ANTARA - The Indonesian National News Agency articles from April 2009, page 5

ANTARA - The Indonesian National News Agency archives from April 2009

RI WANTS SEVERE PUNISHMENT FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKERS.
April 15, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Nusa Dua, April 15 (ANTARA) - Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda said people smuggling was a violation of transnational laws that left victims and therefore the crime should entail harsh...

Democratic Party Now More Careful in Picking Coalition Partners
April 15, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 15 (ANTARA) - A legislator from the Democratic Party said his party would be very cautious in choosing parties it would cooperate with to avoid coalition problems in the future. ...

KPU ASKS PEOPLE TO BE PROACTIVE IN VOTER REGISTRATION.
April 15, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 15 (ANTARA) - General Election Commission (KPU) Chairman Abdul Hafiz Anshary asked people who were not registered as eligible voters in the recent polls to register themselves to...

KPU OFFERS APOLOGY OVER SLOW COUNTING.
April 15, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 15 (ANTARA) - A General Elections Commission (KPU) official offered an apology to all parties on Wednesday over the slow process of vote counting by the agency so far. "We...

AUSTRALIAN MINISTER OPENS COMPUTER-BASED POLICE TRAINING CENTER IN BALI.
April 15, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 15 (ANTARA) - Australian Home Affairs Minister Bob Debus here Tuesday opened a new computer based training (CBT) center set up under a tripartite cooperation program. The...

PLTP LAHENDONG HAS 40 PCT LOCAL CONTENT.
April 15, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 15 (ANTARA) - The geothermal power plant PLTP Lahendong in North Sulawesi has a local content of at least 40%. President director of PT Rekayasa Industri Triharyo Soesilo...

CANADA, RI RECOGNIZE SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF RECONSTRUCTION EFFORTS.
April 15, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 15 (ANTARA) - Canadian Ambassador to Indonesia John Holmes and Head of the Aceh-Nias Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Agency (BRR) Kuntoro Mangkusubroto signed a joint statement...

POLISH JAZZ SINGER TO HOLD CONCERTS IN INDONESIA.
April 15, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 15 (ANTARA) - Senior and world-renowned Polish jazz singer Anna Maria Jopek will hold a concert in three big cities in Indonesia from April 30 to May 5, 2009. "In her Asian...

RHUTANI GETS RP4 BILLION FROM TELECOMMUNICATION TOWERS.
April 15, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 15 (ANTARA) - State forestry company Perhutani enjoys an income of Rp4 billion from the erection of telecommunication towers, which at the same time serve towers controlling the...

S OF INDONESIAN NEWSPAPERS ON TUESDAY.
April 14, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 14 (ANTARA) - Following are headlines of major Indonesian newspapers published here on Tuesday. STOCKS, RUPIAH BUOYED BY CALM ELECTIONS Indonesian shares surged more than 5...

PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO NAMED ONE OF WORLD'S INFLUENTIAL FIGURES.
April 14, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Bogor, April 14 (ANTARA) - Times Magazine has named Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono as one of a hundred influential figures in the world. Presidential spokesman for foreign...

INMATES ESCAPE FROM WAMENA PRISON IN PAPUA.
April 14, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jayapura, Papua, April 14 (ANTARA) - At least 40 inmates escaped from a jail in Wamena, capital of Jayawijaya district, Papua province, at 2 a.m. Eastern Indonesian Standard Time (WIT), police...

INDOGREEN FORESTRY EXPO BEING HELD IN JAKARTA.
April 14, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 14 (ANTARA) - Forestry Minister MS Kaban is scheduled to officially open an Indogreen Forestry Expo 2009 at the Jakarta Convention Center (JCC) here on Tuesday. The theme of...

NEW ZEALAND TOURIST MURDERED IN BALI.
April 14, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Denpasar, Bali Province, April 14 (ANTARA) - Sean Keith William, a 22-year- old tourist from New Zealand, was found dead at Kuta hotel, Badung, Bali Province. The tourist, who arrived few...

JAPANESE, INDONESIAN HANDICRAFTS TO BE DISPLAYED IN SURABAYA.
April 14, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Surabaya, East Java, April 14 (ANTARA) - Handicrafts from Japan and Indonesia will be displayed at the House of Sampoerna Gallery, here, from April 16 to May 10, 2009, under the theme of...

AGUNG LAKOSNO HOPES TO MAINTAIN HOUSE SEAT.
April 14, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 14 (ANTARA) - House of Representatives (DPR) Speaker Agung Laksono said he hoped he would be able to maintain his seat in the DPR for the 2009-2014 period although his party...

TMII TO HOLD INDONESIAN CULTURAL FESTIVAL.
April 14, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 14 (ANTARA) - The Beautiful Indonesia in Miniature Park (TMII) will hold an Indonesian Cultural Festival from April 18 to 26, 2009, to celebrate the park's 34th anniversary this...

MEGAWATI VISITS GUS DUR IN HOSPITAL.
April 14, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 14 (ANTARA) - Indonesian Democratic Party- Struggle (PDIP) Chairperson Megawati Soekarnoputri visited former President Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid at the Cipto Mangunkusumo...

AIRPORT POLICE NAB INDONESIAN CARRYING THREE KG OF HEROIN.
April 14, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 14 (ANTARA) - Police confiscated three kg of heroin from an Indonesian citizen identified as 'W' who had just landed at Soekarno-Hatta airport, Cenkareng, Tangerang, Banten, on...

GUS DUR, SRI SULTAN MEET MEGAWATI FOR TALKS.
April 14, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 14 (ANTARA) - Former President Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid and Golkar Party figure Sri Sultan Hamengku Buwono X on Tuesday came to Indonesian Democratic Party-Struggle (PDIP)...

CHURCH ASSOCIATION CONDEMNS MURDERS OF NON-INDIGENOUS SETTLERS IN WAMENA.
April 14, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jayapura, Papua, April 14 (ANTARA) - The Association of Churches in Jayawijaya District (PGGJ) has condemned a series of murders and torture of civilians in Wamena over the past few days. ...

SOME 43 INMATES ESCAPE FROM WAMENA PRISON.
April 14, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jayapura, Papua, April 14 (ANTARA) - As many as 43 prison inmates made use of the unconducive public order situation in Wamena to escape early Tuesday, Gerardus M, the prison chief, said. ...

PBB JOINS OTHER PARTIES IN APPROACHING PDIP.
April 14, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 14 (ANTARA) - The Islam-based Crescent and Star Party (PBB) is now following the footsteps of the new emerging parties such as the Greater Indonesia Movement (Gerindra) Party and...

FLOODS IN RIAU FORCE STUDENTS TO STAY HOME.
April 14, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Pekanbaru, Riau Province, April 14 (ANTARA) - Numerous elementary and junior high school students were forced to stay home by floods in Bandar Padang and Beligan villages, Indragiri Hulu (Inhu)...

RI, AUSTRALIA DISCUSSING PEOPLE SMUGGLING.
April 14, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Nusa Dua, April 14 (ANTARA) - Senior officials from Indonesia and Australia met in Nusa Dua, Bali, on Tuesday to discuss issues relating to people smuggling, human trafficking and other...

MEGAWATI, SRI SULTAN DISCUSS LATEST NATIONAL ISSUES.
April 14, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 14 (ANTARA) - Indonesian Democratic Party- Struggle (PDIP) Chairperson Megawati Soekarnoputri and Yogyakarta Governor Sri Sultan Hamengku Buwono X met here on Tuesday to discuss...

NATIONAL BOXER NAMED SUSPECT IN NZ TOURIST'S MURDER.
April 14, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Denpasar, Bali Province, April 14 (ANTARA) - Police have named three suspects, including a national boxer named Andreas Seran, in the murder of Sean Keith William, a 22-year-old New Zealand...

KPU URGED TO FOLLOW UP COMPLAINTS ON ELECTION FRAUD.
April 14, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 14 (ANTARA) - Leaders of political parties participating in the 2009 general elections have urged the General Election Commission (KPU), General Election Supervisory Board...

BALI KPU REJECTS REQUEST FOR VOTE RERUN.
April 14, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Denpasar, Bali, April 14 (ANTARA)- Regional election commission (KPUD) in Bali province has rejected the call of the legislative election supervisory committee to conduct vote rerun of the...

FORTY-ONE COUNTRIES, INT'L ORGANIZATIONS PARTICIPATE IN BALI PROCESS FORUM.
April 14, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Nusa Dua, Bali Province, April 14 (ANTARA) - Representatives of 41 countries and international organizations are to take part in the Third Bali Regional Ministerial Conference (BRMC III) or...

FLOODS INUNDATE 590 HOUSES IN INDRAGIRI HULU.
April 14, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Pekanbaru, April 14 (ANTARA) - Floods have submerged around 590 houses at six sub districts in Indragiri Hulu (Inhu) District, Riau Province, since Monday (April 13). "The floods inundate...

POLITICAL PARTIES ADVISED TO RESPOND WISELY TO POLL RESULTS.
April 14, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 14 (ANTARA) - A political observer from the Institute of Administrative Science (IIP) called on political parties to respond wisely to the conduct and results of the recent...

PRESIDENT CHAIRS PLENARY CABINET MEETING.
April 14, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 14 9ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Vice President Jusuf Kalla led a plenary cabinet meeting to discuss the 2010 draft state budget here Tuesday afternoon. ...

FIVE SULAWESI GOVERNORS SUPPORT SBY-JK PAIR.
April 14, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Makassar, South Sulawesi, April 14 (ANTARA) - The governors of five provinces in Sulawesi Island have expressed their support for the reelection of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) and Jusuf...

NOTHING SPECIAL" IN MEETING WITH JK : YUDHOYONO.
April 14, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 14 (ANTARA) - Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said there was nothing special in his meeting with Golkar Chairman Jusuf Kalla at his Puri Cikeas residence, Bogor, on Monday night. ...

KPU PREPARING RULES FOR PRESIDENTIAL RACE.
April 14, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 14 (ANTARA) - The General Election Commission (KPU) is now preparing the electoral body's rules for the upcoming presidential and vice presidential race. KPU member Andi...

GOLKAR TO TAKE CRUCIAL DECISION ON APRIL 23.
April 14, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 14 (ANTARA) - The Golkar Party will at a special national leadership meeting next April 23 decide whether to continue coalescing with the Democratic Party or join the Indonesian...

GOVT RAISES RP7.45 TRILLION FROM BONDS ISSUE.
April 14, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Apr 14 (ANTARA) - The government raised Rp7.45 trillion in funds from the sale of three series of rupiah-denominated bonds in an auction here on Tuesday. The bonds put to the...

PALANGKARAYA MENTAL CLINIC TREATS FIVE ELECTION-DEFEAT CASES.
April 14, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Palangkaraya, April 14 (ANTARA) - A mental health clinic here has been treating five people -- two of them legislative candidates --for mental disorders caused by defeat in the April 9 polls....

MAC ARTHUR MONUMENT IN JAYAPURA ATTRACTING MANY TOURISTS.
April 14, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jayapura, Apr 14 (ANTARA)- The Mac Arthur Monument at Ifar Gunung in Jayapura district is now attracting many foreign tourists, especially on holidays, according to an officer of the service...

PRUNDENTIAL'S PROFIT PLUNGES 80 PCT.
April 14, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Apr 14 (ANTARA) - Insurance company PT Prudential Indonesia said on Tuesday its net profit after tax in 2008 plunged 80 percent to Rp120 billion from Rp517.8 billion a year earlier....

FRUSTRATED LEGISLATIVE CANDIDATE COMMITS SUICIDE.
April 14, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Tasikmalaya, Apr 14 (ANTARA) - A prospective legislative candidate for Banjar city, Sri Wahyuni (40), of the National Awakening Party (PKB), was found dead at 8 a.m in a rice field inBangun...

APPROACH BRIDGE ON SURABAYA SIDE LINKED BY END OF APRIL.
April 14, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Surabaya, Apr 14 (ANTARA) - The construction of the Suramadu bridge is entering its final stages, leaving only the linking of the approach bridge of the Surabaya side scheduled by the end of...

VOTES ENTERING TABULATION REACH SIX MILLION.
April 14, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Apr 14 (ANTARA) - On the fourth day (Tuesday) of the screening of the national tabulation on the vote tally, the number of votes till 22:30 West Indonesian Standard Time reached...

ZULKIEFLIMANSYAH: VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE SHOULD BE DISCUSSED IN.
April 14, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency OALITION Jakarta, Apr 14 (ANTARA) - Political Affairs Vice Chairman of the Prosperous Justice Party's (PKS) Zulkieflimansyah believed that it would be much better to discuss the issue of vice...

MONDAY'S NEWSPAPER HEADLINES.
April 13, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 13 (ANTARA) - The following are headlines of major newspapers published here on Monday. LEGITIMACY OF ELECTION RESULTS COMES INTO QUESTION The brouhaha surrounding the voter...

DEMOCRAT PARTY EXPLORING COALITION WITH GOLKAR.
April 13, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Bogor, W Java, April 13 (ANTARA) - Chairman of the Board of Patrons of the Democratic Party Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono had a phone conversation with Golkar Party Chairman Jusuf Kalla on Sunday...

SBY-VS-MEGA PRESIDENTIAL RACE UNATTRACTIVE: POLITICAL ANALYST.
April 13, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 13 (ANTARA) - A presidential race which involves only two pairs of presidential hopefuls between Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Megawati Soekarnoputri would not be attractive,...

PRESIDENT DISCUSSES POST-ELECTION SECURITY SITUATION.
April 13, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 13 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono chaired a limited cabinet meeting at his office here on Monday to discuss the post- legislative election security situation. ...

YOGYAKARTA ELECTION WATCHDOG RECEIVES TWO VOTE-BUYING REPORTS.
April 13, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Yogyakarta, April 13 (ANTARA) - The Yogyakarta Election Monitoring Committee (Panwaslu) has received two reports from members of the local public an indications of money politics committed by...

PRESIDENT: GOVT'S ASSISTANCE FOR ELECTIONS NOT INTERVENTION.
April 13, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 13 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said the assistance the government had provided for the implementation of this year's general elections was not intervention in...

FLOODS IN KAMPAR FORCE TENS TO FLEE HOMES.
April 13, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Pekanbaru, Riau, April 13 (ANTARA) - Floods which hit two villages at Gunung Sahilan, Kampar District, Riau, got worse and forced tens of local residents to flee to higher ground. Some 22...

POLICE ARREST ALLEGED MASTERMIND OF ABEPURA INCIDENT.
April 13, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 13 (ANTARA) - National Police Chief General Bambang Hendarso Danuri said here on Monday police had arrested a man believed to have masterminded the attack on a police precinct in...

Golkar Elite Inclined to Remain Allied with Democratic Party: Laksono
April 13, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 13 (ANTARA) - The Golkar Party leadership is inclined tomaintain its coalition with the Democratic Party (PD) in the upcoming July 8 presidential election, Golkar Vice Chairman...

WIRANTO, PRABOWO MEET TO DISCUSS ELECTION RESULTS.
April 13, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 13 (ANTARA) - Hanura (People's Conscience) Party Chairman Wiranto and Gerindra (Greater Indonesia Movement) Party Advisory Board chairman Prabowo Subianto met for the first time...

RI TRAINING PALESTINIAN INFRASTRUCTURE RECONSTRUCTION EXPERTS.
April 13, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 13 (ANTARA) - Indonesia will train 13 Palestinians who work as experts in Palestine's infrastructure rehabilitation and reconstruction program in the aftermath of Israel's...

PALESTINE NEEDS US$2,000 BLN FOR INFRASTRUCTURE RECONSTRUCTION.
April 13, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 13 (ANTARA) - Palestine must raise at least US$2,000 billion in funds to rehabilitate and reconstruct infrastructure destroyed in the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip,...

PRESIDENTIAL RACE USELESS IF LEGISLATIVE POLLS FRAUD UNSETTLED: WIRANTO.
April 13, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 13 (ANTARA) - It will be useless for the present presidential hopefuls to compete in July if the various forms of fraud in the recent legislative election remain unsettled,...

WIRANTO, PRABOWO TO INVESTIGATE FRAUD IN RECENT POLLS.
April 13, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 13 (ANTARA) - People's Conscience (Hanura) Party leader Wiranto and Greater Indonesia Movement (Gerindra) Party presidential hopeful Prabowo Subianto have agreed to conduct an...

MEGAWATI, RAMLI WANT POLL IRREGULARITIES SETTLED BEFORE PRESIDENTIAL RACE.
April 13, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Apr 13 (ANTARA) - Indonesian Democratic Party-Struggle (PDIP) leader Megawati Soekarnoputri and Pro-Change Bloc (Blok Perubahan) chairman Rizal Ramli have agreed that all problems...

GOLKAR FIGURE WORRIES ABOUT INTERNAL PRESSURES ON PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDACY.
April 13, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 13 (ANTARA) - Golkar Party executive Indris Laena expressed worry here on Monday over possible pressures from within the party with regard to the question of party candidates for...

SOME 400 POLLING COMMITTEES IN PALU LIABLE TO CRIMINAL CHARGES.
April 13, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Palu, Apr 13 (ANTARA) - At least 400 polling committees (KPPS) in Palu, the capital of Central Sukawesi, were liable to criminal charges as they had yet to hand over the statement on the...

DHARMASRAYA ADMINISTRATION YET TO ISSUE DATA ON MATERIAL LOSS CAUSED BY.
April 13, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency LOODS Dharmasraya, W Sumatra, April 13 (ANTARA) - The Dharmasraya district administration in West Sumatra province has until Monday issued data on the material loss caused by the flash floods...

IRANIAN EMBASSY DENIES ITS CITIZENS CAUGHT BY POLICE.
April 13, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Apr 13 (ANTARA) - The Iranian embassy in Jakarta had dismissed reports that Indonesian police has arrested 40 Iranians for their failure in producing identifications, and for their...

KALLA MEETS YUDHOYONO AT HIS CIKEAS RESIDENCE.
April 13, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Bogor, April 13 (ANTARA) - The general chairman of Golkar Party, Jusuf Kalla, met with Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono as head of the board of patrons of the Democratic Party at the latter's residence...

News Focus: POLICE EXPECTED TO CAPTURE OTHER SUSPECTS INVOLVED INABEPURA.
April 13, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency NCIDENT By Eliswan Azly Jakarta, April 13 (ANTARA) -- After arresting a man believed to be one of the assailants, the police is expected to uncover the mastermind of the attack on a police...

SUNDAY'S HEADLINES IN MAJOR INDONESIAN DAILIES.
April 12, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 12 (ANTARA) - Following are headlines in major Indonesian dailies published here on Sunday, April 12, 2009: THOUSANDS CAST BALLOTS IN VOTE RERUN While vote counting is under way...

18 FOREIGN WARSHIPS TO JOIN "SAIL BUNAKEN" FLEET REVIEW.
April 12, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Manado, N. Sulawesi, April 12 (ANTARA)- A total of 18 foreign warships from several countries have confirmed participation in the "Sail Bunaken" fleet review, which was scheduled to be held...

KPU HOLDS VOTE RERUN IN 13 POLLING STATIONS IN LAMPUNG.
April 12, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Bandarlampung, April 12 (ANTARA)- Regional election commission (KPUD) in Lampung Selatan district on Sunday held a vote rerun in 13 polling stations (TPS) at Rangai Tritunggal village,...

QUAKE ROCKS CENTRAL SULAWESI.
April 12, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Palu, C Sulawesi, April 12 (ANTARA) - The Boul town in the northern tip of Central Sulawesi was rocked by a strong tectonic earthquake after midday on Sunday causing locals to flee their homes....

PPP CADRE RAISES IDEA ON AXIS FOR CHANGE COALITION.
April 12, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 12 (ANTARA) - Associate chairman of the United Development Party (PPP) Emron Pangkapi raised the idea to change PPP's previous proposal for a golden triangle coalition into the...

GOLKAR, PPP TO GIVE PRIORITY TO NATION.
April 12, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 12 (ANTARA) - The United Development Party (PPP) and the Golkar Party agreed to give a priority to the interest of the nation in responding to the various alleged frauds with...

DEMOCRAT PARTY SUITABLE TO COALESCE WITH THOSE OF REFORMS ERA: OBSERVER.
April 12, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Padang, W Sumatra, April 12 (ANTARA) - Political observer of the Padang- based Andalas University (Unand) Prof Damsar said the most suitable partners in coalition with the Democrat Party were...

AMERICAN TOURISTS TO BALI UP 4.55 PCT.
April 12, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Denpasar, 12/4 (ANTARA) - A total of 8,986 American tourists visited Bali in the January-February 2009 period, an increase of 4.55 percent compared to 8,595 who came to the island paradise in...

FLOODS INUNDATE HUNDREDS OF HOUSES IN BENGKULU.
April 12, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Bengkulu, Apr 12 (ANTARA) - Hundreds of houses in the low-laying areas of Bengkulu city were inundated on Sunday following two days of incessant rains. The floods hit Tanjung Agung, Tanjung...

News Focus: PRE-POLLS POLITICAL ALLIANCES FACING UNCERTAINTIES.
April 12, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Andi Abdussalam Jakarta, April 12 (ANTARA) - The idea of forming a golden triangle coalition of the United Development Party (PPP), the Golkar Party and the Indonesian Democratic Party of...

300 HOUSES SUBMERGED BY FLOOD WATER.
April 12, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Dharmasraya, W Sumatra, Apr 12 (ANTARA) - At least 300 houses at Koto Besar village in West Sumatra province were submerged by 3-meter deep flood water on Sunday but there was no immediate...

SATURDAY'S NEWSPAPER HEADLINES.
April 11, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 11 (ANTARA) - The following are headlines of major newspapers published here on Saturday. KALLA CONGRATULATES SBY AS COALITION HUNT BEGINS Reeling from a disappointing...

PRESDENT YUDHOYONO LEAVES FOR EAST ASIAN SUMMIT IN THAILAND.
April 11, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 11 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Saturday morning left here for Pattaya, Thailand, to attend ASEAN + 3 summit and East Asian summit from Friday to Sunday...

NORTH KOREAN MISSILE CASE LIKELY TO BE DISCUSSED AT EAST ASIAN SUMMIT.
April 11, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 11 (ANTARA) - Heads of state/government are likely to discuss the North Korean missile case at the ASEAN+3 summit and East Asian summit from Friday to Sunday (April 10-12, 2009)...

EXPECTED HANURA-PPP LEADERS' MEETING FAILS TO TAKE PLACE.
April 11, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 11 (ANTARA) - An expected meeting between presidential aspirant and People's Conscience (Hanura) Party chairman Wiranto and United Development Party (PPP) leader Suryadharma Ali...

GOLKAR TO DISINTEGRATE IF KALLA RUNS FOR PRESIDENT : OBSERVER.
April 11, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Semarang, April 11 (ANTARA) - If Golkar Party leader Jusuf Kalla who is vice president persists in his efforts to run for president, his party will disintegrate, a political observer here said....

MEGAWATI, PRABOWO DISCUSS ALLEGED ELECTION FRAUD.
April 11, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 11 (ANTARA) - Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI- P) chairperson Megawati Soekarnoputri and Greater Indonesia Movement (Gerindra) Party Advisory Board chairman Prabowo...

PDIP PLANNING TO COALESCE WITH GERINDRA, HANURA.
April 11, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 11 (ANTARA) - The chairman of the Indonesia Democratic Party-Struggle (PDIP)'s advisory board, Taufik Kiemas, said PDIP was planning to coalesce with Gerindra and Hanura for the...