ANT - LKBN ANTARA (Indonesia) articles from June 2005

ANT - LKBN ANTARA (Indonesia) archives from June 2005

MARINE NABBED IN MALANG FOR MURDER.
June 1, 2005... Malang, E Java, May 31 (ANTARA) - The Navy's military police have nabbed Marines Second Corporal Suud Rusli in Sumbersari, Malang East Java, on Tuersday, on suspicion of robbing and murdering a president director of PT ASABA in Jakarta last...

EXPORT DOCUMENT COST IN RI THE HIGHEST.
June 1, 2005... Medan, May 31 (ANTARA) - The US$40 Indonesian exporters have to pay to foreign shipping companies for every export document was believed to be the highest compared to those charged to exporters from other countries, thus causing low...

NORTH SUMATRA'S EXPORTS UP BY 36 PCT.
June 1, 2005... Medan, N.Sumatra, May 31 (ANTARA)- North Sumatera's exports in the first quarter of 2005 increased by 36 pct compared to 591.480 million US dollars in the same period last year, but the export volume declined. Head of the North...

POLICE INVESTIGATION HAS LED TO PERPETRATORS: VICE PRESIDENT SAYS.
June 1, 2005... Jakarta, May 31 (ANTARA) - Vice President Muhammad Jusuf Kalla said police investigation of last Saturday's bombings in Tentena, Poso, Central Sulawesi, had led to the arrest of alleged perpetrators. "The situation in Tentena has...

NAVY CONFIRMS MARINES 2ND CORPORAL SYUUD RUSLI'S ARREST.
June 1, 2005... Jakarta, May 31 (ANTARA) - The Navy has confirmed the arrest of Marines Second Corporal Syuud Rusli in Kepanjen, South Malang, East Java on Tuesday at 5 am. The marine was sentenced to death for robbery and murdering of a president...

WEDNESDAY'S NEWSPAPER HEADLINES.
June 1, 2005... Jakarta, Jun 1 (ANTARA) - The following are the headlines of several major newspapers here on Wednesday. The Jakarta Posts ACEH REBELS, GOVERNMENT NARROW DIFFERENCES The fourth round of talks between the Indonesian government and Aceh...

VICE PRESIDENT PAYS LAST RESPECT TO LATE EX MINISTER.
June 1, 2005... Jakarta, June 1 (ANTARA) - Vice President Jusuf Kalla paid last respect here Wednesday to late former coordinating minister for economy, finance, industry and development supervision Radius Prawiro who passed away in Germany last Thursday. ...

GOVT ALLOCATES RP4 TRILLION TO IMPROVE TEACHERS' WELFARE.
June 1, 2005... Jakarta, June 1 (ANTARA) - The government has allocated Rp4 trillion in funds to improve teachers' welfare this year, National Education Minister Bambang Sudibyo said on Wednesday. In addition, the government will also provide elementary...

STUDENTS PROTEST CUT IN EDUCATIONAL BUDGET.
June 1, 2005... Jakarta, June 1 (ANTARA) - Tens of students staged a rally outside the parliament building here on Wednesday to protest the government's plan to slash educational budget to 6 percent from 20 percent as mandated by the 1945 Constitution. ...

PEOPLE INJURED IN PLANE ACCIDENT AT SOEKARNO-HATTA AIRPORT.
June 1, 2005... Jakarta, June 1 (ANTARA) - An unspecified number of people were injured on Tuesday night when the right wheel of an Adam Air passenger plane malfunctioned during the aircraft's landing at Soekarno-Hatta airport here, an airport official said....

BRUNEI ARMY CHIEF VISITING INDONESIA.
June 1, 2005... Jakarta, June 1 (ANTARA) - Brunei Darussalam's Army chief Colonel Abdur Rahmani arrived at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport on Wednesday for a three-day visit in Indonesia, the Indonesian Army said in press statement. The Indonesian...

TWO EX-PRESIDENTS MEET AT EX-VP RESIDENCE.
June 1, 2005... Jakarta, Jun 1 (ANTARA) - Former president Megawati Soekarnoputri, former president Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid and a number of political figures converged former vice president Try Sutrisno's residence on Jl. Purwakarta here on Wednesday. ...

PACKAGE CLOSES INDONESIA'S EMBASSY IN AUSTRALIA.
June 1, 2005... Canberra, June 1 (ANTARA/Reuters) - Indonesia's embassy in Australia was closed on Wednesday after receiving a suspicious package, said Foreign Minister Alexander Downer, as a backlash rages against the conviction in Bali of an Australian on...

BUDGET ALLOCATIONS FOR AGRICULTURAL SECTOR TO INCREASE BY 2 PCT.
June 1, 2005... Jakarta, June 1 (ANTARA) - Agriculture Minister Anton Apriantono has proposed a 2 percent rise in budget allocations for the agricultural sector in 2006 to Rp4.03 trillion from Rp4.02 trillion a year earlier. In a hearing with the House...

ECONOMISTS ACCUSING GOVT OF MISCALCULATING ECONOMIC GROWTH FIGURE.
June 1, 2005... Jakarta, June 1 (ANTARA) - The government's economic growth figure at 6.35 percent for the first quarters of this year did not reflect facts and was manipulative in nature, economic observers said here on Wednesday. The figure which was...

RI TO LEARN ABOUT NATURAL DISASTER MITIGATION FROM JAPAN.
June 1, 2005... Tokyo, Jun 1 (ANTARA) - Visiting President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said here Wednesday Indonesia intends to learn about disaster mitigation from, and exchange knowledge about it, with Japan. "In addition to exchanging knowledge, I would...

POLICE PUT JAKARTA UNDER ALERT ONE STATUS.
June 1, 2005... Jakarta, June 1 (ANTARA) - Police have declared a level-one alert status in Jakarta and will maintain it until the threat of terrorist attacks has passed, Jakarta Police Chief Insp Gen Firman Gani said here Wednesday. "We will continue...

MITSUBISHI TO INVEST IN POWER PLANT PROJECT IN CILEGON.
June 1, 2005... Tokyo, Jun 1 (ANTARA) - Mitsubishi Co will invest about US$1.6 billion in the construction of a power plant in Cilegon district, Banten province, which is expected to help overcome a power crisis in Java and Bali islands, Energy and Mineral...

SEVEN PEOPLE DETAINED FOR ALLEGED PART IN TENTENA ATTACK.
June 1, 2005... Jakarta, June 1 (ANTARA) - Police have detained seven people suspected of involvement in last Saturday's bomb attack on the small Central Sulawesi town of Tentena that killed 21 people and injured 70 others. The seven are being...

RI'S INFLATION REACHES 0.21% IN MAY.
June 1, 2005... Jakarta, June 1 (ANTARA) - Indonesia recorded 0.21 percent inflation last May, bringing year-on-year inflation to 7.40 percent, the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) said. The increase in the prices of several goods and services...

LAPAN LAUNCHES ROCKETS IN GARUT , W JAVA.
June 1, 2005... Bandung, W Java, June 1 (ANTARA) - The Space and Aviation Institute (LAPAN) on Wednesday successfully launched a rocket in a try-out of series of nine it had built at a sea-side village in Garut district, West Java. The first rocket was...

GARUDA PLANE MEETS AIR TURBULENCE, SEVERAL PEOPLE LIGHTLY INJURED.
June 1, 2005... Jakarta, 1/6 (ANTARA) - A few people were lightly injured on Wednesday morning when a Garuda passenger plane regularly serving the Denpasar-Osaka route was hit by turbulence about two hours before entering the air space of Osaka, Japan, a...

FIFTEEN DECLARED SUSPECT IN TENTENA BOMBINGS.
June 1, 2005... Palu, June 1 (ANTARA) - Police have declared 15 people suspects in last Saturday's bombings in Tentena that killed 20 people and injured 50 others. National Police Chief Gen Da'i Bachtiar told newsmen in Poso on Wednesday that 13 people...

PROMINENT POLITICIANS MEET AT EX-VP TRY SUTRISNO'S RESIDENCE.
June 1, 2005... Jakarta, June 1 (ANTARA) - Former Vice President Try Sutrisno said Wednenday that a meeting of a number of prominent politicians at his residence as "just a gathering over lunch among old friends." Those present at the meeting included...

RI'S EXPORTS IN APRIL FALL 8.28 PCT IN VALUE.
June 1, 2005... Jakarta, June 1 (ANTARA) - Indonesia's exports in April fell in value by 8.28 percent to US$6.75 billion from US$7.36 billion a month earlier, the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) said. However, exports in April 2005 jumped by 28.05...

RI MACHINERY IMPORTS UP 22 PCT.
June 1, 2005... Jakarta, June 1 (ANTARA) - Indonesia's machinery imports over the past two years increased by 22 percent in value from US$221.6 million in 2002 to US$269 million in 2004 due to fast growth in its manufacturing industry, a cabinet minister...

RI TOURIST ARRIVALS IN APRIL DOWN 3.55 PCT.
June 1, 2005... Jakarta, June 1 (ANTARA) - The number of foreign tourists visiting Indonesia last April fell 3.55 percent to 333.700 from 344,000 a month earlier, the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) said. "Like in preceding years, the decline may...

MAKASSAR RIGHTS COURT URGED TO HANDLE ABEPURA CASE SERIOUSLY.
June 1, 2005... Jakarta, June 1 (ANTARA) - The Human Rights Court in Makassar, South Sulawesi, which is handling the Abepura (Papua) gross human rights case should seriously call the defendants to account and not overlook the victims' reparation rights, an...

FIFTEEN-THOUSAND DIE OF DRUG ABUSE EVERY YEAR IN INDONESIA.
June 1, 2005... Jakarta, June 1 (ANTARA) - Around 15,000 people die because of narcotic drug consumption in Indonesia every year, the chief of the National Anti-Narcotic Drugs Agency, Commissioner General Sutanto, said here on Wednesday. Speaking at a...

EUROPEAN UNION CONTINUES TO SUPPORT RI-GSA.
June 1, 2005... Jakarta, June 1 (ANTARA) - The European Union Commission will continue to support peace talks between the Indonesia government and GSA (Free Aceh Movement) currently taking place in Helsinki, Finland, a spokesperson said. "As in other...

MARKET SHARE OF INDONESIAN HOUSEWARE IN EXPORT MARKET ONLY 0.4.
June 1, 2005... Jakarta, June 1 (ANTARA) - The market share of Indonesian houseware on the world market is very small, accounting for only 0.4 percent, while the country's products still have a strong potential on international market. "Efforts are being...

GOVT CONSIDERING SIGNING OF FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON TOBACCO CONTROL.
June 1, 2005... Jakarta, June 1 (ANTARA) - The government is considering the signing of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) to reduce the number of smokers in Indonesia, Health Minister Siti Fadilah Supari said here Wednesday. "I cannot...

MEXICAN PAINTER TO HOLD EXHIBITION IN BALI.
June 1, 2005... Denpasar, June 1 (ANTARA) - Prominent Mexican painter, Sergio Lopez, is scheduled to display about 70 of his paintings at the Agung Rai-Arma Art Museum in Ubud, Gianyar district in Bali. The "Homage to Covarrubias" painting exhibition...

PBR PARTY WISHES FOR CHANGE IN KPU MEMBERSHIP.
June 1, 2005... Jakarta, June 1 (ANTARA) - Chairman of the Star Reform Party (PBR) Zainal Maarif has proposed a change in membership of the General Election Commission (KPU) and Regional Commissions to House Speaker Agung Laksono here on Wednesday. ...

US TO TURN FLOODWATER IN W JAVA INTO CLEAN WATER.
June 1, 2005... Concord, New Hampshire, June 1 (ANTARA) - West Java and other provinces in the country would have many water resources as a U.S. water resources management company would make use of floodwater normally widely available during the rainy season...

LAPAN LAUNCHES ROCKETS FOR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSES.
June 1, 2005... Garut, W Java, June 1 (ANTARA) - The National Space and Aviation Agency (Lapan) has launched nine rockets from its testing station in Pameungpeuk, Garut district, West Java, on Wednesday, to obtain aerodynamic variables as analysis of the...

PEOPLE'S ATTITUDE ON MIANGAS ISLAND ONLY TEMPORARY EMOTION: YUDHOYONO SAYS.
June 1, 2005... Tokyo, June 1 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said the action of some people on Miangas Island, North Sulawesi, raising the Philippine flag in protest of the beating by the local police chief was temporary emotion. "We have...

RI NOT TO FORGET ART AND CULTURAL COOP WITH JAPAN: SENIOR DIPLOMAT SAYS.
June 2, 2005... Tokyo, June 1 (ANTARA) - While Indonesia is trying hard to lure Japanese investors to come to Indonesia, the country's senior diplomat has reminded not to forget cultural, art and education cooperation with Japan. Indonesian Ambassador...

RI, JAPAN STILL DISCUSSING ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT.
June 2, 2005... Tokyo, June 1 (ANTARA) - Economic Affairs Coordinating Minister Aburizal Bakrie said that Indonesia and Japan are still discussing an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) to enhance the economic and trade relations between the two countries....

RI DEPLORES TERRORIST ACT AGAINST ITS EMBASSY IN CANBERRA.
June 2, 2005... Jakarta, June 1 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian government strongly deplored a terror act by the sending of anthrax germs to the Indonesian embassy in Canberra, Australia, a spokesman said. "It's a cowardly act. I must say it is a cowardly act...

THURSDAY'S NEWSPAPER HEADLINES.
June 2, 2005... Jakarta, June 2 (ANTARA) - Following are the headlines of major Indonesian dailies on Thursday June 2, 2005. *Bisnis Indonesia RI, JAPAN TO SIGN ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT IN 2006 Indonesia and Japan have agreed to start...

14 PROVINCES, 13 FOREIGN ARTS GROUPS TO TAKE PART IN BALI ARTS FESTIVITY.
June 2, 2005... Denpasar, June 2 (ANTARA) - At least 14 provinces, districts and cities in Indonesia as well as 13 foreign arts groups have confirmed their participation in the 27th Bali Arts Festivity to take place from June 18 to July 16, 2005, an official...

RUPIAH AT MORNING SESSION DROPS TO RP9,585 AGAINST US DOLLAR.
June 2, 2005... Jakarta, June 2 (ANTARA) - Rupiah traded at Thursday's morning session on the Jakarta inter-bank spot market drastically dropped to Rp9,585/9,595 against US dollar from Rp9,528/9,570 on the previous day. "Rupiah is weakening as US dollar...

INDONESIAN STUDENTS IN QUEENSLAND REPORTED SAFE.
June 2, 2005... Brisbane, June 2 (ANTARA) - The president of the University of Queensland Indonesian Students Association (UQISA), Nur Iswanto, said he had so far not received any report of any Indonesian student experiencing something bad in connection witb...

VP WANTS CONTRACT WORKERS TO BE APPOINTED CIVIL SERVANT.
June 2, 2005... Makassar, S Sulawesi, Nune 2 (ANTARA) - Vice President Yusuf Kalla has ordered the minister of state administrative reform to prepare the appointment of about 400,000 contract workers as civil servant. "The vice president has asked me...

VP CALLS ON NATIONS TO RESPECT RI'S LAW.
June 2, 2005... Jakarta, June 2 (ANTARA) - Vice President Jusuf Kalla here Thursday called on the international community to respect to legal process in Indonesia. Kalla made his call after opening the Indonesia Environment Week 2005 here, Thursday, to...

NO NEED TO BE SCARED OF AUSTRALIAN REACTION, MILY CHIEF SAYS.
June 2, 2005... Mataram, W Nusa Tenggara, June 2 (ANTARA) - Indonesia does not need to be afraid of reactions by the Australian people in connection with the 20 year sentence meted out by the Denpasar court against Schapelle Leigh Corby, a military commander...

VP ASKS WORLD TO RESPECT RI'S LAW-ENFORCEMENT PROCESSES.
June 2, 2005... Jakarta, June 2 (ANTARA) - Vice President Jusuf Kalla here Thursday called on the international community to respect law enforcement processes in Indonesia, including that in the Schapelle Corby case. Speaking to the press after opening...

RI STILL NEEDS TO STUDY AUSTRALIA'S TFP DEAL PROPOSAL.
June 2, 2005... Jakarta, June 2 (ANTARA) - Vice President Jusuf Kalla said here Thursday Indonesia still needs to study the legal aspects of a transfer of sentenced-persons (TSP) agreement recently proposed by Australia. "It will be a complicated legal...

SPEAKER CONDEMNS TERROR AGAINST RI EMBASSY IN CANBERRA.
June 2, 2005... Jakarta, June 2 (ANriRITARA) - House of Representatives (DPR) Speaker Agung Laksono here Thursday condemned the act of terror experienced by the Indonesian Embassy in Canberra and urged the Australian government to investigate the case. ...

POLICE DISCOVER BOMB POWDER IN BOMBING SUSPECT'S BODY.
June 2, 2005... Jakarta, June 2 (ANTARA) - Police have discovered bomb powder on the body of HSM, the warden of the Poso state penitentiary who was arrested as a suspect in last Saturday's bombings in Tentena , a spokesman said. The powder was identical...

TERROR AGAINST RI EMBASSY IN CANBERRA INHUMAN, SAYS SPEAKER.
June 2, 2005... Jakarta, June 2 (ANTARA) - House of Representatives (DPR) Speaker Agung Laksono said here Thursday the sending of a package containing bacillus anthracis by irresponsible persons to the Indonesian embassy in Canberra was an inhuman act. ...

MINISTER OPTIMISTIC RI TO REACH RICE SELF-SUFFICIENCY SOON.
June 2, 2005... Jakarta, June 2 (ANTARA) - Agriculture Minister Anton Apriyantono has expressed optimism that Indonesia will reach rice self-sufficiency this year so that rice imports will eventually no longer be needed. "Insya Allah (God willing) this...

RI-GAM TALKS COVER 90 PCT OF PROBLEMS.
June 2, 2005... Jakarta, June 2 (ANTARA) - Communications and Information Minister Sofyan Djalil said here on Thursday that government and GAM (Free Aceh Movement) representatives have made a lot of progress in their negotiations for the settlement of the Aceh...

POLICE STEP UP SECURITY AT AUSTRALIAN EMBASSY.
June 2, 2005... Jakarta, June 2 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian National Police (INP) have stepped up security at the Australian embassy following the terror threat against the Indonesian Embassy in Canberra, a spokesman said. Although an attack on the...

RI ENVOY ENCOURAGES BUSINESSMEN TO DO BUSINESS WITH RUSSIA.
June 2, 2005... Moscow, June 2 (ANTARA) - Indonesian businessmen still have more room to forge closer trade cooperation with Russian counterparts, Indonesian Ambassador to Russia Susanto Pudjomartono said. "Indonesian entrepreneurs do have a big chance to...

RI, AUSTRALIA TO INVESTIGATE TERROR THREAT AGAINST EMBASSY JOINTLY.
June 2, 2005... Jakarta, June 2 (ANTARA) - Australia has agreed to conduct a joint investigation with Indonesia into the recent terror threat aginst the Indonesian embassy in Canberra. "Three Indonesian police officers and an official from the ministry of...

POLICE CHIEF ASKS BPK TO INVESTIGATE FORCE FOR ALLEGED GRAFT.
June 2, 2005... Jakarta, June 2 (ANTARA) - National Police Chief Gen Dai Bachtiar has asked the State Audit Board (BPK) to investigate his office for alleged graft in the procurement of a communication network and supporting facilities. Insp.Gen Aryanto...

PRESIDENT ORDERS ALERT AT ALL OF RI'S OVERSEAS MISSIONS.
June 2, 2005... Tokyo, June 2 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has instructed all Indonesian missions overseas to be alert to the possibility of terror threats like the one addressed to the Indonesian Embassy in Canberra earlier this week,...

JOBS FOR FORMER REBELS.
June 2, 2005... Banda Aceh, June 2 (ANTARA) - The district administration of Bireun, Aceh, plans to provide employment for around 200 former separatist rebels that have returned to the country's fold, district spokesman Suhardinur said here on Thursday. He...

EPA NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN RI AND JAPAN IN JULY AT THE LATEST.
June 2, 2005... Tokyo, June 2 (ANTARA) - Indonesia and Japan will start negotiating an economic partnership agreement (EPA) in a memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Japanese Prime Minister Yunichiro Koizumi here...

G TO G AGREEMENT AN UMBRELLA FOR FURTHER AGREEMENTS.
June 3, 2005... Tokyo, Jun 2 (ANTARA) - Chairman of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) MS Hidayat said the government, Kadin and the forum of Japanese businessmen (Keidanren) on Thursday agreed that the signing of the G to G agreement...

GOVT SHOULD HAVE RESOLUTE STEP TO DEAL WITH ENVIRONMENT, SAYS VP.
June 3, 2005... Jakarta, June 2 (ANTARA) - Vice President Jusuf Kalla said it was high time for the government to manage environmental affairs seriously by among others imposing punishment and reward for people who take care of or ignore their environment. ...

RI, JAPAN AGREE ON TWO ECONOMIC COOPERATION PROJECTS.
June 3, 2005... Tokyo, June 2(ANTARA) - Indonesia and Jepang agreed on two economic cooperation projects, which are essentially boosting trade and investment to be materialized in an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) and Stragegic Investment Action Plan...

HOUSE URGES GOVT TO DISBURSE ACEH RECONSTRUCTION FUND.
June 3, 2005... Banda Aceh, Jun 2 (ANTARA) - Chairman of the Supervisory Team for Natural Disaster Handling in Nanggroe Aceh Darusalam (NAD) AS Hikam, on Thursday, said his side has urged the government to immediately disburse the development fund already...

IFC-PENSA TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO IMPROVE LOCAL INVESTMENT CLIMATE.
June 3, 2005... Jakarta, June 2 (ANTARA) - The International Finance Corporation's Program for Eastern Indonesia SME Assistance (IFC-PENSA) and the Indonesian Regencies Cooperation Agency (BKKSI) were working with local administrations to increase investment...

FOREIGN KITE DEVOTEES INVITED TO BALI KITE FESTIVAL 2005.
June 3, 2005... Denpasar, Jun 2 (ANTARA) - Foreign kite flying devotees are invited to join the Bali Kite Festival (BKF) 2005 which will take place in Padanggalak Beach, Denpasar, Bali on July 28-31, an official said. "We will invite local and foreign...

THREE RIVERS IN SERANG CONTAMINATED.
June 3, 2005... Serang, Banten, June 2 (ANTARA) - Ciujung, Cibanten and Cidurian rivers in Serang, Banten province, had been declared as areas contaminated by industrial waste material disposed of by 44 factories located near the rivers, a local official said....

MUHAMMADIYAH NOT INVOLVED IN "PILKADA".
June 3, 2005... Surabaya, Jun 2 (ANTARA) - General Chairman of Muhammadiyah, the second largest Islamic organization in Indonesia, Prof H Syafii Maarif, said the organization as an institution is not involved in the ongoing regional administration chiefs...

RI'S POVERTY RATE STEADILY FALLS.
June 3, 2005... Jakarta, June 2 (ANTARA) - The number of Indonesia's poor people has steadily dropped along with wokers' improved wages in various sectors both in rural and urban areas, a Central Statistics Agency (BPS) official said. "The farmhands' and...

FRIDAY'S NEWSPAPER HEADLINES.
June 3, 2005... Jakarta, Jun 3 (ANTARA) - Following are the headlines of several major newspapers here on Friday. The Jakarta Posts FIRST DIRECT REGIONAL POLLS PROCEEDED WELL The landmark election in East Kalimantan generally ran well on Wednesday, a...

PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO TO ARRIVE HOME FRIDAY EVENING.
June 3, 2005... Jakarta, Jun 3 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, along with his entourage, is schedulled to return home Friday evening after a series of overseas trip to the United States, Vietnam and Japan since May 24 until June 3. The...

PPP PROTESTS HOUSE SPEAKER'S LETTER TO PRESIDENT.
June 3, 2005... Jakarta, Jun 3 (ANTARA) - United Development Party (PPP) faction protested House of Representatives (DPR) chairman Agung Laksono's letter requesting President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to halt Helsinki meeting between government officials and...

CORBY GROUP SENDS FLOWERS TO INDONESIAN EMBASSY.
June 3, 2005... Sydney, June 3 (ANTARA/dpa) - A group of Australians campaigning to get convicted drug smuggler Schapelle Corby sent home said Friday it wanted to reverse the damage caused by this week's scare at Indonesia's embassy in Canberra by sending...

POST-TSUNAMI RECONSTRUCTION MUST ALSO COVER HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT: VP.
June 3, 2005... Jakarta, Jun 3 (ANTARA) - Vice President Jusuf Kalla said here Friday post-tsunami reconstruction efforts in Aceh and North Sumatra should cover physical as well as human resources development. "If human resources development is overlooked, the...

GOVT TAKING VARIOUS MEASURES TO OVERCOME MALNUTRITION PROBLEM IN NTB.
June 3, 2005... Jakarta, June 3 (ANTARA) - Vice President Jusuf Kalla said here Friday the government was implementing short-, medium- and long-term measures to overcome the malnutrition problem in West Nusa Tenggara province (NTB). "As a short-term...

JAPAN TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO IMPROVE MALACCA STRAIT SECURITY.
June 3, 2005... Jakarta, June 3 (ANTARA) - The Japanese government will provide material assistance to make the Malacca Strait safer from ship hijackings, terrorism and human trafficking, a spokesman said here. "Japan will support all efforts to ensure the...

POLICE ARREST SEVEN MORE SUSPECTS IN TENTENA BOMBING CASE.
June 3, 2005... Poso, C Sulawesi, June 3 (ANTARA) - Police have apprehended seven more people believed involved in last Saturday's bombings in Tentena, a provincial police spokesman said here Friday. The seven suspects were arrested in neighboring...

HOUSE VICE SPEAKER ASKS GOVT TO STOP TALKS WITH GAM.
June 3, 2005... Jakarta, June 3 (ANTARA) - House of Representatives (DPR) Vice Sepaker Soetardjo Soerjogoeritno here Friday urged the government to halt its peace talks with the separatist GAM (Free Aceh Movement) saying they were not producing any good...

POLICE'S NEW CHIEF DETECTIVE PROMISES TO SOLVE TENTENA BOMBINGS.
June 3, 2005... Jakarta, June 3 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian police's newly-appointed criminal investigation department chief, Commissioner General Makbul Padmanagara, pledged here Friday he would do his best to solve the Tentena (Central Sulawsi) bombings case...

CEMEX FREE TO QUIT PT SEMEN GRESIK, SAYS VP.
June 3, 2005... Jakarta, June 3 (ANTARA) - Vice President Jusuf Kalla said here Friday it would be no problem for the government if Mexican cement company Cemex (Cement Mexico) intended to terminate its participation in PT Semen Gresik's equity. "Perhaps,...

INDONESIAN OUTRAGE AGAINST AUSTRALIA TO BE BRIEF, SAYS VP.
June 3, 2005... Jakarta, Jun 3 (ANTARA) - Vice President Jusuf Kalla said here on Friday he was sure the outrage many Inonesians felt about the recent terror threat against the Indonesian embassy in Canberra will be over soon. "I am certain the anger...

ACEH RECONSTRUCTION STILL UNDER FOREIGN CONTROL, SAYS LEGISLATOR.
June 3, 2005... Banda Aceh, June 3 (ANTARA) - Donor countries and overseas non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are still in control of the post-tsuami reconstruction and rehabilitation effort in Aceh and Nias island despite the existence of the...

GOVERNOR HOPES RI-AUSTRALIA TIES NOT AFFECTED BY CORBY CASE.
June 3, 2005... Denpasar, June 3 (ANTARA) - The long-standing good relations between Indonesian and Australian will hopefully not be affected by the 20-year jail sentence a local court has passed on Australian citizen Schapelle Leigh Corby for trying to...