ANT - LKBN ANTARA (Indonesia) articles from February 2008

ANT - LKBN ANTARA (Indonesia) archives from February 2008

INDONESIAN HOUSE MAID FROM BANYUMAS TORTURED IN SAUDI ARABIA.
February 1, 2008... Banyumas, Feb 1 (ANTARA): Surati (37), an Indonesian domestic helper from Sokaraja, Banyumas district, Central Java, had been tortured by her Saudi Arabian employer. "She often told her family by phone that she could no longer bear living...

THREE MONTHS NEEDED TO PUBLISH ASEAN CHARTER, FM SAYS.
February 1, 2008... Jakarta, Feb 1 (ANTARA): Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda said the ASEAN Charter needs three months to be published before ratified by the parliaments of the ASEAN member countries. Wirajuda made the remarks following a Foreign Breakfast...

EIGHT KILLED IN ACEH LANDSLIDES.
February 1, 2008... Banda Aceh, Feb 1 (ANTARA): Landslides triggered by days of heavy rains killed eight people at the hilly village of Situbuh-tubuh in Aceh Singkil district on Friday. The landslides hit the village at 02.30 am on Friday, causing panic among...

PRESIDENTIAL SPOKESMAN RESPONDS TO MEGAWATI'S CRITICISM.
February 1, 2008... Jakarta, Feb 1 (ANTARA): Some critical remarks made by Indonesian Democratic Party-Struggle (PDIP) leader Megawati Soekarnoputri about the government's performance drew a response on Friday from President Susilo Bambang Yudhono's spokesman,...

GOVT ISSUES NEW FISCAL POLICIES TO STABILIZE BASIC FOOD PRICES.
February 1, 2008... Jakarta, Feb 1 (ANTARA): The government on Friday issued a package of fiscal policies to stabilize the prices of such basic commodities as soybean, wheat flour and cooking oil. The package was announced by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono...

FLOODS, LANDSLIDES HIT GORONTALO, TWO DEAD.
February 1, 2008... Gorontalo, Feb. 1 (ANTARA): Floods and landslides hit Gorontalo city, North Gorontalo District, Boalemo District and Pohuwato District, Gorontalo Province, northern Sulawesi Island since Thursday, killing two persons. A landslide killed...

BAD WEATHER FORCES JAKARTA AIRPORT CLOSURE.
February 1, 2008... Tangerang, Feb 1 (ANTARA): Jakarta's Soekarno-Hatta airport was closed on Friday morning due to bad weather. The airport's Officer in Charge, Alif Purnama, told ANTARA 10 flights to various destinations have been delayed. Alif said there...

INCESSANT RAINS TRIGGER FLOODING IN JAKARTA.
February 1, 2008... Jakarta, Feb. 1 (ANTARA): Incessant heavy rains on Friday triggered flooding in Jakarta, including areas surrounding the presidential palace which is located in Medan Merdeka Utara, with floodwaters reaching a height of around 40 centimeters....

43 FLIGHTS DELAYED.
February 1, 2008... Tangerang, Feb 1 (ANTARA): Forty-three flights from Jakarta's Soekarno-Hatta Airport to various destinations were delayed on Friday due to bad weather. Continuous heavy rain which started on Friday morning forced the airport to...

ACEH HIT BY 224 TREMORS IN JANUARY 2008.
February 1, 2008... Banda Aceh, Feb. 1 (ANTARA): Aceh province was hit by 224 tremors during January 2008 but only five of them measuring between 4.0 and 5.6 on the Richter scale, could be felt by local residents, the head of the Mata Ie Geophysics Office....

FLOODS INUNDATE HUNDREDS OF HOUSES IN PADANG, W SUMATRA.
February 1, 2008... Padang, W Sumatra, Feb. 1 (ANTARA): Hundreds of houses in Lubuk Buaya Padang, West Sumatra, were inundated due to incessant rains since Thursday. The floodwaters reached a height of up to one meter in some residential areas but local...

NUMBER OF LEPERS IN EAST KALIMANTAN UP BY 159.
February 1, 2008... Samarinda, E Kalimantan, Feb 1 (ANTARA): The number of people suffering from leprosy in East Kalimantan last year rose by 159 to 261 from 102 a year earlier, chief of the provincial health office Jurnanto said here on Friday. According to...

FRIDAY'S INDONESIAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES.
February 1, 2008... Jakarta, Feb 1 (ANTARA): Following are the headlines of several major Indonesian newspapers here on Friday. The Jakarta Post AULIA SAYS BI FUNDS WENT TO HOUSE Former Bank Indonesia deputy governor Aulia Pohan confirmed on Thursday...

SUMENEP STUDENTS REJECT PROPOSALS TO NAME SOEHARTO NATIONAL HERO.
February 2, 2008... Sumenep, Madura, Feb 2 (ANTARA): Universitty tudents grouped in the Sumenep Student Action Front (FAN-S) here Saturday staged a rally to express their rejection of proposals to name the late former President Soeharto a national hero. ...

FORMER MINISTER YUSRIL READY TO BE NOMINATED FOR RI PRESIDENCY.
February 2, 2008... Pangkalpinang, Bangka Belitung, Feb 2 (ANTARA): Prof Dr Yusril Ihza Mahendra, a former minister/state secretary said he was ready to be nominated for Indonesia's presidency for the 2009-2014 period. "I have proven my abilities in several...

MILY COMMANDER APOLOGIZES FOR ATTACK ON POLICE HQ.
February 2, 2008... Jakarta, Feb 2 (ANTARA): Chief of the Pattimura Military Command overseeing Maluku province Maj. Gen. Rasyid Qurnuen Aquary apologized for an attack on the Central Maluku District Poice Headquarters by several military personnel from the Masohi...

RI, CHINESE, PAKISTANI POLICE TO COOPERATE IN FIGHTING DRUG TRAFFICKING.
February 2, 2008... Tokyo, Feb 2 (ANTARA): The Indonesian National Police and their Chinese and Pakistani counterparts reached an agreement here to jointly fight drug trafficking in their countries, an Indonesian police officer said. "The agreement was...

MINISTER PRESENTS HEALTH ASSISTANCE TO NAHDLATUL ULAMA.
February 2, 2008... Jakarta, Feb 2 (ANTARA): Health Minister Siti Fadilah Supari presented an ambulance and 100 mosquito fogging appliances to the executive board of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), Indonesia's largest Muslim organization. The minister handed over the...

PARTS OF JAKARTA STILL INUNDATED ON SATURDAY.
February 2, 2008... Jakarta, Feb. 2 (ANTARA): Parts of Jakarta were still inundated on Saturday after wide-spread flooding paralyzed the capital city on Friday. The Jakarta Police's Traffic Management Center (TMC) reported 27 locations in the city were still...

MALUKU GOVERNOR VISITS MASOHI FOLLOWING POLICE-SOLDIERS CLASH.
February 2, 2008... Ambon, Maluku Province, Feb. 2 (ANTARA): Maluku Governor Karel Albert Ralahalu on Saturday was scheduled to go to Masohi in Central Maluku District for an inspection of local conditions following a clash between policemen and soldiers. ...

ONE POLICEMAN KILLED IN CLASH WITH SOLDIERS IN MASOHI.
February 2, 2008... Jakarta, Feb. 2 (ANTARA): One policeman was killed and three others were injured in an attack by a group of soldiers of the Masohi Infantry Battalion 731, in Central Maluku District, on Saturday at around 3 am local time. The clash was...

BODIES OF EIGHT ACEH LANDSLIDE VICTIMS EVACUATED.
February 2, 2008... Banda Aceh, Feb 2 (ANTARA): The bodies of eight people who were buried alive in a landslide triggered by days of torrential rains at the hilly village of Situbuh-tubuh in Aceh Singkil district on Friday, were evacuated on Saturday. The...

JAKARTA FLOOD CLAIMS THREE LIVES.
February 2, 2008... Jakarta, Feb 2 (ANTARA): Floods, triggered by hours of heavy rains on Friday in Jakarta, claimed three lives in West Jakarta and forced thousands of people to leave their homes, chief of the Crisis Management Center at the Health Ministry,...

RIAU CULLS POULTRY NEAR HOUSE OF SUSPECTED BIRD FLU FATALITY.
February 2, 2008... Pekanbaru, Riau, Feb. 2 (ANTARA): Riau's animal health service culled poultry found in areas within a radius of one kilometer from the house of K, a 18 month-old infant who was believed to have died of bird flu (Avian Influenza) last Thursday...

FIVE INDONESIANS WITH BIRD FLU INFECTION GO UNDER WHO SPOTLIGHT.
February 2, 2008... Jakarta, Feb 2 (ANTARA): Five Indonesians who succumbed to bird flu infection have gone under the the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) spotlight, a statement from UN News Center said on Friday. WHO confirmed that the five...

HEADLINES OF MAJOR INDONESIAN NEWSPAPERS ON SATURDAY.
February 2, 2008... Jakarta, Feb. 2 (ANTARA): Following are headlines of several major Indonesian newspapers published on Saturday. The Jakarta Post JAKARTA STOPS IN FACE OF FLOODS Appointments were canceled, passengers were left stranded and residents...

HINDU PRIEST READY TO BE PKS LEGISLATIVE NOMINEE.
February 3, 2008... Denpasar, Feb 3 (ANTARA): The decision of the Prosperous Justice Pary (PKS) to declare it open to all members of the society, irrespective of religious creeds in Indonesia was warmly hailed by Sebali Tianyar Arimbawa, a Hindu priest in Bali....

18 INDONESIANS DIE IN QATAR LAST YEAR.
February 3, 2008... Doha, Qatar, Feb 3 (ANTARA): In 2007, 18 Indonesians were reported to have died in Qatar, mostly of heart attack, the Indonesian embassye in Doha disclosed here on Sunday. Of the 18 Indonesians, five were women. Most of the dead were...

BUSWAY CORRIDORS II AND III STILL PARALYZED.
February 3, 2008... Jakarta, Feb 3 (ANTARA): The TransJakarta buses covering the Pulogadung-Harmoni and Kalideres-Harmoni routes, offcially called corridor II and corridor III respectively, are still waiting for the flood waters inundating the two routes to...

SOEDYATMO TOLL ROAD CLOSED, DOMESTIC FLIGHTS TO START FROM HALIM PERDANA KUSUMA AIRBASE.
February 3, 2008... Tangerang, Feb 3 (ANTARA): Chief of the Soekarno-Hatta Airport Authority Herry Bakti will move the flights from Tangerang to Halim Perdanakusuma Air Base in South Jakarta if the flood waters inundating the Soedyatmo toll road leading to the...

VEEP HOLDS CLOSED DOOR MEETING TO DISCUSS ALTERNATIVE ROADS TO AIRPORT.
February 3, 2008... Tangerang, Feb 3 (ANTARA): Vice President Yusuf Kalla held a special meeting with a number of ministers and the Jakarta governor and Banten deputy governor to discuss alternative roads to and from the international airport of Soekarno-Hatta, on...

RI ENVOY IN BEIJING TO INVITE CHINESE JOURNALISTS TO PROMOTE INDONESIA.
February 3, 2008... Beijing, Feb 3 (ANTARA): The Indonesian embassy in Beijing was expected to invite several Chinese journalists to Indonesia to write articles about the country's tourism, art and cultural potentials, a diplomat has said. "We will invite...

BALI TO HOST INTERNATIONAL YOGA FESTIVAL.
February 3, 2008... Denpasar, Bali, Feb 3 (ANTARA): Bali was slated to host an international conference on yoga which would involve some 300 yoga gurus from several countries to the event, it was reported here on Sunday. "The conference will be held by the...

PRESIDENT CALLS ON NU TO STRENGTHEN INDONESIA HAND IN HAND WITH GOVT.
February 3, 2008... Jakarta, Feb 3 (ANTARA): President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono called on all members of Nahdlatul Ulama (the biggest Muslim organization in Indonesia) to strengthen the country hand in hand with the government. The head of state made the call...

SUNDAY'S HEADLINES OF MAJOR INDONESIAN NEWSPAPERS.
February 3, 2008... Jakarta, Feb 3 (ANTARA): The following are headlines of major Indonesian newspapers. The Jakarta Post FLOOD WATERS DOWN, BUT CITY STILL ON ALERT Despite clear weather and receding waters on Saturday, the Meteorological and...

JAKARTA GOVERNOR CALLS FOR EIGHT MEASURES TO HANDLE FLOODS.
February 3, 2008... Jakarta, Feb 3 (ANTARA): Jakarta Governor Fauzi Bowo has instructed all the mayors and relevant officials to carry out eight tactical measures in anticipation of more floods that have been threatening the capital city in the past few days. ...

BALI TO HOLD 17 FESTIVALS IN SUPPORT OF VISIT INDONESIA YEAR 2008.
February 3, 2008... Denpasar, Bali, Feb 3 (ANTARA): Bali is expected to organize 17 festivals, 14 of which already approved by the Minister for Arts and Tourism, to succeed the Visit Indonesia Year 2008. "Of the 14 festivals, two will be held in Gianyar...

PAPUA TO HOLD LAKE SENTANI FESTIVAL IN JULY.
February 3, 2008... Jayapura, Papua, Feb 3 (ANTARA): The Papua Tourism Office was slated to hold the Lake Sentani Festival here on July 16-19 to support the annual Lembah Baliem Festival in Jayawijaya District in August, 2008. "The Lake Sentani Festival will...

GERHAN 2008 PROGRAM COSTS Rp2.1 TRILLION.
February 4, 2008... Jakarta, Feb 4 (ANTARA): The Forest and Land Rehabilitation Program (Gerhan) in 2008 will have to spend Rp2.1 trillion, with a total of 2,051,980 hectares of land. The Minister of Forestry in a hearing with Commission IV of the House of...

JAMBI'S NONOIL EXPORTS WORTH 524.92 MILLION US DOLLARS.
February 4, 2008... Jambi, Jan 4 (ANTARA): Jambi's nonoil exports in 2007 had increased to 524.92 million US dollars, while in 2006 the exports reached 509.53 million US dollars. The increase occurred in the third quarter of 2007 with an increase in the...

COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY STRENGTHENS RI-MALAYSIA TIES.
February 4, 2008... Bandung, W Java, (ANTARA): Communication techonology is playing an important role in strengthening Indonesia-Malaysia relations, but this should also be supported by interaction and optimum communication to avoid missunderstanding, an expert...

BIRD FLU CLAIMS TWO MORE VICTIMS IN RI.
February 4, 2008... Jakarta, Feb 4 (ANTARA): Two more Indonesians have been infected with the bird flu virus and one of them died last Saturday (Feb 2) in Jakarta, a Health Ministry official said. The victims were two women - Su (29) of Tangerang city, Banten,...

BANJARMASIN TAP WATER COMPANY NOMINATED FOR DUBAI AWARD.
February 4, 2008... Banjarmasin, S Kalimantan, Feb 4 (ANTARA): Banjarmasin's Tap-water Company (PDAM Banjarmasin) is among four Indonesian public service companies engaged in the same line of activity nominated to receive the Dubai Award, a company official said....

GOVT TO SINK FOREIGN BOATS POACHING FISH IN RI WATERS : MINISTER.
February 4, 2008... Jakarta, Feb 4 (ANTARA): The Indonesian government will deal resolutely with foreign fishermen poaching in Indonesian waters and scuttle their boats when caught, Maritime and Fisheries Minister Freddy Numberi said here Monday. "We have to be...

SWISS NATIONAL ARRESTED FOR CONSUMING MARIJUANA.
February 4, 2008... Bandung, W. Java, Feb 4 (ANTARA): A Swiss national, JMFG (46) was detained by West Java police for consuming marijuana in a cafe at Pangandaran Beach in Ciamis, West Java. The police arrested JMFG on Sunday (Feb 3) after finding two rolls of...

RI POISED TO BECOME NUCLEAR POWERED NATION WITHIN DECADE.
February 4, 2008... Jakarta, Feb 4 (ANTARA): For the Indonesian government, nuclear energy appears the only fuel source able to sustain the country's growing population. Having invested in nuclear technology for over 30 years, Indonesia is stepping ever closer to...

STATE PLANTATION FIRMS FORM CONSORTIUM TO PRODUCE BIOFUEL.
February 4, 2008... Jakarta, Feb 4 (ANTARA): Four state-owned plantation companies (PTPNs) have formed a consortium to set up a biofuel and biodiesel factory in the second semester of this year, a spokesman said. "We have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)...

TNI READY TO GROUND AGING ARMAMENTS.
February 4, 2008... Jakarta, Feb 4 (ANTARA): The National Defense Forces (TNI) will soon ground a number of its aging main armaments, including planes, ships and helicopters aged more than 30 years. "We will ground our aging armament made in the 1960s. But we...

PRESIDENT ASKS TO STERILIZE PROCESS OF BI GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION.
February 4, 2008... Medan, Feb 4 (ANTARA): The president and the House of Representatives (DPR) have been asked to sterilize the process of the Bank Indonesia (BI) gubernatorial election which will be held in May this year. This step should be taken to prevent...

PRESIDENT: AGING WEAPONRY SHOULD BE SCRAPPED.
February 4, 2008... Jakarta, Feb 4 (ANTARA): President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said the Indonesia's aging weaponry should be scrapped for security and safety reasons. "The direction of the government is clear enough. Some time ago the government and the...

GOVT ADVISED TO CANCEL SUGAR IMPORT PLAN.
February 4, 2008... Surabaya, Feb 4 (ANTARA): The Indonesian Sugar Experts Association (Ikagi) has advised the government to cancel its plan to import 110,000 tons of sugar on the ground that the existing domestic sugar output and stocks were sufficient to meet...

RI SHARIA-BASED BANK MUAMALAT ATTENDS ISLAMIC FINANCE SUMMIT.
February 4, 2008... London, Feb 4 (ANTARA): A three-member delegation of Indonesia's aharia-based Bank Muamalat will attend an Islamic Finance Summit in London on February 5-6. The delegation would include Bank Muamalat President Director A. Riawan Amin, one of...

*News Focus: FLOODS ON ROADS TO AIRPORT DRAW GOVT'S ATTENTION.
February 4, 2008... By Bustanuddin Jakarta, Feb 3 (ANTARA)-- Last Friday's floods triggered by long hours of heavy rains, which inundated many parts of Jakarta including the toll road leading to the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport finally drew the...

MONDAY'S HEADLINES IN SOME MAJOR INDONESIAN DAILIES.
February 4, 2008... Jakarta, Feb 4 (ANTARA): Following are headlines in some major Indonesian dailies: The Jakarta Post TRANSPORTATION TO AIRPORT CLEAR With the exception of travelers and residents heading to the airport, many people in Jakarta will...

PRESIDENT ASKS JAKARTA ADMINISTRATION TO IMPROVE THEIR RESPONSE TO FLOODS.
February 5, 2008... Jakarta, Feb 5 (ANTARA): President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono urged the Jakarta city administration to increase its ability to respond to floods, to minimize the city becoming paralyzed by the floods. "Today the president received a presentation...

NU POLITICIANS URGED TO FOLLOW THEIR PARTY'S DECISION.
February 5, 2008... Bandung, Feb 5 (ANTARA): Chairman of the National Awakening Party's (PKB) Advisory Board Abdurrahman Wahid called on members of the Nahdlatul Ulema organization engaged in politics to abide by the decision of their party in electing a...

MYANMARESE NATIONAL INVOLVED IN ILLEGAL DIESEL OIL CASE ARRESTED.
February 5, 2008... Balikpapapn, Feb 5 (ANTARA): A Myanmarese national identified as ATT was captured by the East Kalimantan water and air police (Polairud) for their involvement in an illegal diesel oil case. "That foreigner is among the five suspects arrested...

KPK BUILDING GETS BOMB THREAT.
February 6, 2008... Jakarta, Feb 6 (ANTARA): The building housing the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) on Jalan Rasuna Said in south Jakarta received a bomb threat on Wednesday forcing the adjournment of an interrogation of a key-witness in the illegal Bank...

WEDNESDAY'S NEWSPAPER HEADLINES.
February 6, 2008... Jakarta, Feb 6 (ANTARA): Following are the headlines of several major newspapers on Wednesday. The Jakarta Post FORECAST BLAMED FOR ECONOMIC WEAKNESSES In a review of the government's performance in 2007, the Indonesian Chamber of...

PRESIDENT CHAIRS EDUCATION EVALUATION MEETING.
February 6, 2008... Jakarta, Feb 6 (ANTARA): President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono chaired a National Education Ministry's meeting at Bidakara building here on Wednesday to evaluate its 2007-2008 priority program. In the meeting, attended by about 1,500...

RESCUERS STILL SEARCHING FOR SEVEN MISSING VICTIMS OF LANDSLIDE IN BREBES.
February 6, 2008... Brebes, Central Java, Feb. 6 (ANTARA): A joint search and rescue (SAR) team consisting of local residents and security personnel, here on Wednesday was still looking for seven persons missing in a landslide which hit Dukuh Marenge, Sindangwangi...

WHIRLWIND DAMAGES HOUSES IN LAMPUNG.
February 6, 2008... Bandarlampung, Feb. 6 (ANTARA): Incessant downpours and whirlwind over the past few days in Lampung have damaged a number of houses, uprooted trees and caused power blackout. "Such a phenomenon has never happened before, it's horrifying,"...

FOUR BODIES OF LANDSLIDE VICTIMS IN BREBES BURIED.
February 6, 2008... Brebes, Feb. 2 (ANTARA): Four bodies of the victims in a landslide which hit Sindangwangi on Tuesday (Feb. 5), were evacuated and immediately buried at a local cemetery on Wednesday. The four bodies were cleaned up and brought to a nearby...

BIRD FLU SPREADING IN SIX LAMPUNG SUB DISTRICTS.
February 6, 2008... Bandarlampung, Feb. 6 (ANTARA): Bird flu or Avian Influenza (AI) is on the increase in East Lampung district with the deadly disease now having spread among poultry in six sub districts, a local public health official said. The head of East...

BALI BOMBING CONVICTS' FAMILIES TO ACCEPT WHATEVER JUDICIAL REVIEW YIELDS.
February 6, 2008... Cilacap, Feb 6 (ANTARA): The families of Bali bombing death row convicts Amrozy et al will accept whatever the outcome of a second judicial review of their death sentence will be, a spokesman said. "We, (the families of Amrozy, Mukhlas and Imam...

MARDIYANTO NAMED "MAN OF THE YEAR 2007".
February 6, 2008... Semarang, Feb 6 (ANTARA): Former Central Java governor H. Mardiyanto who is currently home affairs minister has won a "Man of the Year 2007" award from the local press society. A senior member of the Central Java branch of the Indonesian...

FOUR BODIES RECOVERED FROM BREBES LANDSLIDE.
February 6, 2008... Brebes, 6/2 (ANTARA): So far, four bodies have been recovered from a landslide that struck Dukuh Marenge, Brebes district, Central Java, on Wednesday. The four bodies were identified as Didi (5), Ruwat (33), Soerah (30), and Tarsumi (50),...

NORTH MALUKU JOLTED BY 5.8 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE.
February 6, 2008... Ternate, Feb 6 (ANTARA): A tectonic earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale jolted North Maluku at 2.12 local time on Wednesday afternoon but there was no report so far of material damage and fatality, Ternate Meteorology and Geophysics...

SUSPECTS IN BALI GARAGE EXPLOSION STILL AT LARGE.
February 6, 2008... Denpasar, Bali, Feb 6 (ANTARA): Police are still hunting down suspects involved in Tuesday's explosion in the garage of a travel agent's office on the tourist island of Bali. "The culprits are still at large. We still have no clue as to the...

HUMBOLDT PENGUINS ARRIVE AT TAMAN SAFARI.
February 6, 2008... Cisarua, Bogor, Feb 6 (ANTARA): The rare Humboldt Penguin (Speheniscus Humboldti) can now be seen at Taman Safari Indonesia (TSI), Cisarua, Bogor, West Java. Six pairs of the animal arrived at TSI on February 2,2008 from Tokyo's Sea Life...

PRESIDENT TOO LATE IN RESPONDING TO AGING MILY EQUIPMENT: LEGISLATOR.
February 6, 2008... Jakarta, Feb 6 (ANTARA): President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has been too late in responding to the use of obsolete military equipment because he did so only after a few accidents had taken the lives of a number of servicemen, a legislator...

ABANDON IMPORT MINDEDNESS IN PROCURING MILY EQUIPMENT: LEGISLATOR.
February 6, 2008... Jakarta, Feb 6 (ANTARA): A member of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) has suggested that the Indonesian Defense Forces (TNI) and the Defense Ministry abandon their "habit" of importing military equipment for the TNI's main arsenal...

GOVERNMENT TO FAST-TRACK CHEAP BOOK PROGRAM.
February 6, 2008... Jakarta, Feb 6 (ANTARA): President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said the government will fast-track the implementation of its cheap book program to overcome the scarcity and high prices of school books. "We will adopt a policy to make books...

HOUSE COMMISSION WANTS TO MEET GOVT ON REPLACING AGING MILY EQUIPMENT.
February 6, 2008... Jakarta, Feb 6 (ANTARA): The House of Representatives (DPR)'s Commission I which deals with defense will propose to the government to hold a consultative meeting to discuss the procurement and replacement of the military's aging armaments, a...

ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION SUPERVISION COOPERATION WITH JAPAN ALSO NEEDED BY RI CITIES.
February 6, 2008... Tokyo, Feb 6 (ANTARA): A cooperation scheme between the Japanese government and Indonesian regional administrations to enhance environmental pollution supervision, needs to be extended to Indonesian cities with high pollution levels, Indonesian...

GOVT TO AUCTION RP3 TRILLION WORTH OF BONDS.
February 6, 2008... Jakarta, Feb 6 (ANTARA): The Indonesian government will sell rupiah-denominated bonds worth Rp3 trillion in an auction to be held on February 12. Proceeds from the auction of the fixed-rate bonds divided into series FR0048 due on Sept 15,...

News Focus: INDONESIA TO GROUND AGING MILITARY ARMAMENTS.
February 6, 2008... Jakarta, Feb 6 (ANTARA) - Indonesia, which was affected by a military embargo by the United States some time in the past, has decided to ground its aging military armaments. As almost 70 percent of its armaments are now aging, the Indonesian...

JAPAN PREFERS NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS BECAUSE THEY ARE CHEAPER.
February 6, 2008... Jakarta, Feb 6 (ANTARA): Japan has been very busy since 1966 building nuclear power plants (PLTNs), and now has 55 of them, because that country is not only poor in energy reserves, power generation by using nuclear energy is the least costly....

MUAROJAMBI TEMPLE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE LARGELY STILL BURIED.
February 7, 2008... Jambi, Feb 7 (ANTARA): The archaeological site of Muarojambi temple in Muarojambi regency is still buried along the banks of the Batanghari river basin. The archaeological sites of Teluk temple in Kemingking village are also buried,...

RI MINISTER TOUCHES ON TRAVEL ADVISORY WHEN MEETING AUSTRALIAN COUNTERPART.
February 7, 2008... Perth, Feb 7 (ANTARA): Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda at a meeting with his Australian counterpart Stephen Smith here on Thursday raised the issue of travel advisory still imposed by Australia although Canberra believed that Indonesia had...

DPD ADOPTS MEMBERS' CODE OF ETHICS.
February 7, 2008... Jakarta, Feb. 7 (ANTARA): The Regional Representatives Council (DPD) at a plenary session on Wednesday evening completed discussion on and adopted an Indonesian Senators' Code of Ethics. "The DPD's Code of Ethics adopted at this plenary...

VP ASKS LIBRARIES TO PROVIDE BOOKS IN LINE WITH SCHOOL CURRICULA.
February 7, 2008... Pekanbaru, Riau, Feb 7 (ANTARA): Vice President Jusuf Kalla expressed hope that libraries in the country could provide books that are in line with school curricula or synchronized with school lessons. Kalla made the call when visiting the site...

ECONOMIC GROWTH, POVERTY-UNEMPLOMENT REDUCTION KEY TO SBY'S ELECTORAL SENTIMENT: LSI.
February 7, 2008... Jakarta, Feb 7 (ANTARA): Good economic growth, reduction of the unemployment and poverty rates will be the key to Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY)'s electoral sentiment in the 2009 general election, according to a survey conducted by the...

AII LAUNCHES ACEHPOINT MAGAZINE.
February 7, 2008... Banda Aceh, Feb 7 (ANTARA): The Aceh Independent Institute (AII) has launched an Indonesian-language magazine titled "Acehpoint" in an effort to enrich the variety of mass media in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam (NAD) province. "We hope the...