ANT - LKBN ANTARA (Indonesia) articles from November 2005

ANT - LKBN ANTARA (Indonesia) archives from November 2005

PRESIDENT INSTRUCTS POLICE AND BIN TO INVESTIGATE IRRESPONSIBLE SHORT MESSAGES.
November 1, 2005... Jakarta, Nov 1 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has issued an instruction to Chief of the National Police and Head of the State Intellegence Agency (BIN) to investigate the senders of irresponsible short messages (SMS), a...

NAD BUSINESS COMMUNITY SUPPORT ALMS COLLECTION.
November 1, 2005... Banda Aceh, Nov 1 (ANTARA) - A number of businessmen in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam (NAD) province supported the collection of zakat (obligatory alms) initiated by the local administration projected to reach Rp10 billion per year. "We support...

GOVT PLANNING TNI AND POLICE WITHDRAWAL.
November 1, 2005... Banda Aceh, Nov 1 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian government is planning the withdrawal of non-organic military (TNI) and police personnel from Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam (NAD) province as a commitment to the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed by...

BOAT CAPSIZES IN RIAU KILLING FOUR PEOPLE AND SOME MISSING.
November 1, 2005... Pekanbaru, Nov 1 (ANTARA) - A wooden boat capsized when on its way to Tanjung Gadai from Serapung island in Bengkalis district, Riau, at around 9.00 am on Tuesday, killing its four passengers while four others still went missing, a navy officer...

INFLATION MAY REACH 17 PCT BY YEAR'S END: MINISTER.
November 1, 2005... Jakarta, Nov 1 (ANTARA) - Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Aburizal Bakkrie said the country's rate of inflation may have risen to 17 percent by the end of the year on the strength of inflation during the past few months whith the...

PRESIDENT CONCERNED ABOUT HIGH INFLATION RATE.
November 1, 2005... Jakarta, Nov 1 (ANTARA) - Concerned about the high inflation rate in the January-October period which has been recorded at 15.65 percent, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono here Tuesday ordered cabinet ministers to take measures to bring it...

US PRIVATE SECTOR TO BUILD MODEL HIGH-SCHOOL IN ACEH.
November 1, 2005... Washington, D. C, Nov 1 (ANTARA) - A number of United States youth and student organisations and several major companies are to provide funds through the United States-Indonesia Society (USINDO) to build a model high-school at Syiah Kuala...

INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS TO ABSORB 1.9 MILLION OF WORK FORCE : MINISTER.
November 1, 2005... Jakarta, Nov 1 (ANTARA) - Although there has been an increase of about 1.1 million in the number of joblesss people in Indonesia, inrastruture projects the government will implement starting in January 2006 are expected to absorb 1.9 million of...

NUMBER OF SUSPECTS IN SELENA CLASH RISES TO 11.
November 1, 2005... Jakarta, Nov 1 (ANTARA) - The number of suspects in the clashes between police and Madi cult followers in Selena village, Palu, Central Sulawesi, increased to 11 on Tuesday after police declared another sect member a suspect, a police spokesman...

PKS LEADER DENIES PARTY HAS DECIDED TO STOP SUPPORTING GOVT.
November 1, 2005... Jakarta, Nov 1 (ANTARA) - The president of the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS), Tifatul Sembiring, denied here on Tuesday that his party had decided to withdraw its support for the Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono-Jusuf Kalla (SBY-JK) government and to...

GOVT MUST REVISE 2005 STATE BUDGET ASSUMPTIONS: OBSERVER.
November 1, 2005... Jakarta, Nov 1 (ANTARA) - The government should review its economic assumptions in the revised 2005 state budget following an increase in the inflation rate this year, an observer says. "I think the inflation rate can reach over 17 percent...

REASONABLE FOR BA'ASYIR TO RECEIVE REMISSION: LAWYER SAYS.
November 1, 2005... Jakarta, Nov 1 (ANTARA) - It is reasonable for Moslem cleric Abu Bakar Ba'asyir who is serving 2.5-years prison sentence at the Cipinang state penitentiary to receive a special Idul Fithri remission, a senior lawyer said. "Ba'asyir as a...

BI'S RAISING OF ITS INTEREST RATE TO 12.25 PCT AN ANTICIPATION, SAYS ANALYST.
November 1, 2005... Jakarta, Nov 1 (ANTARA) - Banking affairs observer Ryan Kiryanto said he fully understood Bank Indonesia's decision to raise the central bank's rate by 125 basis points to 12.25 pct, in anticipation of a second-round-effect of the recent fuel...

PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO CONVEYS IEDUL FITHRI WELL WISHES.
November 1, 2005... Jakarta, Nov 1 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has expressed well wishes to Moslems across the country on the occasion of the post-fasting Iedul Fithri holiday. "The President also hoped to those who were travelling to their...

TRAIN DERAILS IN MALANG-SURABAYA ROUTE.
November 1, 2005... Sidoarjo, E Java, Nov 1 (ANTARA) - A train which derailed in Tenggulunan area, Sidoarjo, East Java, had paralyzed the Malang-Surabaya railway traffic for more than 2.5 hours from 11.55 on Tuesday, sources said. The state railway company...

TWO KILLED IN TRAFFIC ACCIDENT IN SIDOARJO, E JAVA.
November 1, 2005... Sidoarjo, E Java, Nov 1 (ANTARA) - At least two people were killed in a series of collisions on Jalan Raya Tarik, Sidoarjo, East Java, at 06.45 pm on Tuesday, sources said. The dead victims are identified as Achmat Juari (38), driver of a...

BAKRIE WINS TENDER TO PROVIDE UNDERWATER GAS PIPES.
November 1, 2005... Jakarta, Nov 1 (ANTARA) - Publicly-listed Bakrie & Brothers (BNBR) through its subsidiary, South East Asia Pipe Industries (SEAPI, has teamed up with an Indian company, Welspun Gujarat Stahi Rohren Ltd., to undertaka a gas pipe supply project,...

SENIOR GAM OFFICIAL VISITS ACEH TSUNAMI VICTIMS' MASS GRAVE.
November 1, 2005... Banda Aceh, Nov 1 (ANTARA) - A senior negotiator for the former separatist Free Aceh Movement (GAM), Bakhtiar Abdullah, along with a number of GAM district commanders, on Tuesday visited a mass grave of victims of last December's gigantic...

MOST WETAR ISLAND RESIDENTS HAVE MALARIA: OFFICIAL.
November 1, 2005... Ambon, Nov (ANTARA) - About 90 percent of a total of 6,000 people in Wetar island subdistrict in the western part of Southeast Maluku district have malaria, a provincial official said here Tuesday. Maluku Deputy Governor Memet Latuconsina said...

RI NEEDS LAW TO PROTECT HOUSE HELPERS, SAYS KPI.
November 2, 2005... Jakarta, Nov 2 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian government should make a law to protect househelpers in order to prevent maltreatment of those workers, the Indonesian Women's Coalition (KPI) said here Wednesday. "Such a law is needed not just to...

BI: DESPITE SOME SLOWING DOWN, ECONOMIC GROWTH STILL GOOD.
November 2, 2005... Jakarta, Nov 2 (ANTARA) - Bank Indonesia (BI), the central bank, said Indonesia's economic growth was still showing good performance although there was some slowing down. Even though the growth rate was still below the projected...

SAR TEAM CONTINUES SEARCH FOR PEOPLE FROM SUNKKN BOAT.
November 2, 2005... Pekanbaru, Nov 2 (ANTARA) - A SAR team consisting of police and naval personnel continued searching for four missing peole who had been on a small boat which sank on Tanjung Gadai waters, Serapung island, Bengkalis on Tuesday. Dumai Naval...

BIRD FLU IN RI SECOND BIGGEST THREAT TO WORLD COMMUNITY.
November 2, 2005... Jakarta, Nov. 2 (ANTARA) - The bird flu outbreak in Indonesia has become the second biggest threat of its kind to the world community after that in China, Health Minister Siti Fadilah Supari said here Tuesday night. "This is why the...

ISOLATED PROMOTION TO BE LAUNCHED TO RESTORE TOURISM INDUSTRY.
November 2, 2005... Jakarta, Nov 1 (ANTARA) - The Culture and Tourism Ministry will launch an isolated promotion program to be focused on Jimbaran and Kuta to raise the number of tourists visiting the two tourist resorts in Bali after the second Bali bombing. ...

RIAU GOVERNOR FORMS TEAM TO COMBAT ILLEGAL LOGGING.
November 2, 2005... Pekanbaru, Nov 2 (ANTARA) - Riau Governor Ruli Zainal has issued a decision on the formation of a special team to combat illegal logging in the forest-rich province. "The governor has issued the decision to enable the team to cooperate...

INFLATION RATE ESTIMATED TO BE DOWN IN FIRST SEMESTER OF 2006.
November 2, 2005... Jakarta, Nov 1 (ANTARA) - The government has projected a decrease in the inflation rate in the first semester of 2006 and the decline is expected to continue up to the end of 2006, the Bank Indonesia Governor said here Monday. The fuel...

USAID TO PROVIDE US157 MILLION TO IMPROVE RI'S COMPULSORY EDUCATION.
November 2, 2005... Makassar, Nov 2 (ANTARA) - USAID (US Agency for International Development) is to provide USD157 million in assistance for the improvement of the quality of compulsory education in Indonesia, a spokesman said. USAID Coordinator in...

CHURCH YOUTHS PARTICIPATE IN SAFEGURADING TAKBIRAN PARADE.
November 2, 2005... Kupang, Nov 2 (ANTARA) _ Church youths and non-Muslim communities in this capital of East Nusa Tenggara province have joined police in safeguarding _takbiran_ parade here Wednesday night, Kupang Police Chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Agus Nugroho said...

JAPANESE TOURISTS STILL INTERESTED IN VISITING BALI.
November 2, 2005... Denpasar, Nov 2 (ANTARA) _ Japanese tourists are still interested in visiting Bali as they still regard Bali as one of the popular holiday destinations, though the island has been hit by bombing attacks twice. "Japanese parliamentarians,...

FIRST DAY OF IDUL FITRI SET AT THURSDAY, NOV 3, 2005.
November 2, 2005... Jakarta, Nov 2 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian government has determined that the first day of Syawal 1426 Hijra or the end of the Ramadhan fasting month falls on Thursday, Nov 3, 2005. The ruling was contained in Religious Affairs Minsiter...

SOME 50,000-PLUS PEOPLE RETURN TO HOMETOWNS BY TRAIN.
November 2, 2005... Jakarta, Nov 2 (ANTARA) - As many as 51.944 people on Wednesday took the train to visit their hometowns or villages for the Idul Fitri festivity falling on Thursday (Nov 3), a State Railway Company (PT KAI) spokesman said. "The number...

SAR TEAM FAILS TO FIND FOUR MISSING BOAT PASSANGERS IN RIAU.
November 2, 2005... Pekanbaru, Nov 2 (ANTARA) - A search and rescue (SAR) team comprising navy and police personnel and local residents on Wednesday failed to find four people who went missing after the boat they were traveling in capsized and sank on its way to...

PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT ATTEND "TAKBIR" PROCESSION.
November 2, 2005... Jakarta, Nov 2 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Vice President Jusuf Kalla attended a takbir (recitation of laudation, "God is great") procession to mark the end of Ramadhan fasting month held in the sport stadium Bung Karno...

INDONESIA'S EXPORTS TO EGYPT UP 22.7 PCT.
November 2, 2005... Cairo, Nov 2 (ANTARA) - The economic and trade cooperation between Indonesia and Egypt has achieved satisfactory results, especially as Indonesia's exports to the Arab country had increased by 22.7 pct in the January-July 2005 period. ...

VICE PRESIDENT HOLDS OPEN HOUSE RECEPTION OF IDUL FITRI FESTIVITY.
November 3, 2005... Jakarta, Nov 3 (ANTARA) _ Vice President Jusuf Kalla and his wife held an open house reception to celebrate the Idul Fitri festivity at vice president_s house here Thursday and gave chance to foreign ambassadors to meet them. ANTARA reported...

HUNDREDS OF NATIONAL FIGURES MEET SOEHARTO FOR IDUL FITRI GATHERING.
November 3, 2005... Jakarta, Nov 3 (ANTARA) _ Hundreds of national figures including former president Abdurrahman Wahid visited former president Soeharto for Idul Fitri gathering which was held at the Soeharto_s residence in Menteng area, Central Jakarta, on...

THOUSANDS OF PRISONERS RECIEVE REDUCTION IN JAIL TERM ON IDUL FITRI.
November 3, 2005... Jakarta, Nov 3 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian government cut the jail time served by 39,348 prisoners in the country for the special occasion of post-fasting Moslem holy day of Idul Fitri on Thursday. The director general of penitentiary,...

BAASYIR DENIED REDUCTION IN JAIL TERM ON IDUL FITRI.
November 3, 2005... Jakarta, Nov 3 (ANTARA) - The government gave no reduction in jail term for cleric Abu Bakar Baasyir on the special occasion of Moslem holy day of Idul Fitri on Thursday. The chief of data and information department of the Mujahidin...

INDONESIAN MOSLEMS CELEBRATE IDUL FITRI.
November 3, 2005... Jakarta, Nov 3 (ANTARA) - Indonesian Moslems across the country celebrated the post-fasting holy day of Idul Fitri on Thursday. Jakarta residents thronged to various places to conduct the Idul Fitri prayers in the morning. President Susilo...

POLICE ALREADY IDENTIFY KILLERS OF THREE SCHOOL STUDENTS IN POSO.
November 3, 2005... Poso, Nov 3 (ANTARA) - Central Sulawesi police chief senior commissioner Oegroseno said here on Thursday that the police had already identified the person(s) that had beheaded three female Christian senior high school students in Poso last...

COUNCIL OF SUPREME COURT JUDGES FOR PROBOSUTEDJO'S CASE DISSOLVED.
November 3, 2005... Jakarta, Nov 3 (ANTARA) - The chief of the Supreme Court, Bagir Manan, confirmed here on Thursday that he had already dissolved the council of judges dealing with the corruption case of businessman Probosutedjo that he led. He said after...

VILLAGERS CLASH IN DONGGALA, CENTRAL SULAWESI.
November 3, 2005... Palu, Nov 3 (ANTARA) - People from two neighbouring villages in the district of Donggala, Central Sulawesi, clashed on Thursday leaving three people wounded. The three who were wounded in the clash between villagers from Sibalaya and Lembara...

PRESIDENT HOLDS IDUL FITRI GATHERING.
November 3, 2005... Jakarta, Nov 3 (ANTARA) _ President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and First Lady Ani Yudhoyono celebrated the Islamic Idul Fitri festivity by holding a traditional ceremony to pay respect to Yudhoyono_s mother Siti Habibah and his mother-in-law Mrs....

PRESIDENT SHOULD RESHUFFLE CABINET, SAYS HOUSE SPEAKER.
November 3, 2005... Jakarta, Nov 3 (ANTARA) _ The House of Representat ives considered that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono should reshuffle its cabinet as hoped by the people, its speaker Agung Laksono said here Thursday. _I think a discourse on a...

EX-PRESIDENT MEGAWATI HOLDS IDUL FITRI GATHERING FOR LIMITED GUESTS.
November 3, 2005... Jakarta, Nov 3 (ANTARA) _ Former president Megawati Soekarnoputri held a gathering to celebrate the Idul Fitri festivity in her residence along Tengku Umar St in Central Jakarta on Thursday. ANTARA reported the former head of state did not...

INDONESIA TO HOST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ISLAMIC ECONOMY AND FINANCE.
November 4, 2005... Jakarta, Nov 4 (ANTARA) - Indonesia will be hosting the International Conference on Islamic Economy and Finance at Hotel Hilton International on November 21-24, ANTARA learned from Bank Indonesia on Friday. The 6th conference will be attended...

PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO CELEBRATES IDUL FITRI WITH NEIGHBOURS.
November 4, 2005... Jakarta, Nov 4 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono celebrated the Islamic post-fasting holy day of Idul Fitri with his neighbours in his private residence in Cikeas, Gunung Putri, Bogor, on Friday. The President and wife Mrs Ani...

PEOPLE THRONG RECREATION CENTERS ON IDUL FITRI.
November 4, 2005... Jakarta, Nov 4 (ANTARA) - People thronged recreation centers across the country on the second day of celebrations of the Islamic post-fasting holiday of Idul Fitri on Friday. Recreation places like beaches, zoos, parks were packed by holiday...

PT POS INDONESIA'S LOSS AROUND RP100 BILLION UNTIL END OF THIS YEAR.
November 4, 2005... Jakarta, Nov 4 (ANTARA) - President Director of PT Pos Indonesia, Hana Suryana, said here on Friday that the company was predicted to make a loss of around Rp100 billion until the end of this year as a result of recent fuel price hike. "We...

INDON STEPS UP VIGILANCE IN CONNECTION WITH UMAR AL FAROUQ_S ESCAPE.
November 4, 2005... Jakarta, Nov 4 (ANTARA) _ President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has stated that Indonesia is on full alert to avoid the terrorist actions of Umar al Farouq, who has reportedly escaped from Baghram prison in Afghanistan. Umar al Faroug_s...

INDON TO REPORT AVIAN INFLUENZA ERADICATION TO WHO.
November 4, 2005... Jakarta, Nov 4 (ANTARA) _ Indonesian government_s efforts to improve information and surveillance systems in the eradication of avian influenza will be reported at the World Health Organization (WHO) to take place in Geneva, Switzerland, from...

HASYIM MUZADI CALLS ON INDONESIAN MUSLIMS NOT TO FOLLOW UMAR AL FAROUQ.
November 4, 2005... Surabaya, Nov 4 (ANTARA) _ The Chairman of Nahdlatul Ulama/NU (Muslim Scholars Association), Hasyim Muzadi, has called on Indonesian Muslims not to follow the violence doctrine of Umar al Farouq, who has been bruited about as the leader of Al...

LANDSLIDE BLOCKS HIGHWAY IN GARUT REGENCY.
November 4, 2005... Garut, West Java, Nov 4 (ANTARA) _ Heavy rain falling in Caringin sub-district, Garut regency, West Java on Thursday midnight has caused a landslide blocking a highway at Indralayang village in the sub-district. At present, on the second day of...

FORMER PRESIDENT SOEHARTO HOSPITALIZED.
November 4, 2005... Jakarta, Nov 4 (ANTARA) - Former president Soeharto was taken to Pertamina Hospital in Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta, at 4pm on Friday for possible fatigueness. A staff of the hospital confirmed to ANTARA when asked by phone that the former...

ALLEGED CORRUPTION CASES AT STATE-OWNED COMPANIES BEING INVESTIGATED.
November 4, 2005... Jakarta, Nov 4 (ANTARA) - A corruption eradication team is investigating alleged corruption cases in a number of state-owned companies namely PT Angkasa Pura I, PT Pupuk Kaltim and PT Pertamina Energy Trading (Petral), an expert staff of the...

CHAVEZ HARDENS ANTI-BUSH STANCE AT SUMMIT, PROTESTS TURN VIOLENT.
November 5, 2005... Mar del Plata, Argentina, Nov. 5 (ANTARA/Kyodo) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Friday used an international summit in Argentina to reinforce his criticism against U.S. President George W. Bush, while protesters took to the streets in a...

FORMER PRESIDENT SOEHARTO IN HOSPITAL FOR INTESTINAL PROBLEM.
November 5, 2005... Jakarta, Nov 5 (ANTARA) - Former president Soeharto was on Saturday reported to be recovering from an intestinal problem at the Pertamina Hospital in South Jakarta to which he had been admitted on Friday night. "His condition is...

GOVT TO BUILD 15,000 SOLAR POWER PLANTS IN EASTERN REGIONS.
November 5, 2005... Jakarta, Nov 5 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian government plans to set up 15,000 solar power and microhydro power plants in the eastern regions next year in an effort to meet electricity need in the regions, an official said. Yogo Pratromo,...

RI GOVT NOT INFORMED ABOUT TERROR SUSPECT AL FAROUQ'S ESCAPE.
November 5, 2005... Jakarta, Nov 5 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian government has so far received no official word from Washington about terror suspect Umar Al Farouq's escape from a jail in Baghram, Afghanistan, a spokesman said. Foreign Ministry spokesman Yuri...

GUS DUR DENIES PREDICTING RIOTS ON NOV 13.
November 5, 2005... Jakarta, Nov 5 (ANTARA) - Former President Abdurrahman Wahid's daughter, Yenni Zaanuba Wahid, denied here on Saturday her father had ever told the media there would be social riots on November 13. "Gus Dur (as the former president is...

GOVT STUDYING POSSIBILITY OF MERGING PELINDO I, IV.
November 5, 2005... Jakarta, Nov 5 (ANTARA) - The government is studying the posssibility of merging state-owned port operators PT Pelabuhan Indonesia (Pelindo) I, II,III and IV to improve their performance, so they will be able to compete with other operators at...

PALANGKA RAYA RADIO STATION GUTTED BY FIRE.
November 5, 2005... Pelangka Raya, Nov 5 (ANTARA) - The local RRI (Radio Republic of Indonesia) station in Pelangka Raya, Central Kalimantan, was gutted by fire on the second day of the Islamic Idul Fitri festivity on Saturday at about 14:00 local time. A...

SOME 54 ARRESTED OVER ATTACK ON POLICE STATION.
November 5, 2005... Menanga, Nov 5 (ANTARA) - At least 54 people who allegedly vandalized and torched the police station of Mananga village, Karangasem district, were rounded up by law enforcers for further investigation into the case. The villagers were...

FIVE INJURED IN COMMUNAL CLASH IN SINGARAJA , BALI.
November 5, 2005... Denpasar, Nov 5 (ANTARA) - At least five people were injured in a communal clash among people of two neighboring villages at 01:00 local time in Singaraja on Saturday. Tens of balso (meatball) and martabak (folded crepe filled with...

NIAS NOT LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE ANOTHER BIG EARTHQUAKE : EXPERT.
November 5, 2005... Bandung, Nov 5 (ANTARA) - Dr Surono, a senior official of the Volcanological and Geological Disaster Mitigation Directorate said the chance that Nias Island will experience an earthquake of the same magnitude as the one that happened last...

GOVT OKAYS FUNDS FOR BALI RECOVERY, SECURITY SYSTEM.
November 5, 2005... Surabaya, Nov 5 (ANTARA) - The government has given the green light for the disbursement of Rp 278.6 billion for the creation of a recovery and security system in Bali following the terror bomb blasts in Jimbaran, a tourism official said. ...

SOP FOR SECURING MALACCA STRAIT IN FINAL STAGE.
November 6, 2005... Jakarta, Nov 6 (ANTARA) - Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand have entered the final stage in preparing a Standard Operational Procedure (SOP) for security maintenance in the Malacca Strait, spokesman of the Indonesian Navy Commodore...

MUSLIM SOLIDARITY WARNS PEOPLE OF NEW SCENARIO IN AL-FAROUK'S ESCAPE.
November 6, 2005... Jakarta, Nov 6 (ANTARA) - Indonesian Muslims were warned here Sunday over a possible new scenario aimed at prolonging terrorist plans in the country now that jailed terrorist Umar Al-Farouk has escaped from Baghram prison in Afghanistan. "We...

EIGHT PEOPLE BELIEVED DROWNED IN PANGANDARAN BEACH WATERS, W JAVA.
November 6, 2005... Bandung, Nov 6 (ANTARA) - As many as eight people coming from different places were believed drowned when they were swimming in the Pangandaran beach waters, Ciamis district, West Java, on Sunday, where many people spent their holiday to...

FATWA CONCERNED OVER GOVT'S DECISION TO DEPRIVE BA'ASYIR OF SPECIAL REMISSION.
November 6, 2005... Jakarta, Nov 6 (ANTARA) - A.M. Fatwa, Deputy chairman of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR), has expressed concerns over the government's decision not to grant a special remission to Moslem cleric Abu Bakar Ba'asyir who is serving...

153 N SUMATRA PRISON INMATES WALK FREE ON IDUL FITRI.
November 6, 2005... Medan, Nov 6 (ANTARA) - Some 153 of a total of 6,932 inmates of North Sumatra jails had been released on the occasion of the Idul Fitri post-fasting festivities this year. Those in the province who had received special remissions on the...

AUSTRALIAN NAVY SHIP SHOOTS AND SETS FIRE TO INDONESIAN FISHING BOATS.
November 6, 2005... Kupang, E Nusa Tenggara, Nov 6 (ANTARA) - At least nine Indonesian fishing boats from Rote island, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) province, Merauke, Papua province, and Seram, Maluku province, were shot and later set fire to by an Autsralian navy...

MUTIARA TIMUR TRAIN DERAILS IN LUMAJANG, E JAVA.
November 6, 2005... Lumajang, E Java, Nov 6 (ANTARA) - The business-class train Mutiara Timur plying the Banyuwangi-Surabaya route was derailed in Ranuyoso-Malasan area, Lumajang district, East Java, at 1.18 pm on Sunday, a spokesman of state-owned railway company...

THREE CHILDREN DROWN IN PEKANBARU'S SIAK RIVER, BUT TWO SAVED.
November 6, 2005... Pekanbaru, Riau, Nov 6 (ANTARA) - Three children of a family who were taking a bath and playing in the Siak river here on Sunday drowned, but a woman managed to save two of them, sources said. The other one went missing and believed to have...

KILLER OF DIRECTOR ESCAPES FROM MILY DETENTION.
November 6, 2005... Jakarta, Nov 6 (ANTARA) - Suud Rusli who was sentenced to death for his involvement in the murder of Boedyharto Angsono, director of PT ASABA, escaped from his military detention in Cibinong on Sunday morning, West Java, a navy spokesman...

TWO TELEVISION REPORTERS BEATEN BY SOLDIER IN BALIKPAPAN NIGHT CLUB.
November 6, 2005... Balikpapan, Nov 6 (ANTARA) - Two private television station reporters were beaten by a night club visitor, who later turned out to be a militaryman, on Sunday night, when they were trying to cover a brawl at the Panisi discotheque, Hotel...

RI SUBMITS RESOLUTION ON PROTECTION OF MIGRANT WORKERS TO UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
November 7, 2005... New Rochelle, NY, Nov 5 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian delegation has submitted to the UN General Assembly's committee session a draft resolution on migrant worker protection which is expected to be adopted in the near future. "Issues on migrant...

TEMPORARY OPERATION OF HANKAM-CIKUNIR TOLL ROAD EXTENDED.
November 7, 2005... Jakarta, Nov 7 (ANTARA) - The state highway operator PT Jasa Marga has extended the public use of the Jakarta Outer Ring Road (JORR) as part of the Hankam-Cikunir toll road on the occasion of the Idul Fitri post fasting holidays to Tuesday (Nov...

INDONESIA HAILS US DECISION TO DELETE PAPUA ISSUE.
November 7, 2005... Jakarta, Nov 7 (ANTARA) - Indonesia hails the deletion of the Papua issue on the US Congress agenda praising it as US consistency in supporting the country's territorial integrity, foreign ministry spokesman Marty Natalegawa said when contacted...

RI WELCOMES DELETION OF PAPUA ISSUE FROM US CONGRESS BILL.
November 7, 2005... Jakarta, Nov 7 (ANTARA) - Indonesia warmly welcomes the deletion of the Papua issue from the Appropriations Bill HR 3057 by the US Congress which among other things questioned the validity of the Act of Free Choice held in Indonesia's...

PRESIDENT YET TO DISCUSS CABINET RESHUFFLE.
November 7, 2005... Jakarta, Nov 7 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has yet to evaluate the performance of his ministers and until now he does not want to talk about a cabinet reshuffle, Cabinet Secretary Sudi Silalahi said. "Not yet. The reshuffle...

S'PORE POLICE NAB 15 RI ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.
November 7, 2005... Singapore, Nov 7 (ANTARA/Bernama) - Singapore police arrested 15 illegal immigrants, aged between 17 and 38, believed to be Indonesians while they were attempting to enter the island state by boat on Sunday. Nine of them were arrested...

BIRD FLUE HANDLING NEEDS INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION.
November 7, 2005... Jakarta, Nov 7 (ANTARA) - Vice President M Jusuf Kalla said the handling of bird flu especially in Indonesia needs international cooperation but he denied there was a slowdown in government efforts to combat the epidemic in the world's largest...

POLICE COOPERATING WITH INTERPOL TO TRACE UMAR AL FAROUK.
November 7, 2005... Jakarta, Nov 7 (ANTARA) - The National Police continue to take measures, including seeking information from Interpol, about Umar Al Farouk who escaped from US military detention in Baghram, Afghanistan, and trying to prevent the Al-Qaeda...