ANT - LKBN ANTARA (Indonesia) articles from October 2006

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POLITICS - PRESIDENT LEADS CEREMONY TO MARK G-30-S TRAGEDY.
October 1, 2006... Jakarta, Oct 1 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono led a ceremony at Lubang Buaya Monument in East Jakarta to mark the September 30, 1965 tragedy sparked by failed coup attempt by then communiist party PKI. The president...

POLITICS - SECURITY TIGHTENED ON ANNIVERSARY OF 2ND BALI BOMBING.
October 1, 2006... Denpasar, Oct 1 (ANTARA) - Police in Bali rightened security on the first anniversary of the second bombing incident on the island on Sunday. Hundreds of police officers in uniform and in plain clothes were seen guarding a hotel in...

POLITICS - POLICE SEND REINFROCEMENTS TO POSO.
October 1, 2006... Jakarta, Oct 1 (ANTARA) - Police have sent reinforcements to Poso, Central Sulawesi, to maintain security there following three bomb explosions at dawn on Sunday. "Eight more companies of police personnel from neighbouring regional police...

FOUR DEPOK LEGISLATIVE FACTIONS REJECT REPLACEMENT OF REGIONAL SECRETARY.
October 1, 2006... Depok, Oct 1 (ANTARA) - Depok city councillor of the Prosperious Justice Party (PKS) Muttaqin referring to the replacement of the Depok regional administration secretary said the Golkar, PB, PAN and PDIP factions of the local legislative...

THICK SMOG BECOMES INCREASINGLY UNCONTROLLABLE, SAYS JAMBI DEPUTY GOVERNOR.
October 1, 2006... Jambi, Oct 1 (ANTARA) - Jambi deputy governor Antony Zeidra Abidin held an impromptu meeting with a number of the heads of agencies and related authorities under his administration on Sunday to deal with the increasingly thickening fog over...

POLITIK - KALLA BERDOA UNTUK BANGSA INDONESIA DI DEPAN KABAH.
October 1, 2006... Mekah, 1/10 (ANTARA) - Setelah menyelesaikan diplomasi ke Amerika Serikat (AS) dan Spanyol untuk membeberkan kiat-kiat penyelesaian damai Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam (NAD) dan Poso kepada para juru runding pemerintah yang negerinya masih dilanda...

GOVT URGED TO POST MORE POLICE LIAISON OFFICERS ABROAD.
October 2, 2006... Jakarta, Oct 2 (ANTARA) - The National Police (Polri) Headquarters has asked the government to post more police liaison officers abroad as the frequeny of inter-state crimes in the past few years has increased, a spokeman said. "Dozens of...

SE SULAWESI MANPOWER OFFICE RECRUITING MORE AD HOC INDUSTRIAL COURT JUDGES.
October 2, 2006... Kendari, Oct 2 (ANTARA) - The Southeast Sulawesi Transmigration and Manpower Office has reopened the opportunity for interested candidates to work as ad hoc judges at industrial relations courts (PHI) at provincial level, a spokeksmn said. ...

MUHAMMADIYAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENT TO REPRESENT RI AT MATH OLYMPIAD.
October 2, 2006... Jember, Oct 2 (ANTARA) - Achmad Mutafakkir, a student at Muhammadiyah Eelementry School I here together with other members of an Indonesian team, will participate in the 3rd International Mathematics and Science Olympiad (IMSO) November 12-17,...

DA SILVA'S FAMILY DO NOT WANT HIS BODY EXHUMED FOR AUTOPSY.
October 2, 2006... Kupang, Oct 2 (ANTARA) - The extended family of Dominggus da Silva in the Sikka district town of Maumere, East Nusa Tenggara, do not want his body exhumed for an autopsy, Sikka police chief Adjunct Senior Commissioner Endang Syafruddin told...

POLITICS - TNI DENIES LINK WITH ADMIRAL HELD IN U. S.
October 2, 2006... Jakarta, Oct 2 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian Military (TNI) has denied any links with a retired admiral arrested in the United States last week for allegedly conspiring to sell arms and equipment to Sri Lanka rebels and Indonesian customers, the...

POLITICS - PALESTINE ASKS FOR POLITICAL SUPPORT FROM INDONESIA.
October 2, 2006... Jakarta, Octo 2 (ANTARA) - The Imam of Palestine's Al Aqsa mosque, Syeikh Mohd Siyyam, said Palestine does not yet need volunteers from Indonesia but does need political, material and spiritual support. "We have a surplus of Mujahidin...

VIETNAMESE RICE BELIEVED IMPORTED ILLEGALLY INTO INDONESIA.
October 2, 2006... Semarang, C Java, Oct 2 (ANTARA) - The chairman of the Central Java Legislative Council (DPDR)'s Commission B, Khafid Shirotudin, said he believed that imported rice had entered Central Java and low-qualty rice from Vietnam had even been...

GENERAL ELECTIONS ORGANIZER BILL SHOULD BE ADJUSTABLE TO FOLLOW-UP POLITICAL COMPROMISES : PAN.
October 2, 2006... Jakarta, Oct 2 (ANTARA) - The various political understandings reached in discussions on the Bill on the General Elections Organizer should still be adjustable to follow-up political compromises achieved in delberations on other political bills...

GOVT SHOULD NOT WORRY ABOUT CAPITAL FLIGHT, SAYS OBSERVER.
October 2, 2006... Jakarta, Oct 2 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian government should not worry about foreign capital flight as many factors in Inonesia were still attractive to foreign investors, an observer said. "Both local and foreign investors will not easily...

SEPTEMBER INFLATION RATE RECORDED AT 0.38 PCT.
October 2, 2006... Jakarta, Oct 2 (ANTARA) - The inflation rate in Indonesia last September was recorded at 0.38 percent or slightly up from 0.33 percent in August, the Central bureau of Statistics (BPS) said here Monday. The inflation rate in the...

HUMPUS INTERMODA MADE NET PROFIT OF US$9.3 MILLION IN FIRST SEMESTER 2006.
October 2, 2006... Jakarta, Oct 2 (ANTARA) - Publicly-listed sea transportation service company PT Humpus Intermoda (HITS) reported here Monday that it made a net profit of Rp93.03 billion (US$9.3 million) in the first semester of this year. The figure...

FOREIGN ELEMENTS TO HELP SCHOOL DROPOUTS IN WEST NUSA TENGGARA.
October 2, 2006... Mataram, Oct 2 (ANTARA) - A number of elements in the United Nations will help school dropouts in some districts of West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) province, a reliable source said. Speaking to the press here on Monday, the chairwoman of the NTB...

BANK NIAGA CHIEF TO RESIGN LATE THIS YEAR.
October 2, 2006... Jakarta, Oct 2 (ANTARA) - Bank Niaga President Director Peter B. Stock has expressed his intention to resign from his post at the bank at the end of 2006, a bank spokeman said. "Mr Stock has made known his intention to resign as Bank Niaga...

FINANCE MINISTER TO ISSUE DECREE TO FOLLOW UP ON GOVT REGULATION.
October 2, 2006... Jakarta, Oct 2 (ANTARA) -- The Finance Ministry would soon issue a regulation on state bank credit restructuring procedures and mechanism following the approval of amended government regulation No. 14/2005 on state/province credit hair-cut...

FORMER RI DIPLOMAT IN PENANG CONVICTED FOR CORRUPTION.
October 2, 2006... Jakarta, Oct 2 (ANTARA) - The Corruption Court here Monday sentenced former head of the Immigration Subsection at the Indonesian Consulate General in Penang, Malaysia, Muhammad Chusnul Yakin Payapo, to two years and five months in jail for...

TWO PEOPLE MISSING IN DEADLY BOAT COLLISION IN MAHAKAM RIVER.
October 2, 2006... Samarinda, E. Kalimantan, Oct 2 (ANTARA)- Two people from Kutai Kartanegara district, East Kalimantan province were reportedly missing in a deadly collision between a speedboat and "Ketinting" canoe in Sanga-Sanga Estuary of Mahakam river here...

POLITICS - ERIC IS NOT TNI'S PARTNER FOR ARMS PURCHASE: DEFENSE MINISTRY.
October 2, 2006... Jakarta, Oct 2 (ANTARA) - The Defense Ministry said here on Monday that Eric Wotulo, a retired navy officer who was arrested by the United States authorities for alleged arms smuggling was not its partner for weaponry purchase. "He is a...

HOUSE SPEAKER WORRIED ABOUT CASE OF EX-SOLDIER'S INVOLVEMENT IN ARMS SMUGGLING.
October 2, 2006... Jakarta, Oct 2 (ANTARA) - Speaker of the House of Representatives (DPR) Agung Laksono expressed concern here on Monday over the recurrence of arms smuggling allegedly involving an ex-military member. "We regretted it and are ashamed of it," he...

SMOG DISRUPTS ROAD TRAFFICK IN WEST KALIMANTAN.
October 2, 2006... Singkawang, Oct 2 (ANTARA) - The thick smog which for the past week had been blanketing West Kalimantan, has starting posing a serious nuisance to road traffic from and to Pontianak. Indra, a resident of Pontianak said in Singkawang on...

IMMIGRATION PROBLEM IS LARGELY OF SECURITY: MINISTER.
October 2, 2006... Jakarta, Oct 2 (ANTARA)- Legal and Human Rights Minister Hamid Awaluddin said the problem facinc the immigration office was largely on security rather than administration because it concerned the flow of human traffic into or out of the...

OFFICIALS NOT ALLOWED TO RECEIVE PARCELS.
October 2, 2006... Jakarta, Oct 2 (ANTARA) - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) reiterated that state officials were not allowed to receive parcels as it was against the law on state officials, KPK's deputy chief for preventive affairs, Waluyo, said here...

BPS; INFLATION IN OCTOBER TO DROP BELOW TWO DIGITS.
October 2, 2006... Jakarta, Oct 2 (ANTARA) - The Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) predicts year-on-year inflation in October will drop below two digits after reaching 14.55 percent in September. "God willing, year-on-year inflation next month will be below...

HEADLINES OF INDONESIAN MAJOR NEWSPAPERS ON TUESDAY.
October 3, 2006... Jakarta, Oct. 3 (ANTARA) - Following are headlines of Indonesian major newspapers on Tuesday. The Jakarta Post LAPINDO TOLD TO FIND JOBS FOR 3,000 Manpower and Transmigration Minister Erman Suparno asked PT Lapindo Brantas on Monday...

AG OFFICE INVESTIGATES ISSUANCE OF HISTORY BOOK FOR 2004 CURRICULUM.
October 3, 2006... Jakarta, Oct 3 (ANTARA) - The Attorney General Office will continue to investigate the issuance of the History Textbook for the 2004 Curriculum up on the request of the Minister for National Education Bambang Sudibyo, a junior attorney said on...

114 INDONESIANS LEAVE FOR JAPAN FOR SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM.
October 3, 2006... Jakarta, Oct 3 (ANTARA) - Some 114 Indonesians students will leave for Japan to continue their education in a several fields of study under a scholarship from Japanese government, a press statement from the Japanese Embassy said on Tuesday. ...

FIRST COURT SESSION OPENED FOR HILTON CORRUPTION CASE.
October 3, 2006... Jakarta, Oct 3 (ANTARA) - The Central Jakarta District Court on Tuesday began trying four people for their alleged part in a corruption case over the unlawful extension of Hilton Hotel's building construction right. The four are the...

TRUCKS, CONTAINERS BANNED FROM OPERATING IN JAVA DURING IDUL FITRI FESTIVITY.
October 3, 2006... Jakarta, Oct 3 (ANTARA) - The Transportation Ministry banned the operation of trucks and containers in populous Java beginning Oct 20 or four days before the Idul Fitri festivity, an official has said. "The prohibition was made every year to...

MANDALA AIRPLANE SKIDS RUNWAYS IN TARAKAN, KALIMANTAN.
October 3, 2006... Tarakan, E Kalimantan, Oct 3 (ANTARA) - A Boeing 373-200 of PT Mandala Airlines skidded the runway when it landed at Tarakan's Juata International airport at 11 a. M local time here on Tuesday. The Mandala aircraft was flying from Balikpapan's...

LEGISLATOR ASKS EMBASSY IN WASHINGTON TO ASSIST ERIC WOTULO.
October 3, 2006... Jakarta, Oct 3 (ANTARA) - House of Represetatives (DPR) Commission I member Suripto has asked the Foreign Affairs Ministry and the Indonesian Embassy in Washington DC to provide consular assistance to retired Indonesian serviceman Eric Wotulo...

EXAMINATIONS ON EX-DETECTIVE CHIEF HAMPERED BY HEALTH.
October 3, 2006... Jakarta, Oct 3 (ANTARA) - The questioning process of former chief of Police's Detective and Crimes Department retired Com. Gen. Erwin Mappaseng who was linked to the Bank BNI success fee amounting to Rp2.25 billion was hampared by his health...

POLICE YET TO NAME SUSPECTS IN POSO BOMB BLASTS.
October 3, 2006... Jakarta, Oct 3 (ANTARA) - Central Sulawesi police have yet to name any suspect in the series of bomb blasts and destruction of the Pamona Timor police station in Poso over the weekend, National Police spokesman Brig Gen Anton Bachrul Alam said...

PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO SHOULD ASK US TO RESPECT RI'S SOVEREIGNTY: LEGISLATOR.
October 3, 2006... Jakarta, Oct 3 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono shoul ask the US to respect Indonesia's sovereignty amd intyegrity in his meeting with US President George W Bush here after the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in...

MILY SENDS TWO PLATOONS OF TROOPS TO POSO.
October 3, 2006... Jakarta, Oct 3 (ANTARA) - The National Defence Force (TNI) has sent two platoons of troops to help police keep peace and order in the eastern Indonesian town of Poso as tension is escalating in the wake of the execution on Sept 22 of three...

SAMARITAN'S PURSE ASKED TO LEAVE NORTH SUMATRA.
October 3, 2006... Medan, North Sumatra, Oct 3 (ANTARA) - Indonesia's social affairs minister has issued an instruction asking a foreign non-governmental organization (NGO), Samaritan's Purse, to immediately leave North Sumatra, for illegal practice of converting...

BALINESE HINDUS TO JOIN RELIGIOUS TOUR TO INDIA AND NEPAL.
October 3, 2006... Denpasar, Oct 3 (ANTARA) - Some 21 Balinese Hindus will join a religious journey to India and Nepal, from October 13 to 24, 2006. "The group will be the fourth this year and another group will leave next November, " Director of "Krisnanda Gita...

HAZE BLAMED FOR MANDALA PLANE ACCIDENT IN KALIMANTAN.
October 3, 2006... Jakarta, Oct 3 (ANTARA) - Short range of visibility due to thick haze has caused a Mandala aircraft to skid the runway of Tarakan's Juata International airport, East Kalimantan at 11.30 a. M local time on Tuesday, PT Mandala Airlines Spokesman...

RI NAVY TO BUY TWO CORVETTES FROM NETHERLANDS.
October 3, 2006... Jakarta, Oct 3 (ANTARA) - Navy Chief of Staff Admiral Slamet Soebijanto said the Navy would continue with its plan to purchase two corvettes of the Sigma II-IV Class from the Netherlands as provided for in its strategic plan (Renstra) for the...

PRESIDENT ISSUES PERMISSION FOR QUESTIONING OF 9 DISTRICT HEADS.
October 3, 2006... Jakarta, Oct 3 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has issued a written statement permiting the questioning of nine district heads and deputy district heads for their alleged involvement in corruption and defamation cases,...

BANKS READY TO DISBURSE YOGYAKARTA RECONSTRUCTION FUND.
October 3, 2006... Yogyakarta, Oct 3 (ANTARA) - Some banks in Yogyakarta special province were ready to channel the first batch of reconstruction program fund to Seloharjo village in Pundong subdistrict in Bantul district which was severely hit by earthquake last...

PANINBANK NAMED BEST DOMESTIC PROVIDER OF FX SERVICES.
October 3, 2006... Jakarta, Oct 3 (ANTARA) - Indonesia's Panin Bank was named the best domestic provider of FX services by Hong Kong-based Asia Money magazine, a spokesperson said here Tuesday. More than 1,000 respondents comprised of senior Asia-Pacific...

TNI RESPECTS US LEGAL PROCESS AGAINST ERIC WOTULO.
October 3, 2006... Jakarta, Oct 3 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian National Defence Forces (TNI) Headquartes respects the United States legal process against retired Indonesian serviceman Brig Gen Eric Wotulo who was allegedly involved in arms smuggling from the US, TNI...

SOME 120 COUNTRIES SUPPORT RI'S BID FOR UNSC NON-PERMANENT MEMBERSHIP.
October 3, 2006... Jakarta, Oct 3 (ANTARA) - At least 120 countries or two-thirds of the UN membership have expressed support for Indonesia's bid to get elected as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), a Foreign Ministry spokesman...

GOVT LOWERS PRICES OF GENERIC DRUGS AGAIN.
October 3, 2006... Jakarta, Oct 3 (ANTARA) - The government has once again lowered the prices of generic drugs with the aim of putting them within the finacial reach of all segments of the Indonesian public, a senior health minsitry official said. "The...

BJ HABIBIE'S BOOK TO BE TRANSLATED INTO FOREIGN LANGUAGES.
October 3, 2006... Jakarta, Oct 3 (ANTARA) - Former Preident BJ Habibie's best-salling book "Detik-Detik Yang Menentukan: Jalan Panjang Indonesia Menuju Demokrasi" (The Decisive Moments : Indonsia's Long Path toward Democracy) will be published into several...

PAPUA COOPERATIVES OFFICE TO BUILD MARKETS IN AREAS BORDERING PNG.
October 3, 2006... Jayapura, Irian Jaya, Oct 3 (ANTARA) - Papua province's cooperatives and small-scale enterprises office (UKM) will this year start building markets in a number of subdistricts bordering Papua New Guinea (PNG), a spokesman said. "The first...

STOP VIOLENCE IN POSO, MPR CHAIRMAN SAYS.
October 3, 2006... Jakarta, Oct 3 (ANTARA) - Chairman of the People's Consultative Assemby (MPR) Hidayat Nurwahid said violence and acts of terrorism in Poso should be stopped. Speaking to reporters at the MPR building here on Tuesday, Nurwahid said the...

MASSIVE FLOOD INUNDATES 166 HOUSES IN SOUTH ACEH.
October 3, 2006... Banda Aceh, Aceh, Oct 3 (ANTARA)- A massive flood inundated at least 166 houses in South Aceh, Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam (NAD) province, on Monday (Oct.2) due to the overflowing of the Singkil River after incessant rains in the past two days, an...

THICK HAZE DELAYS JAKARTA-PONTIANAK MORNING FLIGHTS.
October 3, 2006... Pontianak, W Kalimantan, Oct 3 (ANTARA) - Commerial morning flihts from Jakarta to Pontianak, West Kalimantan, and vice versa were delayed on Tuesday due to thick haze which greatly reduced visibility at Pontanak's Supadio airport, the head of...

BENGKULU ADMINISTRATION ASKED TO REPORT PROVINCE'S SEVEN ISLANDS TO CENTRAL GOVT.
October 3, 2006... Bengkulu, Oct 3 (ANTARA) - The Bengkulu legislative assembly (DPRD) has asked the provincial administration to soon report on seven islands located in the province's waters to the Ministry of Home Affairs so that they would be put on the...

IMPORTED RICE CASE SEEMED TO BE FORCED, SAYS ACTIVIST.
October 3, 2006... Jakarta, Oct 3 (ANTARA) - The judges at the North Jakarta district court was told to be prudent in dealing with three defendants in the case of 60,000 tons of rice imported from Vietnam because the issue seemed to have been forcedly switched...

COMMUNITY GIVEN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN FOREST CONSERVATION.
October 3, 2006... Jakarta, Oct 3 (ANTARA) -- The Forestry Ministry will give an opportunity to the community living in or near forests on Java island to actively participate in forest conservation as part of efforts to revitalize the forestry sector. ...

MUD FROM LAPINDO USEFUL FOR FISH BREEDING.
October 3, 2006... Surabaya, E Java, Oct 3 (ANTARA) - The mud from Lapindo which had flowed into Porong, Sidorjo district, East Java, can be used not only as building material and for land reclamation, but also for fish breeding, a senior official said. "It...

MUI: DECAPITATION NOT A MUST IN ISLAM'S WAYS OF EXECUTION.
October 3, 2006... Jakarta, Oct 3 (ANTARA) - Chairman of the Indonesian Ulemas Council (MUI) KH Ma'ruf Amin has said that capital punishment exists in Islam, but it did not specify the methods of execution like decapitation or any other forms. "In the olden...

HUNDREDS OF HOMES BADLY INUNDATED BY FLASH FLOOD IN ACEH SELATAN.
October 3, 2006... Tapaktuan, Aceh, Oct 3 (ANTARA) - Hundreds of houses in Kapai Sesak and Krueng Luah villages, Trumon Timur subdistrict, Aceh Selatan regency, were badly inundated by the overflow of the river in the area on Tuesday, but that had been no...

HEADLINES OF INDONESIAN NEWSPAPERS ON WEDNESDAY.
October 4, 2006... Jakarta, Oct. 4 (ANTARA) Following are headlines of Indonesian major newspapers on Wednesday. The Jakarta Post PAPUA KAMPONGS TO GET FUNDING Papua Governor Barnabas Suebu has earmarked Rp100 million (US$10,852) in special autonomy...

INDON VEEP HOLDS MEETING WITH OIC SECRETARY GENERAL.
October 4, 2006... Jakarta, Oct. 4 (ANTARA) - The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC), Prof Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, held a fruitful meeting with Indonesian Vice President Yusuf Kalla, at the OIC Headquarters in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia,...

JAPAN DONATES RP3 BILLION FOR ARMED-CONFLICT VICTIMS IN ACEH.
October 4, 2006... Banda Aceh, Oct 4 (ANTARA) - The Japanese government has supported the peace process in Naggroe Aceh Darussalam (NAD) by contributing Rp3 billion in funds to help armed-conflict victims in the province develop small-scale businesses, Japanese...

US OFFERING NEW SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES TO INDONESIAN STUDENTS.
October 4, 2006... Jakarta, Oct. 4 (ANTARA) - The United States is offering Indonesian students new opportunities to study with US scholarships under its Community College Summit Initiative Program, an official report said. Administered by the American...

SOME 570 HOT SPOTS DETECTED IN SUMATRA.
October 4, 2006... Batam, Kepri, Oct 4 (ANTARA) - Some 570 hot spots were recently detected on Sumatra Island, especially in Riau, Jambi and South Sumatra provinces, Channel News Asia (CNA) reported on Tuesday. Indonesia's neighbor Singapore recorded 62 in the...

WATER POLO - BALI HOSTS ASIAN WATER POLO REFEREE WORKSHOP.
October 4, 2006... Surabaya, E Java, Oct 4 (ANTARA) - Two East Java water polo referees will join 15 of their colleagues from across Indonesia in an Asian water polo referee workshop to take place in Nusa Dua, Bali on October 5-9. "The workshop is, among...

TNI CHIEF AFFIRMS TNI NOT INVOLVED IN ILLEGAL ARMS CASE.
October 4, 2006... Jakarta, Oct 4 (ANTARA) - Chief of the Indonesian Military (TNI) Marshal Djoko Suyanto has affirmed that TNI is not involved in the case of illegal arms purchase conducted by four Indonesians in Guam, the United States. Suyanto made the...

JAKARTA POLICE SHOOT DEAD AFRICAN INVOLVED IN DRUG TRAFFICKING.
October 4, 2006... Jakarta, Oct 4 (ANTARA) - Jakarta narcotics police on Wednesday fatally shot Eric, a national of an African country, who tried to make his escape after being arrested in connection with a drug offence. "As he did not listen to three warning...

BRA TO DISTRIBUTE REINTEGRATION FUNDS AMONG CONFLICT VICTIMS.
October 4, 2006... Banda Aceh, Oct 4 (ANTARA) - The Aceh Peace Reintegration Board (BRA) will distribute reintegration funds among conflict victims in the western Indonesian province of Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam in late November after rural dialog has been...

POLICE WATCH: POLICE CHIEF NEEDS TO EXPLAIN HIKE IN HIS WEALTH.
October 4, 2006... Jakarta, Oct 4 (ANTARA) - Presidium Chairman of the Indonesian Police Watch (IPW) Neta S Pane said National Police (Polri) Chief Gen. Sutanto should transparently explain the increase in his wealth by 150 percent from Rp2.4 billion as of...

MARINE CLAIMS SELLING TNT TO HELP PEOPLE CATCHING FISH.
October 4, 2006... Surabaya, E Java, Oct 4 (ANTARA) ? A marine with a sergeant chief rank said he and his wife sold TNT for fishermen who used the explosive to catch fish, an official said here Wednesday. The marine identified only AH claimed that the TNT was...

DINAS PU PAPUA DIMINTA BENTUK TIM PANTAU PROYEK TALUD.
October 4, 2006... Serui, 4/10 (ANTARA) - Dinas Pekerjaan Umum (PU) Provinsi Papua melalui Sub Dinas (Subdin) Cipta Karya diminta membentuk tim, guna memantau langsung proyek pembangunan talud di Kampung Banawa dan Maryadei, Kabupaten Yapen yang kini...

MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE IMPOSES IMPORT DUTY ON IMPORTED FRUITS.
October 4, 2006... Jakarta, Oct 4 (ANTARA) - The Agriculture Ministry has clamped a 25-percent duty on import of fruits and a number of other hoticultural commodities in an effort to stem their flow into the country during the national religious holday season , a...

DUTCH DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION MINISTER TO VISIT RI.
October 4, 2006... Jakarta, Oct 4 (ANTARA)- Netherlands Minister for Development Cooperation Agnes van Ardenne-van der Hoeven will visit Indonesia on Oct 8-12 to monitor the progress achieved in post-tsunami reconstruction activities in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam....

NGO: POLICE CHIEF MUST EXPLAIN HIKE IN HIS WEALTH.
October 4, 2006... Jakarta, Oct 4 (ANTARA)- Chairman of the Indonesian Police Watch (IPW) Neta S Pane said National Police (Polri) Chief Gen. Sutanto should transparently explain an increase in his wealth by 150 percent from Rp2.4 billion as of December 27, 2001,...

HOUSE TO FORM AUDIT TEAM TO FOLLOW UP BPK'S FINDING.
October 4, 2006... Depok, W Java, Oct 4 (ANTARA)- House of Representatives (DPR) Chairman Agung Laksono said on Wednesday the House will soon form an audit team to look into State Audit Board (BPK)'s finding on unaccounted assets worth Rp35.6 trillion in six...

HOUSE SPEAKER: "LEBARAN" GIFTS OKAYS BUT THEIR VALUE NEED TO BE LIMITED.
October 4, 2006... Depok, Oct 4 (ANTARA)- Speaker of the House of Representatives (DPR) Agung Laksono said here on Wednesday he did not agree with the idea of prohibiting government officials to receive or give parcels on the occasion of post-fasting celebration...

VICE PRESIDENT IS BACK.
October 4, 2006... Jakarta, Oct 4 (ANTARA)-- Vice President Jusuf Kalla arrived back in Indonesia on Wednesday afternoon following 13 days of visits to the United States and Spain, and concluded by a minor hajj to Mecca, Saudi Arabia. The vice president and...

POLICE CHIEF: WE WILL CONTINUE HUNTING DOWN MUNIR'S MURDERER.
October 4, 2006... Jakarta, Oct 4 (ANTARA)- Indonesian police has expressed its resolve to continue hunting down the murderer of Munir, while realizing that uncovering the murder of the human rights activist on a Garuda flight to Amsterdam in 2004 is facing...

CONTROVERSIES OVER EXECUTION METHOD IN INDONESIA.
October 4, 2006... Jakarta, Oct 4 (ANTARA)- The death penalty in Indonesia, especially following the execution of Fabianus Tibo et al in the small hours of Friday, Sept 22, 2006, has caused controversies among different parties including law experts, spiritual...

FRIDAY'S NEWSPAPER HEADLINES.
October 5, 2006... Jakarta, Oct 5 (ANTARA) - The following are headlines of major Indonesian newspapers. The Jakarta Post, Republika, Kompas, Media Indonesia PILOT 'EXONERATED, IN MUNIR MURDER A Garuda Indonesia pilot is expected to walk free by...

MINISTER: SHIPS TO BE DEPLOYED IF FLIGHT FREQUENCIES REDUCED DUE TO HAZE.
October 5, 2006... Jakarta, Oct 5 (ANTARA) - Transportation Minister Hatta Radjasa has said the National Defence Forces (TNI), state shipping company PT Pelni and private shipping firms are ready to deploy their respective ships if flight frequencies are reduced...

DUTCH MINISTER TO VISIT INDONESIA.
October 5, 2006... Jakarta, Oct 5 (ANTARA) - Dutch Minister for Development Cooperation, Agnes van Ardenne-van der Hoeven, will visit Indonesia on October 8-12, among others to observe the reconstruction development in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam. A statement...

AIR ASIA TO HAVE ADDITIONAL SOLO-KUALA LUMPUR FLIGHTS THIS MONTH.
October 5, 2006... Yogyakarta, Oct 5 (ANTARA) - PT Indonesia AirAsia is expected to add the Solo-Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) route to its flight frequencies, specially for October 18, 19 and 23, 2006, the airlines' Marketing and Distribution Director, Widijastoro...