ANT - LKBN ANTARA (Indonesia) articles from February 2006

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NEWSPAPER HEADLINES: WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 1, 2006.
February 1, 2006... Jakarta, Feb 1 (ANTARA) - Following are the headlines of major newspapers here on Wednesday February 1, 2006. The Jakarta Post RI FEARS IRAN NUCLEAR CRISIS WILL STRIKE ECONOMY The Indonesian government will be intensively involved in...

BISHOP BELO SUPPORTS PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO'S NOMINATION FOR NOBEL PEACE PRIZE.
February 1, 2006... Atambua, NTT, Feb 1 (ANTARA) - The 1996 winner of Nobel Peace Prize Bishop Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo has expressed his sincere support to the nomination of Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono for the 2006 prize. In his statement...

HOUSE COMMISSION ASKS FOR TNI PERSONNEL'S WELFARE IMPROVEMENT.
February 1, 2006... Jakarta, Feb 1 (ANTARA) - House Commission I on defence affairs asked Military chief candidate Marshall Djoko Suyanto to help improve the welafare of military personnel if he is elected as commander of the Indonesian Defence Forces (TNI). ...

INDONESIAN MUSLIM CLERICS CONDEMN DANNISH PUBLICATION.
February 1, 2006... Jakarta, Feb 1 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian Ulemas Council (MUI) condemned Danish Jyllands-Posten daily for its publication of the Prophet Muhammad's caricature with a bomb which is viewed as insulting Islam. "That reflects their acts of...

45 MISSING AS FERRY SINKS IN PUKUAFU STRAIT.
February 1, 2006... Kupang, Feb 1 (ANTARA)- Some 45 people went missing when a ferry ship, KMP Citra Mandala Bahari carrying 160 passengers and crews sank at Pukuafu Straits on its way from Kupang to Pantai Baru in Rote Island of East Nusa Tenggara province. ...

CENTRAL JAKARTA DISTRICT COURT URGED TO REOPEN MUNIR CASE.
February 1, 2006... Jakarta, Feb 1 (ANTARA) - The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) has urged the Central Jakarta District Court to reopen the case of the 2004 murder of prominent human rights activist Munir, a consistent critic of...

INDONESIA GUESSES IRAN TO ENRICH URANIUM IN RUSSIA.
February 1, 2006... Jakarta, Feb 1 (ANTARA) - Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajudha believes that Iran will accept Moscow's offer to enrich uranium in Russia as raw material of nuclear energy in Iran. "Iran will most likely accept the Russian offer,"...

NO INCENTIVE FOR BUSINESSES IN WAKE OF POWER RATE HIKE.
February 1, 2006... Jakarta, Feb 1 (ANTARA) - The government will not provide incentives for businesses in the wake of power rate increase because the government has considered the hike will not put too heavy burden on poor household customers and industries,...

CANDIDATE FOR NEW DEFENSE FORCES' COMMANDER UNDERGOING FIT AND PROPER TEST.
February 1, 2006... Jakarta, Feb 1 (ANTARA) - Candidate for new defense forces' commander Air Marshal Joko Suyanto was undergoing a fit and proper test by the House of Representatives' (DPR) Commission I here on Wednesday. During the test he expressed his...

BI HAILS BPS NEW SYSTEM OF CALCULATING THE INFLATION.
February 1, 2006... Jakarta, Feb 1 (ANTARA) - Bank Indonesia (BI), the central bank, has welcomed the decision of the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) as of February 2006 to announce the core inflation rate on the basis of the consumers prices index (IHK) and...

NO LAY-OFFS IF ELECTRICITY RATES RAISED BY 15 TO 20 PCT ONLY.
February 1, 2006... Jakarta, Feb 2 (ANTARA) - Manpower Minister Erman Suparno said here on Wednesday that there would be no mass lay-offs if the government raised the electricity rates by only 15 to 20 percent. He said he had talked with a number of businessmen...

PT AVON TO CLOSE DOWN ITS PLANT IN INDONESIA.
February 1, 2006... Jakarta, Feb 1 (ANTARA) - Cosmetics producer PT Avon Indonesia will stop its operational activity in Indonesia as part of its global restructuring effort announced by its parent company, Avon Products, in November last year. In a written...

GOVT NOT YET TO ADJUST ITS FUEL OIL SUBSIDY.
February 1, 2006... Jakarta, Feb 1 (ANTARA) - Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Purnomo Yusgiantoro said here on Wednesday that the government would not as yet adjust its fuel oil subsidy because it was still watching developments in currently fluctuating...

DJOKO SUYANTO PREPARED TO BE RELIEVED IN MIDTERM TENURE.
February 1, 2006... Jakarta, Feb 1 (ANTARA) - Marshall Djoko Suyanto, the only candidate for the post of Indonesian National Military (TNI) commander forwarded by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, is prepared to be relieved of his command, if he is considered...

12,000 MORE RURAL POLICLINICS TO BE BUILT IN INDON IN 2006.
February 1, 2006... Jakarta, Feb 1 (ANTARA) - The Health Ministry will build 12,000 more policlinics in rural areas in Indonesia in 2006 as part of the realization of the plan to create ready villages, according to Sri Astuti Suparmanto, director general of public...

TIME FOR INDONESIA TO USE RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES.
February 1, 2006... By: Ella Syafputri Jakarta, Feb 1 (ANTARA) - In the current modern era, people much depend on electricity. Almost all activities use electricity, any power disruption will disturb people's daily activities, and without power supply daily...

NUMBER OF FOREIGN TOURISTS TO INDONESIA DROPS BY 10.28 PERCENT.
February 1, 2006... Jakarta, Feb 1 (ANTARA)- The number of foreign tourists to Indonesia who arrived at 13 entry points in 2005 reached 4.07 million, a 10.28 percent decline compared to the 4.54 million who came to the country in 2004, a spokesman said. The...

ONE KILLED, TWO OTHERS RESCUED IN MT LAWU CLIMB.
February 1, 2006... Solo, Feb 1 (ANTARA) - A mountain climber was found dead and two others rescued when they are climbing Mount Lawu in the border between Central and East Java Java. Identified as Sarno (56), a resident of Cepu, Blora district, the dead victim...

NO PHONE TARIFF HIKE THIS YEAR: INFO MINISTER.
February 1, 2006... Jakarta, Feb 1 (ANTARA) - Communications and Information Minister Sofyan Djalil has given an assurance that the government will not raise telephone call tariffs this year under the current unfavorable socio-economic conditions. "True,...

GOVT DOES NOT KNOW ABOUT GAM PROTESTING INDEPENDENT CANDIDACY.
February 1, 2006... Jakarta, Feb 01 (ANTARA) - Minister of Justice and Human Rights Hamid Awaluddin said here on Wednesday he did not know about a protest from the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) regarding the abolition of a clause on independent candidacy for local...

RECIPIENTS OF CASH ASSISTANCE INCREASE BY 2.9 FAMILIES.
February 1, 2006... Jakarta, Feb 1 (ANTARA) - Another 2.9 million poor families will receive cash assistance in compensation of the fuel oil price hike, the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) said here on Wednesday. "The 2.9 million families were selected among...

GOVT HOPES LOAN AGREEMENT ON MRT TO BE SIGNED IN FEBRUARY.
February 1, 2006... Jakarta, Feb 1 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian government expects that a loan agreement with the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) on the Jakarta mass rapid transportation (MRT) project could be signed in February or March,...

PLN CANNOT ESCAPE FROM PUBLIC SERVICE OBLIGATION.
February 1, 2006... Jakarta, Feb 1 (ANTARA) - Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro said here Wednesday that the state-owned electricity company PLN must continue to perform its social function by fulfilling its public service obligation. ...

NUMBER OF PASSENGERS OF ALL TRANSPORTATION MODES IN 2005 UP.
February 1, 2006... Jakarta, Feb 1 (ANTARA)- Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) recorded that the number of railway passengers in 2005 reached 151.49 million, a 1.29 percent increase compared to 149.57 million in 2004. "The increase occurred in Java, especially in...

THREE KILLED IN KUTAI COAL MINE COLLAPSE IN E KALIMANTAN.
February 1, 2006... Samarinda, Feb 1 (ANTARA) - A underground coal mine in Teluk Dalam, Kutai Kartanegara district, which caved in on Sunday at about 13:00 local time had left three miners dead. Report on the fatal accident obtained in Samarinda on Wednesday...

BAKORNAS SEEKS RP50 BILLION IN ON-CALL FUND.
February 1, 2006... Jakarta, Feb 1 (ANTARA) - The national coordinating board for disaster handling (Bakornas) has asked for Rp50 billion of on-call fund that could be disbursed immediately as emergency relief. Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare,...

DENMARK CANNOT USE FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AS ARGUMENT FOR DEFAMATION.
February 1, 2006... Jakarta, Feb 1 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian government noted that freedom of expression could not be used as an argument for the Danish mass media to insult or attack a religious symbol. "Indonesia is also a democratic state and highly respects...

RI HAS SUFFICIENT TIMBER FOR BUILDING HOMES IN ACEH.
February 1, 2006... Jakarta, Feb 1 (ANTARA) - Indonesia has sufficient timber for building homes in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam, thus it would not be necessary to import the material, Forestry Minister MS Kaban said here, Wednesday. "Timber from the production...

HOUSE MEMBER: SUBSIDY PROPOSED BY PLN CAN BE MINIMIZED.
February 1, 2006... Jakarta, Feb 1 (ANTARA) - The 38.5 trillion-rupiah subsidy requested by the state-owned electricity company PLN can be lowered if the company minimizes the main cost of power production, according to Ramson Siagian, a member of House Commission...

EIGHTEEN INDONESIAN RESEARCHERS RECEIVE AWARDS.
February 1, 2006... Jakarta, Feb 1 (ANTARA)- As many as 18 Indonesian researchers will receive science and technology awards from Indonesia Toray Science Foundation (ITSF). "The science and technology awards worth Rp60 million will be granted to the researchers...

INFLATION TO REMAIN HIGH UNTIL MARCH: FINANCE MINISTER.
February 1, 2006... Jakarta, Feb 1 (ANTARA) - Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati said the inflation rate would remain high until March this year due to various factors. "The inflation rate will remain high until March and we will continue to monitor it. But...

HEADLINES FROM MAJOR INDONESIAN DAILIES: THURSDAY FEBRUARY 2, 2006.
February 2, 2006... Jakarta, Feb 2 (ANTARA) - Following are the headlines of major Indonesian dailies on Thursday February 2, 2006: The Jakarta Post SUYANTO VOWS TO REFORM TNI Air Marshal Djoko Suyanto said what many wanted to hear Wednesday, vowing during...

PRESIDENT FOLLOWS CLOSELY FIT-AND-PROPER TEST OF TNI CHIEF CANDIDATE.
February 2, 2006... Jakarta, Feb 2 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono followed closely the process of fit-and-proper test of Indonesian military chief candidate at the House of Representatives (DPR), presidential spokesman Andi Mallarangeng said here...

QUAKE ROCKS SIMEULUE ISLAND.
February 2, 2006... Banda Aceh, Feb 2 (ANTARA) - Residents of Simeulue islands were panicking when an earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale rocked their area on early Wednesday. The quake which lasted for 15 seconds woke up the residents at 00.02, Aceh...

VEEP MEETS WITH FORMER GAM LEADERS TO EXPEDITE INTEGRATION.
February 2, 2006... By: Nanang Sunarto Jakarta, Feb 2 (ANTARA) - Vice President Jusuf Kalla had the opportunity to meet with the former Free Aceh Movement (GAM) leaders in Helsinki, Finland, amid his business and investment promotion mission to Europe and Japan...

PLN DIRECTOR FORGIVES STUDENTS PELTING HIM WITH ROTTEN EGGS.
February 2, 2006... Jakarta, Feb 2 (ANTARA) - President Director of state electricity company PLN Eddie Widiono on Thursday said that he had forgiven all students of a street rally who were detained at the police cell on Wednesday afternoon for having pelted him...

SOME 2,000 PEOPLE IN MERAUKE EVACUATED.
February 2, 2006... Jayapura, Papua, Feb 2 (ANTARA) - Some 2,000 people have been evacuated to safer ground after tidal waves swept through the coast of Merauke district in Indonesia's easternmost province of Papua on Wednesday. Merauke District Head Jhon...

PRESIDENT ALLOWS AUTHORITY TO QUERY ALLEGED CORRUPTORS.
February 2, 2006... Jakarta, Feb 2 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Thursday signed letters which allowed questioning or investigation of governors, district heads and mayors across the country either as witnesses or corruption suspects,...

INDONESIAN PARLIAMENT ENDORES DJOKO SUYANTO AS MILITARY CHIEF.
February 2, 2006... Jakarta, Feb 2 (ANTARA) - All factions at the House of Representatives (DPR) have endorsed Air Marshall Djoko Suyanto as new Indonesian military chief succeeding General Endriartono Sutanto whose term of office will end soon. Following a...

US NO LONGER SAFE HAVEN FOR INDONESIAN CONVICTS: AMBASSADOR.
February 2, 2006... New York, Feb 2 (ANTARA) - The United States has no longer become a safe haven for Indonesian corruptors who wanted to hide or keep their money there, according to Indonesian Ambassador to the US Sudjadnan Parnohadiningrat. "The Federal...

HOUSE APPROVES SUYANTO'S NOMINATION.
February 2, 2006... Jakarta, Feb 2 (ANTARA) - The House of Representatives (DPR) on Thursday approved Air Marshal Djoko Suyanto's nomination for Indonesian Military (TNI) commander to replace Gen. Endriartono Sutarto. In a meeting held to discuss the result of a...

BUDGET WORTH RP3.5 TRILLION ALLOCATED FOR HOUSE CONSTRUCTION IN ACEH AND NIAS.
February 2, 2006... Jakarta, Feb 2 (ANTARA) - The Aceh and Nias Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Body (BRR) has allocated a budget amounting to Rp3.5 trillion for construction of houses in the year 2006. "For 2006, we plan to construct 87,000 houses," BRR Head...

POLICE SEIZE 200 KGS OF ILLICIT DRUGS FROM APARTMENT IN JAKARTA.
February 2, 2006... Jakarta, Feb 2 (ANTARA) - The Jakarta City Police confiscated on Thursday morning 200 kg of crystal amphetamines worth Rp 240 billion or around US$26 million from a drug ring which has allegedly operated between Hong Kong and Jakarta, its chief...

KPU'S TENURE TO BE EXTENDED.
February 2, 2006... Jakarta, Feb 2 (ANTARA) - Minister/ State Secretary Yusril Ihza Mahendra said the government will issue a regulation in lieu of a law on an extention of the General Election Commission members' tenure. "In a not too distant future, this...

RI SENDS NANA SUTRESNA AS SPECIAL ENVOY TO TWO KOREAS.
February 2, 2006... Jakarta, Feb 2 (ANTARA) - Foreign Affairs Minister Hasan Wirayuda has sent Ambassador Nana Sutresna as Indonesia's special envoy to North and South Korea to facilitate the settlement of the conflict in the Korean peninsula. "In the next two...

MIDEASTERN INVESTORS WISH FOR ASSURANCE ON GOVT'S SYARIAH BONDS.
February 2, 2006... Jakarta, Feb 2 (ANTARA) - A number of prospective investors from the Middle East have questioned the certainty of the Indonesian government's plan to issue syariah bonds (sukuk), a government official said. "The sukuk is very important in...

PRESIDENT WANTS CENTRAL, REGIONAL DEVELOMENT TO PROCEED IN SAME DIRECTION.
February 2, 2006... Batam, Feb 2 (ANTARA) - Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono wants the central and regional governments would proceed on the same boat and in the same direction so that the objectives of the national development could be achieved,...

EX-BPPN CHIEF GRILLED OVER STATE COMPANY'S ASSET SALES.
February 2, 2006... Jakarta, Feb 2 (ANTARA) - Former head of the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (BPPN) Syarifuddin Arsyad Tumenggung was questioned at the High Prosecution Office as a witness here on Thursday over the sales of assets of state-owned firm PT...

AUSTRALIA SHOULD REJECT SEPARATISTS FROM INDONESIA, MPR CHAIRMAN SAYS.
February 2, 2006... Jakarta, Feb. 2 (ANTARA)- Australia should refuse to accept political asylum seekers and separatists from Indonesia, instead of accepting and providing them with accommodation facilities, the chairman of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR)...

IRIAN BAHKTI TO BUILD 52 UNITS OF SHOPHOUSES WORTH RP11.7 BILLION IN SORONG.
February 2, 2006... Jayapura, Feb 2 (ANTARA) - PD Irian Bhakti will invest Rp11.7 billion funds from the Papua provincial administration in the construction of 52 units of apartments-cum-shops (ruko) in Sorong municipality. The Managing Director of PD Irian...

YUDHOYONO CAN PLAY STRATEGIC ROLE IN SOLVING IRANIAN NUCLEAR ISSUE.
February 2, 2006... Bogor, W Java, Feb 2 (ANTARA) - Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono can play a strategic role in contributing peace to conflicting parties with regard to the Iranian nuclear issue, a political scientist said here on Thursday. ...

AWTC BRIDGES ACEH-MALAYSIA TRADE RELATIONS.
February 2, 2006... By: Heru Dwi S Banda Aceh, Feb 2 (ANTARA) - Passenger ship MV Jatra-III belonging to a Malaysian state-owned company arrived at Krueng Geukuh port in North Aceh regency on Sunday, January 29, in a sail from Penang island, Malaysia. ...

TECHNOLOGY APPLIED TO DEVELOPMENT OF BORDER AREAS.
February 2, 2006... Jakarta, Feb 2 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) has applied science and technology to the development of potential in East Nusa Tenggara's border areas, comprising Belu, Alor, Northern Central Timor and Alor regencies. ...

YUDHOYONO, ANNAN DISCUSS IRANIAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM.
February 2, 2006... Batam, Feb 2 (ANTARA) - Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono had a discussion via telephone from his office in Jakarta with United Nations' Secretary General Kofi Annan on the Iranian nuclear program on Thursday, Presidential Spokesman...

RI UNLIKELY TO ACHIEVE ITS 1.3 MILLION CRUDE PRODUCTION TARGET.
February 2, 2006... Jakarta, Feb 2 (ANTARA) - It is unlikely that Indonesia would achieve its crude oil production target of 1.3 million barrels per day in 2009 because so far only two big wells have been found, Finance Director of Medco Menergy, Cyril Noerhadi...

FRIDAY'S HEADLINES OF MAJOR INDONESIAN DAILIES.
February 3, 2006... Jakarta, Feb 3 (ANTARA) - Following are the headlines of some major Indonesian dailies: The Jakarta Post POLICE SEIZE 200 KG OF CRYSTAL METH In what is believed to be the second-largest haul in the history of the country's war on...

UNICEF ASSISTS LANDSLIDE VICTIMS IN JEMBER AND BANJARNEGARA.
February 3, 2006... Jakarta, Feb 3 (ANTARA) - The United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) has extended school and recreation packages for some 2,000 children who were forced to seek temporary shelter due to landslides in Jember district, East Java, and...

JAKARTA GOVERNOR DECLARES FREE-SMOKING AREAS.
February 3, 2006... Jakarta, Feb 3 (ANTARA) - Governor of Jakarta Sutiyoso here Friday declared free-smoking areas in the Indonesian capital city. "As of February 4, 2006, pursuant to bylaw No. 2/2005 on air pollution control, certain locations in the capital...

BALI TO SEND STUDENTS, TEACHER TO AUSTRALIA FOR EXCHANGE PROGRAM.
February 3, 2006... Denpasar, Bali, Feb 3 (ANTARA) - Bali will send two senior high school (SMA) students and one teacher to take part in the Student's and Teacher's Exchange to Australia in 2006, a spokesman of the local education office said on Friday. "The...

SENIOR INDONESIAN ACTOR CAUGHT WITH CRYSTAL METH.
February 3, 2006... Jakarta, Feb 3 (ANTARA) - Police on Thursday afternoon caught senior Indonesian actor Roy Marten and two if his friends in possession of one package of crystal methampethamine in Ulujami, South Jakarta. Roy was still being questioned at...

PRESIDENT OPTIMISTIC BATAM COULD BE INDONESIAN ECONOMIC LOCOMOTIVE.
February 3, 2006... Batam (Riau Islands), Feb 3 (ANTARA) Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was optimistic that Batam in particular and Riau Islands Province in general would remain to be locomotive of the national and regional economy. I am sure...

SOMALI ARMED GROUP RELEASES HOSTAGES, INCLUDING 14 INDONESIANS.
February 3, 2006... Jakarta, Feb 3 (ANTARA) - Fourteen Indonesians working for Taiwanese fishing boats were released by a Somali armed group after they were held hostage on August 15, 2005. Indonesian Foreign Affairs Ministry_s spokesman Yuri O Thamrin said...

OUTER ISLETS GET SPECIAL SECURITY MEASURES: MINISTER.
February 3, 2006... Batam (Riau Islands), Feb. 3 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian government will give special treatment to outer islands through strategic security measures to prevent transnational crimes and possible illegal claims of the areas by neighboring...

BOAT CARRYING 650 TONS OF FERTILIZERS SINKS IN INDIAN OCEAN.
February 3, 2006... Bengkulu, Bengkulu, Feb 3 (ANTARA) - A boat carrying some 650 tons of fertilizers sank in the Indian Ocean on Thursday as it was about to dock at a port in Baai island, Bengkulu province. All 16 crew members of the boat called KM Sumber Mas...

RUPIAH'S APPRECIATION NOT AFFECT BI TIGHT MONETARY POLICY.
February 3, 2006... Jakarta, Feb 3 (ANTARA) - Bank Indonesia (BI) Governor Burhanuddin Abdullah said on Friday the central bank would maintain its tight monetary policy despite a decline in inflationary pressure as a result of the rupiah's appreciation against the...

INDONESIA ALLOCATES FUND FOR RESETTLEMENT ON EMPTY ISLANDS.
February 3, 2006... Batam (Riau Islands Province), Feb 3 (ANTARA) Indonesian President Soesilo Bambang Yudhoyono has said that the government allocated a special fund amounting to Rp900 billion (almost US$98 million) to develop border areas, among other things by...

HOUSE SPEAKER: INDONESIA NEEDS TO DEVELOP NUCLEAR ENERGY.
February 3, 2006... Jakarta, Feb 3 (ANTARA) - Indonesian House of People's Representatives (DPR) Speaker Agung Laksono said here on Friday it was not wrong for the country to imitate Iran to develop nuclear energy. He said he supported the development of nuclear...

ROTI ISLAND_S TORTOISES IN DANGER OF EXTINCTION.
February 3, 2006... Jakarta, 3/2 (ANTARA) Roti Island s tortoises or Chelodina mccordi are in danger of extinction due to increasing demand of the rare animal in international market, according to a spokesperson of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Indonesia. The...

PREMIER OIL FINDS HUGE GAS RESERVES IN NATUNA.
February 3, 2006... Jakarta, Feb 3 (ANTARA) - British oil and gas company Premier Oil has found huge amount of natural gas reserves in its operation area in Anoa Block in Natuna, Riau Islands. Head of the Upstream Oil and Gas Implementing Body (BP Migas)...

PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO TO ATTEND NATIONAL CHINESE NEW YEAR CELEBRATION.
February 3, 2006... Jakarta, Feb 3 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is slated to attend the celebration of the Chinese New Year scheduled to be held at the Plenary Hall of the Jakarta Convention Center on Saturday. "The President will come and...

FPI MEMBERS THROWING EGGS AT DANISH EMBASSY.
February 3, 2006... Jakarta, Feb 3 (ANTARA) - Around 100 members of the Islam Defenders' Front (FPI) pelted the Danish embassy building here with rotten eggs and hard objects on Friday in protest over the publication of a cartoon depicting Prophet Muhammad in a...

RI TO SEND TEAM TO ARGENTINA TO STUDY BEEF IMPORT.
February 3, 2006... Jakarta, Feb 3 (ANTARA) - Indonesia would send a team to Argentina to study possibility to import beef from the country, Agriculture Minister, Anton Apriyantono said here, Friday. "We have an offer from Argentina Ambassador to import beef....

RI QUESTIONS A'LIA GOOD WILL IN PAPUANS ASYLUM SEEKERS.
February 3, 2006... Jakarta, Feb 3 (ANTARA) - Indonesia has questioned Australia's good will in managing issue on 43 Papuans seeking asylum to the country, as Jakarta saw peculiarity in the process to set the Papuans status. A spokesman of Foreign Affairs...

GOVT TO DISCUSS GARUDA'S DEBT RESTRUCTURING PLAN WITH AMBASSADORS.
February 3, 2006... Jakarta, Feb 3 (ANTARA) - The state minister for state firms and officials of the ministry of finance will meet with ambassadors of the countries grouped in the European Credit Agency to discuss restructuring of PT Garuda Indonesia's debts. ...

MUNIR'S WIFE MEETS DEPUTY HOUSE SPEAKER OVER HUSBAND'S DEATH CASE.
February 3, 2006... Jakarta, Feb 3 (ANTARA) - Suciwati, the wife of late human right activist Munir, accompanied by several non-governmental organization activists met House of Representatives (DPR) Deputy Speaker Muhaimin Iskandar to urge the DPR to use its...

INDON POLICE TO COOPERATE WITH HK POLICE IN HUNTING DRUG TRAFFICKER.
February 3, 2006... Jakarta, Feb 3 (ANTARA) - The Jakarta police, with the support of the National Narcotics Board (BNN), will ask for Hong Kong police's cooperation in hunting Wg, one of the most wanted suppliers of narcotics to Indonesia. Jakarta Police...

INDIAN INVESTOR TO OPEN 25,000 HA OF SUGARCANE PLANTATION IN MERAUKE.
February 3, 2006... Jakarta, Feb 3 (ANTARA) - An Indian investor will open 25,000 ha of sugarcane plantation in Merauke, Papua, Agriculture Minister Anton Apriyantomo disclosed here on Friday. He told reporters after receiving an aerial map of land from the...

MUSLIM INTELLECTUALS TO WORK ON THREE BIG PROGRAMS.
February 3, 2006... Jakarta, Feb 3 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian Association of Muslim Intellectuals (ICMI) is making preparations to work on three major national programs, according to Marwah Daud Ibrahim, chairperson of ICMI presidium. Speaking to the press...

GOVT REQUIRES FARMERS TO FERMENT THEIR COCOA IN 2006.
February 3, 2006... Jakarta, Feb 3 (ANTARA) - The government had told farmers to ferment their cocoa before exporting the commodity, Agriculture Minister Anton Apriyantono said here, Friday. "We already have asked (farmers) to ferment their cocoa, so that our...

ANTI-TERROR UNIT STILL HUNTING DOWN ON FOUR NURDIN M TOP FOLLOWERS.
February 3, 2006... Jakarta, Feb 3 (ANTARA) - The Anti-Terror Special Detachment 88 is still hunting down on four followers of the terrorist network Tanzim Qoidatul Jiha (TQJ) led by Nurdin M Top that had been involved in several terrorist actions in the country....

PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO ASKS GOVERNORS TO MAKE DECISIONS WITHOUT HESITATION.
February 3, 2006... Batam, Feb 3 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has asked regional heads, including governors, district heads and mayors, not to hesitate in making decisions about legally-based policies. "I do not want you to hesitate in making a...

MONORAIL PROJECT IN JAKARTA SCHEDULED TO BE COMPLETED IN 2007.
February 3, 2006... Jakarta, Feb 3 (ANTARA) - The Jakarta administration still stick to the target of completing the construction of the monorail system in the capital city in 2007 despite the emergence of an internal problem between companies in the Jakarta...

CAJ MEMBERS ALSO TO ATTEND NATIONAL PRESS DAY IN BANDUNG.
February 3, 2006... Jakarta, Feb 3 (ANTARA) - Members of the Confederation of ASEAN Journalists (CAJ) are scheduled to attend Indonesia's National Press Day in Bandung, the West Java provincial capital, on February 7-10, secretary of the organizers Soeharto Wijaya...

NU FILES PROTEST TO DANISH GOVT.
February 3, 2006... Jakarta, Feb 3 (ANTARA) - The Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) Islamic organization, the biggest of its kind in the country, plans to file a strong protest to the Danish government over the depiction of Phophet Muhammad in caricatures published by the...