ANT - LKBN ANTARA (Indonesia) articles from July 2006

ANT - LKBN ANTARA (Indonesia) archives from July 2006

SATURDAY'S NEWSPAPERS HEADLINES.
July 1, 2006... Jakarta, July 1 (ANTARA) - Following are headlines in some major Indonesian dailies: The Jakarta Post INVESTIGATION WIDENING INTO MASSIVE ARMS STASH Indonesian Military (TNI) Commander Air Chief Marshal Djoko Suyanto said Friday...

RUSSIA READY TO HELP DEVELOP RI'S DEFENCE INDUSTRY.
July 1, 2006... Jakarta, July 1 (ANTARA) - Russia is ready to provide a loan to Indonesia in return for defense contracts, a senior Russian arms sales official has said Friday. "There is a basic agreement on a loan, though the conditions have yet to be...

NO HEAT CLOUD FROM MERAPI ON SATURDAY MORNING.
July 1, 2006... Yogyakarta, July 1 (ANTARA) - Mount Merapi did not spew out any heat cloud on Saturday morning, indicating its volcanic activity has diminished. The Yogyakarta Volcanological Research and Technology Center (BPPTK)?s seismograph recorded...

POLICE ASK GEOPHYCIST'S OPINION ON SIDOARJO MUDFLOW.
July 1, 2006... Jakarta, July 1 (ANTARA) - The East Java Police have asked an expert at the Surabaya Meteorological and Geophysics Office (BMG) to give his opinion on the on-going mudflow disaster in Sidoarjo district, a spokesman said. "An expert witness...

PRESIDENT ASKS POLICE TO REALIZE COMMUNITY POLICING STRATEGY.
July 1, 2006... Jakarta, July 1 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has asked the National Police to implement a community policing strategy in an effort to intensify the community's role in maintaining public security. "The strategy aims to...

KUWAIT RED CRESCENT TO REMAIN IN YOGYAKARTA UNTIL SITUATION BACK TO NORMAL.
July 1, 2006... Jakarta, July 1 (ANTARA) - With an abundance of experience from the Aceh tsunami, the Kuwait Red Crescent Society will be in Yogyakarta until the local situation has returned to normal, according to a press release from the Kuwait embassy in...

E TIMORESE REFUGEE CAMPS IN BELU DISTRICT TO BE CLOSED DOWN.
July 1, 2006... Atambua, E Nusa Tenggara, July 1 (ANTARA) - The Belu district administration plans to close down all former East Timorese refugee camps in the region by 2008, a local official said. "All of the camps' refugees should move to new camps that...

BRITISH RED CROSS PRESENTS NEWLY-BUILT HOUSES FOR TSUNAMI SURVIVORS.
July 1, 2006... Banda Aceh, July 1 (ANTARA) - The British Red Cross Society (BRCS) handed over newly-built houses for tsunami survivors at Ajun, Aceh Besar district here on Saturday. BRCS Representative in Indonesia William Corkill when presenting the...

HOUSE COMMISSION I CHIEF DEMANDS RELEASE OF PALESTINIAN OFFICIALS.
July 1, 2006... Jakarta, July 1 (ANTARA)- The chairman of the Indonesian Parliament's Commission I, Theo L. Sambuaga, here Saturday demanded that Israel immediately release a number of Palestinian officials it arrested recently. "We strongly condemn the...

POLICE CHIEF WITNESSES BURNING OF THOUSANDS OF HEMP PLANTS IN ACEH.
July 1, 2006... Banda Aceh, July 1 (ANTARA)- National Police Chief Gen Sutanto and some high-ranking police officers witnessed the burning of at least 24,900 hemp plants in a mosque yard in Ulee Kareng sub district on Saturday. The plants were burnt along...

PRESIDENT TO CHAIR LIMITED CABINET MEETING IN MAGELANG.
July 1, 2006... Magelang, Central Java, July 1 (ANTARA)- President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is scheduled to chair a limited cabinet meeting with some ministers at Grabag village, Magelang District, Central Java, from Saturday evening through Sunday. Among...

RI URGES UN SECURITY COUNCIL TO STOP ISRAEL'S CAMPAIGN AGAINST PALESTINE.
July 1, 2006... New York, June 30 (ANTARA)- Indonesia's representative to the UN , Rezlan Ishar Jenie, said Indonesia strongly condemns Israel's recent military aggression and acts of violence against Palestine and urges the UN Security Council to make Israel...

STUDENTS WHO FAILED TO PASS NATIONAL EXAM TO SUE GOVT.
July 1, 2006... Jakarta, July 1 (ANTARA)- The United Students Movement (GSB), a group of students who failed to pass the recent National Final Examination , plans to sue the government for failing to respect their rights, a spokesman said. Their suit...

ARMS CACHE CASE NONPOLITICAL, SAYS OBSERVER.
July 1, 2006... Jakarta, July 1 (ANTARA) - Political observer Prof Dr Maswadi Rauf said here on Saturday he did not believe that the arms cache discovered at the house of an army general recently had something to do with politics. "I am inclined to...

ENTIRE POLICE FORCE ORDERED TO FIGHT ILLEGAL LOGGING, SAYS CHIEF.
July 1, 2006... Banda Aceh, July 1 (ANTARA) - National Police Chief General Sutanto reiterated here on Saturday he had ordered all members of the police force to eradicate illegal logging activities across the country. "I have ordered the police rank and...

YOGYA ADMINISTRATION TO SET UP 26 TENT LIBRARIES IN BANTUL.
July 1, 2006... Yogyakarta, Juli 1 (ANTARA)- The Yogyakarta Provincial Library Agency (Perpusda) will set up 26 tent libraries at 25 points in quake-affected Bantul distict, Yogyakarta province, a spokesman said. "The tent libraries are expected to cost about...

MINISTER PROPOSES SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE STATUS FOR INDUSTRIAL AREAS.
July 1, 2006... Jakarta, July 1 (ANTARA) - Industry Minister Fahmi Idris said industrial areas should also have the chance of enjoying the status of Special Economic Zone (KEKS) as they were producing many goods for export. "Special Economic Zone...

INT'L STANDARD CAT CONTEST BEING HELD IN JAKARTA.
July 1, 2006... Jakarta, July 1 (ANTARA)- The Indonesian Cat Association (ICA) is holding an international standard cat contest dubbed "5th ICA International Catshow 2006" on July 1-2, a spokesperson said. "Holding an international standard cat contest has...

PRESIDENT ORDERS THOROUGH INVESTIGATION OF ARMS CACHE CASE.
July 1, 2006... Magelang, July 1 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has ordered the Indonesian National Defence Forces' (TNI) commander, the coordinating minister for political, legal and security affairs and the army chief to investigate thoroughly...

SUNDAY'S NEWSPAPER HEADLINES.
July 2, 2006... Jakarta, July 2 (ANTARA)- Following are headlines of Indonesian major newspapers on Sunday: The Jakarta Post, Media Indonesia, Kompas, Republika: PORTUGAL WINS, ENGLANDS WEEPS Portugal advanced to the semifinals of the World Cup by...

QUAKE MEASURING 5.2 ON RICHTER SCALE ROCKS TERNATE.
July 2, 2006... Ternate, Jun 2 (ANTARA) - Ternate, the capital of North Maluku province and its surrounding areas were struck by an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 on the Richter Scale at about 08:15 local time on Sunday. Head of the Ternate Geophysical...

QUAKE AGAIN CAUSES RESIDENTS IN BANDAR LAMPUNG TO GO PANIC.
July 2, 2006... Bandar Lampung, Jul 2 (ANTARA) - An earthquake again caused residents in Bandar Lampung to go in panic about 19:55 local time on Saturday evening, as many of them jumped out of their homes for their own safety. "Even the magnitude of the...

THOUSANDS OF 'PKS' DEMONSTRATORS IN JAKARTA PROTEST ISRAELI VIOLENCE.
July 2, 2006... Jakarta, Jul 2 (ANTARA) - Thousands of the Prosperous Justice Party's (PKS) activists and symphatizers staged a demonstration in front of the US embassy office in Jakarta, on Sunday, to protest the violence of Israeli military that had...

KOESMAYADI SCANDAL REFLECTS BAD CONDITION OF MILY LOGISTIC MANAGEMENT.
July 2, 2006... Jakarta, Jul 2 (ANTARA) - A case on arms cache in the house of former deputy assistant to the army chief of staff (late) Brig. Gen. Koesmayadi was a reflection of bad management of firearms logistic as well as unclear mechanism of the military...

MUHAMMADYAH CHAIRMAN TO ADDRESS EUROPEAN FORUM.
July 2, 2006... Jakarta, July 2 (ANTARA) - General chairman of the Indonesian muslim organization Muhammadiyah Prof Dr Din Syamsuddin will be one of the speakers at the Muslim Europe Meeting held in Istambul, Turkey, on July 1-3, 2006, a press release said. ...

PKS DEMONSTRATORS CONDEMN U. S, ISREAL.
July 2, 2006... Jakarta, July 2 (ANTARA) -- Thousands of supporters and activists of the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) took to the streets and held a rally in front of the US Embassy here on Sunday to condemn the United States and Israel for the latest...

BIO-ENERGY WILL ACTIVATE LOCAL ECONOMY: PRESIDENT.
July 2, 2006... Magelang, C Java, July 2 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said that the development of bio-energy or bio-diesel as an alternative to fossil fuel is able to activate the local economy and boost the development of small and medium...

KADIN CALLS FOR MORE ATTENTION TO INVESTORS ALREADY OPERATING IN INDONESIA.
July 2, 2006... Jakarta, July 2 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) called on the government here on Sunday to give more attention to local and foreign investors who are already doing business in Indonesia. "Amidst its...

PERTAMINA READY TO DEVELOP BIO-ENERGY.
July 2, 2006... Magelang, C Java, July 2 (ANTARA) - Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro said state-owned oil company Pertamina is ready to develop bio-energy from down stream to marketing level. "Pertamina is prepared to develop...

INDONESIA PLANS TO IMPLEMENT BIO-ENERGY PROGRAM IN 2007.
July 2, 2006... Magelang, C Java, July 2 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has said that the bio-energy program in Indonesia will be implemented starting in 2007. "We will continue with the preparations and planning in 2006, and implement (the...

PT KMF TO BUILD SEASONING FACTORY IN LAMPUNG.
July 2, 2006... Bandar Lampung, July 2 (ANTARA) - PT Kirin Miwon Food (KMF) will build a US$80 million factory to produce nucleutide seasoning in East Lampung for which a ground-breaking ceremony will take place on July 5, 2005, a local official said. ...

CERTAIN BUSINESSMEN SUSPECTED TO COORDINATE ILLEGAL RUBBER SALES TO MALAYSIA.
July 2, 2006... Pontianak, W Kalimantan, July 2 (ANTARA) - H Usman Jafar, the West Kalimantan governor, believed that a lot of illegal crumb-rubber sales to Malaysia through the border region, took place under coordination of certain businessmen, and has a...

ATTORNEY GENERAL STUDIES WISMA ANTARA OWNERSHIP CASE.
July 3, 2006... Jakarta, July 3 (ANTARA): The Attorney General's Office is still studying a report from the ANTARA National News Agency (LKBN ANTARA) on the problem of ownership of Wisma ANTARA building, whose majority shares are now controlled by private...

INFLATION RATE IN JUNE 0.45 PERCENT.
July 3, 2006... Jakarta, July 3 (ANTARA): Indonesia's inflation rate in June 2006 stood at 0.45 percent, so the national inflation rate in the first six months of 2006 reached 2.87 percent and the year on year inflation rate was registered at 15.53 percent. ...

THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES IN PAPUA RECEIVE RICE SUPPLY.
July 3, 2006... Jayapura, Papua, July 3 (ANTARA): As many as 3,076 families in Papua and West Irian Jaya provinces have received supply of low-priced rice to fulfill their need of food, Public Service Head of Papua Logistics Depot Eddy Busran explained here...

JAMBI POLICE NAB 139 DRUG ABUSERS.
July 3, 2006... Jambi, July 3 (ANTARA): Jambi police nabbed 139 drug abusers, comprising 81 narcotic traffickers and producers and 59 drug edicts, in the first six months of 2006, Jambi Police Chief Brig.Gen.Drs.Carel Risakotta told reporters here Monday. ...

PADDY PRODUCTION ESTIMATED UP BY 1.11 PERCENT.
July 3, 2006... Jakarta, July 3 (ANTARA): The output of ricefields in Indonesia is expected to reach 54.75 million tons in 2006, up by 1.11 percent over the national paddy production in 2005, which stood at 54.15 million tons of dry unhusked rice. The...

INDONESIAN NEIGHBOURS LACK INTEREST IN ERADICATING CORRPUTION: AGO.
July 3, 2006... Jakarta, July 3 (ANTARA): Attorney General Abdul Rahman Saleh has expressed his concern over Indonesia's neighbouring countries for their lack of interested in eradicating corruption because they are more focused on fighting terrorism. ...

GOVT SHOULD REDUCE DEPENDENCE ON IMPORTED PRODUCTS: EXPERT.
July 3, 2006... Jakarta, July 3 (ANTARA): Imported products which have dominated the domestic market especially agricultural and plantation products, have caused the Indonesian people to lose their creativity and productivity in food producing, an official...

RI CONDEMNS ISRAELI ATTACKS, BRING THE CASE TO COUNCIL ON HUMAN RIGHTS.
July 3, 2006... Jakarta, July 3 (ANTARA): The Indonesian government has condemned Israel's recent military attack and urged Israel to end the violence against Palestine and release their detained leaders, Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda said. The minister...

SPEAKER WANTS RI'S INVOLVEMENT IN PALESTINE PEACE PROCESS THROUGH OIC.
July 3, 2006... Jakarta, July 3 (ANTARA): House of Representatives (DPR) Speaker Agung Laksono said the Foreign Affairs Ministry should be "more pro-active" in mobilizing OIC (Organzation of the Islamic Conference) member contries into defending Palestine...

DEKOPIN TO BUILD JATROPHA CURCAS OIL FACTORIES.
July 3, 2006... Bandung, W Java, July 3 (ANTARA): Indonesian Cooperatives Board (Dekopin) Chairman Adi Sasono said Dekopin would build jatropha curcas oil processing factories in an effort to produce an energy source that can replace fossil fuel oils. "We...

YOGYAKARTA CITY ADMINISTRATION STARTS DISTRIBUTING EMERGENCY HOUSES.
July 3, 2006... Yogyakarta, July 3 (ANTARA): The Yogyakarta city administration has started distributing emergency houses made of hardboard to residents who lost their houses or whose houses were damaged by the May 27 eartquake. "(We) have begun...

2006 INFLATION TARGET ACHIEVABLE: BPS.
July 3, 2006... Jakarta, July 3 (ANTARA): The Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) has predicted that the inflation target in the 2006 state budget set at 8 percent will be achieved as long as no extraordinary events take place. The statement was made by BPS...

RAFLESIA ARNODLI FLOWER TO BLOOM LATER THIS WEEK IN BOGOR.
July 3, 2006... Bogor, West Java, July 3 (ANTARA): A raflesia arnoldi flower (Amorphophallus titanium) is expected to be in full bloom next week at the Bogor Botanical Gardens in Bogor city, around 60 km south of Jakarta. "The flower, which smells like a...

BPS: BI RATE EXPECTED TO FALL.
July 3, 2006... Jakarta, July 3 (ANTARA): The Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) has predicted that Bank Indonesia (the central bank/BI) will most likely lower its key interest rate (BI Rate) after on-year inflation in June 2006 fell from the same period last...

RI URGES DEVELOPED NATIONS IN WTO TO ALSO CARE ABOUT DEVELOPMENT.
July 3, 2006... Jakarta, July 3 (ANTARA): Trade Minister Mari Elka Pangestu has urged developed nations to show their leadership and flexibility to enable developing nations to make their contributions to World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations. "As...

INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES MUST EXPLAIN ARMS CACHE CASE, SAYS PBB CHAIRMAN.
July 3, 2006... Jakarta, July 3 (ANTARA): The country's intelligence agencies must explain the case of the 145 firearms and 28,958 rounds of ammunition found in the home of a deceased ranking army officer and not remain silent about it, the Islam-based...

ARMY OFFICER'S ARMS CACHE CASE NOT TO AFFECT RI-US TIES: FM.
July 3, 2006... Jakarta, July 3 (ANTARA): Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda said the arms cache case involving a ranking army officer would not affect Indonesia-United States military cooperation. The foreign minister made the statement on the...

FAMILY OF NUDE POSING STUDENT PROTESTS SCHOOL'S PUNISHMENT.
July 3, 2006... Banyuwangi, E Java, July 3 (ANTARA): The family of Rita Riyanah, a female senior high-school student in Genteng, Banyuwangi, East Java, who allegedly posed nude in a pornograph on internet is going to sue the management of her school for...

HOUSE CAN INVOLVE KPK IN PROBE INTO ANTARA BUILDING OWNERSHIP.
July 3, 2006... Batam, July 3 (ANTARA): The House' of Representatives' Commission I has the right to involve the National Audit Agency (BPK) or the Anti-corruption Edication Commission (KPK) in the investigation it is conducting into the ownership of the Wisma...

GUS DUR: NATURAL DISASTERS HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH PERSONAL LEADERSHIP.
July 3, 2006... Jakarta, July 3 (ANTARA): Former President Abdurahaman "Gus Dur" Wahid asked the people to be realistic with regard to the natural disasters happening in Indonesia which have nothing to do with the leadership of an individual. "Indonesia is...

ATTORNEY GENERAL SIGNS MOU WITH PROSECUTION COMMISSION.
July 3, 2006... Jakarta, July 3 (ANTARA): Attorney General Abdul Rahman Saleh has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Prosecution Commission. The MoU covers uniformity in the interpretation of the Law on the Prosecution and on the...

SOME HOSPITALS HAVE YET TO RECEIVE PAYMENT FOR VICTIMS' MEDICAL EXPENSES.
July 3, 2006... Yogyakarta, July 3 (ANTARA): A number of hospitals and public health centers in Yogyakarta had yet to receive payment from the government for the medical expenses of victims injured in the May 27 earthquake. Head of the Province's Health...

PANDEGLANG POLICE DESTROYS 7,268 BOTTLES OF STRONG DRINKS.
July 3, 2006... Pandeglang, W Java, July 3 (ANTARA): Pandeglang regency police have on Monday destroyed 7,268 bottles of alcoholic drinks they have confiscated in raids in the past few months. The the bottles of alcoholic drinks were crushed to the ground...

RI'S FAMILIES IN US RAISE FUND FOR QUAKE VICTIMS IN YOGYAKARTA.
July 3, 2006... Washington DC, July 3 (ANTARA): Indonesians living here collected US$2,000 in a musical performance held on Sunday in a fund raising for the quake victims in Yogyakarta. The event was held in a school in Annandale, Virginia. "We arrange...

ESTABLISHMENT OF SELF-SUPPORTED ENERGY VILLAGE PAVES WAY FOR USE OF BIO-ENERGY.
July 3, 2006... Magelang, C Java, July 3 (ANTARA): Agriculture Minister Anton Apriantono said the establishment of the self-supported energy village was one of the efforts to pave the way for the use of bio energy in Indonesia. "We will develop the...

HOME-MADE BOMB EXPLODES AT GRAVEYARD IN POSO.
July 3, 2006... Palu, Central Sulawesi, July 3 (ANTARA): A home-made bomb exploded at Kayamanya graveyard in Poso, Central Sulawesi Province, late on Sunday. But there was no report of casualties or damages in the explosion, which could be heard within a...

MERAPI PRODUCES LESS HOT CLOUDS ON MONDAY MORNING.
July 3, 2006... Yogyakarta, July 3 (ANTARA): Mount Merapi spewed out only one heat cloud in the first six hours of Monday, indicating that its volcanic activity has slowed down. "Seismograph recorded only one hot cloud, which could not be observed visually...

MINISTER: XANANA ASKED RI TO SUPPORT RECOVERY EFFORTS IN TIMOR LESTE.
July 3, 2006... Jakarta, July 3 (ANTARA): Before inviting UN peacekeeping troops into Timor Leste last June, the contry's President , Xanana Gusmao, and Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer asked Indonesia to support recovery efforts in Timor Leste,...

FOREIGN MINISTRY SUBMITS INTERNAL CORRUPTION CASES TO KPK.
July 3, 2006... Jakarta, July 3 (ANTARA): Foreign Affairs Minister Hassan Wirajuda said his ministry's findings on corruption cases in the Indonesian embassies in Kuala Lumpur and Tokyo as well as at the Indonesian consulate general in Penang have been...

RP18.26 BILLION OF C JAVA'S BUDGET TO BE SPENT ON REHABILITATION.
July 3, 2006... Semarang, C Java, July 3 (ANTARA): Some Rp18.264 billion of Central Java's regional budget will be used to rehabilitate earthquake-affected regions in Central Java, a Regional Legislative Assembly (DPRD)member said here on Monday. A Fikri...

OFFICIALS SHOULD NOT BE DISCOURAGED BY CRITICISM OVER RECONSTRUCTION WORK: PRESIDENT.
July 3, 2006... Kelaten, C Java, July 3 (ANTARA): President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono called on government officials not to be discouraged if there were parties who voiced dissatisfaction over their work in the emergency response, rehabilitation and...

PRESIDENT HANDS REHABILITATION, RECONSTRUCTION FUNDS TO C JAVA, YOGYA ADMINISTRATION CHIEFS.
July 3, 2006... Klaten, C. Java, July 3 (ANTARA): President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono here on Monday handed an Approved Budget Project List (DIPA) worth Rp1.2 trillion to Central Java Governor Mardiyanto and Yogyakarta Governor Sri Sultan Hamengku Buwono X for...

JAKARTA TO FACE CLEAN WATER SHORTAGE BY 2010.
July 3, 2006... Jakarta, July 3 (ANTARA): Jakarta is expected to face a shortage of drinking water by 2010 unless new water installations are built, a spokesman said. "To date the regional drinking water company (PAM Jaya) only has six water installations...

FRENCH INVESTOR BUILD RAILWAY TRACK IN S SUMATRA.
July 3, 2006... Bengkulu, Sumatra, July 3 (ANTARA): A French investor, De Societe Nationale des Chenis de Fer Francais" (SNCF) Internasional, will build a railway track connecting regions in the southern Sumatra, a local officer said on Monday. "The company...

AUSTRALIA PROVIDES US$7 MILLION TO BUILD HOUSES FOR ACEHNESE REFUGEES.
July 3, 2006... Banda Aceh, July 3 (ANTARA): The Australian Red Cross said the Australian government has rpovided a US$7 million-worth fund to build permanent houses for tsunami refugees in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam, head of the visiting delegation said. The...

AUSTRALIA VOWS NOT TO ALLOW PAPUAN SEPARATIST ACTIVITIES ON ITS SOIL: MINISTER.
July 3, 2006... Jakarta, July 3 (ANTARA): Indonesian Foreign Affairs Minister Hassan Wirayuda said here on Monday Australia had given the assurance it will never allow its territory to be used as a base for separatist Papuan activities. "Australia has also...

HOUSE NEEDS TO SET UP WORKING COMMITTEE ON ARMS STASH: HOUSE SPEAKER.
July 3, 2006... Jakarta, July 3 (ANTARA): House of Representatives (DPR) Speaker Agung Laksono said the House's Commission I which deals with defense affiars should set up a working committee to monitor the investigation into the arms cache found in the home...

PRESIDENT WANTS PRIORITIZATION OF INFRASTUCTURES IN RECONSTRUCTION EFFORTS.
July 3, 2006... Klaten, C Java, July 3 (ANTARA): President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono called on regional governments and the public works ministry to give priority to development of infrastructures in quake affected areas so that the people's economy in those...

HEADLINES OF INDONESIAN MAJOR NEWSPAPERS ON MONDAY JULY 03, 2006:.
July 3, 2006... Jakarta, July 3 (ANTARA): ? Following are headlines of Indonesian major newspapers on Monday July 03, 2006: The Jakarta Post: STASH `SHOWS LAX RULES ON PROCUREMENT? The discovery of a large arms stash in a deceased Army officer's home...

RI STUDENTS IN GERMANY HOLD GARDEN PARTY TO RAISE FUND FOR YOGYAKARTA.
July 3, 2006... Berlin, July 3 (ANTARA): Indonesian students and people living in Germany held a garden party on Saturday to raise fund for the victims of the earthquake that rocked Yogyakarta and Central Java on May 27, 2006. The Indonesian Ambassador...

BALINESE ARTIST RECEIVES NAKASONE YASUHIRO AWARD.
July 3, 2006... Denpasar, July 3 (ANTARA): I Wayan Karja, an artist from Indonesian island resort of Bali, received "Nakasone Yasuhiro Award" from Japan last week. Arriving back here from Japan on Monday, Wayan Karja said the world's prestigious award was...

GOVT TO HAND OVER HANDLING OF POSO PROBLEM TO LOCAL ADMINISTRATION.
July 4, 2006... Jakarta, July 4 (ANTARA): Coordinating Minister for Political, Law and Security Affairs Widodo AS said here Tuesday the handling of the Poso problem would be handed over to the local administration under the governor's coordination after the...

KOESMAYADI SUSPECTED TO HAVE COLLECTED ARMS ILLEGALLY: LEGISLATOR.
July 4, 2006... Jakarta, July 4 (ANTARA): The late Brig Gen Koesmayadi is believed to have collected the fire arms and ammunition the military police recently found in his house illegally or outside the official procedures, a legislator said here on Tuesday....

WHO LAB CONFIRMS ANOTHER BIRD FLU FATALITY IN RI.
July 4, 2006... Jakarta, July 4 (ANTARA): The Collaboration Laboratory of the World Health Organization in Hong Kong has declared that a five-year old boy who died recently, TS, of Tulung Agung, East Java has tested positive for the avian influenza (AI) virus....

JAPENESE SHIP CREW MEMBER BEING TREATED IN BANDA ACEH FOR INJURY.
July 4, 2006... Banda Aceh, July 4 (ANTARA): Sugimoto Hideo, 55, an engineer of MV Takatoyomaru 38, who was seriously injured when trying to repair the ship's engine, is currently being treated in a hospital in Banda Aceh. Sako, a crew member, told...

SHARP DROP IN FOREIGN TOURIST ARRIVALS IN BIAK.
July 4, 2006... Biak, Papua, July 4 (ANTARA): The number of foreign tourists visiting Biak Numfor District, Indonesia's eastern most province of Papua, has drastically dropped over the past few years, a local tourism official said. In 2001, some 2,378...

DUTCH GOVT TO HELP RESTORE DAMAGED CULTURAL SITES IN YOGYAKARTA.
July 4, 2006... Yogyakarta, July 4 (ANTARA): The Dutch government intends to provide assistance for the restoration of cultural heritage sites in Yogyakarta damaged in the May 27 earthquake, a spokesman said. Dutch Ambassador to Indonesia Dr. Nikolaos van...

MEETING TO DISCUSS PROCUREMENT OF PRESIDENTIAL PLANE CANCELLED.
July 4, 2006... Jakarta, July 4 (ANTARA): A meeting scheduled to discuss procurement of a new presidential airplane at the Vice Presidential Office at 2 pm was cancelled here on Tuesday. Vice Presidential Secretary Gembong Prijono said the meeting was...

ACEH STUDENTS CONDEMN ISRAELI ATTACKS.
July 4, 2006... Banda Aceh, July 4 (ANTARA): Students of the University of Syiah Kuala (Unsyiah) in Banda Aceh have condemned Israel's arbitrary attacks on Palestine and called for a boycott of Israeli products. "It's the obligation of the Aceh people who are...

AMM STILL INVESTIGATING SHOOTING INCIDENT IN NORTH ACEH.
July 4, 2006... Banda Aceh, July 4 (ANTARA): The Aceh Monitoring Mission (AMM) said here Tuesday it could not yet give a full account of a shooting incident that occurred on Monday at Paya Bakong village, North Aceh district because it was still conducting an...

RI YET TO SCRAP CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FROM ITS LEGAL SYSTEM : MINISTER.
July 4, 2006... Jakarta, July 4 (ANTARA): Justice and Human Rights Minister Hamid Awaluddin said here Tuesday there was as yet no plan to scrap capital punishment from Indonesia's legal system. He made the statement in connection with the wish expressed by...

HOUSE CANCELS PLAN TO SEND MEMORANDUM ON SHARIAH-ORIENTED BYLAWS TO PRESIDENT.
July 4, 2006... Jakarta, July 4 (ANTARA): The leadership of the House of Representatives (DPR) and heads of party factions in a meeting here on Tuesday decided to end controversy around the rejection of shariah-oriented bylaws. "The meeting decided that...