ANT - LKBN ANTARA (Indonesia) articles from February 2007

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GREENPEACE URGES GOVT TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS.
February 2, 2007... Jakarta, Feb 2 (ANTARA): Non-governmental organization Greenpeace has urged the government to soon take concrete measures to deal with the impacts of climate change by cooperating with other developing countries, Greenpeace Executive Director...

POLICE HUNTING DOWN SENDER OF EXPLOSIVES TO POSO.
February 2, 2007... Semarang, C Java, Feb 2 (ANTARA): Police are hunting down a person suspected of sending explosives materials for making bombs used in the recent violence in the restive Central Sulawesi town of Poso that killed 14 people. Police were...

PAN CADRES TOLD TO BECOME FLOOD VOLUNTEERS.
February 2, 2007... Jakarta, Feb 2 (ANTARA): National Mandate Party (PAN) chief Soetrisno Bachir on Friday ordered party cadres to become flood volunteers as flood hit several parts of the capital and environs following two days of torrential rains. He also...

FLOOD WATERS SWAMP MANY PARTS OF JAKARTA.
February 2, 2007... Jakarta, Feb 2 (ANTARA): Many parts of Jakarta were on Friday morning covered by flood waters following heavy downpours since Thursday night causing the closure of a number of streets and severe traffic snarls. In some of the inundated...

US EMBASSY CANCELS PROGRAM DUE TO RAINS, FLOODING.
February 2, 2007... Jakarta, Feb 2 (ANTARA): The US Embassy was compelled to put off its press availability program which was to be held at an English course building in the Pasar Minggu area, South Jakarta, on Friday since many parts of Jakarta were covered by...

PLN STOPS ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION IN JAKARTA BECAUSE OF FLOODS.
February 2, 2007... Jakarta, Feb 2 (ANTARA): State-owned electricity company PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PT PLN) stopped distribution of electricity to several areas in Jakarta because of floods on Friday. The company cut about 455 MW or 11.36 percent of the...

PRESIDENT VISITS FLOOD-HIT AREA IN EAST JAKARTA.
February 2, 2007... Jakarta, Feb 2 (ANTARA): President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and his wife, Ani Yudhoyono, visited an area inundated by flood waters in Kampung Melayu, East Jakarta, on Friday afternoon and talked with flood victims sheltered in the Santa Maria...

MILY DEPLOYS 1,729 PERSONNEL TO FLOOD-HIT AREAS IN JAKARTA.
February 2, 2007... Jakarta, Feb 2 (ANTARA): The Indonesian military (TNI) on Friday deployed 1,729 of its personnel to flood-hit areas in Jakarta and environs to help flood victims. "The 1,720 personnel consist of 1,300 Army personnel and 429 Naval personnel,"...

THOUSANDS OF HOMES IN TANAH ABANG INUNDATED.
February 2, 2007... Jakarta, Feb 2 (ANTARA): Thousands of homes in Tanah Abang, Central Jakarta, were inundated after part of the embankment at the West Flood Control Canal collapsed. The worst situation was seen in Petamburan and Benhil. The Tanah Abang...

FREE MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR SUSPECTED BIRD FLU PATIENTS.
February 2, 2007... Yogyakarta, Feb 2 (ANTARA): The Yogyakarta provincial administration will bear all medical expenses of suspected bird flu patients treated at hospitals in the province, a spokesman said. "All the medical expenses, including medicines and...

THOUSANDS OF FLOOD VICTIMS IN E JAKARTA EVACUATED.
February 2, 2007... Jakarta, Feb 2 (ANTARA): Thousands of residents were evacuated to Jl Jatinegara Barat in East Jakarta on Friday as their houses were submerged by flood water following two days of torrential rain. The flood evacuees spent their time sitting...

JAKARTA BUSINESS EXECUTIVES PREFER STAYING AT HOTELS DURING FLOODS.
February 2, 2007... Jakarta, Feb 2 (ANTARA): Business executives in flood-hit Jakarta at the end of their working day now prefer to retire to hotels closest to their offices rather than risk being trapped in flood-related traffic jams or other obstacles on...

JAKARTA FLOODED DUE TO LACK OF WATER CATCHMENT AREAS: MINISTER.
February 2, 2007... Jakarta, Feb 2 (ANTARA): Environment Minister Rachmat Witoelar said Jakarta was flooded mainly due to the elimination of water catchment areas following the construction of buildings in great numbers. "There are too many malls (shopping...

BLORA RESIDENTS WARNED ABOUT HIGH INCIDENCE OF DENGUE FEVER.
February 2, 2007... Blora, Feb 2 (ANTARA): People in Blora district, Central Java, have been warned to exercise more caution about the possibility of contracting dengue fever as almost every day someone in the region falls victim to the disease. "Since the...

TELKOM DENIES ITS PRESIDENT DIRECTOR RESIGNS.
February 2, 2007... Jakarta, Feb 2 (ANTARA): Publicly-listed state telecommunication operator PT Telkom on Friday denied a press report that its president director Arwin Rasyid has tendered resignation, saying its board of commissioners has never received a letter...

DENGUE FEVER HANDLING THIS YEAR EXPECTED TO BE HEAVIER TASK.
February 2, 2007... Jakatta, Feb 2 (ANTARA): Dengue fever handling this year is expected to to be a heavier task than in 2005 because of the much higher number of people affected, Health Minister Siti Fadilah Supari said here Friday. "It appears we will have...

JAKARTA IN 3RD ALERT SITUATION.
February 2, 2007... Jakarta, Feb 2 (ANTARA): Governor Sutiyoso declared that Jakarta was in the third alert situation after most parts of the capital city were flooded on Friday morning. "All places are in the third alert situation except West Jakarta area like...

FRIDAY'S NEWSPAPER HEADLINES.
February 2, 2007... Jakarta, Feb 2 (ANTARA): Following are the headlines on several major newspapers here on Friday. The Jakarta Post HEAVY RAIN SNARLS CITY TRAFFIC Jakarta residents generally assume floods happen only along the city's riverbanks or in...

HARGA BAHAN BANGUNAN DI SEMARANG BERTAHAN.
February 2, 2007... Semarang, 2/2 (ANTARA): Harga beberapa harga bahan bangunan seperti semen, besi beton, cat, seng plat, dan paku di tempat penjualan meterial Kota Semarang pekan ini relatif stabil sehubungan dengan cukupnya persediaan. Irnawati, pedagang...

HARGA JAGUNG PIPILAN DI SEMARANG NAIK.
February 2, 2007... Semarang, 2/2 (ANTARA): Harga jagung pipilan di Pasar Johar semarang, Jumat, naik dibanding hari sebelumnya akibat berkurangnya stok di pasar. Suminah, pedagang jagung pipilan di Pasar Johar Semarang, Jumat, mengatakan, naiknya harga...

81 BUSWAY BBG TAK BEROPERASI AKIBAT BANJIR DAN KEMACETAN.
February 2, 2007... Jakarta, 2/2 (ANTARA): Sedikitnya 65 unit Trans Jakarta berbahan bakar gas (BBG) tidak beroperasi akibat kemacetan dan genangan air di sejumlah ruas di Ibukota, kata Manajer Pengendalian Badan Layanan Umum (BLU) Trans Jakarta Rene Nunumete di...

AFTERSHOCK JOLTS GORONTALO.
February 2, 2007... Gorontalo, Feb 2 (ANTARA): A tectonic aftershock measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale jolted Gorontalo province at 4.46 a.m. on Friday, a spokesman of the local Meteorology and Geophysics office (BMG) said. Fatuhri said the epicenter of the...

TWO MINISTERS AGREE TO TRAIN STUDENTS AS ATHLETES.
February 2, 2007... Jakarta, Feb 1 (ANTARA): The Youth and Sports Minister and National Education Minister were reported to have agreed to train students as national athlete substitutes in many student training centers (PPLPs) scattered over many regions of...

RI ALSO WANTS PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE COOPERATION WITH AUSTRALIA : MINISTER.
February 2, 2007... Jakarta, Feb 1 (ANTARA): Indonesia hopes its cooperation with Australia will not only be between governments but also between their peoples, Youth and Sports Minister Adhyaksa Dault said. "People-to-people cooperation will assure continuatuit,"...

SOME 700 RI YOUTHS TOOK PART IN RI-AUSTRALIA YOUTH EXCHANGE PROGRAM.
February 2, 2007... Jakarta, Feb 1 (ANTARA): As many as 700 Indonesian youths have participated in the Indonesia-Australia Youth Exchange Program since 1982, a youth affairs official said. "We send 18 youths every year to take part in the program," Sakhyan...

TOXIC PLANKTONS KILL THOUSANDS OF FISHES IN BALI: OFFICIAL.
February 2, 2007... Denpasar, Feb 1 (ANTARA): Toxic planktons are to blame for the mass death of thousands of fishes on some beaches of Tabanan district in Bali, an official said here Thursday. "The fishes' mass death is a natural phenomenon caused by the...

TWO MORE SUSPECTED BIRD FLU PATIENTS RUSHED TO YOGYAKARTA HOSPITAL.
February 2, 2007... Yogyakarta, Feb 1 (ANTARA): Two more patients who were suspected to have been infected with the avian influenza virus were rushed to Dr Sardjito Hospital here on Wednesday night, the hospital's spokeswomen said here on Thursday. Dr Amelia...

RI-UK PARTNERSHIP FORUM ISSUES JOINT COMMUNIQUE.
February 2, 2007... London, Feb 1 (ANTARA): The Indonesian and British governmental delegations to an Indonesia-United Kingdom Partnership Forum at Lancaster House here on Wednesday issued a joint communique in which they stressed the importance of stepping up...

SURAKARTA IMMIGRATION ARRESTS EGYPTIAN FOR MISUSING VISA.
February 2, 2007... Solo, C Java, Feb 1 (ANTARA): The Surakarta Immigraion office has arrested and detained Muhammed El A Treiri, 19, an Egyptian national, for misusing his visa, Surakarta Immigration Office chief Tubagus Gandarsa said here on Thursday. "The...

EXTRAORDINARY DENGUE OUTBREAKS ALREADY HAPPENED IN SEVERAL RI PROVINCES : OFFICIAL.
February 2, 2007... Jakarta, Feb 1 (ANTARA): Extraordinary outbreaks of dengue fever have already taken place in several Indonesian provinces although they have yet to be classified as such at national level, Director-General of Communicable Diseases at the...

PRESIDENT TRYING TO "FRAME" REGIONAL LAWMAKERS, SAYS GORONTALO COUNCILLOR.
February 2, 2007... Gorontalo, Feb 1 (ANTARA): President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's policy requiring regional legislative council (DPRD) members to return all the money they had received under Government Regulation (PP) No 37/2006 is an effort to "frame" them, a...

QUAKE JOLTS GORONTALO.
February 2, 2007... Gorontalo, Feb 1 (ANTARA): A 5 magnitude undersea earthquake shook the Indonesian province of Gorontalo on Thursday evening, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage. The quake's epicenter was in the Maluku sea at a depth...

TWO MOST WANTED TERROR SUSPECTS IN C SULAWESI CAPTURED.
February 2, 2007... Poso, C Sulawesi, Feb 1 (ANTARA): Police arrested two of Central Sulawesi's most wanted terror suspects, namely Mohammad Basri alias Basri and Ardin alias Rojak, in a joint security operation on Thursday morning. The two men who had been...

MINISTER SUPPORTS IDEA TO DECLARE BIRD FLU OUTBREAKS NATIONAL DISASTER.
February 2, 2007... Jakarta, Feb 1 (ANTARA): Health Minister Siti Fadilah Supari said she supported the idea to declare bird flu outbreaks in Indonesia as a national disaster. "It is necessary to declare the outbreaks a national disaster so that people will pay...

JAKARTA CITY BEGINS 2ND PHASE OF ANTI-BIRD FLU CAMPAIGN.
February 2, 2007... Jakarta Feb 1 (ANTARA): The Jakarta city administration has begun the second phase of a program to keep the Indonesian capital free from the deadly avian influenza (H5N1) virus which causes bird flu, Jakarta Governor Sutiyoso said on Thursday....

RI GOVT ALSO WISHES FOR PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE COOPERATION WITH AUSTRALIA.
February 2, 2007... Jakarta, Feb 1 (ANTARA): The Indonesian government , through its Youth and Sports Ministry, has expressed its wish that cooperation between Indonesia and Australia take place not only on a government-to-government but also on a...

THREE BRITONS DEPORTED FROM KENDARI.
February 2, 2007... Kendari, SE Sulawesi, Feb 1 (ANTARA): Southeast Sulawesi immigration authorities have deported three Britons for violating their stay permit. Head of the Southeast Sulawesi Immigration office Ade Endang Dachlan said the deportation of...

RI OPTIMISTIC ABOUT SIGNING BILATERAL ACCORD WITH EU.
February 2, 2007... Jakarta, Feb 1 (ANTARA): Indonesia is optimistic it can sign a bilateral agreement with the European Union (EU) in the near future as in its view there was nothing standing in their way to do so, the Indonesian foreign affairs ministry said in...

SEVEN DEAD FOLLOWING FLOOD IN JAKARTA.
February 3, 2007... Jakarta, Feb 3 (ANTARA): Seven people have died while thousands of others have been forced to evacuate their homes after flood hit many parts of capital city Jakarta and nearby towns of Tangerang and Bekasi since Friday. "Three died in East...

SOME 342 HIV/AIDS CASES TRACED IN MALUKU.
February 3, 2007... Ambon, Maluku, Feb 3 (ANTARA): The number of HIV/AIDS cases in Maluku province until the end of January 2007 has reached 342, comprising 217 HIV cases and 125 AIDS cases, head of Maluku provincial Health Affairs office, dr. Rukiah Marasabessy...

MILITARY READYING TWO SUPER PUMA CHOPPERS TO HELP FLOOD VICTIMS.
February 3, 2007... Jakarta, Feb 3 (ANTARA): The Indonesian military (TNI) is readying two Super Puma helicopters to help evacuate flood victims in Jakarta and environs. "The two Indonesian Air Force (TNI AU) helicopters are standing by at the Halim...

JAKARTA ADMINISTRATION LATE IN HANDLING FLOOD PROBLEMS: WALHI.
February 3, 2007... Jakarta, Feb 3 (ANTARA): The Jakarta chapter of the Indonesian Forum for the Environment (WALHI) opined that the Jakarta administration was late in handling floods that swept through Jakarta and environs over the past few days. "The number...

TWO MORE PEOPLE KILLED IN JAKARTA FLOOD.
February 3, 2007... Jakarta, Feb 3 (ANTARA): Two more people were killed on Saturday, bringing to seven the death toll in flood that swept through Jakarta and environs over the past few days. The two were identified as Haji Sulaeman (58) and Romi (4), a search...

PRESIDENT VISITS FLOOD VICTIMS IN WEST JAKARTA.
February 3, 2007... Jakarta, Feb 3 (ANTARA): President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Saturday evening inspected two flood-hit areas in West Jakarta where he handed over 4,000 packs of basic necessities to flood victims. During the visit, the president in the...

FIVE KILLED IN JAKARTA FLOOD.
February 3, 2007... Jakarta, Feb 3 (ANTARA): Floods that swept through Jakarta and environs following two days of torrential rains have left five people dead and forced the evacuation of thousands of others to safer grounds, a spokesman said. Three of the...

SURAYADHARMA ELECTED PPP CHIEF.
February 3, 2007... Jakarta, Feb 3 (ANTARA): Suryadharma Ali was elected a new chairman of the Muslim-based United Development Party (PPP), succeeding Hamzah Haz after winning the majority of votes during a voting at Hotel Mercuri in North Jakarta on Saturday. ...

INDONESIA TO CONTINUE NUKE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT.
February 3, 2007... Jakarta, Feb 3 (ANTARA): The Indonesian government will push through with its plan to develop nuclear energy as part of its effort to find new alternative environment-friendly energy, State Minister of the Environment Rachmat Witoelar said. ...

FLOOD HAMPERS FUEL SUPPLIES TO GASOLINE STATIONS.
February 3, 2007... Jakarta, Feb 3 (ANTARA): Floods that swept through several parts of Jakarta hampered fuel supplies to gasoline stations on Saturday, a spokesman said. "A number of gasoline stations in Jakarta are inundated by flood water," spokesman of...

JAKARTA FLOOD SPREADING.
February 3, 2007... Jakarta, Feb 3 (ANTARA): State electricity company PT PLN has cut off power supplies to flood-hit areas in Jakarta to avoid fires due to short circuit. Floods were getting worse in several parts of the capital, with a population of about 13...

REGIONAL HEAD ELECTIONS TO BE HELD SIMULTANEOUSLY: HOUSE SPEAKER.
February 3, 2007... Bengkulu, Bengkulu, Feb 3 (ANTARA): Regional head elections (Pilkada) around the country will be conducted simultaneously in the future, House of Representatives (DPR) speaker Agung Laksono said. "Today, we hold regional head elections once...

FLOOD DEATH TOLL CLIMBS TO 18, OVER 300,000 HOMELESS.
February 4, 2007... Jakarta, Feb 4 (ANTARA): Floods in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta and its surrounding areas of Depok, Tangerang and Bekasi have killed at least 18 people and two others missing, a spokesman said. Rustam S. Pakaya, head of the Crisis Control...

MANGGARAI SLUICE HAS BEEN OPENED SINCE EARLY SUNDAY.
February 4, 2007... Jakarta, Feb 4 (ANTARA): The Manggarai sluice which controls waters from Ciliwung river which runs through the capital city of Jakarta has been opened since early Sunday at about 3 pm, an attendant at the sluice, Rusli, said here Sunday. ...

YUDHOYONO ASKS ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS TO MONITOR WEATHER FORECAST.
February 4, 2007... Jakarta, Feb 4 (ANTARA): President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has asked local administration officials to continue monitoring the developments of weather forecast and informing public so they will be alert to face flash floods. Yudhoyono made...

VP: MEGAPOLITAN BOARD UNNECESSARY TO DEAL WITH PROBLEMS IN JAKARTA.
February 4, 2007... Jakarta, Feb 4 (ANTARA): Vice President M Yusuf Kalla said a megapolitan board was not needed for the time being to solve various problems in Jakarta but just solved the issues under the coordination of the Home Minister or the Public Works...

VP DENIES PRESIDENT ASKS GOVERNOR TO CLOSE MANGGARAI SLUICE.
February 4, 2007... Jakarta, Feb 4 (ANTARA): Vice President Jusuf Kalla denied a rumor saying that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono had instructed Jakarta Govenor Sutiyoso to close the Manggarai sluice to prevent heavy floods from hitting Menteng area and...

IDB READY TO FINANCE MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM SCALE ENTERPRISES.
February 4, 2007... Medan, N Sumatra, Feb 4 (ANTARA): The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) was interested in financing micro, small and medium scale businesses in North Sumatra and Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam provinces after its regional director had visited the...

YUDHOYONO ASKS JABODETABEK ADMINISTRATION TO HAVE CONCRETE PROGRAMS TO HANDLE FLOODS.
February 4, 2007... Jakarta, Feb 4 (ANTARA): President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has asked Jakarta, Bogor, Depok, Tangerang and Bekasi (Jabodetabek) administrations to jointly make concrete programs to solve floods in the region. "It is badly needed to carry out...

BALI ALLOCATES 5.3 BILLION FOR COMBATING ILLITERACY.
February 4, 2007... Denpasar, Bali, Feb 4 (ANTARA): Bali provincial administration had allocated some Rp 5.3 billion for combating illiteracy in that province, for which the number of people listed in the category of illiteracy was expected to reach 21,865, an...

PRESIDENT HAS MANGGARAI SLUICE OPENED: SPOKESMAN.
February 4, 2007... Jakarta, Feb 4 (ANTARA): President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has instructed Jakarta Governor Sutiyoso to open the Manggarai sluice no worries about floods likely inundating the State Palace, Presidential Spokesman Andi Malarangeng quoted the...

ALL COMPONENTS OF THE NATION URGED TO REPENT AND RETURN TO GOD'S LAW, ISLAMIC LEADER SAYS.
February 4, 2007... Jakarta, Jan 4 (ANTARA): All components of the nation have been called to swear to God to change their sinful ways and return to the Islamic law by giving priority on a concept of balance in life, a noted figure of the Indonesia's Hizbut Tahrir...

LANDSLIDE DESTROYS HUNDREDS OF HOUSES IN BABAKAN MADANG.
February 5, 2007... Cibinong, Feb 5 (ANTARA): A landslide which happened on Sunday evening destroyed at least 416 houses in Karang Tengah village, Babakan Madang sub district, West Java, but no casualties were reported in the tragedy. Located on the slope of...

MINISTRY PREPARING REGULATION TO EDUCATE CIVILIANS IN STATE DEFENSE.
February 5, 2007... Tasikmalaya, W Java, Feb 5 (ANTARA): The Defense Ministry will soon begin studying the possiblity of issuing a regulation on the provision of military education for (civilian) citizens to prepare them for state defense duties, a spokesman...

HUNDREDS OF POLICE TO SECURE INSTALLATION OF ACEH GOVERNOR-E;ECT.
February 5, 2007... Banda Aceh, Feb 5 (ANTARA): As many as 422 policemen supported by 80 army members will be deployed to secure the installation of new Aceh governor Irwandi Yusuf here on Thursday, Banda Aceh city police chief Commissioner Zulkarnain said here on...

ACEH STUDENTS RAISE FUNDS FOR FLOOD VICTIMS IN JAKARTA.
February 5, 2007... Banda Aceh, Feb 5 (ANTARA): A number of university students in Banda Aceh, the capital of Aceh province which was hit by tsunami in 2004, conducted a fund raising activity at the city's streets here on Monday to help flood victims in Jakarta....

CHILD IN KUDUS SUSPECTED SUFFERING FROM BIRD FLU.
February 5, 2007... Kudus, Feb 5 (ANTARA): A 19-month old infant from Kudus, Central Java, suspected to have been infected with the bird flu virus is currently being treated at Dr Kariadi general hospital in Semarang, Central Java's provincial capital. The...

News Focus: JAKARTANS TOLD TO REMAIN ON ALERT AS RAINS CONTINUE.
February 5, 2007... By Bambang Purwanto Jakarta, Feb 5 (ANTARA) - Torrential rains since last Thursday have been pouring down in the capital city causing floods which have been paralyzing a lot of both government and public activities almost in all parts of...

POLICE ARREST THREE, CONFISCATE SELF-MADE RIFLES, AMMUNITION IN SAMARINDA.
February 5, 2007... Samarinda, Feb 5 (ANTARA): The Samarinda Seberang police were reported to have confiscated three self-made rifles and five bullets for M16 guns, one pack of explosives and 17 tin bullets at different locations (in Samarinda and Loanjan, Kutai...

AUSTRALIA TO PROVIDE RP 1 BILLION WORTH OF AID FOR JAKARTA FLOOD VICTIMS.
February 5, 2007... Jakarta, Feb 5 (ANTARA): Australian Ambassador to Indonesia Bill Farmer has announced that his government would give relief aid worth 150,000 Australian dollars or more than Rp1 billion to the Indonesian government for handling floods in...

ACEH GOVERNOR-ELECT VISITS ARMY CHIEF.
February 5, 2007... Jakarta, Feb 5 (ANTARA): Aceh Governor-elect Irwandi Yusuf visited Army Chief of Staff Gen. Djoko Santoso at the Army Headquarters here on Monday. At the 30-minute meeting, Irwandi said the presence of the Indonesian military (TNI), the Army...

SAMARINDA INUNDATED OVER PAST FIVE DAYS.
February 5, 2007... Samarinda, E Kalimantan, Feb 5 (ANTARA): Samarinda, East Kalimanta's provinicial capital, has been inundated since last Thursday (Jan 31) due to the overflowing of Karang Mumus River. Traffics was disturbed as many of the city's main roads were...

ACEH TO ENABLE 1,000 UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS TO CONTINUE STUDIES ABROAD.
February 5, 2007... Banda Aceh, Feb 5 (ANTARA): The regional government of Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam (NAD) will send some 1,000 undergraduate students to continue their studies at various universities overseas, NAD Acting Governor Mustafa Abubakar said here on...

US TO PROVIDE US$100,000 WORTH OF AID FOR JAKARTA FLOOD VICTIMS.
February 5, 2007... Jakarta, Feb 5 (ANTARA): The United States Government will provide US$100,000 in emergency relief assistance for flood ravaged Jakarta and surrounding communities, a statement said. Five days of torrential rains have caused severe flooding...

CENTRAL GOVT ASKED TO MEET PROMISE ON "REINTEGRATION" FUNDS FOR ACEH.
February 5, 2007... Banda Aceh, Feb 5 (ANTARA): The Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam (NAD) provincial administration expects the central government to keep its promise to disburse the entire amount of "reintegration" funds it had promised to support efforts to create...

POLITICAL PARTIES VYING TO DISTRIBUTE AID AMONG FLOOD VICTIMS.
February 5, 2007... Tangerang, Feb 5 (ANTARA): Several political parties have been setting up command posts for distributing aid to flood victims in Tangerang, a suburb west of Jakarta. Among the parties competing in aid distribution are the National Mandate...

NINE PEOPLE KILLED IN JAKARTA FLOODS.
February 5, 2007... Jakarta, Feb 5 (ANTARA): Entering the fourth day, the floods that hit Jakarta and its buffer towns of Bekasi and Tangerang, have killed nine victims who died of flood-related electrocution, illness and the cold weather, rescuers said here on...

SPAIN'S QUEEN SOFIA VISITS INDONESIA.
February 5, 2007... Jakarta, Feb 5 (ANTARA): Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono received Queen Sofia of Spain who arrived here on Monday for a visit until Thursday. Queen Sofia was flanked by Spanish ambassador to Indonesia Damaso Delario Ramirez,...

MONDAY'S NEWSPAPER HEADLINES.
February 5, 2007... Jakarta, Monday, Feb 5 (ANTARA): Following are headlines in major Indonesian dailies published on Monday. The Jakarta Post JAKARTA BRACES MORE RAIN The nightmarish days of flooding that have paralyzed the capital will not be over...

JAKARTA, BEKASI STILL INUNDATED.
February 5, 2007... Jakarta, Feb 5 (ANTARA): Floods continued inundating parts of Jakarta and its suburban areas such as Bekasi, and Tangerang on Monday, blocking many of the roads. The death toll in the four days of flood in Jakarta rose to 20 people and seven...

SCHOOLS IN CENTRAL JAKARTA STILL PARALYZED BY FLOODS.
February 5, 2007... Jakarta, Feb 5 (ANTARA): A number of schools in Central Jakarta were given the day off on Monday as they were still paralyzed by floods and could not carry out academic activities, an elementary school headmaster said here on Monday. "We are...

FLOODS POSE NO THREAT TO JAKARTA RICE STOCKS.
February 5, 2007... Jakarta, Feb 5 (ANTARA): The current floods that have hit Jakarta for the past four days will not pose a threat to rice stocks for the capital city although rice supply to the Cipinang Rice Wholesale Market (PIBC) is to some extent hampered,...

STUDENTS IN ACEH ATTEND "TRAINING OF TRAINERS" (TOT) PROGRAM.
February 5, 2007... Banda Aceh, Feb 5 (ANTARA): Tens of junior and senior high school students in Aceh's provincial capital of Banda Aceh and Aceh Besar district are attending a "Training of the Trainers" (TOT) program organized by the Children's Center, a program...

INDONESIAN LANGUAGE GROWING IN IMPORTANCE IN CHINA.
February 6, 2007... Guangzhou, China, Feb 6 (ANTARA): Command of the Indonesian language is increasing in importance in China as the number of Indonesian tourists to that country is going up every year, a Chinese academician said. Prof. Cai Jin Cheng MA...

PRESIDENT ASKS FOR REVISION OF FLOOD CONTROL BUDGET.
February 6, 2007... Jakarta, Feb 6 (ANTARA): President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has asked for a review of the budget for flood control for 2002-2010 standing at Rp16.5 trillion. "The President has asked to see whether it is still valid or not. We'll see to it,"...

NO FLOOD VICTIM IN JAKARTA TO STARVE: MINISTER.
February 6, 2007... Jakarta, Feb 6 (ANTARA): Social Services Minister Bachtiar Chamsyah gave the assurance on Tuesday that no flood victim in Jakarta will starve as state rice stocks are more than enough. "The government's rice reserves currently stand at 365...