Puma helicopter carrying Vice President Jusuf Kalla and two cabinet ministers failed to take off from Indah Kiat port in Cilegon, Banten, on Friday afternoon due to a still unknown malfunction. ...

THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES LIVE AT DISASTER-PRONE AREAS IN W NUSA TENGGARA.
April 4, 2008... Mataram, Apr 4 (ANTARA): At least 21,545 families in West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) province live at disaster-prone areas, chief of Social Service and Women Empowerment office Lalu Junaidi Najamudin said here on Friday. "They reside along river...

LEGISLATORS REACT SHARPLY TO REPORT ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING TO US.
April 4, 2008... Jakarta, April 4 (ANTARA): A few House of Representatives (DPR) members here Friday reacted sharply to a report that thousands of Indonesians are being "sold" to the United States every year. They said the practice must be categorized as...

BALI TO HOST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH.
April 4, 2008... Denpasar, Bali, April 4 (ANTARA): Bali will host the Second International Conference on 'Reproductive Health Management (ICRHM) Emphasis on Family Planning', from May 6 to 8, 2008. Some 400 national and foreign participants were expected to...

POLICE MOBILE BRIGADE REINFORCEMENTS EXPECTED IN TERNATE.
April 4, 2008... Ternate, April 4 (ANTARA): Around 200 police Mobile Brigade personnel from the National Police Headquarters in Jakarta are expected to arrive here on Friday to help maintain security following a Provincial Legislative Assembly (DPRD) plenary...

RI NAVY NEEDS TO BE MODERNIZED : LEGISLATORS.
April 4, 2008... Jakarta, April 4 (ANTARA): The government needs to immediately modernize the Navy on a large scale in its effort to maintain the Unitary State of the Indonesian Republic (NKRI)'s sovereignty, legislators said here on Friday. House of...

ANOTHER EARTHQUAKE HIT WEST COAST OF ACEH ON FRIDAY.
April 4, 2008... Jakarta, April 4 (ANTARA): Another earthquake measuring 5.0 on the Richter scale shook Sinabang, Simeulue District, Aceh Province on Friday at 12:43 am Western Indonesian Time (WIB), according to information of the National Meteorological and...

FOUR INDONESIAN FEMALE MOSLEM YOUTH FIGURES VISITING AUSTRALIA.
April 4, 2008... Brisbane, Australia, Apr 4 (ANTARA): Four Indonesian female Moslem youth figures will be in Canberra for five days starting April 5 to take part in an Australia - Indonesia Moslem Youth Exchange (AIME) program. AIME Coordinator for...

MATARAM TO HOST SYMPOSIUM ON ASEAN COOPERATION TO SUPPORT WOMAN'S EMPOWERMENT.
April 4, 2008... Mataram, W Nusa Tenggara, Apr 4 (ANTARA): The directorate general of ASEAN cooperation at the Foreign Ministry will organize a symposium on how ASEAN cooperation can support woman's empowerment efforts in Indonesia in Mataram next week, a...

M'SIAN FIRM TO BUILD HIGH-SPEED INTERNET SYSTEM FOR 400,000 INDONESIAN MOSQUES.
April 4, 2008... Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Apr 4 (ANTARA): Malaysian telecommunication company Masers International Sdn Bhd, in cooperation with Indonesia's largest Muslim mass organization Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), will build a high-speed internet system connecting...

News Focus: NATION ASKED TO STAY CALM AMID GLOBAL ECONOMIC PROBLEMS.
April 4, 2008... By Andi Abdussalam Jakarta, April 4 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian people, along with hundreds of millions of other poor nations across the Asia-Pacific region are being "crippled" by the impact of the current surges in oil and food prices. In...

SUPPLIES TO ACEH FLOOD VICTIMS NOT EVENLY DISTRIBUTED.
April 4, 2008... Banda Aceh, April 4 (ANTARA): Thousands of victims of 2006 flash floods in seven sub districts of Aceh Tamiang district are complaining they have not received promised governmental relief aid as have flood-affected people in five other sub...

'HEART OF BORNEO' COUNTRIES AGREE TO FIVE POINTS TO CONSERVE FORESTS.
April 4, 2008... Pontianak, W Kalimantan, Apr 4 (ANTARA): Three countries that took part in the second "Heart of Borneo" (HoB) meeting -- Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei Darussalam -- have agreed to implement five things to protect forest areas, conservation...

DON'T ACCUSE LAWMAKERS OF RECEIVING BI BRIBES TOO QUICKLY : SPEAKER.
April 4, 2008... Jakarta, April 4 (ANTARA): House of Representatives (DPR) Speaker Agung Laksono said people should not too quickly accuse lawmakers of receiving 'pocket money' from Bank Indonesia (BI). The House Speaker made the statement at the parliament...

RI TO NEED 20 YEARS TO REHABILITATE ALL OF ITS CRITICAL LAND.
April 4, 2008... Serang, Banten, April 4 (ANTARA): Forestry Minister MS Ka'ban said Indonesia would need 20 years to finish rehabilitating 55 million hectares of denuded lands across the country. "If it takes the central government and local...

POLICE TO CHARGE 12 PEOPLE FOR DAMAGING DUTCH CONSULATE IN MEDAN.
April 4, 2008... Medan, N Sumatra, April 4 (ANTARA): Police have named 12 people as suspects over the material damage suffered by the Dutch consulate general in Medan in a demonstration against the film 'Fitna' last Tuesday (April 2), a spokesman said. "We...

5.2 MAGNITUDE QUAKE JOLTS ACEH.
April 4, 2008... Banda Aceh, April 4 (ANTARA): An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale which jolted the west coast of Aceh province at 7.07 a.m local time on Friday was not so destructive, a Meteorology and Geophysics Agency (BMG) official said. The...

15 BRITISH STUDENTS ON SOCIAL VISIT TO PADANG.
April 4, 2008... Padang, Apr 4 (ANTARA): Fifteen students from Canterbury College in London, are scheduled to familiarize Indonesian students in Padang, West Sumatra, with the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). "The British students are on a...

EARTHQUAKE HITS NORTH MALUKU.
April 4, 2008... Jakarta, Apr 4 (ANTARA): An earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale rocked North Maluku on the wee hours on Friday, but it did not trigger tsunami. The Meteorological and Geophysics Body said the quake occurred at 0.04 degree south...

FRIDAY'S HEADLINES IN SOME MAJOR INDONESIAN DAILIES.
April 4, 2008... Jakarta, Apr 4 (ANTARA): Following are headlines in some major Indonesian dailies: The Jakarta Post BI MAINTAINS RATE TO WARD OFF DOWNTURN Shadowed by the highest inflation rate in 18 months during March, Bank Indonesia kept its...

TECTONIC EARTHQUAKE SHAKES WESTERN COAST OF ACEH.
April 4, 2008... Banda Aceh, April 4 (ANTARA): A tectonic earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale shook western coastal areas of Aceh Province on Friday at 7.07 am Western Indonesian Time (WIB). The quake's epicenter was located at 2.9 degrees northern...

EARTHQUAKE SHAKES NORTH MALUKU ON FRIDAY.
April 4, 2008... Jakarta, April 4 (ANTARA): An earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale jolted North Maluku on Friday at 4.41 am Western Indonesian Time (WIB), according to information from the meteorological and geophysics office. The quake's epicenter...

KPK : RI SOCIETY STILL PERMISSIVE TOWARD CORRUPT ACTS.
April 5, 2008... Medan, Apr 5 (ANTARA): In the view of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), Indonesian society is still permissive in its attidude toward corruption cases happening in the national capital and the regions, a KPK official said. "Our...

HOUSE SPEAKER : LET ECONOMIC COORDINATION MINISTERIAL POST REMAIN VACANT.
April 5, 2008... Jakarta, Apr 5 (ANTARA): House of Representatives (DPR) Speaker Agung Laksono said when Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Boediono had been appointed BI governor, it would be better to let the ministerial post remain vacant. "It is...

GOVT HANDS POPULATION DATA TO GENERAL ELECTION COMMISSION.
April 5, 2008... Jakarta, April 5 (ANTARA): The Home Affairs Ministry here Saturday handed Indonesian population data to the General Election Commission (KPU) for use in preparations for the country's 2009 polls. The ceremony marking the population data's...

CIKUNGUNYA SPREADING IN SUKARAME SUB DISTRICT, BANDAR LAMPUNG CITY.
April 5, 2008... Bandarlampung, April 5 (ANTARA): A Chikungunya outbreak in Sukarame I village, Sukarame sub district, Bandar Lampung city, is reported to be affecting more and more people after the disease was said to have also occurred in other sub...

TWENTY-ONE KILLED BY HIV/AIDS IN BADUNG DISTRICT, BALI.
April 5, 2008... Denpasar, Apr 5 (ANTARA): As many as 21 people in Bali's Badung district died of HIV/AIDS in 2008, a local HIV/AIDS eradication activist said here on Friday. Speaking at the closing of a "peer educators" training course for villagers...

VP ASKS W JAVA REGIONAL GOVTS TO HELP REALIZE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
April 5, 2008... Cirebon, Apr 5 (ANTARA): Vice President Yusuf Kalla urged all relevant government agencies and local administrations to help the realization of some develpment projects in West Java. Kalla made the request during a meeting at the VIP room...

BRITISH STUDENTS TO CONDUCT CORAL REEF REPLANTING IN PADANG.
April 5, 2008... Padang, W Sumatra, April 5 (ANTARA): Some 15 students of Cantebury College, London, Britain will plant coral reef seeds around Sikuai Island, Padang, West Sumatra, on Monday (April 7, 2008) during their six-day stay in the region, a spokesman...