Jakarta Post articles from July 2006, page 5

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SBY says warning system a priority.
July 22, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, JULY 22, 2006 -- PAGE 1 President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono vowed Friday to speed up the nationwide installation of seismic sensor equipment to warn coastal communities of...

Outbreaks of illness reported among Cilacap tsunami survivors.
July 22, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, JULY 22, 2006 -- PAGE 2 Five days after the earthquake-triggered tsunami swept Java's southern coast, illness has broken out among groups of displaced people in cramped camps in...

Feisty Aziddin refuses to go quietly despite dismissal decision.
July 22, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, JULY 22, 2006 -- PAGE 2 Although dismissed lawmaker Aziddin suffered a sudden fall from grace for alleged influence peddling Tuesday, the Democrat Party member is not willing to...

NGOs help children talk about violence.
July 22, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, JULY 22, 2006 -- PAGE 4 Engaging children in discussions where they can express their views on violence opens up chances to identify cases of physical and emotional punishment,...

Golkar forms four-party coalition for election.
July 22, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, JULY 22, 2006 -- PAGE 4 Political parties have begun building strategies and forces ahead of Jakarta's first-ever gubernatorial elections, scheduled for next year The Golkar...

Expats arrested for cheating local hotels.
July 22, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, JULY 22, 2006 -- PAGE 4 JAKARTA: A hotel on Jl. MH Thamrin, Central Jakarta, reported an expatriate to the police Friday for leaving the hotel without paying his bill Dutch...

Students to learn about avian flu.
July 22, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, JULY 22, 2006 -- PAGE 4 TANGERANG: The Tangerang Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Agency has announced plans to educate school students on the avian influenza virus "The...

Tangerang to tap tourism industry.
July 22, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, JULY 22, 2006 -- PAGE 4 TANGERANG: The Tangerang regency administration has announced it plans to tap potential tourist destination sites along the coast in the northern part of...

Tarakan Hospital employees demand better equipment.
July 22, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, JULY 22, 2006 -- PAGE 4 Inaccurate blood pressure gauges and stethoscopes, broken wheelchairs and a short supply of sterile gloves -- this is what doctors and nurses work with...

Adang to run for governor.
July 22, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, JULY 22, 2006 -- PAGE 4 Although still awaiting the consent of his superior, National Police chief Gen. Soetanto, deputy chief Comr. Adang Dorodjatun said Friday he was ready to...

'Pay attention to street childrren'.
July 22, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, JULY 22, 2006 -- PAGE 4 Ceremonies and fun events are planned for throughout Jakarta to celebrate National Children's Day on Sunday. The Jakarta Post asked two parents if they...

Violence-filled TV a big no-no on Sunday.
July 22, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, JULY 22, 2006 -- PAGE 4 Activists called on families across the country to switch off their televisions on Sunday in recognition of National Children's Day The first ever...

Computer gamers compete for world championship.
July 22, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, JULY 22, 2006 -- PAGE 5 Mention online gaming to a parent and they'll probably groan and accuse it of having something to do with their child's poor performance at school ...

Festival marks new, smooth start for students.
July 22, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, JULY 22, 2006 -- PAGE 5 Ninteen-year-old Fredy's university experience changed on July 17, when he became a mentor to five junior students His campus, the private Pelita...

'Plonco' an outdated education method.
July 22, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, JULY 22, 2006 -- PAGE 5 The tradition of plonco or hazing -- really just bullying in the guise of a welcome -- seems an outdated one these days, yet many new students at...

Colorful start to school year.
July 22, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, JULY 22, 2006 -- PAGE 5 For the last five days Bogor has seen some rather oddly dressed teenagers parading through its streets The freshmen students of high schools and...

Save our children.
July 22, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, JULY 22, 2006 -- PAGE 6 It is likely many parents and children in Jakarta, especially those from poor families, are unaware that July 23 is National Children's Day And even...

Helping child disaster victims.
July 22, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, JULY 22, 2006 -- PAGE 6 Less than two years after an earthquake-triggered tsunami hit Aceh and parts of North Sumatra, many buildings along the southern coast of Java were...

Private sector and development.
July 22, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, JULY 22, 2006 -- PAGE 6 Are private enterprises contributing to the development of a more prosperous society? Without even realizing it, the private and development sectors are...

Govt at fault in tsunami.
July 22, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, JULY 22, 2006 -- PAGE 6 On July 17, a tsunami struck the southern coastline of Java Island After a 7.7 magnitude earthquake centered in the seabed of the Indian Ocean rocked...

Air Asia chaotic schedules.
July 22, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, JULY 22, 2006 -- PAGE 7 My daughter and several of her friend decided to go to Bali for a week of their summer vacation. They booked their tickets individually with Air Asia, but...

PLN and power theft.
July 22, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, JULY 22, 2006 -- PAGE 7 The news that state power firm PLN plans to sue consumers over household industrial power theft (The Jakarta Post, July 12) really annoyed me. Monthly...

Double citizenship.
July 22, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, JULY 22, 2006 -- PAGE 7 As a spouse of an Indonesian wife and with two beautiful "mixed" children I have to congratulate the Indonesian government for its quantum leap in this...

Australian Embassy visa arrangements.
July 22, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, JULY 22, 2006 -- PAGE 7 I refer to the letter to the editor from Partha Kabi on July 20 reporting his family's difficulties at airports during their travel to Australia in June...

W. Sulawesi KPUD blamed for poor poll.
July 22, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, JULY 22, 2006 -- PAGE 8 Bad organization and a territorial dispute mean the West Sulawesi gubernatorial election is not running as smoothly as it should, observers say As of...

Yogya hunger strikers rushed to hospital.
July 22, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, JULY 22, 2006 -- PAGE 8 Seven of 11 people who have been on a hunger strike outside the Yogyakarta provincial council building since July 12 have been hospitalized since...

Batam mangroves turned into charcoal.
July 22, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, JULY 22, 2006 -- PAGE 8 While environmentalists say there is a need to plant more mangroves to protect coasts from the dangers of tsunamis, the forests are being stripped in the...

Ambon youths condemn Israel.
July 22, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, JULY 22, 2006 -- PAGE 8 AMBON, Maluku: Hundreds of students from Muslim youth movements and universities marched and burned U.S. and Israeli flags Friday to protest Israeli...

Companies closed over pollution.
July 22, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, JULY 22, 2006 -- PAGE 8 JAMBI CITY, Jambi: Five rubber processing factories have been shut for a month by the Jambi provincial administration for allegedly dumping toxic waste...

Nine escape from police custody.
July 22, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, JULY 22, 2006 -- PAGE 8 MEDAN, North Sumatra: Nine detainees have escaped from Medan's Percut police station by breaking through their cell's ceiling Police said the escape...

Tsunami, quakes send Lampung residents packing.
July 22, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, JULY 22, 2006 -- PAGE 8 The quake-triggered tsunami that struck Java's southern coast Monday and earthquakes centered in the nearby Sunda Strait on Wednesday rattled enough...

Kalla blames local govts for failing to stop bird flu.
July 22, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, JULY 22, 2006 -- PAGE 9 Vice President Jusuf Kalla has blamed the failure to curb bird flu deaths on regional administrations, which he said had deliberately defied orders from...

Selection process leads to inept bureaucrats: Study.
July 22, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, JULY 22, 2006 -- PAGE 9 Kusnari had to wait 10 years before the Jakarta administration paid him a monthly salary for his position as a semi-permanent state teacher. He said his...

Lawmaker to face rice scam inquiry.
July 22, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, JULY 22, 2006 -- PAGE 9 The Attorney General's Office will question House member Setya Novanto of the Golkar Party as a witness in a graft case involving a rice shipment from...

NU reaffirms Pancasila commitment.
July 22, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, JULY 22, 2006 -- PAGE 9 Nadhlatul Ulama (NU), the country's largest Muslim organization, will reaffirm its commitment to the state ideology of Pancasila and the unitary state of...

VP backs clean journalism drive.
July 22, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, JULY 22, 2006 -- PAGE 9 JAKARTA: Vice President Jusuf Kalla is supporting a campaign spearheaded by the Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) to ensure journalists reject...

Govt reviewing leagislators' suggestion to suspend Myanmar.
July 22, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, JULY 22, 2006 -- PAGE 10 The government is considering a proposal from lawmakers to call for Myanmar's suspension from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations at next week's...

Government may delay new tax laws.
July 22, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, JULY 22, 2006 -- PAGE 13 With the House of Representatives reluctant to speed up the deliberation of the crucial tax amendment bills, the government may delay the implementation...

Lots of guts, little glory for film stuntmen.
July 22, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, JULY 22, 2006 -- PAGE 21 Four middle-aged gentlemen were sitting in a small living room that evening They were in the middle of a passionate discussion about a project ...

'Samson et Dalila' to be staged in Jakarta.
July 22, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, JULY 22, 2006 -- PAGE 21 Samson et Dalila is a well-known story from the Old Testament. It may have a preachy, spiritual side but it is also a story about heroism, love and...

IBL games moves from Yogyakarta to Jakarta.
July 22, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, JULY 22, 2006 -- PAGE 22 Next week's third series of Round 2 of the Indonesian Basketball League (IBL) has been moved to Jakarta from Yogyakarta, which is still recovering from...

Food poisoning puts drivers in pits.
July 22, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- SATURDAY, JULY 22, 2006 -- PAGE 23 After a nearly 10-year break, the Asian Festival of Speed (AFOS) returns to Indonesia at the Sentul circuit, south of Jakarta, this weekend as a mark of...

Annan send condolences to tsunami victims.
July 21, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, JULY 21, 2006 -- PAGE 1 UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan and several other world leaders joined the international outpouring of sympathy for victims of Monday's tsunami along the...

Govt may be forced to import rice.
July 21, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, JULY 21, 2006 -- PAGE 1 The government is considering reviving the politically sensitive policy of rice imports, a senior official said Thursday, with a likely shortage from crop...

Coastal communities told to face up to seismic dangers.
July 21, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, JULY 21, 2006 -- PAGE 1 Scientists have warned residents of the country's southern coasts to be alert to the danger of earthquakes and ensuing tsunamis due to seismic activity from...

Locals hail prison island as their savior.
July 21, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, JULY 21, 2006 -- PAGE 2 Nusakambangan off the southern coast of Java is best known as a maximum security facility where some of the country's big name criminals have been sent to...

Governance, delivery and recovery are the key issues.
July 21, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, JULY 21, 2006 -- PAGE 2 For the past 20 months, the most talked about issue in Indonesian policy circles has been governance as the key to the country's economic recovery....

Resort's destruction proves a macabre spectacle.
July 21, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, JULY 21, 2006 -- PAGE 2 Wearing pale blue rubber gloves, a group of military personnel stood by a hole about 20 meters long, handing down corpses shrouded in white cloth to their...

Pangandaran's fishermen count the cost of tsunami.
July 21, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, JULY 21, 2006 -- PAGE 2 Even in dangerous times, fishermen find the sea to be their sanctuary, the place they understand best. As a torrent of water built ominously off...

Indonesia bird flu deaths reach new world high of 43.
July 21, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, JULY 21, 2006 -- PAGE 3 Indonesia's mortality rate from bird flu surpassed Vietnam on Thursday, giving it the sobering distinction of the country with the highest number of human...

Council slams Palyja share plan.
July 21, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, JULY 21, 2006 -- PAGE 4 The City Council criticized Thursday private tap water supplier PT PAM Lyonaisse (Palyja)'s plan to sell a large portion of its shares to telecommunications...

Four more busway lines to be built.
July 21, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, JULY 21, 2006 -- PAGE 4 JAKARTA: Jakarta Busway developers have said they are ready to build four new corridors, all expected to be completed by early next year "We will pave...

Locals complain about metal factory.
July 21, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, JULY 21, 2006 -- PAGE 4 TANGERANG: Residents of a housing estate and a village in the Tigaraksa district of Tangerang regency have complained about a nearby metal factory, saying...

Police destroy millions of bootleg discs.
July 21, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, JULY 21, 2006 -- PAGE 4 The Jakarta Police destroyed Thursday millions of seized pirated discs in an effort to fight piracy in the country The police destroyed 4,704,649...

City water crisis looms, say planning experts.
July 21, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, JULY 21, 2006 -- PAGE 4 Jakarta will face a water crisis if the city administration fails to properly uphold land use management laws and make residents build water catchment...

'I took my grandchild to school'.
July 21, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, JULY 21, 2006 -- PAGE 4 The new school year may be troublesome for busy parents who don't have time to accompany their children on their first day, but other parents enjoy the...

Drought dries out Tangerang rice fields.
July 21, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, JULY 21, 2006 -- PAGE 4 A severe drought has reduced the water level of the Cisadane River and the irrigation waterways it feeds, affecting 1,540 hectares of rice fields in five...

Prosecution of mother continues.
July 21, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, JULY 21, 2006 -- PAGE 4 Prosecutors demanded Tuesday the Tangerang District court find a woman accused of the murder of her child guilty and sentence her to 15 year's jail ...

Living, working along main business trip.
July 21, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, JULY 21, 2006 -- PAGE 5 - 35 percent of office space supply comes from rows of buildings along Jl. Sudirman, South Jakarta and Jl. Thamrin, Central Jakarta - 165,000 workers make...

Skyscrapers hide city's true colors.
July 21, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, JULY 21, 2006 -- PAGE 5 If the city were a person, it would be a proud individual who tried hard to project a sophisticated image while hiding its true colors Shiny...

Protecting the witnesses.
July 21, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, JULY 21, 2006 -- PAGE 6 The House of Representatives' approval Tuesday of a bill on witness and victim protection hopefully will go a long way toward strengthening the legal...

Aceh law bridges misunderstandings.
July 21, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, JULY 21, 2006 -- PAGE 6 Despite the House of Representatives' endorsement, the new law on Aceh governance is still being debated The Free Aceh Movement (GAM) has in strong...

Double standards policy.
July 21, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, JULY 21, 2006 -- PAGE 6 Innocent civilians have been injured and killed. The infrastructure of a nation has been attacked with bombs and missiles. Women, children, the elderly and...

On antigraft campaign.
July 21, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, JULY 21, 2006 -- PAGE 7 In accordance with Nyoman Suwela's letter Antigraft campaign has no brain, published July 14, we would like to explain as follows Thank you for your...

People right about liberty.
July 21, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, JULY 21, 2006 -- PAGE 7 In reference to Pope right about gays in The Jakarta Post, July 18, Paul Kokoski professes to be a student of philosophy and is a member of fundamentalist...

Pancasila Party.
July 21, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, JULY 21, 2006 -- PAGE 7 A Metro TV newsticker on June 25 at 8 p.m. read: "Some 204 community figures, religious leaders, press executives, artists and activists from 33 provinces...

Peace in Middle East will have to wait.
July 21, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, JULY 21, 2006 -- PAGE 7 After eight days of fighting since Hizbollah attacked Israel across the Lebanese border, the situation has settled in and both sides continue to exchange...

$10m needed to assist farmers following Yogya quake: FAO.
July 21, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, JULY 21, 2006 -- PAGE 8 Around US$10 million is needed to help the agriculture sector in quake- hit areas in Yogyakarta and Central Java recover following the May 27 disaster, the...

Hailstones shower central Bandung.
July 21, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, JULY 21, 2006 -- PAGE 8 Bandung turned on the elements Thursday, with heavy rains, flashing lightening, high winds and hail for more than an hour in the afternoon causing trees to...

Bird flu cluster survivor discharged.
July 21, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, JULY 21, 2006 -- PAGE 8 North Sumatra bird flu patient Johannes Ginting (right) was all smiles meeting his family after being declared free from the virus by a team of doctors at...

Deputy regent dismissed.
July 21, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, JULY 21, 2006 -- PAGE 8 KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: Governor Piet A. Tallo, through a directive from the home minister, has officially dismissed Kupang Vice Regent Ruben Funnay...

Girl reports French man.
July 21, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, JULY 21, 2006 -- PAGE 8 MATARAM, West Nusa Tenggara: A 50-year-old French man was reported to Mataram Police on Thursday for allegedly sexually harassing a 15- year-old girl ...

Poso children advocate peace.
July 21, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, JULY 21, 2006 -- PAGE 8 POSO, Central Sulawesi: Some 350 elementary schoolchildren from 12 districts in conflict-torn Poso declared seven points for a peaceful Poso on Thursday ...

West Sulawesi kicks off direct election.
July 21, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, JULY 21, 2006 -- PAGE 8 The direct election to elect a new governor for West Sulawesi kicked off Thursday receiving only a cool response from residents, despite earlier calls for a...

Experts, lawmakers laud Aceh governance law.
July 21, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, JULY 21, 2006 -- PAGE 9 Despite opposition from former separatists and many other local people, legislators and analysts Thursday praised the passage of the Aceh governance law as...

Increase in bird flu deaths inspires apathetic response.
July 21, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, JULY 21, 2006 -- PAGE 9 News that Indonesia has surpassed Vietnam in its number of bird flu deaths is receiving an indifferent response from the public, as international agencies...

Government not taking disasters seriously: NGOs.
July 21, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, JULY 21, 2006 -- PAGE 9 Non-governmental organizations slammed the government Thursday for what they said was a lack of seriousness in handling the procession of disasters the...

Justice ministry clarifies biometric passport prices.
July 21, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, JULY 21, 2006 -- PAGE 9 The government pledged Thursday that the issuance of new biometric passports would not result in a fee increase "A 24-page passport costs Rp 110,000,...

Indonesian militants prepare to fight Israel.
July 21, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, JULY 21, 2006 -- PAGE 9 At least 81 Indonesians have declared an intention to go to Lebanon and Palestine to join Hizbollah guerrillas in armed conflict against Israel "Some...

Officer suspected in runaway case.
July 21, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, JULY 21, 2006 -- PAGE 9 JAKARTA: The National Police vowed to question East Kalimantan deputy police chief Brig. Gen. Pratiknya in connection with the disappearance of a retired...

Lawyer on trial for defaming SBY.
July 21, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, JULY 21, 2006 -- PAGE 9 JAKARTA: The Central Jakarta District Court on Thursday opened the trial of activist-cum-lawyer Eggy Sujana, who was indicted on charges of defaming...

Indonesia mission in UK promotes Islam.
July 21, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, JULY 21, 2006 -- PAGE 10 LONDON: The Foreign Ministry in cooperation with Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), Muhammadiyah, and the Association of Indonesian Muslim Intellectuals (ICMI), the...

Qatar sends more aid to quake victims.
July 21, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, JULY 21, 2006 -- PAGE 10 JAKARTA: After having helped the victims of the May 27 earthquake in Yogyakarta from the time of the quake, Qatar continues to send additional aid to the...

'USNS Mercy' returns to Indonesia.
July 21, 2006... (From The Jakarta Post) from THE JAKARTA POST -- FRIDAY, JULY 21, 2006 -- PAGE 10 JAKARTA: The U.S. Naval hospital ship USNS Mercy arrived on July 12 off the coast of Simeule, Aceh province, to provide humanitarian assistance to local...