ANT - LKBN ANTARA (Indonesia) articles from December 2003

ANT - LKBN ANTARA (Indonesia) archives from December 2003

ANGRY MOB DESTROY TENTENA POLICE HEADQUARTERS.
December 1, 2003... Palu, C Sulawesi, Nov 30 (ANTARA) - The North Pamona police headquarters and its chief's house in Tentena, Poso district, Central Sulawesi, were reportedly destroyed by an enraged mob, sources said. Reports gathered by ANTARA from Poso...

POLICE WITHDRAWN FROM W SUMATERA CLASH SCENE.
December 1, 2003... Padang, Nov 30 (ANTARA) - The West Sumatera Police headquarters has begun withdrawing their members by stages from the conflict-stricken location where two opposing groups respectively from Muaro Kalaban and Padang Sibusuk villages, Sawahlunto...

US JOURNALIST TO LECTURE, HOLD DISCCUSSION IN MEDAN.
December 1, 2003... Medan, Nov 30 (ANTARA) - Noted US journalist Bill Kovach is to visit Medan to give a lecture to and hold a discussion with journalists, media observers and acedemicians at the auditorium of the Yayasan Pengembangan Persahabatan...

BRAWLS IN RIAU LEAVE ONE DEAD, TWO WOUNDED.
December 1, 2003... Pekanbaru, Riau, Nov 30 (ANTARA) - Brawls between two different groups occurred in Kuala Merbau village, Bengkalis district, Riau, on Wednesday evening, leaving one person dead and two others wounded, sources said. Information gathered...

MONDAY'S HEADLINES IN MAJOR INDONESIA DAILIES.
December 1, 2003... The Jakarta Post HIGH-RISK BEHAVIOR SPURS RI'S AIDS RATE As the globe commemorates World AIDS Day on Dec 1, Indonesia's response continues to remain dangerously slow while millions of its people continue to obliviously engage in high-risk...

OSSAA TEAM TO TREAT 30 LEPERS IN E NUSTENGGARA.
December 1, 2003... Atambua, Nov 30 (ANTARA) - Some 30 lepers in East Nusatenggara's Timor Tengah Utara (TTU) district are expecting to be treated by a medical team of the Overseas Specialist Surgical Association of Australia (OSSAA) next December 6-10, a social...

MONDAY'S EDITORIALS FROM INDONESIAN DAILIES: 1 DEC 2003.
December 1, 2003... Media Indonesia Editorial Summary: THE TURMOIL IN PAPUA Separatism seems to be an endless problem which this republic continues to face. With various reasons, certain groups from time to time always try to secede from the Unitary State...

MORNING STAR FLAG OF PAPUA SEPARATIST GROUP LOWERED.
December 1, 2003... Jayapura, Dec 1 (ANTARA) - After fluttering in the air for about three hours, the Papua separatist flag of "Bintang Kejora" (The Morning Star) was lowered by the local police at 8:50 a.m. local time, ANTARA reported here Monday. The police...

AMOUNT OF CGI LOAN TO RI TO BE BASED ON BUDGET NEED.
December 1, 2003... Jakarta, Dec 1 (ANTARA) - Finance Minister Boediono said here on Monday the amount of loans that the CGI would provide for Indonesia in 2004 would be based on the 2004 state budget need (APBN). "We would first refer to the state budget need...

HERU PURNOMO NEW INDON WESTERN FLEET COMMANDER.
December 1, 2003... Jakarta, Dec 1 (ANTARA) - Indonesia's Navy chief of staff Admiral Bernard Kent Sondakh here on Monday installed Commodore Y Didik Heru Purnomo as chief of the country's Western Fleet, replacing Rear Admiral Mualimin S, who has reached retiring...

MILY NOT TO TOLERATE HOLDING OF GAM ANNIVERSARY.
December 1, 2003... Banda Aceh, Dec 1 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian military said Monday it would not tolerate the commemoration of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) anniversary on December 4. Spokesman of the Regional Military Emergency Authority Let Col Firdaus...

BALI'S NON-OIL EXPORTS WORTH US$405 MILLION.
December 1, 2003... Denpasar, Bali, Dec 1 (ANTARA) - Bali's non-oil commodity exports in the first ten months of 2003 were recorded at US$405.4 million, increasing by five percent compared with those in the corresponding period last year, an official said here on...

GOVT MAY NOT FULFIL ITS TARGET T-BOND ISSUANCE.
December 1, 2003... Jakarta, Dec 1 (ANTARA) - The government may hold back its target to issue Rp3.2 trillion worth Treasury bonds (T-Bonds) by the end of this year if it considers unnecessary to do so, Finance Minister Boediono said here on Monday. The Rp3.2...

PRESIDENT MEGAWATI TO REVISE LAW NO.22/1999.
December 1, 2003... Jakarta, Dec 1 (ANTARA) - Indonesian President Megawati Soekarnoputry has promised to revise law no.22/1999 on regional government before 2004 general election, government official said here Monday. "Mademe president has promised to revise...

RI DETERMINED TO WIN 70 GOLD MEDALS AT 22ND SEA GAMES.
December 1, 2003... Hanoi, Dec. 1 (ANTARA) - Indonesia plans to win 70 gold medals at the 22nd SEA Games. The country will participate in 28 out of 32 events at the Games, Vietnamese News Agency (VNA) reported here on Monday. At most SEA Games held since...

PRESIDENT MEGAWATI TO SEND NANA SUTRESNA TO N KOREA.
December 1, 2003... Jakarta, Dec 1 (ANTARA) - Indonesian President Megawati Soekarnoputri is to send the country's special envoy Nana Sutresna to North Korea on December 9 to meet with President Kim Jong-Il in a bid to seeking the solution of nuclear issue. ...

GUS DUR CONVINCED E JAVA CLERICS' MURDERS POLITICALLY MOTIVATED.
December 1, 2003... Mataram, Dec 1 (ANTARA) - Former President Abdurrahman Wahid, who is popularly also named Gus Dur, said he was convinced the recent murders of two Islamic clerics in East Java were politically motivated. He said his conviction was based...

STUDENTS FALL OFF TRAIN, THREE DEAD, THREE OTHERS INJURED.
December 1, 2003... Bandung, W Java, Dec 1 (ANTARA) - Three senior high-school students were killed and three others sustained serious injuries after falling off a fast-moving train at Cicendo in West Bandung, on Sunday, police said. The six were part of a...

VEEP'S EXPERT STAFF ON INDON SECURITY DEVELOPMENTS.
December 1, 2003... Jakarta, December 12 (ANTARA) - Increasing cases of violence during the last several weeks in Poso, Central Sulawesi, and the murder of an "ulema" ( Islamic clergyman) in East Java, have been conducted by those who do not wish to have...

ANOTHER VILLAGE IN POSO ATTACKED.
December 1, 2003... Palu, Dec 1 (ANTARA) - A village in Poso, Central Sulawesi, was again attacked by unidentified gunmen on Sunday night but nobody was harmed, police confirmed here on Monday. The chief of the Poso police resort, Adjunct Senior Commissioner...

SOME 20 POLITICAL PARTIES LIKELY TO CONTEST 2004 ELECTIONS.
December 2, 2003... Jakarta, Dec 1 (ANTARA) - Next year's general elections are likely to be contested by only 15 to 20 political parties as many parties aspiring to take part will not be able to meet the electoral requirements. Mulyana W Kusumah, chirman...

ROADS IN JAKARTA CROWDED AGAIN AFTER HOLIDAYS' QUIET.
December 2, 2003... Jakarta, Dec 1 (ANTARA) - Roads in capital city Jakarta were again crowded on Monday after being quiet for several days when its residents left them for Idul Fitri holiday. Government as well as private offices reopened again that day...

MANY COUNTRIES OFFER WARSHIPS TO RI, NAVY CHIEF SAYS.
December 2, 2003... Jakarta, Dec 1 (ANTARA) - China, the Netherlands and South Korea have offered warships to Indonesia, the country's navy commander Admiral Bernard Kent Sondakh said here on Monday. "Many countries have offered their products to Indonesia...

MILY TO INTENSIFY PATROLS AHEAD OF ACEH REBEL MOVEMENT'S ANNIVERSARY.
December 2, 2003... Banda Aceh, Dec 1 (ANTARA) - The military said here on Monday that they would intensify patrols ahead of the anniversary of Aceh separatist movement on December 4. "We will intensify patrols so that people will not be involved by them in...

MEGAWATI ORDERS PARTY IN NTT TO INVESTIGATE LARANTUKA INCIDENT.
December 2, 2003... Kupang, Dec 1 (ANTARA) - General Chairman of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) Megawati Soekarnoputri has asked the party's East Nusatenggara chapter to investigate the Larantuka incident which erupted on November 15, this...

MINISTRY TO TAKE ACTION AGAINST PT GEMA WAHYU PRATAMA.
December 2, 2003... Jakarta, Dec 1 (ANTARA) - The Religious Affairs Ministry will take firm action against PT Gema Wahyu and Taruna AlQuran for making prospetive hajj pilgrims pay an illegal surcharge of about US$1,600 , a spokesman said. "We will take action...

MINISTRY DENIES HAJJ QUOTA BEING TRADED.
December 2, 2003... Jakarta, Dec 1 (ANTARA) - Director General for Islamic Development and Haj Pilgrimage Affairs Taufik Kamil denied a report saying that there was trading of haj quota for special hajj pilgrimage package which had been closed since August 29. ...

SPECIAL POLICE TEAMS PROBING POSO ATTACKS.
December 2, 2003... Palu, Dec 1 (ANTARA) - Central Sulawesi police have assigned detective and criminal investigation teams to investigate armed attacks in two different locations in Poso district, a spokesman said. One team was deployed to Kilotrans...

TUESDAY'S HEADLINES OF INDONESIA'S MAJOR DAILIES.
December 2, 2003... The Jakarta Post STAY-HOME CIVIL SERVANTS FACE PAY CUT High absentee rates on Monday at government offices led to long queues for people wanting to pay their phone and water bills, and canceled meetings at the national legislature. ...

TUESDAY'S EDITORIALS FROM INDONESIAN DAILIES: 2 DEC 2003.
December 2, 2003... Kompas Editorial Summary: MEASURING POLITICAL MATURITY On Tuesday, the National Election Commissions (KPU) is expected to announce the names of the political parties that have been cleared to contest the 2004 elections. From the...

MALAYSIAN MAN ARRESTED FOR ILLEGAL LOGGING IN PAPUA.
December 2, 2003... Jayapura, Papua, Dec 2 (ANTARA) - The local police in the Indonesian easternmost province of Papua said to have arrested Lee Kah Wai, a Malaysian man who engaged in illegal logging in the province. Local police chief Insp. Gen. Budi Utomo said...

THREE MORE REBELS KILLED IN ACEH.
December 2, 2003... Banda Aceh, Dec 2 (ANTARA) - Three more rebels were killed on Monday in the Indonesia's restive province of Aceh, where troops are in the seventh month of an offensive to crush separatist guerrillas, Indonesian military said Tuesday. ...

SOME 6,402 DISPLACED PEOPLE LIVING IN ACEH'S CAMPS.
December 2, 2003... Banda Aceh, Dec 2 (ANTARA) - Some 6,402 displaced people are still living in camps in five districts/towns in Nagroe Aceh Darussalam province, a spokesman has said. Burhanuddin, spokesman of the Humanitarian Center at the Aceh Social Affair...

POSO REMAINS HEATING UP, SECURITY MINISTER SAYS.
December 2, 2003... Jakarta, Dec 2 (ANTARA) - The situation in Indonesian Central Sulawesi town of Poso remains heating up following the weekend killing of four people there, top security minister Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said here Tuesday. Since the situation...

VP AGREES TO PLAN TO BUILD BALARAJA FLY-OVER.
December 2, 2003... Tangerang, December 2 (ANTARA) - Vice President Hamzah Haz has voiced agreement to the Tengerang district administration's plan to build a fly-over in Balaraja in Banten province, a spokesman said. When constructed, the fly-over is...

NU-MUHAMMADIYAH ALLIANCE OF ANTI-CORRUPTION HAILED.
December 2, 2003... Jakarta, December 2 (ANTARA) - The establishment of the Anti-Corruption Alliance between Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) and Muhammadiyah Islamic organizations has been hailed as the campaign of last resort against grafts in this country. This was...

PIDIE POLICE GRILLING JAKARTA BOMBING SUSPECT.
December 2, 2003... Banda Aceh, Dec 2 (ANTARA) - Pidie district police have arrested a 34-year-old man suspected of involvement in two terror bombing incidents which occurred in Jakarta two to three years ago, a spokesman said. "A police investigator from...

SWEDEN MUST NOT DISAPPOINT RI IN HASAN TIRO CASE, SAYS OBSERVER.
December 2, 2003... Medan, N Sumatra, Dec 2 (ANTARA) - The Swedish government should not dissappoint its Indonesian counterpart in the matter of separatist Free Aceh Movement (GAM) leader Hasan Tiro who is directing separatist activities in Nangroe Aceh...

RI WANTS OPEC PRODUCTION CEILING MAINTAINED AT 24.5 MILLION BPD.
December 2, 2003... Jakarta, Dec 2 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian government wants the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to keep its oil production ceiling at 24.5 million barrels per day, a cabinet member said on Tuesday. Energy and Mines...

BOMBING SUSPECTS AZAHARI, MOHD TOP POSSIBLY NO LONGER IN W JAVA.
December 2, 2003... Bandung, Dec 2 (ANTARA) - Police said here Tuesday the two most wanted suspects in the JW Marriott Hotel bombing in Jakarta, Dr Azahari and Noor Din Mohd Top, are probably no longer in West Java. However, "we are still monitoring a number of...

2004 EXPORTS PROJECTED TO INCREASE BY SEVEN PCT FROM 2003.
December 2, 2003... Jakarta, Dec 2 (ANTARA) - Indonesia's non-oil exports in 2004 had been projected to increase by seven percent compared to 2003, Industry and Trade Minister Rini MS Soewandi said. After attending a meeting of the Financial Sector Policy...

MINISTER ON INDON GARMENT TRADE COMPETITION ABROAD.
December 2, 2003... Jakarta, December 2 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian garments and textile products might lose in the international market competition following the lifting of the commodities' export quota to the United States by the end of 2004. However, if...

GOVT TAKES MEASURES TO PREVENT GAM ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS.
December 2, 2003... Jakarta, Dec 2 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian government has taken various anticipatory measures, including preparations to take repressive action, to prevent Aceh separatist rebels from celebraing their movement's anniversary on December 4, a...

FOREX RESERVES US$ 35.06 B IN THIRD WEEK OF NOVEMBER.
December 2, 2003... Jakarta, Dec 2 (ANTARA) - Indonesia's foreign exchange reserves in the third week of 2003 reached 35.06 billion US dollars, up by 115.3 million dollars compared to a week earlier. The increase was especially thanks to non-oil export...

TEN PEOPLE DETAINED OVER LARANTUKA RIOT.
December 2, 2003... Kupang, E Nusa Tenggara, Dec 2 (ANTARA) - Police have detained at least 10 people suspected of involvement in a violent riot that happened last Nov. 15 in the East Flores capital of Larantuka, East Nusa Tenggara, a spokesman said. "We have...

GOVT DEPLOYS PERSONNEL TO FACE FLOODS ACROSS INDONESIA.
December 2, 2003... Jakarta, Dec 2 (ANTARA) - The ministry of regional resettlement and infrastructure has deployed its personnel to flood-control projects in each province in view of the floods currently hitting many provinces in the country. "At least we...

E JAVA MURDERS 'COMMON CRIMES', SAYS SENIOR MINISTER.
December 3, 2003... Jakarta, Dec 2 (ANTARA) - Police investigations into the recent murders of a Moslem cleric and businessman in East Java so far have established that the incidents were "pure common crimes", a senior minister in chargee of national security...

STILL NO NEED FOR INDONESIA TO IMPORT RICE.
December 3, 2003... Jakarta, DEC 2 (ANTARA) - Indonesia still has no need for rice imports as the existing supplies are still plenty to meet domestic consumption and in face of next year's harvest season. "Frankly speaking I have not checked the latest data, but...

RI-VIETNAM AIR LINK EXPECTED TO BOOST TRADE.
December 3, 2003... Jakarta, Dec 2 (ANTARA) - Indonesia-Vietnam trade in the coming years is expected to increase reaching 1 billion US dollars with Garuda and Lion Air flights starting in mid-December 2003. "Garuda's inaugural flights will be started on December...

E JAVA EXPECTING TO EARN US$5 BILLION FROM 2003 EXPORTS.
December 3, 2003... Surabaya, Dec 2 (ANTARA) - East Java province expects to earn US$4.9 billion to US$5 billion from its non-oil/non-gas exports this year or slightly more than last year when the figure was US$4.8 billion, a leading provincial exporter said. ...

ELEPHANTS RUN AMUCK, ONE VILLAGER KILLED.
December 3, 2003... Bandar Lampung, Dec 2 (ANTARA) - A villager died after seven "angry" wild elephants ran amuck in the Sumatran district of Tanggamus, Lampung, on Saturday, a park official confirmed here on Tuesday. Tamen Sitorus, the chief official of the...

TWELVE PARTIES CONFIRMED TO PARTICIPATE IN 2004 GENERAL ELECTIONS.
December 3, 2003... Jakarta, Dec 2 (ANTARA) - As many as 12 political parties were confirmed here on Tuesday to participate in next year's general elections. General Elections Commission (KPU Chairman Nazaruddin Syamsudin said the 12 parties had passed a...

TANAH KARO FARMERS STOP ORANGE EXPORTS.
December 3, 2003... Medan, North Sumatera, Dec 2 (ANTARA) - Farmers in Tanah Karo district, North Sumatera, have stopped export of oranges since early in 2003 due to lack of foreign demand, a spokesman said. "Oranges from Tanah Karo were usually exported to...

WEDNESDAY'S HEADLINES OF INDONESIA'S MAJOR DAILIES.
December 3, 2003... The Jakarta Post SIX MORE PARTIES PASS SCREENING FOR 2004 ELECTIONS Six more of the 40 political parties undergoing factual verification have passed the final screening and are thus officially eligible for next year's elections, the...

U.S. JOURNALISTS TO VISIT INDONESIA'S W KALIMANTAN.
December 3, 2003... Pontianak, W Kalimantan, Dec 3 (ANTARA) - Two American journalists are slated to speak during a seminar on journalism ethics and investigative journalism, to be held here on Dec 5-7. They are Prof Ralph Barney of Brigham Young, Utah, who...

WEDNESDAY'S EDITORIALS OF INDONESIA'S MAJOR DAILIES.
December 3, 2003... Editorial summary of Media Indonesia WAITING FOR POLITICAL PARTIES WHICH WON'T BURDEN THE PEOPLE The 2004 general elections bring the people hope and anxieties -- hope because for the first time, the people themselves will elect the...

INDON VEEP HOPES POLICE COULD UNVEIL KILLING OF MOSLEM CLERIC.
December 3, 2003... Jakarta, Dec 12 (ANTARA) - Indonesian Vice President Hamzah Haz on Wednesday expressed hope that the police could soon unveil the mystery behind last Thursday's killing of a Moslem cleric in the East Java town of Lumajang. KH Asmuni Ishak,...

INDON MILY TO PREVENT ACEHNESE REBEL GROUP FROM COMMEMORATING ANNIVERSARY.
December 3, 2003... Jakarta, Dec 3 (ANTARA) - Indonesian Defense Force chief, Gen Endriartono Sutarto, has said the military will prevent the separatist movement in Aceh province from commemorating its anniversary on Dec 4. "In principle, we do not want the...

PAPUA GOVERNOR DEPLORES NEGATIVE INFO SPREADING ABROAD.
December 3, 2003... Jayapura, Papua, Dec 3 (ANTARA) - Papua Governor Jaap Solossa has expressed disappointment over the negative information about Papua spreading abroad, which he said has resulted in the reluctance of foreign tourists to visit Indonesia's...

JAKARTA TO HOST INT'L KORAN READING COMPETITION.
December 3, 2003... Jakarta, Dec 3 (ANTARA) - Some 45 countries are expected to participate in the first-ever International Koran Reading Competition (MTQ) at Jakarta's Istiqlal Mosque on Dec 6-8, Religious Affairs Minister Said Agil Husin Almunawar said here...

NATUNA'GAS SUPPLY TO SINGAPORE COMES TO A HALT.
December 3, 2003... Pekanbaru, Riau, Dec 3 (ANTARA) - The gas supply from Indonesia's Natuna district, Riau Islands, to Singapore came to a halt for temporary due to leakages of pipelines, a spokesman said. "We found the leakages of gas pipelines two weeks ago but...

ARMYMAN KILLED IN LUMAJANG.
December 3, 2003... Surabaya, Dec 3 (ANTARA) - An armyman was killed with sickles by three unidentified assilants in Sumeno village, Lumajang, East Java, early on Wednesday. "The village-based non-commissioned officer died on the spot from deep cuts on his...

PKPB NOMINATES SOEHARTO'S ELDEST DAUGHTER FOR PRESIDENT.
December 3, 2003... Jakarta, Dec 3 (ANTARA) - Former president Soeharto's eldest daughter, Siti Hardiyanti Rukmana or otherwise popularly called Mbak Tutut, has been named a presidential candidate by the Functional Care for the Nation Party (PKPB), the party's...

E JAVA PKB DEPLOYS TASK FORCE TO PROTECT CLERICS, FUNCTIONARIES.
December 3, 2003... Surabaya, Dec 3 (ANTARA) - The Nation's Awakening Party (PKB)'s East Java chapter has assigned members of its task force to guard Moslem clerics and local party functionaries in view of an increasing threat to their safety, a spokesman said...

STRONG QUAKE SHAKES JAKARTA.
December 3, 2003... Jakarta, Dec 3 (ANTARA) - A tectonic earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter Scale shook the Jakarta area on Wednesday evening with its epicenter reported to be in Pelabuhan Ratu, some 145 km south of here. The temblor lasted about four...

GOVT TO COVER ALL CITIZENS WITH HEALTH INSURANCE SCHEME.
December 3, 2003... Jakarta, Dec 3 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian government will cover all its citizens with a health insurance scheme starting next year, Health Minister Achmad Sujudi said here on Wednesday. To benefit from the scheme, people will be obliged to...

RI GIVES SWEDEN MORE EVIDENCE ON TIRO'S SEPARATIST ACTIVITIES.
December 3, 2003... Jakarta, Dec 3 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian government recently provided Swedish authorities with more evidence on Free Aceh ovement (GAM) leader Hasan Tiro's involvement in separatist activities in Indonesia, a cabinet member said here Wednesday....

SIX GAM REBELS KILLED IN SHOOTOUTS IN ACEH.
December 3, 2003... Banda Aceh, Dec 3 (ANTARA) - At least six members of the separatist Free Aceh Movement (GAM) were killed in shootouts with government soldiers in some locations in Aceh province, a military spokesman said. "They were killed in gunfights...

DOMESTIC WHEAT FLOUR PRICE TO INCREASE 18% NEXT YEAR.
December 3, 2003... Jakarta, Dec 3 (ANTARA) - The domestic wheat flour price is expected to increase by around 18 percent next year due to an increase in the world wheat price and freight. "The increase in the price of wheat flour cannot be avoided because the...

NATIONAL STOCK EXCHANGE TO OPERATE IN INDONESIA NEXT YEAR.
December 3, 2003... Bandung, Dec 3 (ANTARA) -- The government has projected the establishment of a national stock exchange, which would be the one and only stock exchange in the country, scheduled to go into operation in 2004, and the House of Representatives...

TAUFIK NOT ABDUCTED BUT ARRESTED, SAY POLICE.
December 3, 2003... Jakarta, Dec 3 (ANTARA) - Police denied here on Wednesday they had abducted Islamic activist Taufik Ahmad (41) in Kudus, Central Java. They said Taufik had been arrested for alleged involvement in the recent case of illegal arms...

ACEH POLICE CONDUCT AIR PATROL AHEAD OF GAM'S ANNIVERSARY.
December 3, 2003... Banda Aceh, Aceh, Dec 3 (ANTARA) - A group of police officers aboard two helicopters on Wednesday conducted an air patrol to monitor areas in Aceh Besar district which the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) may use as venues to celebrate its...

SIX TURKS TO BE REPATRIATED.
December 3, 2003... Jakarta, Dec 3 (ANTARA) - Six of 14 Turkish nationals who landed at an Indonesian island ater being driven out from Australian waters recently will soon be repatriated , an immigration spokesman said here Wednesday. The spokesman, Ade...

HOUSE URGED TO APPROVE OPENING OF INDON EMBASSY IN DILI.
December 3, 2003... Jakarta, Dec 2 (ANTARA) - Foreign Minister Hasan Wirajuda on Wednesday expressed hope that the House of Representatives (DPR) would endorse a proposal to change the status of the Indonesian interest section in East Timor into an embassy. ...

BOMB SQUAD HUNTING DOWN ARMED REBELS IN PAPUA.
December 3, 2003... Jayapura, Papua, Dec 3 (ANTARA) - A Papuan police bomb squad is hunting down armed separatist rebels who had attacked Ugimba village in Enarotali district on Nov 4. Speaking to the press here on Wednesday, Papua police chief Insp. Gen. Budi...

TAUFIK NOT ABDUCTED BUT ARRESTED, SAY POLICE.
December 4, 2003... Jakarta, Dec 3 (ANTARA) - Police denied here on Wednesday they had abducted Islamic activist Taufik Ahmad (41) in Kudus, Central Java. They said Taufik had been arrested for alleged involvement in the recent case of illegal arms...

ACEH POLICE CONDUCT AIR PATROL AHEAD OF GAM'S ANNIVERSARY.
December 4, 2003... Banda Aceh, Aceh, Dec 3 (ANTARA) - A group of police officers aboard two helicopters on Wednesday conducted an air patrol to monitor areas in Aceh Besar district which the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) may use as venues to celebrate its...

SIX TURKS TO BE REPATRIATED.
December 4, 2003... Jakarta, Dec 3 (ANTARA) - Six of 14 Turkish nationals who landed at an Indonesian island ater being driven out from Australian waters recently will soon be repatriated , an immigration spokesman said here Wednesday. The spokesman, Ade...

HOUSE URGED TO APPROVE OPENING OF INDON EMBASSY IN DILI.
December 4, 2003... Jakarta, Dec 2 (ANTARA) - Foreign Minister Hasan Wirajuda on Wednesday expressed hope that the House of Representatives (DPR) would endorse a proposal to change the status of the Indonesian interest section in East Timor into an embassy. ...

BOMB SQUAD HUNTING DOWN ARMED REBELS IN PAPUA.
December 4, 2003... Jayapura, Papua, Dec 3 (ANTARA) - A Papuan police bomb squad is hunting down armed separatist rebels who had attacked Ugimba village in Enarotali district on Nov 4. Speaking to the press here on Wednesday, Papua police chief Insp. Gen. Budi...

SOME HOUSE MEMBERS AGAINST JAKARTA RECLAMATION PROJECT.
December 4, 2003... Jakarta, Dec 3 (ANTARA) - A number of House of Representatives (DPR)'s Comission VIII members here Wednesday expressed disapproval of the Jakarta city administration's plan to implement a land reclamation project on the national capital's...

JAKARTA RECLAMATION PROJECT TO BE STOPPED IF IT CREATES PROBLEMS.
December 4, 2003... Jakarta, Dec 3 ( ANTARA) - Jakarta Governor Sutiyoso said on Wednesday the city administration will soon stop the northern coastal reclamation project if it creates problems. The coastal reclamation project which is based on Presidential...

RESIDENTS OF PAPUAN VILLAGE FLEE HOMES AFTER RAISING SEPARATIST FLAG.
December 4, 2003... Jayapura, Dec 3 (ANTARA) - Papua Police Chief Insp. Gen. Budi Utomo said on Wednesday police had received reports that residents of Menawi village in Yapen Waropen district had fled into the forest after raising the separatist Morning Star...

PT TELKOM INTRODUCES SLI 007 IN PALU.
December 4, 2003... Palu, Dec 3 (ANTARA) - State-owned telecomunication company PT Telkom has introduced an open communication access through International Direct Dialing (SLI) 007 to its subcribers in Central Sulawesi province, an executive said on Wednesday. ...