ANTARA - The Indonesian National News Agency articles from April 2009

ANTARA - The Indonesian National News Agency archives from April 2009

WEDNESDAY'S NEWSPAPER HEADLINES.
April 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 29 (ANTARA) - The following are headlines of major newspapers published here on Wednesday. CONTINGENCIES IN PLACE AS WORLD BRACE FOR FLU PANIC Indonesia joined the global...

PRESIDENT OPENS APKASI CONFERENCE.
April 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 29 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono opened the 3rd national conference of the All-Indonesia Association of District Administrations APKASI) at the State Palace here...

BALI'S NGURAH RAI AIRPORT ON FULL ALERT AGAINST SWINE FLU.
April 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Tuban, Bali Province, April 29 (ANTARA) - Ngurah Rai International Airport, Bali Province, is now on a full alert to prevent swine flu from entering the world-famous resort island. Any...

PRESIDENT ASKS DISTRICT CHIEFS TO IMPROVE REGIONAL AUTONOMY'S QUALITY.
April 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 29 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has asked district administration chiefs across the country to improve the quality of regional autonomy. Speaking at a...

BALI PUBLIC ALERTED AGAINST SWINE FLU.
April 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Denpasar, April 29 (ANTARA) - Bali's provincial authorities have urged local people and all concerned parties to step up alertness in order to prevent swine flu from breaking out in the resort...

RI, CHINA NAVIES TO STEP UP COOPERATION.
April 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 29 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian Navy (TNI AL) and the Chinese Navy have agreed to step up cooperation particularly in education and training. The agreement was reached at a...

GERMAN MARINE EXPEDITION GROUP EXPECTED IN NORTH MALUKU.
April 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Ternate, April 29 (ANTARA) - A group of German marine researchers and journalists are expected to visit several tourism objects in South Halmahera (Halsel) district in North Maluku province on...

BE CAREFUL IN ELECTING PRESIDENT, MPR CHIEF SAYS.
April 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 29 (ANTARA) - People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Speaker Hudayat Nurwahid has called on the people to be careful in electing presidential and vice presidential candidates in...

POLICE RECEIVED 610 ELECTION-RELATED CASES UP TO APRIL 27.
April 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 29 (ANTARA) - National Police Chief General Bambang Hendarso Danuri said up to April 27, 2009, a total of 610 criminal cases related to the recent legislative elections were...

MPR CHIEF HOPES KPU NOT TO REPEAT PAST MISTAKES.
April 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 29 (ANTARA) - The People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) hoped the General Elections Commission (KPU) will not repeat the mistakes and shortcomings that occurred in the legislative...

DEFENSE STUDY FOSTERS RI-GERMANY RELATIONS.
April 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency London, April 29 (ANTARA) - A warm and comfortable climate in Berlin welcomed the participants of a summer course in defense organized by the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB). Head of...

PRESIDENT GASPAROVIC HAILS RI-SLOVAKIA INCREASED RELATIONS.
April 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency London, April 29 (ANTARA) - President of Slovakia Ivan Gasparovic hailed efforts at increasing and expanding trade between Indonesia and Slovakia. The Slovakian President made the remark...

AMBASSADOR EDDY PRATOMO PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO GERMAN PRESIDENT.
April 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency London, April 29 (ANTARA) - Indonesian Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany Eddy Pratomo presented his credentials to President Horst Kohler at the Bellevue Palace. On the...

BALI TO HOST CONGRESS ON AIDS.
April 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Denpasar, April 29 (ANTARA) - Bali is to host the 9th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP) on August 9-13 this year. "The congress on August will be attended by...

RI TO TRAIN TIMOR LESTE FORESTRY OFFICERS IN MAY.
April 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 29 (ANTARA) - Indonesia will train over 30 forestry officers of Timor Leste as part of the implementation of a forestry cooperation agreement. The agreement was signed by...

FOUR COUNTRIES ASK RI TO SUPPLY RICE.
April 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 29 (ANTARA) - At least four neighboring countries have asked Indonesia to supply rice when their rice stocks deplete. Indonesia was currently discussing a Memorandum of...

HEALTH MINISTER DENIES AFP REPORT ON SWINE FLU.
April 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 29 (ANTARA) - Health Minister Siti Fadilah Supari has denied a recent foreign news agency report that quoted her as saying the current swine flu pandemic was possibly man-made....

MUHAMMADIYAH SUPPORTS REDUCTION OF POLITICAL PARTIES' NUMBER.
April 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 29 (ANTARA) - Islamic organization Muhammadiyah has expresssed support for the idea of reducing the number of political parties in Indonesia as part of efforts to revitalize and...

KPK SEEKING KPU'S CLARIFICATION ON IT PROCUREMENT.
April 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 29 (ANTARA) - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) will ask the General Elections Commission (KPU) to clarify a number of data related to the procurement of information...

BCA'S SHARIAH UNIT TO OPEN IN SEPTEMBER.
April 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 29 (ANTARA) - Vice president director of Bank BCA Jahja Setiaatmadja said here on Wednesday the bank would start operating its shariah unit in September 2009. "It will...

M'SIAN STUDENTS JOIN EXCHANGE PROGRAM AT MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY.
April 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Yogyakarta, April 29 (ANTARA) - Seven students of the Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyah of Law of the International Islamic University of Malaysia (AIKOL-IIUM) are participating in a student exchange...

MUHAMMADIYAH AGAINST DELEGITMIZING APRIL 9 POLL RESULTS.
April 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 29 (ANTARA) - Muhammadiyah chairman Din Syamsuddin said he was against efforts being made by certain parties to have the results of the recent legislative election delegitimized...

JAKARTA RESTAURANTS FORBIDDEN TO SLAUGHTER PIGS.
April 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 29 (ANTARA) - The Jakarta city administration has forbidden restaurants offering pork menus to slaughter pigs themselves as a measure to anticipate swine flu outbreaks. The...

KALLA, ALI DISCUSS IDEA OF FORMING GRAND COALITION.
April 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 29 (ANTARA) - United Development Party (PPP) Chairman Surya Dharma Ali said he and Golkar Party Chairman Jusuf Kalla on Wednesday evening met over coffee and discussed the idea...

LEBAK TIGHTLY GUARDS BORDERS TO PREVENT SWINE FLU.
April 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Lebak, Banten, April 29 (ANTARA) - The animal husbandry service of Labak district, Banten province, is tightly supervising the flow of cattle into the region at the Rangkasbitung check point to...

SWINE FLU PREVENTION MEASURES PREVENT LOSSES OF RP16 BILLION.
April 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Manado, N Sulawesi, April 29 (ANTARA) - Swift measures taken to thwart the spread of swine flu in North Sulawesi will be able to prevent losses of up to Rp16 billion which pig farmers could...

GARUT ALERTED OVER SWINE FLU SPREAD.
April 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Garud, W Java, April 29 (ANTARA) - The head of Garut district's animal husbandry service, Hendry Budiman, said he had ordered his staff to stay alert against the possible threat of swine flu in...

CHICKEN TRADE TURNOVER DOWN ON BIRD FLU REPORTS.
April 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jember, April 29 (ANTARA) - Local traders in East Java's Jember district have been complaining since recently due to a decline in their chicken sales due to reports on bird flu outbreaks, a...

INDONESIANS OVERSEAS ALERTED AGAINST SWINE FLU.
April 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 29 (ANTARA) - The Foreign Ministry called on Indonesians staying overseas or traveling through Mexico and North American regions, or countries prone to swine flu or hand, foot,...

EPG HOPES MANOHARA CASE NOT TO DISTURB RI-M'SIA RELATIONS.
April 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 29 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian Eminent Persons Group (EPG) hopes the alleged domestic violence case involving Indonesian Manohara Odelia Pinot and her Malaysian prince husband,...

PAS" ASKS WALHI TO WITHDRAW COMPLAINT TO FORESTRY MINISTER.
April 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Banda Aceh, April 29 (ANTARA) - The South Aceh Youths Association (PAS) has asked the Indonesian Environmental Watch (Walhi) to withdraw their complaints to Forestry Minister MS Kaban about a...

FOREIGN VISITORS TO BALI UP DESPITE SWINE FLU.
April 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Denpasar, April 29 (ANTARA) - The number of foreigners visiting Bali appeared not to be affected by the swine flu issue, and their number has even increased in the last few years. "Foreign...

MINISTER CALLS FOR ORDERLY COMMEMORATION OF LABOR DAY.
April 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 29 (ANTARA) - Manpower minister Erman Suparno called for an orderly and peaceful commemoration of Labor Day on May 1 here on Wednesday. "We hope businessmen and workers would...

POLICE HEADQUARTERS SET TO SECURE FIVE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES.
April 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 29 (ANTARA) - National Police Chief Gen. Bambang Danuri said his side has prepared hundreds of personnel for the security of five presidential and vice presidential pairs who...

PUBLIC DEBATE BETWEEN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES WITHOUT PENELISTS.
April 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 29 (ANTARA)- The public debates between presidential and vice presidential candidates during this year's presidential election campaigns will be staged without panelists as the...

TOUR DE SINGKARAK BICYCLE RACE TEAMS START WARMING UP.
April 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Padang, W Sumatra, April 29 (ANTARA) - Several foreign bicycle racing teams of Tour de Singkarak started warming up by running through the main streets here before competing from April 29 to...

SIX COUNTRIES OBSERVE EUROPE DAY IN SURABAYA.
April 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Surabaya, April 29 (ANTARA) - Four countries will be observing Europe Day at the French Cultural Center (CCCL) in Surabya on May 9, 2009. In a press release CCCL press attache in Surabaya...

OBAMA'S GRANDMA TO PERFORM HAJ - REPORT.
April 28, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency DUBAI, April 28 (ANTARA/Bernama-OANA) - United States (US) President Barack Obama's grandmother has accepted an invitation from United Arab Emirates (UAE) property tycoon Dr Sulaiman Al Fahim...

S OF INDONESIAN NEWSPAPERS ON TUESDAY.
April 28, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Apr 28 (ANTARA) - The following are headlines of major Indonesian newspapers published here on Tuesday. NATION ON ALERT FOR SWINE FLU Indonesian ports and airports were on high...

News Focus: INDONESIA ALERTED IN FACE OF POSSIBLE SWINE FLU EPIDEMIC.
April 28, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 28 (ANTARA) - As suspected swine flu cases have reached Australia and New Zealand while at least 100 human deaths have been reported in North America, Indonesia is now alerting...

FOUR RI HAWK FIGHTER PLANES GUARDING AMBALAT.
April 28, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 28 (ANTARA) - Four Indonesian Hawk 100/200 jet planes of the Pontianak and Balikpapan Elang Khatulistiwa Air Squadron are now guarding national air space over the Ambalat waters....

LOVINA DOLPHINS THREATENED BY TOURIST BEHAVIOR.
April 28, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Denpasar, Bali Province, April 28 (ANTARA) - The life of dolphins off the beach of Livina, a northern coastal area in Buleleng District may be threatened as tourists often chase them in...

SEVERAL COUNTRIES TO JOIN INT'L BATIK WEEK IN PEKALONGAN.
April 28, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Pekalongan, Central Java, April 28 (ANTARA) - Singapore, Malaysia, and the Philippines will take part in an International Batik Week to be held in Pekalongan, April 29-May 3, 2009. ...

FOUR VOLCANOES ON ALERT STATUS.
April 28, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Bandung, Apr 28 (ANTARA) - Four volcanoes in Indonesia are still under intensive control of the Volcanological and Geological Disaster Mitigation Center (PVMBG) on alert (level 3) status. ...

PRESIDENT CALLS FOR INTEGRATED TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT.
April 28, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Cengkarang, Banten, April 28 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono called on experts and transportation officials to think of an integrated transportation development system. ...

PRESIDENT INAUGURATES TERMINAL III OF SOEKARNO HATTA AIRPORT.
April 28, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 28 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono inaugurated Terminal III of Jakarta's Soekarno Hatta International Airport, Cengkareng, Banten Province, here Tuesday. The...

INDIAN AGRICULTURE OFFICIALS OBSERVE BALI CATTLE FARMING.
April 28, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Denpasar, Bali Province, April 28 (ANTARA) - Eight officials of the Indian agriculture ministry visited Bali for a week to observe cattle farming activity on the island. "They among other...

SEVENTEEN SUB DISTRICTS IN JEMBER HIT BY BIRD FLU.
April 28, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jember, East Java, April 28 (ANTARA) - Poultry in 17 out of 31 sub districts in Jember District, East Java Province, have been confirmed infected with the bird flu virus (Avian Influenza). ...

HIGH WAVES DESTROY THREE HOUSES IN SOUTHEAST MALUKU.
April 28, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Ambon, Maluku Province, April 28 (ANTARA) - Huge waves reaching a height of up to three meters destroyed three houses and slightly damaged 30 others as well as a health clinic at Ohoirenan...

MILY TRAINER PLANE MAKES EMERGENCY LANDING.
April 28, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 28 (ANTARA) - A Tobago trainer airplane belonging to the Indonesian Navy (TNI-AL) made an emergency landing in a coastal area near Ahmad Yani airbase, Semarang, Central Java,...

MER-C GETS LAND TO BUILD INDONESIA HOSPITAL IN GAZA.
April 28, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Bogor, West Java, April 28 (ANTARA) - Medical Emergency Rescue Committee (MER-C) has received a plot of land measuring 4,000 m2 from Gaza residents for construction of an Indonesia Hospital...

RI SELECTED AS CRBOM HUB IN ASIA-PACIFIC.
April 28, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Solo, Central Java, April 28 (ANTARA)- Indonesia has been selected to serve as a hub for the Center of River Basin Organization and Management (CRBOM) in Asia and the Pacific. Indonesia...

BEIJING SUPPORTS ASEAN+3 MEETING IN BALI.
April 28, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Beijing, April 28 (ANTARA) - The Chinese government has expressed support for the upcoming ASEAN+3 finance ministers meeting to be held in Bali early next month to discuss followups on the...

SINGAPORE FLU NOT AFFECTING AIR PASSENGERS TO BANDUNG.
April 28, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Bandung, W Java, April 28 (ANTARA)- The Singapore flu issue has not yet affected the flow of air passengers on the Bandung-Singapore route and Bandung-Kuala Lumpur route, a spokesman said. ...

KALLA TO ANNOUNCE COALITION WITH OTHER PARTIES MAY 3.
April 28, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 28 (ANTARA) - Golkar Party Chairman Jusuf Kalla promised on Tuesday he would announce Golkar's coaltion partners on May 3 at the latest. "The deadline for the announcement is...

NORTH SULAWESI'S ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICE PLANTS 15,000 MANGROVE TREES.
April 28, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Manado, North Sulawesi Province, April 28 (ANTARA) - The North Sulawesi environmental management office (BPLH) has planted 15,000 seedlings of mangrove on a 1.5 hectare plot of lang at Bailang...

E JAVA POLICE SEIZE 88 GRAMS OF CRYSTAL METHAMPHETAMINE.
April 28, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Surabaya, E Java, April 28 (ANTARA) - East Java police have arrested a drug dealer, M Riska Irawan (38,) and seized 88 grams of crystal methamphetamine found under his motorcycle seat and in...

GOVT PREPARING RP40 BILLION FOR SWINE FLU HANDLING.
April 28, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 28 (ANTARA) - The government is allocating Rp40 billion to cope with the possible spread of swine flu in Indonesia, Director General for Animal Husbandry Tjeppy D Soedjana said....

JAKARTA CITY GOVT TIGHTLY WATCHING SIGNS OF SWINE FLU ENTRY.
April 28, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 28 (ANTARA) - Jakarta's fisheries, maritime and food resilience affairs office is tightly watching the possible entry of swine flu into the capital city in order to take counter...

GOLKAR, PDIP CONSIDERING TO FORM GRAND COALITION.
April 28, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 28 (ANTARA) - Small teams from the Golkar Party and the Indonesian Democratic Party-Struggle (PDIP) agreed here on Tuesday to explore the possibility of forming a grand coalition...

OBSERVERS STILL GUESSING ABOUT YUDHOYONO'S RUNNING MATE.
April 28, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 28 (ANTARA) - Indonesian political observers are still guessing about who would be the running mate of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in the presidential election next July 8. Dr...

S'POREAN NATIONAL GETS 18 YEARS FOR TERRORISM.
April 28, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 28 (ANTARA) - The South Jakarta district court sentenced Singaporean national Fajar Taslim alias Muhammad Hasan to 18 years in prison on Tuesday for terrorism. His two...

POLICE COORDINATING WITH INTERPOL TO UNCOVER FOREIGN DRUG SYNDICATE.
April 28, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Surabaya, April 28 (ANTARA) - East Java police have established coordination with Interpol in an effort to uncover and dismantle an international syndicate they believe was behind two recent...

ATTEMPT TO SMUGGLE IN 5.320 GRAMS OF SHABU-SHABU FOILED.
April 28, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Tangerang, Banten, April 28 (ANTARA) - Customs officers at the Soekarno- Hatta Airport foiled on Tuesday an attempt to smuggle 5.320 grams of shabu- shabu (crystal methamphetamine) into the...

GOVT URGED TO SHUT DOWN NAMRU-2.
April 28, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 28 (ANTARA) - Several non-governmental organizations (NGO)in Indonesia again urged the government to shut down the US Naval Medical Research Unit-2 (NAMRU-2) in Jakarta. ...

CONSTRUCTION OF LOOP LINE IN JAKARTA AWAITING TALKS WITH TRANSPORTATION.
April 28, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency INISTRY Jakarta, April 28 (ANTARA) - The construction of a loop line scheduled to start operating in 2012, is still awaiting the outcome of discussions between the Jakarta City Administration...

CHINA, TAIWAN NARCOTIC SUPPLIERS IN EAST JAVA.
April 28, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Surabaya, April 28 (ANTARA) - East Java Police Chief Inspector General Anton Bachrul Alam said China and Taiwan have become the biggest narcotic suppliers in East Java. "Many of the...

JAZY SPORT WISHES TO RAISE GRADE IN TOUR DE SINGKARAK.
April 28, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Padang, W Sumatra, April 28 (ANTARA) - The Philippines bicycle racing team Jazy Sport Beacon (JSB) in the Tour de Singkarak 2009 open-road bicycle race, wished to become the fifth biggest from...

GOVT TAKES SEVEN STEPS TO PREVENT SWINE FLU.
April 28, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Bandung, April 28 (ANTARA) - The government is taking seven steps to prevent the swine flu virus from spreading to the country. One of the steps is intalling thermal scanners at...

RI, EGYPT PLAY IMPORTANT ROLE IN NON-ALIGNED MOVEMENT.
April 28, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 28 (ANTARA) - Egyptian Ambassador to Indonesia Ahmed El Kewaisny said Indonesia and Egypt are playing an important role in constantly reviving the Bandung Spirit in the...

S OF INDONESIAN NEWSPAPERS ON MONDAY.
April 27, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 27 (ANTARA) - The following are headlines of major Indonesian newspapers published here on Monday. SEARCH FOR ALLIANCES MAY SEE GOLKAR ABANDONED Sunday was business as usual...

RI, TAIWAN INTENSIFY AGRICULTURAL COOPERATION.
April 27, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 27 (ANTARA) - Taiwan will continue extending its transfer of technology in agricultural field to Indonesia to intensify the two countries' agricultural cooperation, a statement...

KALLA REPORTS RESULTS OF TALKS WITH OTHER PARTIES.
April 27, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Apr 27 (ANTARA) - Golkar Party chairman Jusuf Kalla reported the implementation of his mandate to approach other parties for closer political cooperation to a special party leadership...

MOST NU MEMBERS IN THREE E JAVA REGIONS PREFER NON-PARTISANHIP.
April 27, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Surabaya, Apr 27 (ANTARA) - The majority of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) members in Malang, Jember and Sumenep, East Java, do not want NU to support any of the existing political parties, a survey...

DENMARK-IPB COOPERATION IN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ANALYSIS APPRAISERS TRAINING.
April 27, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Bogor, W Java, April 27 (ANTARA) - The Environmental Research Center of the Bogor Institute of Agriculture (PPLH-IPB) cooperated with the Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA) in an...

AMA OBSERVES GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY IN PAPUA.
April 27, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jayapura, April 27 (ANTARA) - The Associated Mission Aviation (AMA) in Indonesia's easternmost province of Papua observed its golden anniversary on Monday, April 27, 2009. Established by...

YUDHOYONO TO PICK RUNNING MATE FROM GOLKAR: OBSERVER.
April 27, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 27 (ANTARA) - Center for Indonesian National Policy Studies (CINAPS) director Guspiabri Sumowigeno said he believed presidential candidate Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will yet pick...

GOVT CONSIDERING ISSUING LAW TO CUT REGIONAL ELECTION'S FREQUENCY.
April 27, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Palembang, S Sumatra, April 27 (ANTARA) - The government is considering to draft a new law or regulation on regional chief election law in an effort to reduce the frequency of elections that...

INDONESIA TEMPORARILY STOPS IMPORTING PIGS.
April 27, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 27 (ANTARA) - Indonesia has decided to temporarily stop importing pigs in an effort to prevent the spread of swine influenza which has spread of late in a number of Latin...

POLICE NAB THREE SOFTWARE PIRACY SUSPECTS.
April 27, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 27 (ANTARA) - Police handling special types of crime arrested three people as computer software piracy suspects in the Penjaringan area, North Jakarta, over the weekend, a...

ASEAN URGED TO AGREE ON EXTRADITION AND INFORMATION TRANSPARENCY.
April 27, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Kuala Lumpur, Apr 27 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian delegation to the Asean Inter-Parliamentary Assembly on prevention of narcotic trade and human trafficking has asked for a resolution that all...

KALLA WARNED AGAINST POLITICIANS TRYING TO 'ASSAINATE' HIS CHARACTER.
April 27, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 27 (ANTARA) - The initiator of a Jusuf Kalla supporters' group called "JK 4 President Team", Zainal Bintang, called on the Golkar Party leader to be wary of people within and...

PRESIDENT ASKS LABOR DAY DEMONSTRATORS NOT TO DISTURB SECURITY.
April 27, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 17 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has asked labor unions intending stage rallies on Labor Day on May 1 not to disturb security and order in the country. ...

RESIDENT HOLDS UNSCHEDULED MEETING TO DISCUSS SWINE FLU.
April 27, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 27 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono held an unscheduled limited cabinet meeting on Monday to discuss fears that the swine influenza epidemic would spread to Asia....