ANT - LKBN ANTARA (Indonesia) articles from August 2007

ANT - LKBN ANTARA (Indonesia) archives from August 2007

ANOTHER INDONESIAN HOUSE MAID RECEIVES ROUGH TREATMENT IN M'SIA.
August 1, 2007... Kuala Lumpur, Aug 1 (ANTARA) -- An Indonesian domestic helper in Kuala Lumpur, Rumiati (23), reported her ordeal to the police that she had been tortured including whipped by her female employer leaving bruises all over her body. "My...

News Focus:.
August 1, 2007... AUSTRALIAN ASSISTANCE TO RI'S EDUCATION SECTOR BADLY NEEDED Jakarta, Aug 1 (ANTARA) -- Australian government's assistance to help develop the education sector in Indonesia is like a proverb saying that "A friend in need is a friend indeed",...

GACA AUDITING GARUDA FLIGHT SAFETY.
August 1, 2007... Jakarta, Aug 1 (ANTARA) -- A team of the Saudi Arabian General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) eventually chose PT. Garuda Indonesia as a sample for making an auditing verification of the condition of flight safety in Indonesia, following...

SOME 600,000 FOREIGN GOLFERS TO ARRIVE IN RI OVER NEXT THREE YEARS.
August 1, 2007... Jakarta, Aug 1 (ANTARA) -- Some 600,000 foreign golfers may arrive in Indonesia over the next three years, Culture and Tourism Minister Jero Wacik said. "President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has set the target that over 600,000 foreign...

ASEAN COUNTRIES AGREE TO STRENGTHEN DEFENSE COOPERATION TIES.
August 1, 2007... Manila, Aug 1 (ANTARA) -- ASEAN's 10 member-countries have agreed to strengthen their defense cooperation ties and ratify the ASEAN Convention on Counter-Terrorism to face the threat of terrorism in the region, an Indonesian official said. ...

RI-AUSTRALIA TIES TO BECOME STRONGER : AMBASSADOR.
August 1, 2007... Lumajang, E Java, Aug 1 (ANTARA) -- Australia-Indonesia cooperation will become stronger than ever before thanks to the Australian government's participation in the development of Indonesia's education sector, Australian Ambassador Bill...

COURTS ASKED TO GIVE MAXIMUM SENTENCES TO BANKNOTE COUNTERFEITERS.
August 1, 2007... Semarang, C Java, Aug 1 (ANTARA) -- A Bank Indonesia (BI) or central bank official here Wedesday asked the country's courts to mete out the severest possible sentences to banknote counterfeiters to deter them from repeating their misdeeds. ...

TWO GAJAH MADA UNIVERSITY STUDENTS ELECTED ASEAN-INDONESIA YOUNG AMBASSADORS.
August 1, 2007... Yogyakarta, Aug 1 (ANTARA) -- Two Yogyakarta-based Gajah Mada University students, namely Andiputra P Sparingga (23) and Menur Adhiyasasti (22), have been elected ASEAN-Indonesia Young Ambassadors (PDMAI 2007) by the Indonesian Foreign...

RI, EU AGREE TO SETTLE FLIGHT BAN.
August 1, 2007... Manila, Aug 1 (ANTARA) -- Indonesia and the European Union (EU) have agreed to cooperate to convince their respective technical authorities to immediately settle the problem of the EU ban on Indonesian airlines, Indonesian Foreign Minister...

NAVY INTENSIFIES SECURITY PATROLS IN MOROWALI SEA BORDER REGION.
August 1, 2007... Makassar, Aug 1 (ANTARA) -- Indonesian Navy is stepping its patrols in Morowali sea boundary, Central Sulawesi, in view of arms smuggling in the region. Navy Chief of Staff Admirar Slamet Soebijanto made the remark when dedicating two...

LION AIR NOW ALSO FLIES FROM JAKARTA TO PANGKALPINANG.
August 1, 2007... Jakarta, Aug 1 (ANTARA) -- The touch down of a Lion Air Boeing 737-400 after flying from Jakarta to Pangkalpinang, capital of Bangka Belitung (Babel) province on Wednesday, marked the inauguration a new route of the Indonesian private airline...

RI NUCLEAR MISSION TO SOUTH KOREA AND JAPAN.
August 1, 2007... Tokyo, Aug 2 (ANTARA) -- Head of an Indonesian mission on a ten day working visit to South Korea and Japan said the trip is made under a 2006 working program using funds from the State Budget. "The visit to South Korea and Japan is the full...

PRESIDENT STILL LOOKING FOR SUCCESSOR TO AILING HOME MINISTER.
August 1, 2007... Jakarta, Aug 1 (ANTARA) -- President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will certainly replace Home Affairs Minister Mohammad Ma'ruf who has been ailing since suffering a stroke in March 2007 but the head of state is still looking for the right candidate...

EAS CALLS ON WORLD COMMUNITY TO MAKE UN CLIMATE CHANGE CONFAB SUCCESS.
August 1, 2007... Manila, Aug 1 (ANTARA) -- ? The East Asia Summit (EAS) has called on the world community to support the successful convening of the 13th Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the 3rd...

SOME 500 ORPHANS GET SCHOLARSHIPS FROM OMAN.
August 1, 2007... Banda Aceh, Aceh Province, Aug 1 (ANTARA) -- Some 500 orphans, whose parents were killed by deadly tsunami in December 2004, here on Wednesday got scholarships from Sultan Qaboos bin Said from Oman. "The scholarships are the assistance from the...

HEADLINES OF MAJOR INDONESIAN NEWSPAPERS ON WEDNESDAY.
August 1, 2007... Jakarta, August 1 (ANTARA) -- Following are headlines of several major Indonesian newspapers published here on Wednesday. The Jakarta Post ASEAN MINISTERS WRAP UP MEETING Foreign ministers from 16 countries meeting this week in...

GUNAWAN SANTOSO SHARES JAIL WITH BALI BOMBING CONVICT AMROZI.
August 1, 2007... Semarang, C Java, Aug 1 (ANTARA) -- Death-sentenced convict Gunawan Santoso was put in super maximum security cell in the Pasir Putih Penitentiary in Nusakambangan island in Cilacap district, Central Java, where Bali bombing criminals including...

DEATH TOLL OF MOROWALI FLOODS AND LANDSLIDES REACHES 53.
August 1, 2007... Palu, Central Sulawesi, Aug 1 (ANTARA) -- Death toll of floods and landslides devastating Morowali District, Central Sulawesi Province reached 53, according to data from Central Sulawesi's Disaster Mitigation Office. The fatalities were...

INDONESIA, AUSTRALIA OFFICIALLY OPEN 46 ISLAMIC SCHOOLS.
August 1, 2007... Jakarta, Aug 1 (ANTARA) -- The Australian Ambassador to Indonesia, Bill Farmer, and Indonesian Minister for Religious Affairs Muhammad M Basyuni here on Wednesday attended a ceremony at MTs PSA Al Fauzan in Labruk Lor, Lumajang District, East...

MILY URGED TO SHOOT ON SIGHT MALAYSIANS MOVING BORDER POLES INTO RI'S TERRITORY.
August 2, 2007... Jakarta, Aug 2 (ANTARA): A legislator has urged the National Defence Forces (TNI) Chief to order the military security personnel to shoot any Malaysian found moving border poles deeper into Indonesian territory in West Kalimantan province. ...

BPPT DEPLORES RAILWAY COACH IMPORTS FROM JAPAN.
August 2, 2007... Jakarta, Aug 2 (ANTARA): Agency for Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT) chief Prof Said Djauharsjah Jenie strongly criticized the import of railway coaches from Japan by Indonesian Railway company PT KA. "We deplore PT KA's...

SUSPICIOUS DEATH OF POLICEMAN'S WIFE REPORTED TO POLICE.
August 2, 2007... Palembang, S Sumatra, Aug 2 (ANTARA): Parents of a police officer's wife Andi Dahlia (25), who died here last week in suspicious circumstances, reported the case of their daughter's death to Palembang's Police Headquarters on Thursday. "We...

ASEAN MEMBERS AGREE TO COOPERATE ON CLIMATE CHANGE, ENERGY SECURITY.
August 2, 2007... Manila, Aug 2 (ANTARA): Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) members agreed Thursday to expand their cooperation in the areas of climate change, energy security and intercultural dialog, Singapore Foreign Minister George Yeo said. ...

RI'S FIRST PRIVATE TRANSGENIC PRODUCT DETECTION LABORATORY COMMISSIONED IN BOGOR.
August 2, 2007... Bogor, W Java, Aug 2 (ANTARA): Indonesia's first-ever private transgenic product laboratory was commissioned in Bogor, West Java, on Thursday. Hasniah Rubiana Thamrin Akib, chairperson of the government's Food and Drug Monitoring Agency...

GOVT ADVISED TO REPLACE AILING INTERNAL MINISTER SOON.
August 2, 2007... Jakarta, Aug 2 (ANTARA): National Defense Institute (Lemhanas) Governor Muladi said the government should replace ailing Home Affairs Minister Mohammad Ma'ruf soon because the position of home affairs minister was crucial, particularly in...

TWELVE DIED OF HIV/AIDS IN MALANG IN 2007.
August 2, 2007... Malang, E Java, Aug 2 (ANTARA): Twelve people have died of HIV/AIDS this year in Malang, East Java, a local health official said. They were among 28 HIV/AIDS patients recorded by Malang district's AIDS Prevention Commission, Adi Purwanto,...

FOREIGN MINISTERS OFFICIALLY NOMINATE PITSUWAN AS ASEAN'S NEW SECRETARY GENERAL.
August 2, 2007... Manila, Aug 2 (ANTARA): ASEAN foreign ministers officially nominated former Thai foreign minister Surin Pitsuwan as the new secretary general of the 10-nation bloc at the end of their 40th meeting here on Thursday. "ASEAN has nominated...

PRESIDENT REPLIES TO POLICE'S WRITTEN QUESTIONS ON DEFAMATION REPORT.
August 2, 2007... Jakarta, Aug 2 (ANTARA): President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has sent a letter to the Jakarta police headquarters containing his replies to written questions put to him by police investigators on Wednesday in connection with his defamation...

VP: ILLOGICAL TO SAY YUDHOYONO MARRIED AT AGE 16.
August 2, 2007... Batam, Aug 2 (ANTARA): Vice President Jusuf Kalla said it was illogical to assume that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono got married at the age of 16 years before he entered Indonesia's Military Academy in 1970. The vice president was...

ASEAN ARMED FORCES AGREE TO ENHANCE DEFENSE COOPERATION.
August 2, 2007... Jakarta, Aug 2 (ANTARA): ASEAN armed forces have agreed to step up defense cooperation covering maritime security, counter-terrorirsm, humanitarian military operations, disease epidemic mitigation and peace maintenance. They reached the...

RI, MALAYSIA SIGN MoU TO COOPERATE IN INFORMATION FIELD.
August 2, 2007... Kuala Lumpur, Aug 2 (ANTARA): Indonesian Information Minister Mohammad Nuh and his Malaysian counterpart Zainuddin Maidin here Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation in the field of information, notably in music and films,...

NO INDONESIAN ISLAND OWNED BY FOREIGNERS: MINISTER.
August 2, 2007... Batam, Aug 2 (ANTARA): Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister Freddy Numberi said no island in Indonesia was owned by foreigners although a number were under foreign management. "They only cooperate with us in developing the islands'...

A$100 MILLION AUSTRALIA-INDONESIA PARTNERSHIP TO COMBAT HIV.
August 2, 2007... Jakarta, Aug 2 (ANTARA): Australia will establish an A$100 million (Rp 800 billion) partnership to strengthen the response to HIV in Indonesia, an Australian embassy media release said here on Thursday. According to the release, the aim of the...

KALIMANTAN PLANS TO TURN MAHAKAM RIVER INTO PORPOISE CONSERVATION AREA.
August 2, 2007... Samarinda, E Kalimantan, Aug 2 (ANTARA): The East Kalimantan Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) has been exploring the possibility of turning part of Mahakam river into a conservation area to save Mahakam porpoises (orcaella...

RI CONSIDERING SENDING PEACE-KEEPING FORCE TO DARFUR.
August 2, 2007... Manila, Aug 2 (ANTARA): Indonesia is considering sending a peace-keeping force to Darfur in Sudan to help maintain security in the region which has been blghted by violence over the past four years, Foreign Minister Hassan Wirayuda said here....

CONSTITUTIONAL COURT CHAIRMAN RECEIVES FORMER AUSTRALIAN FOREIGN MINISTER.
August 2, 2007... Jakarta, Aug 2 (ANTARA): Constitutional Court (MK) Chairman Jimly Asshiddiqie received former Australian Foreign Minister Gareth Evans here on Thursday. Gareth came to the Constitutional Court office in his capacity as chairman of the...

MALAYSIA NOT TO HAMPER FLOW OF INDONESIAN MUSIC AND FILMS.
August 2, 2007... Kuala Lumpur, Aug 2 (ANTARA): Malaysian Information Minister Zainuddin Maidin said his country would not hamper the flow of Indonesian music and flims into Malaysia despite protests from Malaysian musicians and entertainment industry. ...

PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO REMAINS SUPPORTING STRUGGLE FOR PALESTINIAN INDEPENDENCE.
August 2, 2007... Jakarta, Aug 2 (ANTARA): President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said the Indonesian government is still supporting the struggle of the Palestinian people for independence. Presidential spokesman Dino Patti Djalal made the remark after a meeting...

EARTHQUAKE JOLTS WEST SUMATRA.
August 2, 2007... Padang, W Sumatra, Aug 2 (ANTARA): An earthquake measuring 4.8 on the Richter scale jolted a number of cities in West Sumatra province at 19:59 local time. Andi, an official at the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency (BMG) in Jakarta said on...

PEOPLE'S WELFARE MINISTER VISITS FLOOD-HIT MOROWALI.
August 2, 2007... Palu, Central Sulawesi, Aug. 2 (ANTARA): Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare Aburizal Bakrie on Thursday visited two refugee camps in Morowali District, Central Sulawesi, which was hit by floods and landslides over the past few days. ...

FLOODS DAMAGE 15,761 HA OF FARMLAND IN S SULAWESI.
August 2, 2007... Makassar, South Sulawesi, Aug. 2 (ANTARA): Floods damaged around 15,761 hectares of farmland in several districts of South Sulawesi, especially Luwu, Wajo and Sidrap, a provincial offficial said. But despite the damage, South Sulawesi was...

EARTHQUAKE JOLTS PAPUA.
August 2, 2007... Bandarlampung, Aug. 2 (ANTARA): An earthquake measuring 5.0 on the Richter Scale jolted Papua Province, on Thursday. The earthquake occurred at 10.43 am Western Indonesian Time (WIB) in an area around 169 km northwest of Jayapura, according...

PRESIDENT TO VISIT SIAK PALACE IN RIAU.
August 2, 2007... Pekanbaru, Riau Province, Aug. 2 (ANTARA): President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will make a two-day working visit to Riau Province, on August 11 and 12, 2007, among other things to visit Siak Palace. "In conjunction with the planned visit of...

VP, EIGHT MINISTERS MAKE WORKING VISIT IN BATAM.
August 2, 2007... Jakarta, Aug. 2 (ANTARA): Vice President M Jusuf Kalla, accompanied by eight cabinet ministers and Investment Coordination Board (BPPKM) head Mohammad Lutfi, made a working visit to Batam on Thursday. During his visit, Kalla officially opened...

EU AWARDS SCHOLARSHIPS TO 44 INDONESIAN GRADUATES AND SCHOLARS.
August 2, 2007... Jakarta, Aug 2 (ANTARA): The European Commission has awarded 44 European Union "Erasmus Mundus" scholarships for Indonesians to follow higher education in Europe starting September. "The scholarships are part of efforts to enhance friendly...

EXERCISES UNDER DCA MIGHT NOT BE HELD IN NATUNA : MNISTER.
August 2, 2007... Batam, Aug. 2 (ANTARA): Defense Minister Juwono Sudarsono said military exercises provided for in the Indonesia-Singapote Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) might not be staged in Natuna as the local communty was against the use of the...

THURSDAY'S HEADLINES IN MAJOR INDONESIAN DAILIES.
August 2, 2007... Jakarta, Aug 2 (ANTARA): Following are the headlines of some major Indonesian dailies: The Jakarta Post and Republika INFLATION UP FOR FIRST TIME IN `07 Students paying higher school fees and more for textbooks for the new academic...

VILLAGERS RALLY AT PERTAMINA OIL FIELD IN KARAWANG.
August 3, 2007... Karawang, West Java, Aug 3 (ANTARA): Hundreds of people living around an oil field operated by state oil and gas company PT Pertamina in Karawang district, West Java, on Friday staged a rally at the area's entrance to demand that the company...

BALI CONTRIBUTES A GREAT DEAL TO ASTRA INTERNATIONAL'S PROFITS.
August 3, 2007... Denpasar, Aug 3 (ANTARA): A total of 14 business enterprises of giant automotive company PT Astra International (ASII) operating in Bali had contributed Rp2.682 trillion to the publicly listed company's first semester 2007 profits. "The...

News Focus: JAKARTA GUBERNATORIAL CAMPAIGN ENDS, ELECTION ON AUGUST 8.
August 3, 2007... Jakarta, Aug 3 (ANTARA) -- The last round of the two-week campaign for Jakarta's first direct gubernatorial election ended on Friday (Aug 3) this year, causing heavy traffic jam in several roads near East Senayan Parking Lot and in Kuningan,...

BI OFFICIAL : ICW'S DOCUMENT ON ILLEGAL FUND FLOW TO HOUSE FAKE.
August 3, 2007... Jakarta, Aug 3 (ANTARA): A document allegedly purporting to show there was once an illegal flow of funds from Bank Indonesia (BI), the central bank, to the House of Representatives (DPR) which the Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) had submitted...

PRESIDENT ASKS PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY TO SUPPORT AFFORDABLE MEDICINE PROGRAM.
August 3, 2007... Jakarta, Aug 3 (ANTARA): President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has called on pharmaceutical businessmen to help make the government's program to provide the people with quality medicines at affordable prices a success. "Let's make the program...

RI POLICE PREPARE 450 OFFICERS FOR PEACE-KEEPING ASSIGNMENT IN SUDAN.
August 3, 2007... Jakarta, Aug 3 (ANTARA): Indonesia's National Police Headquarters has prepared 450 officers to join an international peacekeeping force that will be deployed to Sudan, a spokesman said. National Police spokesman Inspector General Sisno...

RI TO SEND FOOD SUPPLIES TO PALESTINE.
August 3, 2007... Jakarta, Aug 3 (ANTARA): Indonesia will send humanitarian assistance in the form of food and medical supplies to Palestine, Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda said here on Friday. "As a matter of principle, Indonesia will help the Palestinians...

GAM PARTY TO ACCEPT WHATEVER GOVT DECIDES ON ITS EXISTENCE.
August 3, 2007... Banda Aceh, Aug 3 (ANTARA): The GAM Party is waiting for the Law and Human Rights Ministry's decision on whether or not it is allowed to exist as a local party in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam (NAD) amd accept whatever the ministry decides, a...

FAUZI OPTIMISTIC HE WILL WIN JAKARTA GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION.
August 3, 2007... Jakarta, Aug 3 (ANTARA): Fauzi Bowo, a candidate in Jakarta's gubernatorial election, said on Friday he was optimistic he would win the poll scheduled to take place on Wednesday (Aug 8). Fausi's running mate, Prijanto, warned supporters to...

QUAKE WITH MAGNITUDE OF 5.6 ON RICHTER SCALE HITS NORTH MALUKU.(Website overview)
August 3, 2007... Bandar Lampung, Aug 3 (ANTARA): An earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter Scale (SR) hit North Maluku at 1:02 a.m local time on Friday. The epicenter of the quake was located 2.54 degrees northern latitude, 126.91 degrees eastern...

FRENCH NGO TO BUILD SEA AND FERRY PORTT IN PULO ACEH.
August 3, 2007... Banda Aceh, Aug 3 (ANTARA): Triangle, a French non-governmental organization, will rehabilitate and rebuild sea and ferry ports in Pulo Aceh, Aceh Besar district, seriously damaged by the tsunami a couple of years ago, with a view to restore...

DISTRICT HEAD READY TO GIVE UP HIS POST RATHER THAN ALLOWING ILLEGAL LOGGERS TO GO UNPUNISHED.
August 3, 2007... Bengkulu, Aug 3 (ANTARA): Lebong district head Drs Dalhadi Umar B. Sc, expressed his strong commitment here on Friday to combatting illegal logging in the district under his jurisdiction to save the forest. Wishing to see the district to...

RI SAFETY FLIGHT RATE AMONG SIX WORST IN THE WORLD: OFFICIAL.
August 3, 2007... Jakarta, Aug 3 (ANTARA): The safety flight rate of Indonesia among 62 other countries with bad flight safety records, is now among the six countries with the worst flight safety rates in the world, and therefore it is understandable that...

DUTCH-MADE CORVETTE FOR RI NAVY TO ARRIVE MID-AUGUST.
August 3, 2007... Jakarta, Aug. 3 (ANTARA): The Indonesian Navy is expected to receive a Sigma (Ship Integrated Geometrical Modularity Approach)-class corvette in the middle of August 2007. "We expect it (the corvette) to arrive mid August. It is currently...

GIRL IN SUKABUMI HOSPITALIZED WITH BIRD-FLU-LIKE SYMPTOMS.
August 3, 2007... Sukabumi, West Java, Aug 3 (ANTARA): A young girl, identified as Ririn Meilani (12), has been admitted to Syamsudin General Hospital here as a suspected bird flu (Avian Influenza) sufferer as a number of chickens in her neighborhood had...

WEST JAVA'S UNHUSKED RICE OUTPUT REACHES 5.5 M TONS.
August 3, 2007... Bandung, W Java, Aug 3 (ANTARA): West Java's dry unhusked rice output in the first planting season ended in mid-July 2007 totaled 5.5 million tons, an official said. "The dry unhusked rice output accounts for 55 percent of the production...

FRIDAY'S NEWSPAPERS HEADLINES.
August 3, 2007... Jakarta, Aug 3 (ANTARA): Following are headlines in some major Indonesian dailies: The Jakarta Post NARCOTICS BODY SAYS CASES DOWN The National Narcotics Agency says overall drug cases fell in the first half of 2007, but noted an...

TECTONIC EARTHQUAKE JOLTS BENGKULU.
August 3, 2007... Bengkulu, Sumatra, Aug. 3 (ANTARA): A tectonic earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale jolted Bengkulu in the wee hours of Friday, at around 3.59 am Western Indonesian Time (WIB). The epicenter of the earthquake was located at 4.56...

MUHAMMADIYAH CHIEF OFF TO KYOTO FOR WORLD SPIRITUAL DAY.
August 3, 2007... Jakarta, Aug 3 (ANTARA): Din Syamsuddin, chief of the Islamic organisation Muhammadiyah, left here late Thursday for Kyoto, Japan, to attend the 20th anniversary of the World Spiritual Day. Din, along with representatives from the world's 10...

WEST SUMATRA JOLTED BY 4.8-MAGNITUDE TREMOR.
August 3, 2007... Padang, West Sumatra, Aug 3 (ANTARA): West Sumatra Province was jolted by a tremor measuring 4.8 on the Richter scale on Friday, at 4.37 am local time. The epicenter of the earthquake was located at 1.1 degrees southern latitude and 99.78...

AUSTRALIA EXTENDS RP800 BILLION TO FIGHT AGAINST HIV/AIDS IN INDONESIA.
August 3, 2007... Jakarta, Aug 3 (ANTARA): Australia under the scheme of the Australia - Indonesia Partnership for Fighting HIV donated a cash worth to some A$100 million (some Rp800 billion) to strengthen the prevention and handling of the IV virus spread in...

SUTIYOSO SEES NO INDICATIONS HE WILL BECOME NEXT HOME MINISTER.
August 4, 2007... Semarang, C Java, Aug 4 (ANTARA): Jakarta Governor Sutiyoso said there were no indications that he would be appointed home affairs minister by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. But he said he was ready to be assigned to any position or to...

TNI STUDYING POSSIBILITY OF SENDING TROOPS TO DARFUR.
August 4, 2007... Jakarta, Aug 4 (ANTARA): The Indonesian National Defense Forces (TNI) is studying the possibility of sending troops to Darfur in western Sudan to help create stability and security in the region which has been blighted by violence over the past...

BELGIAN RED CROSS TO PRESENT 17 BOATS TO ACEH FISHERMEN.
August 4, 2007... Banda Aceh, Aug 4 (ANTARA): The Belgian Red Cross in cooperation with its Indonesian counterpart is to present 17 fishing boats to Lampulo fishermen in Kuta Alam sub district, Banda Aceh. Said Faisal, a Belgian Red Cross staffer, said here...

SATURDAY'S NEWSPAPER HEADLINES.
August 4, 2007... Jakarta, Aug 4 (ANTARA): Following are headlines of several major newspapers here on Saturday. The Jakarta Post HOUSE TO FOLLOW UP BI BRIBERY SCANDAL The House of Representatives wil allow its ethics council to probe the alleged...

CHINA BANS AQUATIC IMPORTS FROM INDONESIA.
August 4, 2007... Beijing, Aug 4 (ANTARA): Fear of reciprocal import bans between Indonesia and China has begun after China's top quality control agency banned on Friday imports of aquatic products from Indonesia, claiming many were found containing toxic...

GERMANY PROVIDES RP10 BILLION FOR WASTE PROCESSION IN BALI.
August 4, 2007... Denpasar, Aug 4 (ANTARA): A German financial institution, in cooperation with Bali's Regional Development Bank (BPD), has channelled Rp10 billion credits to help overcome industrial wastes and prevent them from polluting the environment. ...

DEATH TOLL OF MOROWALI FLOODS RISES TO 67.
August 4, 2007... Palu, C Sulawesi, Aug 4 (ANTARA): The death toll of floods and landslifes which hit Central Sulawesi's Morowali district in the past two weeks has risen to 67 people. Coordinator of Central Sualwesi's Natural Disaster Mitigation Command Post...

BRR ALLOCATES RP626 B FOR DEVELOPMENT IN ACEH.
August 4, 2007... Banda Aceh, Aug 4 (ANTARA): Region-1 Aceh-Nias Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Board (BRR) has allocated Rp626 billion to complete various development pans this year at the cities of Banda Aceh and Sabang, and the districts of Aceh Besar and...

ITB TO HOST INTERNATIONAL ICT CONFAB.
August 4, 2007... Bandung, Aug 4 (ANTARA): Over a hundred information technology experts from Indonesia and foreign countries will take part in the Information and Communication Technology Conference to Empower Rural People which will take place here on August...

PRESIDENT SENDS ASSISTANCE TO RI TROOPS IN LEBANON.
August 4, 2007... Jakarta, Aug 4 (ANTARA): President Susilo Bambang Yudhyono has sent an assortment of workng tools, including laptops, stationary and other things, to the Indonesian contingent in the United Nations peace-keeping force in Lebanon, Mission...

RULES ON INDEPENDENT ASPIRANTS CAN FOLLOW THOSE IN ACEH: OBSERVER.
August 5, 2007... Banda Aceh, Aug 5 (ANTARA): Provincial chapters of the General Elections Commission (KPU) across Indonesia could follow that in Aceh in making regulations on independent candidates as the province has successfully implemented the regional head...

TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE IN INDONESIA ON AUGUST 28.
August 5, 2007... Bandung, Aug 5 (ANTARA): The people in Indonesia will be able to see a total lunar eclipse on Tuesday, August 28, 2007. "Unlike the previous lunar eclipse, the upcoming lunar eclipse would be total, as the entire moon will pass the earth's...

INDONESIA NEEDS 55 YEARS TO REHABILITATE ITS FORESTS.
August 5, 2007... Jambi, Aug 5 (ANTARA): Forestry Minister MS Kaban said here on Sunday it would take 55 years for Indonesia to rehabilitate its 59 million hectares of damaged forests. He said the forest rehabilitation movement that had been launched for...

VOLCANOLOGIST: FIVE VOLCANOES ERUPT IN INDONESIA EVERY YEAR.
August 5, 2007... Garut, Aug 5 (ANTARA): An average of five of the 129 volcanoes in Indonesia were predicted to erupt every year, a volcanologist said. Head of the Volcanic Mitigation and Geological Disaster Center Dr Surono said here that based on his...

*DIARRHEA KILLS FIVE RESIDENTS IN PAPUA.
August 5, 2007... Timika, Papua, Aug 5 (ANTARA): In the past two months, diarrhea was reported to have killed five people in Hoya Village, Mimika District, Papua, information from the Mimika district health office said. Head of the Mimika district health office...

ONLY 400 HOUSES FOR TSUMANI VICTIMS IN BANDA ACEH STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
August 5, 2007... Banda Aceh, Aug 5 (ANTARA): The building of houses for tsunami victims in Banda Aceh by the Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Agency(BRR) and NGOs is nearing completion, because only 400 units of the total of 17,000 units to be built for the...