ANT - LKBN ANTARA (Indonesia) articles from March 2005

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SUSPECT OF GARBAGE DUMP SLIDE IN LEUWIGAJAH NOT HELD IN CUSTODY.
March 1, 2005... Bandung, Feb 28 (ANTARA) - Drs AG MSi, the Chief of the Bandung City Sanitation office who has been held responsible for last week's massive garbage dump slide in Leuwigajah leaving over 100 residents dead, will not be held in custody, the...

FUEL PRICE HIKE PROOF OF GOVT'S FAILURE IN ERADICATING CORRUPTION.
March 1, 2005... Surabaya, Feb 28 (ANTARA) - The decision to increase fuel oil prices on the pretext of reducing the state's financial burden was considered as unrealistic and a proof of the government's failure in coping with rampant corruption in the country....

INDONESIA IN STRATEGIC POSITION IN HANDLING ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES.
March 1, 2005... Jakarta, Feb 28 (ANTARA) - With the appointment of Rachmat Witoelar as the President of the Governments Council of United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) for the 2005-2007 period, Indonesia was in a strategic position to handle the issue...

TUESDAY'S NEWSPAPER HEADLINES.
March 1, 2005... Jakarta, March 1 (ANTARA) - Following are the headlines of Indonesia's major newspapers on Tuesday. The Jakarta Post/Republika FUEL PRICES HIKED, SACRIFICES CALLED After weeks of uncertainty, the government has announced a hike in...

JAPANESE SERVICEMEN WITHDRAWN FROM ACEH GRADUALLY.
March 1, 2005... Banda Aceh, March 1 (ANTARA) - The Japanese Self-Defense Troops will be withdrawn from Indonesia's tsunami-ravaged Aceh in stages following its humanitarian relief after a gigantic earthquake and the subsequent tidal waves hit the province...

GOVT TO COOPERATE WITH STUDENTS IN MONITORING COMPENSATION FUNDS DISTRIBUTION.
March 1, 2005... Jakarta, March 1 (ANTARA) - The government will cooperate with universities and non-governmental organizations in the country in monitoring the distribution of funds it intends to spend on poor people's welfare programs in compensation for the...

OIL PRICE HIKE YET TO AFFECT BASIC COMMODITY PRICES, SAYS MINISTER.
March 1, 2005... Jakarta, March 1 (ANTARA) - The fuel oil price hike announced by the government last night has yet to much affect the prices of basic necessities while those of some commodities have even dropped, Trade Minister Mari Pangestu said on Tuesday....

OIL PRICE HIKES TO PUSH UP INFLATION BY TWO PERCENT: OBSERVER.
March 1, 2005... Semarang, C Java, March 1 (ANTARA) - The fuel oil price hikes effective March 1, 2005, will cause this year's inflation rate to increase by two percent to eight percent, economist Dr FX Sugiyanto said here Tuesday. Sugiyanto told...

RI SUPPORTS EXTENSION OF UN MISSION'S PRESENCE IN E TIMOR.
March 1, 2005... Jakarta, March 1 (ANTARA) - Indonesia supports United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan's call to extend the presence of a scaled-down UN Mission of Support in East Timor (UNMISET) for one year until May 2006, Indonesia's Permanent...

RI- E TIMOR COMMISSION OF TRUTH SHOULD BE SUPPORTED, HORTA SAYS.
March 1, 2005... Jakarta, March 1 (ANTARA) - The international community should support the Indonesia-East Timor Commission of Truth and Friendship (CTF), East Timor Foreign Minister Ramos Horta said in New York on Monday (Tuesday in Jakarta). Horta said...

ASEAN DELEGATIONS DISCUSS ISSUES ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS IN JAKARTA.
March 1, 2005... Jakarta, March 1 (ANTARA) - ASEAN delegations of an Ad-hoc Working Group on Intellectual Property Cooperation met here Tuesday to discuss various issues related to management mechanism, technical and juridical aspects, Justice and Human Rights...

PDIP FACTION URGES DPR TO HOLD PLENARY MEETING ON OIL PRICE HIKE.
March 1, 2005... Jakarta, March 1 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP) faction has urged the leadership of the House of Representatives (DPR) to soon hold a plenary meeting in response to the fuel oil price hike as the measure was taken...

FUEL OIL PRICE HIKE PROTESTERS RALLY OUTSIDE PRESIDENTIAL PALACE.
March 1, 2005... Jakarta, Mar 1 (ANTARA) - Hundreds of people, including students, held small rallies to protest the government's decision to increase fuel oil prices outside the presidential palace on Jalan Medan Merdeka Utara since 12.30 pm on Tuesday while...

SURABAYA HOSPITAL TO LAUNCH METADON AS MEDICINE FOR HIV/AIDS PATIENTS.
March 1, 2005... Surabaya, Mar 1 (ANTARA) - The AIDS Medical Team of Surabaya's Dr Soetomo General Hospital in cooperation with the Hotline Foundation is to launch metadon as a medicine to treat HIV/AIDS patients. Hotline Foundation Director Esthi Susanti...

EFFORTS TO RECOVER BODIES IN ACEH STILL CONTINUING.
March 1, 2005... Banda Aceh, March 1 (ANTARA) - Efforts to recover corpses in areas hit by the Dec 26 tsunami in Aceh are still continuing. According to the National Coordinating Agency for Disaster and Refugee Control here on Tuesday a total of 123,404...

JAKARTA POLICE HEADQUARTERS RECEIVES BOMB THREAT.
March 1, 2005... Jakarta, Mar 1 (ANTARA) - A bomb squad went into action in the building housing the Jakarta Metropolitan Police's security control directorate (Samapata) after an officer on duty received a bomb threat call last Monday evening. The...

GOVT READY TO FACE HOUSE INQUIRY ON FUEL PRICE HIKES.
March 1, 2005... Jakarta, March 1 (ANTARA) - The government is ready to face a House of Representatives (DPR) inquiry into its decision to raise domestic fuel prices by 29 percent, a spokesman said here Tuesday. "If the House is to use its right of inquiry ,...

POLICE ARREST STUDENTS DURING ANTI-FUEL OIL PRICE HIKES DEMONSTRATION.
March 1, 2005... Jakarta, March 1 (ANTARA) - Jakarta police seized three university students here on Tuesday during a demonstration at the University of Indonesia to protest the government's decision to raise fuel oil prices. "We have indeed nabbed three...

TRANSJAKARTA BUSWAY TO INCREASE RATE , SAYS GOVERNOR.
March 1, 2005... Jakarta, March 1 (ANTARA) - The TransJakarta bus system connecting the Blok M bus terminal in South Jakarta and the down-town Kota area in West Jakarta is likely to raise its present rate of Rp2,500 following the government's decision to...

FUEL OIL PRICE HIKES MAY CREATE MONETARY CRISIS: LEGISLATORS.
March 1, 2005... Jakarta, March 1 (ANTARA) - The fuel oil price hikes announced by the government Monday night could push up the inflation rate and lead to a political and monetary crisis, legislators said here on Tuesday. The price hikes will boost the...

STUDENTS DEMONSTRATE AGAINST FUEL PRICE HIKES OUTSIDE PRESIDENTIAL PALACE.
March 1, 2005... Jakarta, March 1 (ANTARA) - As many as 2,000 students from various univesities on Tuesday staged a protest in front of Merdeka Palace on Jalan Medan Merdeka Utara on Tuesday to demand the revocation of the government's decision to raise fuel...

NGO WANTS INDONESIAN MIGRANT WORKERS' PLIGHT IN M'SIA REPORTED TO UNHCR.
March 1, 2005... Jakarta, March 1 (ANTARA) - Migrant Care, a non-governmental organization defending migrant workers interests, has urged the government to report the plight of Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia to the annual session of the UN Commission...

NO PLAN OF STATE RAILWAY COMPANY TO RAISE ITS FARES, SAYS SPOKESMAN.
March 1, 2005... Surabaya, E Java, March 1 (ANTARA) - State railway company PT KAI may unlikely raise its fares like what other transportation operators would normally do following a fuel oil price increase -- this time by an average of 29 pct as of March 1,...

THREE INDONESIAN WARSHIPS GUARD SEA BOUNDARY WITH MALAYSIA.
March 1, 2005... Surabaya, E Java, Mar 1 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian Navy said it has deployed three warships -- KRI Wiratno, KRI Rencong and KRI Nuku -- to guard the border between Indonesia and Malaysia close to Sipadan and Ligitan islands. "Yes, we have...

HOUSE REMINDS M'SIA TO RESPECT HUMAN RIGHTS IN THEIR CRACKDOWN ON ILLEGALS.
March 1, 2005... Jakarta, Mar 1 (ANTARA) - The Golkar House faction has reminded Malaysia to respect human rights during a massive crackdown against illegal migrant workers in that neighboring country by refraining from violence and intimidation. A...

CARS CAN USE BANDA ACEH-MEULABOH ROAD IN NEXT TWO WEEKS, SAYS MILY OFFICER.
March 1, 2005... Banda Aceh, Aceh, March 1 (ANTARA) - Aceh Military Chief Maj.Gen. Endang Suwarya said that after another two weeks cars would be able to use the 250-kilometer Banda Aceh - Meulaboh road which had been seriously hit by last year's Dec.26...

DENGUE FEVER KILLS 15 PEOPLE IN SOUTH SULAWESI.
March 1, 2005... Jakarta, March 1 (ANTARA) - Till February 2005, 15 out of 1,113 people suffering from dengue fever in South Sulawesi were reported to have succumbed. Chief of the South Sulawesi Health Office Dr H Basir Palu said in Makassar on Tuesday...

JAPANESE INVESTORS AWAITING MORE CONDUCIVE CLIMATE.
March 1, 2005... Jakarta, March 1 (ANTARA) - Japanese investors are ready to invest in any sector in Indonesia but are now still waiting for a more conducive business climate in the country, Industry Minister Andung Nitimihardja said here on Tuesday. "They...

E TIMOR NO LONGER NEEDS UN TROOPS AMID IMPROVING RELATI0NS WITH INDONESIA.
March 2, 2005... New York, March 1 (ANTARA) - A US diplomat at the United Nations, Reed Frederick, believed that that East Timor no longer needed the presence of UN troops after the expiry of the UN peacekeeping forces (UNMISET) mandate on May 20, 2005, as...

SOLDIERS KILL 30 GSA REBELS.
March 2, 2005... Jakarta, March 1 (ANTARA) - Indonesian military troops on Feb 14-20, 2005 had reportedly shot dead 30 members of the Aceh Separatist Movement (GSA) and arrested nine others. Chief of the military information service Col. Ahmad Yani Basuki...

SHARJAH SENDS 18 TONS OF DATES TO INDONESIA FOR TSUNAMI SURVIVORS.
March 2, 2005... Sharjah, UAE, Mar 1 (ANTARA/IINA) - The Sharjah Charity Society of the United Arab Emirates has dispatched 18 tons of dates to Indonesia, as part of food aid for tsunami survivors in Aceh. Ahmed Abdullah Al-Naqby, director of the External...

NO LAY-OFFS IF BRI MERGES WITH BTN, SAYS BRI CHIEF.
March 2, 2005... Jakarta, March 1 (ANTARA) - President Director of state bank BRI (Bank Rakyat Indonesia) Rudjito said here Tuesday there would be no layoff if BRI and another state bank BTN (Bank Tabungan Negara) were merged. "All BTN employees would...

BAPPENAS STARTS SOCIALIZING PLAN FOR ACEH'S RECONSTRUCTION.
March 2, 2005... Banda Aceh, Mar 1 (ANTARA) - The National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas) has proposed three scenarios to reconstruct the tsunami-ravaged Naggroe Aceh Darussalam (NAD) province. "What we will describe here has yet to be final, as it...

PERTAMINA TO MOUNT KEROSENE MARKET OPEREATION.
March 2, 2005... Semarang, Mar 1 (ANTARA) -- Pertamina's marketing divisions for Central Java and Yogyakarta will mount a market operation in several places in Semarang, Grobogan, Salatiga, Ungaran and Kendal in anticipation of kerosene supply shortages. ...

INDONESIA SEEKS INDIA'S HELP IN LOWERING DRUG PRICES.
March 2, 2005... New Delhi, March 2 (ANTARA/PTI) - Indonesia on Tuesday sought India's cooperation in lowering drug prices in that country and in improving hospital management. This was conveyed by visiting Indonesian Health Minister Siti Fadilah...

WEDNESDAY'S NEWSPAPER HEADLINES.
March 2, 2005... Jakarta, March 2 (ANTARA) - Following are the headlines of Indonesia's major newspapers on Wednesday. The Jakarta Post FUEL PRICE INCREASE MET WITH MASSIVE DEMOS Nationwide protests on Tuesday greeted the government's decision to raise...

PRESIDENT CONDUCTS SUDDEN MARKET INSPECTION.
March 2, 2005... Karawang, W Java, March 2 (ANTARA) - Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono conducted a sudden inspection to Rengas Dengklok's market and bus terminal here Wednesday morning to check the impacts of fuel oil price hike that was effective...

RI PRESIDENT ASKS HOSPITALS TO GIVE FREE TREATMENT TO IMPOVERISHED PEOPLE.
March 2, 2005... Karawang, W Java, Marfh 2 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has asked the hospitals in the country to provide free medical treatment to the patients of impoverished families if the government will in the long run make a decision of...

PRESIDENT ORDERS POLICE TO ARREST OIL COUNTERFEITERS.
March 2, 2005... Kerawang, W Java, March 2 (ANTARA) - Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has instructed national police on Wednesday to arrest people who have forged fuel and bring them to court. "I ask policemen to catch and bring the forgers...

SECURITY APPARATUS NOT TO BE REPRESSIVE AGAINST PROTESTORS: PRESIDENT.
March 2, 2005... Karawang, W Java, March 2 (ANTARA) - Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has asked security apparatus not to take repressive action against demonstrators protesting the government's decision to raise fuel price by an average of 19...

UN AGENCIES ASKED NOT TO OVERLOOK ACEH WOMEN'S ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT.
March 2, 2005... New York, March 1 (ANTARA) - Indonesian Women's Empowerment Minister Meutia Hatta has called on United Nations agencies engaged in humanitarian missions in Aceh to also pay attention to womsn's economic empowerment programs in the...

PUBLIC WORKS MINISTRY RECEIVES RP3.3T FROM FUEL SUBSIDY CUT.
March 2, 2005... Jakarta, March 2 (ANTARA) - The Public Works Ministry has received Rp3.3 trillion in funds from the reduction of fuel subsidy after the government raised fuel prices late on Monday. "The Rp3.3 trillion in funds will be used to finance the...

INDONESIA, BELGIUM AND ITALY COOPERATE TO COMBAT MONEY LAUNDERING.
March 2, 2005... Jakarta, March 2 (ANTARA) - Indonesia has weaved a cooperation with Belgium and Italian Financial Intelligent Units (FIU) in a bid to combat money laundering criminal acts, Financial Transaction Analysis and Reporting Center (PPATK) chief Yunus...

PRESIDENT'S SECRET VISIT SURPRISES MANY PEOPLE.
March 2, 2005... Jakarta, March 2 (ANTARA) - Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's impromptu visit to Karawang district, east of here, on Wednesday surprised many people as nobody in the area knew about it. ANTARA reported the head of state and his...

RI-AUSTRALIA BORDER CONTROL COOP TERMED BENEFICIAL TO BOTH SIDES.
March 2, 2005... Jakarta, March 2 (ANTARA) - Indonesia-Australia cooperation in border control and immigration management has been beneficial to the governments of two countries, Indonesian Legal and Human Rights Affairs Minister Hamid Awaludin and Australian...

PPP TO DISCHARGE SOME ITS SENIOR MEMBERS.
March 2, 2005... Jakarta, March 2 (ANTARA) - The United Development Party (PPP) is planning to discharge some of its senior members for organizing a national gathering of party cadres. "True, we are planning to discharge them. There will be an official...

TREMOR SWAYS BANDA ACEH AGAIN.
March 2, 2005... Banda Aceh, Aceh, March 2 (ANTARA) - An earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale jolted tsunami-ravaged Banda Aceh and surroundings early Wednesday, an official said. The quake which was traced at 6.27 degree north latitude and 94.91...

JAPAN TO SEND EXPERTS TO HELP INDONESIA'S ANTI-CORRUPTION DRIVE.
March 2, 2005... Jakarta, March 2 (ANTARA) - The Japan government will send two technical experts of its national police headquarters to Indonesia to help the Anti-Corruption Commission beginning March 7 and until March 24, a statement said. The objective...

ENVOY HAILS US DECISION TO REOPEN IMET PROGRAM TO RI MILITARY.
March 2, 2005... Washington DC, March 1 (ANTARA) - With the US government's decision to reopen its International Military Education and Training IMET) program to Indonesian military personnel, a wedge in Indonesia-US relations has been removed, Indonesian...

CAMPAIGN PERIOD CRUCIAL PHASE IN REGIONAL ADM CHIEF ELECTIONS : MINISTER.
March 2, 2005... Jakarta, March 2 (ANTARA) - Home Affairs Minister M M'ruf said the 14-day campaign period prior the regional administration head elections will be a crucial phase in the whole elecotral process and therefore the election organizers should fix...

S'PORE AIRLINES TO HELP PROMOTE E NUSA TENGGARA TOURIST SPOTS.
March 2, 2005... Kupang, March 2 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian Embassy in Berlin, Germany, in cooperation with Singapore Airlines is to promote a number of attractive tourist sites in East Nusa Tenggara province, a provincial administration spokesman said. ...

STUDENTS BLOCK ROAD TO PROTEST FUEL PRICE HIKES.
March 2, 2005... Jakarta, March 2 (ANTARA) - Hundreds of students, sidewalk vendors and street children pratically blocked Jalan Cililitan in East Jakarta on Wednesday to protest the government's decision to raise fuel oil prices. The demonstrators...

STATE AUDIT BOARDS OF TSUNAMI-HIT COUNTRIES TO HOLD CONFAB.
March 2, 2005... Jakarta, March 2 (ANTARA) - The state audit boards of tsunami-hit countries and donor nations are expected to hold a conference here next month to exchange information on the audit of relief aid for affected areas. "Next month we will...

INDONESIA HOPES ASIA-AFRICA CONFERENCE WILL STRENGTHEN GLOBAL PEACE.
March 2, 2005... Jakarta, March 2 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian government hopes that the second Asia-Africa Conference scheduled for April 2005 in Jakarta and Bandung will further strengthen global peace, a foreign ministry official said. "Trade relations...

GOVT TO CONTINUE SECURITY RESTORATION OPERATIONS IN ACEH.
March 2, 2005... Jakarta, March 2 (ANTARA) - Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Widodo Adisucipto said on Wednesday the government would continue security restoration operations in tsunami-devastated Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam...

HOUSE COMMISSION CHAIRMAN URGES FIRM ACTION AGAINST RI TERRITORY TRESPASSERS.
March 2, 2005... Jakarta, March 2 (ANTARA) - The chairman of the House of Representatives (DPR) Commission I (defence, foreign affairs and information), Theo Sambuaga, urged the governemnt here Wednesday to take firm action against any infringement on...

STRONG QUAKE JOLTS MALUKU.
March 2, 2005... Jakarta, March 2 (ANTARA) - A tectonic quake of a 6.5 Richter scale magnitude jolted Tual, the capital of Southeast Maluku district, at around 7.45 on Wednesday. The head of the geophysics agency in Ambon, the capital of Maluku provinve,...

33 HEADS OF STATE ALREADY CONFIRMED TO ATTEND ASIA-AFRICA SUMMIT.
March 2, 2005... Bandung, March 2 (ANTARA) - Thirty-three heads of state of Asian and African countries have already confirmed participation in the Asia-Africa Summit scheduled to be held in Bandung, West Java, on April 22-23. National Committee deputy...

GODFATHER OF SOUL IN JAKARTA FOR JAVA JAZZ 2005.
March 2, 2005... Jakarta, March 2 (ANTARA) - Around 300 local and international jazz musicians including "Godfather of Soul" James Brown are set to rock jazz music fans in the Java Jazz Festival here on March 4,5 and 6. James Brown arrived here at 11 am,...

OIL PRICE HIKE PROTESTERS OCCUPY STATE RADIO STATION IN CIREBON.
March 2, 2005... Cirebon, March 2 (ANTARA) - Students and youths occupied a state radio station in Cirebon, West Java, on Wednesday to air their protest against the government's decision to raise fuel oil prices. They entered the station after a long amrch...

M'SIA SAYS INDONESIA'S OIL CONCESSION CLAIM CAN BE RESOLVED.
March 2, 2005... Kuala Lumpur, Mar 2 (ANTARA) - Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak has expressed confidence that the problem related to Indonesia's claims about a Malaysian oil concession area in the Sulawesi Sea can be resolved at the negotiating...

INDIAN COYS INVITED TO BID FOR GAS PIPELINE CONSTRUCTION IN INDONESIA.
March 2, 2005... New Delhi, Mar 2 (ANTARA) - Indian companies have been invited to bid for the construction of gas pipelines from Indonesia to other countries and tap potential oil and natural gas reserves, Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda says. Indonesia...

INDONESIAN POLICE LOCATING KIDNAPPED TUGBOAT CREW MEMBERS.
March 2, 2005... Penang, Mar 2 (ANTARA) - The police will launch an operation to locate two tugboat crew members kidnapped by a group of pirates in Malaysian waters on Monday night. The focus would be on the waters off Medan, Aceh and Bengkulu as the...

PERTAMINA INCREASES OIL IMPORTS TO 13 MILLION BARRELS.
March 2, 2005... Jakarta, Mar 2 (ANTARA) - State oil and gas company PT Pertamina has increased its oil imports to 13 million barrels from its planned 11 million barrels to meet domestic fuel oil consumption, a spokesman said. "We buy gasoline, kerosene and...

INDONESIA TO HOLD ANOTHER SOLO EXHIBITION IN UAE.
March 2, 2005... Jakarta, March 2 (ANTARA) - Indonesia will for the third time hold an "Indonesian Solo Exhibition" in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, in September this year, a trade ministry official said here on Wednesday. "We will hold another...

ILLEGAL MIGRANT WORKERS SEEK REFUGE AT INDONESIAN CONSULATE IN PENANG.
March 2, 2005... Penang, March 2 (ANTARA) - A total of 126 Indonesian illegal migrant workers have taken refuge in the Indonesian Consulate General here as the nationwide operation to round up the illegals began early Tuesday. Some have been working in...

UNITED PEOPLE'S ALLIANCE (ARB) DEMANDS RELEASE OF ACTIVISTS.
March 2, 2005... Jakarta, March 2 (ANTARA) - The United People's Alliance (ARB), an association of various student and non-governmental organizations, demanded here on Wednesday the release of several students and activists held by police during a demonstration...

MINISTER CALLS ON PGN TO USE LOCAL PRODUCTS FOR GAS PIPELINE PROJECT.
March 2, 2005... Jakarta, March 2 (ANTARA) - Industry Minister Andung A Nitimihardja has called on state gas company PT PGN to use local material in the construction of its Sumatera-Java gas pipeline. "I have asked PGN to use locally-produced products,...

MPR CALLS ON BPK TO AUDIT COMPENSATION FUND.
March 2, 2005... Jakarta, Mar 2 (ANTARA)- Speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR), Hidayat Nur Wahid has called on the Supreme Audit Board (BPK) to do its best in auditing the distribution of the compensation fund derived from the fuel price hike...

MPR CALLS ON BPK TO AUDIT COMPENSATION FUND.
March 2, 2005... Jakarta, Mar 2 (ANTARA)- Speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR), Hidayat Nur Wahid has called on the Supreme Audit Board (BPK) to do its best in auditing the distribution of the compensation fund derived from the fuel price hike...

S KOREAN POLITICAL PARTIES ASK MEGAWATI TO SEEK PEACE FOR TWO KOREAS.
March 3, 2005... Jakarta, Mar 2 (ANTARA) - Two influential political parties in South Korea have asked former president Megawati who is on a visit to that country to bridge a reconciliation between South Korea and North Korea which are technically now still at...

INDONESIAN FOREIGN EXCHANGE RESERVES DOWN TO US$36 BILLION.
March 3, 2005... Jakarta, Mar 2 (ANTARA) - Bank Indonesia (BI), the central bank, announced here on Wednesday that the country's foreign exchange reserves in the fourth week of February 2005 reached US$36.54 billion, a decline of about US$60.30 million from...

DAIMLERCHRYSLER FORGES COOPERATION WITH BANK PERMATA.
March 3, 2005... Jakarta, Mar 2 (ANTARA) - PT DaimlerChrysler Indonesia and its partner PT Ribens Autocars have forged cooperation with Bank Permata to increase sales of Mercedes Benz C Class cars under a program titled "Be the Star Familiy, Be the First to...

7,000 EX MIGRANT WORKERS HAVE REGISTERED AT ONE ROOF COUNTERS.
March 3, 2005... Jakarta, Mar 2 (ANTARA) - About 7000 former Indonesian illegal migrant workers deported from Malaysia have completed registrations at 11 one-roof registration counters througout Indonesia, and 74 of them were reportedly now already back in...

TENS OF BUSES CARRYING BA'ASYIR SUPPORTERS OFF TO JAKARTA.
March 3, 2005... Jakarta, Mar 2 (ANTARA) - As many as 14 buses carrying around 840 Ba'asyir's supporters left the Baitul Salam mosque in Solo for Jakarta to give support to the Jamaah Islamiyah leader in his last trial session. Ba'asyir's supporters are...

EX PRESIDENT SAYS ACEH RECONSTRUCTION MUST CONSIDER LOCAL CULTURE.
March 3, 2005... Jakarta, March 2 (ANTARA) - Former president BJ Habibie warned on Wednesday that the reconstruction of tsunami-devastated regions in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam and North Sumatera should also consider local culture. "Reconstruction in Aceh...

QUAKE JOLTS MANOKWARI, W IRIAN JAYA.
March 3, 2005... Jakarta, Mar 3 (ANTARA) - A tectonic earthquake measuring six on the Richter scale jolted Manokwari, West Irian Jaya, at 19.50 local time on Wednesday. An ANTARA correspondent reported that the tremor caused panic on people in the town and...

NEWSPAPER HEADLINES THURSDAY MARCH 3, 2005.
March 3, 2005... Jakarta, Mar 3 (ANTARA) - Following are the headlines of some major Indonesian dailies: The Jakarta Post RI WORKERS DETAINED IN CRACKDOWN ON ILLEGALS Malaysia arrested more than 500 foreigners, as a nationwide sweep against illegal...

138 STRANDED ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS TO GO HOME THURSDAY.
March 3, 2005... Penang, March 3 (Bernama/ANTARA) - A total of 138 illegal immigrants, including three children, who sought refuge at the Indonesian Consulate here since Tuesday night to escape the "Ops Tegas" crackdown, have been allowed to go home without...

WB TO FINANCE ROAD BETTERMENT PROJECT IN C KALIMANTAN.
March 3, 2005... Muara Teweh, C Kalimantan, Mar 3 (ANTARA) - The World Bank will soon disburse financial assistance to finance a road betterment project in a former transmigration site in Teweh Tengah sub district, North Barito district, a local official said...

MALAYSIA REITERATES BLOCKS WITHIN ITS CONTINENTAL SHELF.
March 3, 2005... Kuala Lumpur, March 3 (Bernama/ANTARA) - Malaysia Wednesday reiterated that the ND 6 and ND 7 blocks in the Sulawesi Sea are within the limits of Malaysia's continental shelf as published in the Territorial Waters and the Continental Shelf...

RIFAT, RIZAL SUNGKAR TO TAKE PART IN MALAYSIAN RALLY.
March 3, 2005... Jakarta, Mar 3 (ANTARA) - Indonesia's Rifat and Rizal Sungkar will take part in the first round of the Malaysian Rally that will take place in the Putra Jaya plantation estate and Sepang circuit on March 4-6. "This will be our chance to...

ABU BAKAR BA'ASYIR SENTENCED TO 28 MONTHS IN JAIL.
March 3, 2005... Jakarta, Mar 3 (ANTARA) - The South Jakarta District Court on Thursday sentenced cleric Abu Bakar Ba'asyir to two years and six months in jail for his involvement in the Bali bombing in 2002 and JW Marriot Hotel bombing in 2003. (THROUGH...

RI CUSTOMS LET IN 777 CONTAINERS OF RELIEF AID DUTY-FREE.
March 3, 2005... Jakarta, Mar 3 (ANTARA) - Indonesian customs allowed the entry of a total of 777 containers filled with relief aid for tsunami victims in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam (NAD) and North Sumatra duty-free, a spokesman said here Thursday. "So far,...