ANT - LKBN ANTARA (Indonesia) articles from November 2007

ANT - LKBN ANTARA (Indonesia) archives from November 2007

PRESIDENT DONATES RP 3.1 B TO ISLAMIC BOARDING SCHOOLS IN S KALIMANTAN.
November 1, 2007... Banjarmasin, Nov 1 (ANTARA): President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) donated Rp3.1 billion to 52 Islamic boarding schools in South Kalimantan province. The head of state handed the donation by himself to representatives of the institutions...

HOME MINISTER SUPPORTS KPU IN EFFICIENCT USE OF ELECTION BUDGET.
November 1, 2007... Jakarta, Nov 1 (ANTARA): Home Minisiter Mardiyanto supported the steps taken by the General Election Commission (KPU) in the efficient spending of the 2009 general election's budget. "The idea of efficient expenditures will be firmly...

EMBASSY DENIES ITS STAFFERS INVOLVED IN HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
November 1, 2007... Tokyo, Nov 1 (ANTARA): The Indonesian Embassy in Tokyo denied Japanese media reports here on Thursday that its staffers had been involved in a human trafficking together with employees of national flag carrier Garuda Indonesia. Spokesman of...

RI TO ASK MALAYSIA TO RETURN ITS CONTROL OF FIR OVER NATUNA.
November 1, 2007... Kuala Lumpur, Nov 11 (ANTARA): Indonesia will ask Malaysia to return the control of its Flight Information Region (FIR) over Natuna Island as a form of Indonesia's sovereignty over its air space. "This is one of the topics of discussion...

ONE KILLED IN GARAGE CARBIDE CYLINDER BLAST IN MEDAN.
November 1, 2007... Medan, N Sumatra, Nov 1 (ANTARA): A man was killed in a strong carbide cylinder explosion in a garage which also sells used car parts on Jalan Perjuangan here on Thursday. Witnesses said that the victim was Humusor Siahaan (43). A shrapnel...

MANDALA SKIDS OFF RUNWAY, INJURING FIVE.
November 1, 2007... Surabaya, E Java, Nov 1 (ANTARA): A Mandala Airlines plane skidded off the runway at Abdurrahman Saleh Airport in the East Java city of Malang on Thursday, injuring five passengers. The runway was slippery after heavy rain when the Boeing...

HUNDREDS THRONG RI EMBASSY IN KUALA LUMPUR TO REGAIN CITIZENSHIP.
November 1, 2007... Kuala Lumpur, Nov 1 (ANTARA): About 300 former Indonesians thronged the Indonesian Embassy here on Thursday to apply for a green passport to have their Indonesian citizenship restored. "This is the last chance for former Indonesian citizens...

POLICE INVESTIGATE THREE BATAM AL-QIYADAH LEADERS.
November 1, 2007... Batam, Nov 1 (ANTARA): The Riau islands police were investigating three leaders of the Al Qiyadah Al Islamiah, which had already been declared as a misleading Islamic sect by the Indoneian Council of Ulemas. "The three sect leaders are under...

PRESIDENT WARNS ANYBODY TRYING TO MISUSE STATE BUDGET.
November 1, 2007... Jakarta, Nov 1 (ANTARA): President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono warned that nobody should play games with the State Budget by misusing it, because the money belonged to the people to enhance their welfare. "There must be no collusion including...

PRESIDENT INAUGURATES CONSTRUCTION OF HEALTHY AND MODEST HOUSES.
November 1, 2007... Jonggol, Bogor, Nov 1 (ANTARA): President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono inaugurated the second phase construction of 100,000 healthy and modest houses (RSH) at Citra Indah housing area in Jonggol, West Java, on Thursday. Present on the occasion...

PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO TO OPEN "POMNAS" IN BANJARMASIN.
November 1, 2007... Jakarta, Nov 1 (ANTARA): President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is scheduled to open the 10th National Students Sports Week (Pomnas) in Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan province, on Friday. Accompanied by the First Lady Ani Yudhoyono, and a number...

CENTRAL GOVT BANS COW EXPORTS FROM GORONTALO.
November 1, 2007... Gorontalo, Nov 1 (ANTARA): The central government has banned Gorontalo province from exporting its cows to other countries, Gorontalo Governor Fadel Muhamad said here on Thursday. He said that the central government's ban was contained in a...

VEEP TELLS MINISTERS, OFFICIALS NOT TO ABUSE POWER.
November 1, 2007... Jakarta, Nov. 1 (ANTARA): Indonesian Vice President M Jusuf Kalla has said that ministers and other government officials as part of the bureaucracy must not abuse their power and must help fight corruption. "We must develop an administration...

2009 ELECTION COST EXORBITANTLY HIGH, HOUSE SPEAKER SAYS.
November 1, 2007... Jakarta, Nov 1 (ANTARA): The General Election Commission (KPU) proposal of a Rp 47.9 trillion budget for 2009 general elections should be reviewed because it is exorbitantly high, House of Representatives (DPR) Speaker Agung Laksono has said....

EAST JAVA'S MUSLIMS TO STAGE SOLIDARITY RALLY FOR AL-AQSHA.
November 1, 2007... Surabaya, East Java, Nov. 1 (ANTARA): Around 1,000 Muslims from East Java's cities of Surabaya, Gresik and Sidoarjo, are expected to join a long march to be organized by the Al-Aqsha Love and Solidarity Society in Sidoarjo and Surabaya on...

THURSDAY'S NEWSPAPER HEADLINES.
November 1, 2007... Jakarta, Nov 1 (ANTARA): Following are the headlines on several major newspapers here on Thursday. The Jakarta Post MYANMAR MONKS MARCH AS UN ENVOY PLANS RETURN VISIT About 100 Buddhist monks marched on Wednesday in central Myanmar...

EARTHQUAKE JOLTS BENGKULU WATERS.
November 1, 2007... Bandarlampung, Nov. 1 (ANTARA): A shallow earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale jolted Bengkulu waters at a depth of 10 km on Thursday at 6.15 am Western Indonesian Time (WIB). The epicenter of the earthquake was located at 4.98...

INDONESIA TO PLANT 79 MILLION TREES ACROSS COUNTRY.
November 1, 2007... Kendari, Oct 31 (ANTARA): President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will launch a tree planting campaign in Jonggol, West Java, on November 28 to promote reforestation efforts. On that day a total of 79 million trees would be planted in 78,433...

VP WILL OPEN ALL-INDONESIA YOUTH FESTIVAL.
November 1, 2007... Samarinda, E Kalimantan, Oct 31 (ANTARA): Vice President Jusuf Kalla was scheduled to open a four-day All-Indonesia Youth Festival which will be held here on November 14-17 this year. "The function was initially planned to be opened by...

AGAIN AFTERSHOCK HITS BENGKULU ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
November 1, 2007... Bengkulu, Oct 31 (ANTARA): Indonesia's Bengkulu province was again hit by an aftershock measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale on Wednesday at 10:54:43 p.m. local time. Coordinator of Bengkulu's Meteorology and Geophysics Agency Adjat Sudrajat...

RI MINISTER MAKING COMPARATIVE STUDY IN MALAYSIA.
November 2, 2007... Kuala Lumpur, Nov 2 (ANTARA): Indonesia's State Minister for Acceleration of Development of Disadvantaged Regions M Lukman Edi is making a comparative study at Universiti Malaya and the Federal Land Deveopment Authority (Felda) in Ipoh Perak,...

FIRST LADY HOPES NO MORE UNDERNOURISHED CHILDREN IN INDONESIA.
November 2, 2007... Banjarmasin, Nov 2 (ANTARA): First Lady Ani Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono called on mothers to take good care of their children, particularly those aged under five years old, by providing them with the best possible nutrition. "I should no...

AL-QIADAH'S TEACHINGS HERETICAL: MINISTER.
November 2, 2007... Pangkalpinang, Nov 2 (ANTARA): Minister/State Secretary Hatta Rajasa said the teachings of the al-Qiadah al-Islamiyah sect were heretical and had been banned by the government based on the advice of the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI). "The...

AGO TO DETERMINE AL-QIADAH SECT'S STATUS NEXT WEEK.
November 2, 2007... Jakarta, Nov 2 (ANTARA): The Attorney General's Office (AGO)will determine the status of the al-Qiadah al-Islamiyah sect next week, the AGO's chief said here on Friday. Attorney General Hendarman Supandji said his office would meet on...

AUSTRALIA TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR REDUCING GAS EMISSIONS IN INDONESIA.
November 2, 2007... Jakarta, Nov 2 (ANTARA): Indonesia is one of the countries to which Australia will give priority in the channeling of its Global Initiative on Forest Climate (GIFC) funds to finance efforts to reduce global CO2 gas emissions, a forestry...

MINISTERS BEGIN DISCUSSING CREATION OF NEW REMUNERATION SYSTEM FOR STATE OFFICIALS.
November 2, 2007... Jakarta, Nov 2 (ANTARA): Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati here Friday held a meeting with the government's three coordinating ministers to discuss the creation of a new system in the remuneration of state officials. "The president the...

Feature - SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT NEEDS MORE ACTIONS, LESS RHETORIC By Fardah.
November 2, 2007... Bangkok, Nov. 2 (ANTARA): As a child in Katmandu, Nepal, Surendra Shrestha was always able to see a white mountain from his home and it took only 15 minutes to go anywhere in the city and just five minutes to reach spots with views over green...

SEVEN AL-QIYADAH SECT MEMBERS IN SIDOARJO ARRESTED.
November 2, 2007... Sidoarjo, East Java, Nov 2 (ANTARA): Sidoarjo police have arrested seven Al Qiyadah Al Islamiyah sect members, five of whom are residents of Waru sub district and two residents of Sidoarjo town. One of the arrested sect followers is...

GARUDA PILOT NAMED SUSPECT IN YOGYA PLANE CRASH.
November 2, 2007... Jakarta, Nov 2 (ANTARA): Police have named Garuda pilot Marwoto Komar suspect in the March 7 fatal plane crash at Yogyakarta's Adi Sucipto Airport that killed 21 people. "He was named suspect shortly after the KNKT (National Transportation...

AIR FORCE, I.T.S EXPLORING POSSIBILITY OF DEVELOPING ARMAMENT SYSTEM.
November 2, 2007... Surabaya, E Java, Nov 2 (ANTARA): The Indonesian Air Force (TNI AU) and the November 10 Technology Institute of Surabaya (ITS) are looking into the possibility of cooperation in developing the military's main armament system. Both sides were...

SUTIYOSO: NO NEED FOR SURABAYA TO ADOPT BUSWAY.
November 2, 2007... Surabaya, Nov 2 (ANTARA): Former Jakarta Governor Sutiyoso believed there was no need for Surabaya to adopt the busway concept in trying to solve its road transportation problem. "Unless overcome soon, the transportation problem facing...

SHALLOW QUAKE STRIKES BENGKULU WATERS.
November 2, 2007... Bandarlampung, Nov 2 (ANTARA): A shallow quake measured at only 5.5 on the Richter scale was reported to strike Bengkulu sea on Friday at 10.20 West Indonesia Time. The Meteorology and Geophysics Agency (BMG) disclosed that the tremor...

INDONESIAN STUDENTS IN EUROPE CONCERNED ABOUT RI-MALAYSIA TIES.
November 2, 2007... Paris, Nov 2, (ANTARA): Students grouped in the European Network of Indonesian Students (PPI) expressed concern about the current rather sour relations between Indonesia and Malaysia. In a written statement sent to ANTARA on Friday, they...

TSUNAMI DETECTORS TO BEING INSTALLED IN EASTERN INDONESIAN PROVINCES.
November 2, 2007... Manado, Nov 2 (ANTARA): Meteorology and Geophysics Agency (BMG) will soon install around 13 earthquake and tsunami detectors in the eastern Indonesian provinces of North Sulawesi, Gorontalo and North Maluku, Manado BMG spokesman Subardjo said...

Rectification: TSUNAMI DETECTORS BEING INSTALLED IN EASTERN INDONESIAN PROVINCES.
November 2, 2007... Manado, Nov 2 (ANTARA): Meteorology and Geophysics Agency (BMG) will soon install around 13 earthquake and tsunami detectors in the eastern Indonesian provinces of North Sulawesi, Gorontalo and North Maluku, Manado BMG spokesman Subardjo said...

DUTCH DOCTORS TO PERFORM CATARACT SURGERY IN AMBON.
November 2, 2007... Ambon, Nov 2 (ANTARA): Two ophthalmologists from Vlisingen, the Netherlands, are expected to arrive in the eastern Indonesian city of Ambon to perform cataract surgery next month, local Health Service spokesman Hans Liesay said here on Friday....

GOVT URGED TO FAMILIARIZE PUBLIC ABOUT KYOTO PROTOCOL.
November 2, 2007... Jakarta, Nov 2 (ANTARA): The government should make intensive efforts to inform the public about the content and clarifications of the Kyoto Protocol which Indonesia ratified in 2004, an environmentalists said. "Although Indonesia has...

FOUR NORTH BARITO REGIONAL COUNCILLORS FAIL TO LEAVE FOR NEW ZEALAND.
November 2, 2007... Muara Teweh, C Kalimantan, Nov 2 (ANTARA): Four members of the North Barito Regional Legislative Council who were to accompany Central Kalimantan Govenor Teras Narang on a visit to New Zealand could not depart from Soekarno-Hatta airport on...

FRIDAY'S HEADLINES IN MAJOR INDONESIAN DAILIES.
November 2, 2007... Jakarta, Nov 1 (ANTARA): Following are headlines in some major Indonesian dailies: The Jakarta Post CLIMATE ADAPTATION FUNDS CENTER OF TALKS While most developing and developed countries can agree on the need to set up an adaptation...

US AMBASSADOR TO INDONESIA PROMOTES CHILDHOOD IMMUNIZATION.
November 2, 2007... Jakarta, Nov 2 (ANTARA): United States Ambassador to Indonesia Cameron Hume emphasized the importance of childhood immunizations during the Ministry of Health's National Child Immunization event at Menteng Park here on Monday, a US Embassy...

ASEAN MEDICAL COUNCIL MEETING IN BALI.
November 3, 2007... Denpasar, Bali, Nov. 3 (ANTARA): A three-day meeting of the ASEAN Medical Council (AMC) is being held in Bali, from October 2 to 4, 2007. The meeting is discussing efforts to establish regional cooperation in the medical field, Prof. Dr Biran...

MOUNT KELUD DECLARED ERUPTING.
November 3, 2007... Kediri, Nov 3 (ANTARA): Mount Kelud was declared as having erupted on Saturday afternoon at about 16:00 local time after deep tremors and small explosions shook one of Indonesia's deadliest volcanoes. Yhe frequemcy of tremors rattling...

SATURDAY HEADLINES IN MAJOR INDONESIAN DAILIES.
November 3, 2007... Jakarta, Nov 3 (ANTARA): Following are headlines in some major Indonesian dailies on Saturday: The Jakarta Post and Media Indonesia EX-MINISTER NAMED SUSPECT The Attorney General's Office on Friday named former state enterprises...

LANDSLIDE HITS FREEPORT MINING AREA, INJURING SEVERAL WORKERS.
November 3, 2007... Jayapura, Nov. 3 (ANTARA): A landslide hit a mining area of Freeport at mile 73, Tembagapura and injured several workers on Saturday, a spokesman of PT Freeport Indonesia Mindo Pangaribuan said. "The landslide has claimed no casualties, but it...

TRAIN TRANSPORTING PREMIUM OIL DERAILED IN MALANG E JAVA.
November 3, 2007... Malang, E Java, Nov 3 (ANTARA): Four of the ten train coaches transporting premium fuel oil derailed in Jalan Sartono area, Malang, East Java on Saturday. No immediate information on the causes of the train derailment but it was believed...

RI BEGINS FUNCTIONING AS UN SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
November 3, 2007... UN HQ, New York, Nov 2 (ANTARA): Indonesia began its one-month tenure as United Nations Security Council president here Friday by chairing a session to set the Council's agenda for November. The meeting proceeded smoothly and the agenda for...

MIMIKA BARU POLICE OFFICE ATTACKED BY LOCAL VILLAGERS.
November 3, 2007... Timika, Papua Province, Nov. 3 (ANTARA): Mimika Baru Police office was attacked by hundreds of local villagers on Saturday. The police office was seriously damaged by the attackers which used traditional weapons such as bows and arrows,...

NORTH MALUKU TO ESTABLISH COOPERATION IN ALMS COLLECTION WITH SYRIA, GERMANY, MALAYSIA.
November 3, 2007... Padang, West Sumatra, Nov. 3 (ANTARA): North Malaku plans to establish cooperation in alms collection and management with Syria, Malaysia and Germany, a local official said. "Alms managers from Syria, Germany and Malaysia have agreed to...

FIRE RAZES 30 HOUSES IN PENJARINGAN, NORTH JAKARTA.
November 3, 2007... Jakarta, Nov. 3 (ANTARA): Fire gutted 30 houses in the Penjaringan area, North Jakarta, Friday night. "We received a report on the blaze at around 10.25 pm Western Indonesian Time (WIB)," Slamet Rianto, an officer of the North Jakarta fire...

FOUR VILLAGES IN BANGKALAN SUFFERING CLEAN WATER SHORTAGE.
November 3, 2007... Bangkalan, Madura Island, Nov. 3 (ANTARA): Four villages in Bangkalan, Madura Island, East Java Province, have been facing clean water shortage over the past few weeks. The four villages were Banyuning Dajah, Banyuning Laok, Kelapayan and...

PAPUA VICE GOVERNOR ASKS US AMBASSADOR TO HELP SETTLE CONTRACT PROBLEM WITH FREEPORT.
November 3, 2007... Jayapura, Nov 2 (ANTARA): The vice governor of Indonesian province of Papua, Alek Hesegem, has asked US ambassador to Indonesia Camerun Hume to help settle the contract problem with copper and gold mining company PT Freeport Mc Moran operating...

NINE FOREIGN VARSITIES TO PARTICIPATE IN INDONESIAN ARTS FESTIVAL.
November 4, 2007... Denpasar, Nov 4 (ANTARA): At least nine foreign institutes of arts would take part in the 5th Indonesian Arts Festival to take place in Bali from November 21 to 25, 2007, Rector of the Indonesian Institute of Arts (ISI) I Wayan Rai S said. ...

SECURITY SITUATION TIMIKA UNDER CONTROL FOLLOWING ARSONS.
November 4, 2007... Timika,Papua, Nov 4 (ANTARA): A joint security force of the Police, the Army and the Airforce managed to overcome arsons on Sunday morning in Timika Indah area, Timika municipality, Mimika district, Papua province. Antara reported the...

NOT RIGHT TO RELATE HUMAN RIGHTS TO ACTS AGAINST MISLEADING SECTS: MUSLIM INTELLECTUALS.
November 4, 2007... Sana`a, Nov 4 (ANTARA): Relating human rights to acts against misleading religious sects in Indonesia is not legally right and thus the government should not hesitate to take stern measures against them with proper ways, Muslim intellectuals...

SUNDAY'S NEWSPAPER HEADLINES.
November 4, 2007... Jakarta, Nov 4 (ANTARA): The following are headlines of major Indonesian newspapers. The Jakarta Post PANIC SETS IN AS MT. KELUD ERUPTS Indonesia's Mount Kelud erupted Saturday, a volcanologist said, causing panic among residents...

PRESIDENT URGED TO INSTALL SYAMSUL BAHRI'S REPLACEMENT.
November 4, 2007... Jakarta, Nov 3 (ANTARA): President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has been urged to immediately approve and install another member of the General Election Commission (KPU) in replacement of Syamsul Bahri who has been named a suspect in a corruption...

GOVT TO FORCE MT KELUD SLOPE RESIDENTS TO EVACUATE.
November 4, 2007... Denpasar, Bali, Nov 3 (ANTARA): The government will force people living on the slopes of Mount Kelud in East Java to evacuate to refugee camps immediately as the volcano's activity has reached the level of an eruption, a cabinet minister...

MIMIKA MOBS TAKE AWAY SOLDIER'S, POLICEMAN'S FIRE ARMS.
November 4, 2007... Timika, Papua, Nov 3 (ANTARA): Street mobs in the unrest over a local policeman's death here took away the fire arms of a soldier and police officer who were on duty to help maintain public order, police said. Speaking to Antara here on...

JAKARTA'S CATWALKS TO FEATURE THE BEST AUSTRALIAN FASHION.
November 5, 2007... Jakarta, Oct 5 (ANTARA): The best of Australian fashion will be on show on Jakarta?s catwalks this month as some of the country?s top designers display their latest spring/summer collections, According to the Australian Embassy here on Monday....

PRESIDENT SUPPORTS STIFF ACTIONS AGAINST MISLEADING SECTS.
November 5, 2007... Jakarta, Nov 5 (ANTARA): President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has expressed support for the taking of stern actions against misleading religious sects following an edict of the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI). "The MUI has made 13 points . The...

AUSTRALIAN, BRITON DEPORTED FROM TANGERANG AREA.
November 5, 2007... Tangerang, Banten, Nov 5 (ANTARA): ? An Australian initialed with SL and British NSCE were deported from Tangerang area for overstaying their visa, a local official said. The Australian and British nationals aged 38 and 41 respectively were...

PEFINDO UPGRADES ASTRA GRAPHIA'S RATINGS TO "idA" FROM "idA-".
November 5, 2007... Jakarta, Nov. 5 (ANTARA): Indonesian rating agency Pefindo has upgraded the ratings of PT Astra Graphia Tbk (ASGR) and its bond I/2003 of Rp150 billion to become "idA" from "idA-" previously, with a stable prospect. Based on the financial...

PEFINDO REAFFIRMS UNGGUL INDAH CAHAYA'S RATINGS.
November 5, 2007... Jakarta, Nov. 5 (ANTARA): Rating agency Pefindo has reaffirmed its "idA-" ratings for publicly-listed PT Unggul Indah Cahaya (UNIC) Tbk and the company's five-year-period bond I/2003 of Rp600 billion due in 2008. Based on its unaudited...

12 CANADIAN INVESTORS EYE ON E KALIMANTAN'S POTENTIALS.
November 5, 2007... Samarinda, E Kalimantan, Nov 5 (ANTARA): ? Twelve Canadian institutional investors which are grouped in a trade delegation have been exploring possibility of making investment in East Kalimantan, a report has said. The wish was revealed...

US CONSULATE OBSERVES REGIONAL ELECTION IN SOUTH SULAWESI.
November 5, 2007... Makassar, Nov 5 (ANTARA): United States Consulate in Surabaya, East Java, participated in obsrving the process of regional election in Makassar, South Sulawesi on Monday. Before making the observation, US Consulate General official Jeffrey...

JAKARTA'S CATWALKS TO FEATURE BEST OF AUSTRALIAN FASHION.
November 5, 2007... Jakarta, Nov 5 (ANTARA): The best of Australian fashion will be on show on Jakarta's catwalks this month as some of the country's top designers display their latest spring/summer collections, according to the Australian Embassy here on Monday....

SIX KILLED IN BUS-TRUCK COLLISION IN W JAVA.
November 5, 2007... Subang, W Java, Nov 5 (ANTARA): Six people were killed and 17 others injured when a passenger bus and diesel-colt truck collided in Northern Java's highway on Subang district, West Java, on Monday morning. The accident happened on Jl Prapatan...

POSSIBLE WESTERN EMBARGO TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN AIR FORCE'S FIGHTER REPLACEMENT PLAN.
November 5, 2007... Lumajang, E Java, Oct 5 (ANTARA): The Air Force has made careful provisions for the possibility of a military embargo by the West in its fighter-plane replacement program, Air Force Chief Marshal Herman Prayitno said here on Monday. "We have...

MT SEMERU SHOWING SIGNS OF DECLINING ACTIVITY.
November 5, 2007... Lumajang, E Java, Nov 5 (ANTARA): Mount Semeru in East Java province showed signs of declining activity in the past week, spewing ashes 15 to 17 times once every four hours. The declining activity however caused residents to worry about a...

21 AL QIYADAH FOLLOWERS IN KARANGANYAR GIVE THEMSELVES UP.
November 5, 2007... Karanganyar, Nov 5 (ANTARA): Twenty one followers of the Al Qiyadah Al Islamiah sect hailing from some parts of Karanganyar regency on Monday gave themselves up to the police for protection. Karanganyar police chief Adjunct Senior...

INT'L CONFAB OF ISLAMIC YOUTH TRADE BUSINESSES TO BE HELD IN JAKARTA.
November 5, 2007... Jakarta, Nov 5 (ANTARA): An International Conference of Islamic Youth Trade Businesses and Industrial Exhibition will be held at the Jakarta Convention Center here on August 9-18, 2008. Speaking in an interview here on Monday, General...

BIRD FLU DEATH TOLL REACHES 90.
November 5, 2007... Jakarta, Nov 5 (ANTARA): The number of deaths from bird flu in Indonesia reached 90 after a woman in Tangerang, West Java, was confirmed to have died of the virus on Saturday. "Until now a total of 112 have been infected with the virus and...

EX-MINISTER LAKSAMANA SUKARDI SUMMONED BY AGO AS SUSPECT.
November 5, 2007... Nusa Dua, Nov 5 (ANTARA): Attorney General Hendarman Supandji said here Monday his office had summoned former state enterprises minister Laksamana Sukardi for questioning as a suspect in alleged corruption in the sale of two Very Large...

BENGKULU'S DRIED UNHULLED PADDY PRODUCTION UP BY 24.9 PERCENT.
November 5, 2007... Bengkulu, Nov 5 (ANTARA): Bengkulu province's dried unhulled paddy until the third planting season in October 2007 increased by 24.9 percent compared the volume by the end of 2006, head of the Bengkulu agriculture and food security service...

PARLIAMENT IN SESSION AGAIN AFTER RECESS.
November 5, 2007... Jakarta, Nov. 5 (ANTARA): The Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) here Monday met in plenary to mark the beginning of its second sitting for the 2007-2008 period after a recess since last October 9. The House's second sitting in...

NTT ANIMAL HUSBANDRY SERVICE CULLS 1,500 CHICKENS.
November 5, 2007... Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), Nov. 5 (ANTARA): The East Nusa Teggara provincial animal husbandry service has culled around 1,500 chickens in Kupang, the provincial capital, in anticipation of a possible bird flu outbreak. "Around 6,950...

INDONESIAN EMBASSY TO HOLD MUSIC CONCERT IN BEIJING.
November 5, 2007... Beijing, Oct 5 (ANTARA): The Indonesian Embassy in Beijing will organize a music concert themed:"The Rhythms of Indonesia," at Beijing's Concert Hall at 7.30 pm local time on Wednesday. "The concert will be held to promote Indonesia's arts and...

RI MIGRANT WORKERS COMPLAIN ABOUT SLOW PROCESS IN PASSPORT ISSUANCE IN HONG KONG.
November 5, 2007... Pontianak, W Kalimantan, Nov 5 (ANTARA): The Indonesian Manpower Association-Hong Kong (ATKI-HK) has complained that the issuance of passports to Indonesian migrant workers in Macao by the Indonesian consulate general in Hong Kong was a very...

SPEAKER CALLS ON PEOPLE TO REMAIN COOL-HEADED IN DEALING WITH AL-QIYADAH.
November 5, 2007... Jakarta, Nov. 5 (ANTARA): House of Representatives (DPR) Speaker Agung Laksono has urged the people not to be too emotional and to avoid taking the law into their own hands in dealing with the controversial Al-Qiyadah sect. Speaking when...

AUSTRALIAN TO IMPROVE COORDINATION ON PREVENTION OF ILLEGAL FISHING.
November 5, 2007... Kupang, Nov 5 (ANTARA): Australian government continues to improve coordination with related parties in East Nusa Tenggara Province (NTT) in an effort to prevent illegal fishing, NTT provincial administration spokesman Yos Mamulak said here on...

MONDAY'S NEWSPAPER HEADLINES.
November 5, 2007... Jakarta, Nov 5 (ANTARA): The following are headlines of major Indonesian dailies. The Jakarta Post CALIPHATE NOT PART OF KORAN: NU The idea of the Caliphate, or Islamic state, has no basis in the Koran or Hadiths, the sayings and...

MOTHER OF TWO DIES SUSPECTEDLY OF BIRDFLU IN TANGERANG.
November 5, 2007... Tangerang, Banten, Nov 4 (ANTARA): A resident of Tangerang in Banten province was believed to have died of birdflu after being treated in a hospital in Jakarta. Et (30), a mother of two, died at around 12.30 p.m at Persahabatan Hospital in...

FIRST LADY TAKES PART IN NAT'L OSTEOPOROSIS DAY COMMEMORATION.
November 5, 2007... Jakarta, Oct 4 (ANTARA): Indonesian First Lady Ani Yudhoyono along with thousands of people marched from the National Monument (Monas) park to the Hotel Indonesia roundabout in Central Jakarta to commemorate National Osteoporosis Day on Sunday....

AUSTRALIAN INVESTORS INTERESTED IN BUILDING RETIREMENT VILLAGE IN BALI.
November 5, 2007... Brisbane, Nov 4 (ANTARA): Some Australian investors are interested in doing business in Indonesia's popular island resort of Bali where they can build an international hospital, a retirement village for Australian pensioners, and a luxurious...