ANTARA - The Indonesian National News Agency articles from April 2010

ANTARA - The Indonesian National News Agency archives from April 2010

INDONESIAN ENVOY PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO AUSTRIAN PRESIDENT.
April 30, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency London, April 30 (ANTARA) - Indonesian Ambassador to Austria I Gusti Agung Wesaka Puja presented his credentials to Austrian President Heinz Fischer, the Indonesian Embassy in Vienna said. "The...

ONE KILLED IN RIAU WORKERS UNION BRAWL.
April 30, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Pekanbaru, Riau, April 30 (ANTARA) - One killed and a dozen of others injured in a brawl between two opposing labor union members in Bagan Batu town, Riau district of Rokan Hilir, on Friday. ...

FLOODS INUNDATE HUNDREDS OF HA OF C SULAWESI PADDY FIELDS.
April 30, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Palu, C Sulawesi, April 30 (ANTARA) - Floods have been inundating hundreds of hectares of paddy fields in Parigi Moutong district, Central Sulawesi, over the past two days, a government official...

VP TO VISIT BLITAR.
April 30, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Surabaya, East Java, April 30 (ANTARA) - Vice President Boediono is scheduled to make a two-day working visit to Blitar, East Java, on May 3 and 4, 2010. "The information about the vice...

CONTAINER SHIP AT BALIKPAPAN'S SEMAYANG PORT ON FIRE.
April 30, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Balikpapan, E Kalimantan, April 30 (ANTARA) - A container ship, Bintang Jasa 21, caught fire at Semayang port in Balikpapan on Friday at 6.30 am local time. "Smoke came out of Bintang Jasa 21...

PRESIDENT RECEIVES NEW CENTRAL INFORMATION COMMISSIONERS.
April 30, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 30 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono received seven new members of the Central Information Commission (KIP) at his office here on Friday morning. The KIP...

AUSTRALIA, US PROVIDE 9.6 M FUND TO INDONESIA.
April 30, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 30 (ANTARA) - The Australian and the US governments signs a 9.6 million US dollar partnership to rebuild earthquake damaged schools in West Sumatra, Indonesia, here, Friday. ...

PRESIDENT ASKS KIP TO KEEP LAW NO.14/2004.
April 30, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 30 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has asked the Central Information Commission (KIP) to keep the implementation of Law No.14/2004 on Public Information Openness. ...

LAW EXPERT: CENTRAL BANK'S INDEPENDENCE NEEDS TO BE REDEFINED.
April 30, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Makassar, South Sulawesi Province, April 30 (ANTARA) - Constitutional law expert Jimly Asshiddiqie said the central bank's constitutionally- sanctioned independence needs to be redefined because...

CENTRAL BENGKULU VILLAGERS DEMAND COMPENSATION FROM PLTA MUSI.
April 30, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Bengkulu, April 30 (ANTARA) - Some 400 families in Central Bengkulu district, Bengkulu province, were demanding a compensation for their land which they had not received from the hydro-power plant...

SOME 70 MILLION INDONESIANS LACK ACCESS TO PROPER SANITATION.
April 30, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 30 (ANTARA) - Around 70 million of Indonesia's 235 million population have no access to proper sanitation, according to the Indonesian Health and Environmental Engineering Experts...

MALUKU EXPECTED TO BECOME ISLANDS PROVINCE IN 2011.
April 30, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Ambon, Maluku, April 30 (ANTARA) - Maluku can gain central government's recognition as an islands province in 2011, Regional Representative Council (DPD) Commission-IV member John Pieris said here...

TNI ORDERED TO REMAIN NEUTRAL IN REGIONAL ELECTIONS.
April 30, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 30 (ANTARA) - Indonesian military (TNI) chief, General Djoko Santoso, ordered all TNI members here Friday to remain neutral in dealing with the regional elections. Santoso also...

FOREST DAMAGE IN MUSI RAWAS REACHES 40 PERCENT.
April 30, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Musi Rawas, S Sumatra, April 30 (ANTARA)- The damage of the forests in Musi Rawas district, South Sumatra province, in the last 10 years had reached 40 percent of the total of 631,104 hectares in...

TRADITIONAL MARKET IN SANUR ATTRACTS TOURISTS.
April 30, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Denpasar, April 30 (ANTARA) - Pasar Sindhu, one of the traditional market places in Sanur beach area, Bali, which had been improved by the Denpasar city administration, had started drawing the...

PERUMNAS GUARANTEES QUALITY OF ITS SUBSIDIZED HOUSES.
April 30, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Makassar, S Sulawesi, April 30 (ANTARA) - The National Housing Public Corporation (Perum Perumnas) guaranteed the quality of its subsidized houses. The company's marketing manager Nurdin Sakka...

GARUT RESIDENTS C0NSUME CONTAMINATED MEALS.
April 30, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Garut, W Java, April 30 (ANTARA) - At least 133 residents of Garut district, West Java, received medical treatment after eating contaminated meals here Thursday, a health worker said. The...

News Focus: SAIL BANDA TO START ON TIME.
April 30, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 30 (ANTARA) - All preparations for Sail Banda 2010 are expected to be completed in May to ensure that the international marine event can start on time. Sail Banda local committee...

DROUGHT AFFECTS FARMING AREAS IN LEBAK.
April 30, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Lebang, Banten Province, April 30 (ANTARA) - Drought has begun to affect thousands of hectares of farming areas in Lebak District, as rains have not fallen since the past a few days. "I cannot...

ACTIVITY OF MT RINJANI INCREASING.
April 30, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Mataram, April 30 (ANTARA) - Mt Barujari (2,376 meters dpl), a knoll of Mt Rinjani 3,726 meters above sea level, which erupted on May 2 last year, started to rumble on Friday at 7:46 am local...

SAIL BANDA PREPARATIONS TO BE COMPLETED IN ONE MONTH.
April 30, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Ambon, Maluku, April 30 (ANTARA) - Preparations for the upcoming international marine event of Sail Banda 2010 are expected to be finalized within the next one month, a local organizing official...

VP CHAIRS MEETING ON SOCIAL HEALTH INSURANCE SYSTEM.
April 30, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 30 (ANTARA) - Vice President Boediono here Friday chaired a meeting on the creation of a social health insurance system with three ministers and the chairman of the Presidential...

RUSSIAN, UKRAINIAN PREMIERS TO DISCUSS JOINT ENERGY, AVIATION.
April 30, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Moscow, April 29 (ANTARA/RIA Novosti-OANA) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will meet with his Ukrainian counterpart Mykola Azarov in Sochi on Friday to discuss joint projects in nuclear...

THAI GOVT APPRECIATES RI'S CONCERN.
April 30, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 30 (ANTARA) - The Thai government appreciates Indonesia's concern about the violence-marred political crisis in Thailand but maintains it is still a domestic affair, a visitingThai...

WORKERS TO PROTEST PLANNED POWER PRICE HIKE.
April 30, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 30 (ANTARA) - Thousands of workers grouped in the Confederation of All Indonesian Workers Unions (KSPSI) will demonstrate outside the parliament on Monday to reject the government's...

WORKERS TO OBSERVE INT'L LABOR DAY WITH RALLIES.
April 30, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 30 (ANTARA) - The Jakarta Regional Police predict that about 10,000 workers will take to the streets to observe May Day on Saturday. "The predicted number of workers to observe...

FIVE THOUSAND WORKERS FROM TANGERANG TO JOIN JAKARTA RALLIES.
April 30, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Tangerang, Banten, April 30 (ANTARA) - About 5,000 workers from Tangerang district, Banten province, will join other workers from Jakarta's buffer towns of Bogor, Bekasi and Depok to stage rallies...

THREE SUSPECTED BIRD FLU SUFFERERS IN PEKANBARU HOSPITALIZED.
April 30, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Pekanbaru, Riau, April 30 (ANTARA) - Arifin Achmad General Hospital in Riau province admitted three suspected bird flu patients on Friday, a hospital spokesman said. Before receiving Dina...

FORMER GAM LEADER RECUPERATING IN M'SIAN HOSPITAL.
April 30, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, April 30 (ANTARA) - Former GAM (Free Aceh Movement) leader Tgk Hasan Muhammad Tiro is recuperating from an illness for which he has been treated in a Malaysian hospital...

Two Thousand Depok Workers to Join Jakarta Rallies
April 30, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Depok, W Java, April 30 (ANTARA) - About 2,000 workers from Depok, an administrative city in West Java, will join their peers from other Jakarta's buffer towns in rallies on May Day in the capital...

PRESIDENT UNDERGOES CENSUS AT CIKEAS.
April 30, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 30 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono underwent population census at his private residence in Cikeas, West Java, head of the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) Rusman...

GORONTALO POSYANDU THE BEST IN INDONESIA.
April 30, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Gorontalo, April 30 (ANTARA) - The integrated medical service station (Posyandu) in Gorontalo city was the best among the well-developed posyandus in Indonesia. This was stated by head of the...

FOUR AFGHANS ARRESTED FOR ENTERING WITH FAKE DOCUMENTS.
April 30, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 30 (ANTARA) - Immigration officers at Jakarta's Soekarno- Hatta international airport on Thursday arrested four Afghans for attempting to enter Indonesia with fake passports and...

News Focus: THOUSANDS TO DEMONSTRATE IN JAKARTA ON MAY DAY.
April 30, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 30 (ANTARA) - Tens of thousands of workers will take to the streets in the capital city of Jakarta on Saturday and Monday to observe International Workers' Day and to demand better...

RI NUCLEAR POWER PROJECT'S TIMEFRAME PUSHED BACK TO 2018-2020.
April 30, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 30 (ANTARA) - Indonesia is now definitively planning to have a nuclear power plant some time between 2018 and 2020, instead of in 2016 as previously scheduled, National Nuclear...

PRESIDENT: 2010 CENSUS TO DECIDE NATION'S FUTURE.
April 30, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 30 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono Friday called on the entire nation to take active part in and ensure the success of the 2010 population census which will play a...

'COWBOYS IN PARADISE' MAKER TO BE SUMMONED THROUGH INTERPOL.
April 30, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Denpasar, Bali, April 30 (ANTARA) - The Bali police are to summon Amit Virmani, the maker of the "Cowboys in Paradise" documentary film who resides in Singapore, with the help of Interpol, a...

ACFTA BENEFICIAL FOR BATAM'S INDUSTRY.
April 29, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Batam, Riau Islands, April 29 (ANTARA) - The implementation of the Asean- China Free Trade Agreement (ACFTA) is actually beneficial for the industries on Batam in particular, and on Riau Islands...

PRESIDENT MEETS IRANIAN COMMUNICATION MINISTER.
April 29, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 29 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono received Iranian Communication and Information Minister Reza Taghipour Anvari at the Presidential Office in Jakarta on Thursday...

PRESIDENT RECEIVES THAI FOREIGN MINISTER.
April 29, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 29 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono received Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya at his office at 11 am on Thursday. The President was on the occasion flanked by...

HIPMI : SUNDA STRAIT BRIDGE GOOD FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
April 29, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Bandarlampung, April 29 (ANTARA) - The planned construction of the Sunda Srait Bridge (JSS) will have a positive impact on economic development on Sumatra and Java islands, a businessman's group...

RALLY PROTESTING BOEDIONO'S QUESTONING AT HIS OFFICE.
April 29, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 29 (ANTARA) - About a hundred members of the People's Solidarity for Anti-Corruption (SORAK) staged a rally in front of the vice presidential office here Thursday. They protested...

Sri Mulyani Questioned over Bank Century Scandal
April 29, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 29 (ANTARA) - Finance Minister Sri Mulyani was quizzed by Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigators at her office here Thursday about the Bank Century bailout scandal....

AMBON PHOTOGRAPHER WINS UNDERWATER PHOTO COMPETITION.
April 29, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Banda Neira, Maluku, April 29 (ANTARA) - Photographer from Ambon, Harry Susanto, came out as the first winner of "Banda Underwater Photo Rally Competition 2010" which was announced on Wednesday...

KPK INTERROGATES SRI MULYANI.
April 29, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 29 (ANTARA) - Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigators were on Thursday scheduled to interrogate Finance Minister Sri Mulyani on the Bank Century case starting at 10....

USAID HELPED INDONESIA REDUCE BIRD FLU RISKS.
April 29, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 29 (ANTARA) - The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has helped Indonesia reduce the risks associated with the transmission of avian influenza (AI),...

PRESIDENT INVITED TO G-15 SUMMIT IN TEHRAN.
April 29, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 29 (ANTARA) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has invited his Indonesian counterpart Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to attend G-15 Summit in Tehran next month. Presidential...

S SUMATRA STILL VULNERABLE TO ILLEGAL LOGGING.
April 29, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Palembang, S Sumatra, April 29 (ANTARA) - South Sumatra Province has remained vulnerable to the illegal logging scourge, police said. Over the past year, police in South Sumatra handled 97...

PRESIDENT HOPES THAI CONFLICT TO BE SOLVED PEACEFULLY.
April 29, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 29 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has expressed hope that a peaceful and democratic political solution could be reached in Thailand following the recent violence in...

SRI MULYANI QUESTIONED ABOUT JPSK.
April 29, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 29 (ANTARA) - The Corruption Eradication Commissin (KPK) investigators on Thursday questioned Finance Minister Sri Mulyani about the issuance of Government Regulation in Lieu of Law...

DPR TO SUMMONS MINISTERS CONCERNED OVER INALUM.
April 29, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 29 (ANTARA) - The House of Representatives Commission VII plans to summons ministers concerned in connection with the conclusion of the contract between Indonesia and Japan over PT...

SUSNO DUADJI SEEKING HIS ROOTS' SUPPORT.
April 29, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Pagaralam, S Sumatra, April 29 (ANTARA) - Susno Duadji, the whistle blower on the fiscal mafia case involving rogue tax official Gayus Tambunan and several police officers on Thursday visited the...

DEWA RUCI ENTERTAINS DIPLOMATS IN JIDDA.
April 29, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jidda, April 29 (ANTARA) - The crew of Indonesian naval training ship KRI Dewaruci berthed at the Jidda Islamic port since April 24 had greatly impressed diplomats there by its traditional...

ACEH MUSLIMS MUST WAIT 10 YEARS TO MAKE HAJJ PILGRIMAGE.
April 29, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Banda Aceh, April 29 (ANTARA) - Muslim residents of Aceh who register for the hajj pilgrimage to Mecca have to wait 10 years before they can actually make the journey, a local government official...

APINDO URGES SWEEP OF FOREIGNERS WORKING WITH TOURIST VISAS.
April 29, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Arpil 29 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian Businessmen's Association (Apindo) has asked the manpower minister to conduct a sweep on foreigners working in the country on tourist visas. "Many...

PRESIDENT LEADS CABINET MEETING TO ANTICIPATE LABOR DAY.
April 29, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 29 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono held a limited cabinet meeting on Thursday to discuss security matters ahead of International Labor Day on May 1. "The head of...

BAPPENAS PREDICTS 1.8 MILLION NEW JOB SEEKERS IN 2011.
April 29, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 29 (ANTARA) - The National Development Planning Board (Bappenas) predicts 1.8 million people will enter the labor market in 2011. "In order to absorb them, investment, especially...

KPK TO CONTINUE QUESTIONING SRI MULYANI TUESDAY.
April 29, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 29 (ANTARA) - Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigators are to question Finance Minister Sri Mulyani again next Tuesday after grilling her on Thursday in connection with...

SOME 41 ILLEGAL MIGRANT WORKERS FROM SUMENEP FORCIBLY DEPORTED.
April 29, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Sumenep, April 29 (ANTARA) - A total of 41 illegal Indonesian migrant workers (TKI) from Sumenep regency, Madura, East Java, in Malaysia had been forcibly deported. "The number is a provisional...

NO PRESIDENTIAL INTERFERENCE IN BOEDIONO'S QUESTIONING.
April 29, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 29 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has not interfered in the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK)'s plan to question Vice President Boediono on Thursday, the...

BOEDIONO : KPK QUESTIONING 'QUITE PROFESSIONAL'.
April 29, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 29 (ANTARA) - Vice President Boediono said Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigators had questioned him over the Bank Century in a "quite professional" way on Thursday....

BAKRIE TOWER USES VMS FOR SECURITY PURPOSES.
April 29, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 29 (ANTARA) - Bakrie Tower, an exclusive office building built by PT Bakrieland Development, is using a software called Visitor Management System (VMS) for maintaining security of...

NO INSTRUCTION FROM PRESIDENT TO BOEDIONO.
April 29, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 29 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono did not give any directives to Vice President Boediono in relation to his questioning by the Corruption Eradication Commission...

RI, S'PORE EXPANDING AIR FORCES COOPERATION.
April 29, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Kuta, Bali, April 29 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian and Singapore air forces met here on Thursday to expand cooperation on the occasion of the 30th military cooperation anniversary of the two ASEAN...

LANDSLIDE ON TIMIKA-TEMBAGAPURA ROAD.
April 29, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Timika, April 29 (ANTARA) - A landslide cut off the Timika-Tembagapura road at 8.45 am local time, Mimika police chief Adjunct Senior Commissioner Mochammad Sagi said here Thursday. He said the...

MAGNITUDE 5.1 EARTHQUAKES JOLT TASIKMALAYA.
April 28, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 28 (ANTARA) - Two consecutive earthquakes respectively measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale jolted Tasikmalaya in West Java and Melonguane in North Sulawesi early Wednesday morning....

News Focus: NTT AWAITS SAIL INDONESIA PARTICIPANTS.
April 28, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 28 (ANTARA) - After a two-year hiatus, participants of "Sail Indonesia 2010" will again make stopovers at a number of scenic places in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) province. East...

PRESIDENT OPENS DEVELOPMENT PLANNING CONGRESS 2010.
April 28, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 28 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono here on Wednesday opened the National Development Planning Congress 2010 which will last until May 1. Aimed at drafting the...

BEI INDEX OPENS LOWER ON WALL STREET LOSSES.
April 28, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 28 (ANTARA) - The Composite Stock Price Index (IHSG) at the Indonesian Stock Exchange (BEI) got off to a weak start here on Wednesday morning on sell-offs following Wall Street...

MALUKU PRONE TO EARTHQUAKES, TSUNAMI.
April 28, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Ambon, Maluku, April 28 (ANTARA) - Located in an area with major tectonic Pacific, Indo-Australia, and Eurasia plates, Maluku province is prone to earthquakes and tsunami. "The Indo-Australia...

SAIL INDONESIA PARTICIPANTS TO MAKE STOPOVERS IN NTT.
April 28, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Kupang, April 28 (ANTARA) - Sail Indonesia 2010 participants are expected to make stopovers at a number of scenic places in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) province, a local tourism official said. ...

News Focus: KPK PRAISED FOR SUMMONING BOEDIONO, SRI MULYANI
April 28, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 28 (ANTARA) - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK)'s action in summoning Vice President Boediono and Finance Minister Sri Mulyani has drawn positive reactions from the...

ANTI-GRAFT BODY TO GRILL BOEDIONO THURSDAY.
April 28, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 28 (ANTARA) - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has set a schedule to question former Bank Indonesia (BI) governor Boediono, who is now vice president, and Finance...

RI EYING IRAN AS POTENTIAL TOURISM MARKET.
April 28, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 28 (ANTARA) - Indonesia will soon direct the focus of its tourism promotion efforts on the Iranian market, a tourism ministry official said here Tuesday. "Probably next year, we...

PRESIDENT MEETS ASEAN VETERANS.
April 28, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 28 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Wednesday afternoon will meet ASEAN veterans at the 13th conference of the Confederation of South East Asia Nations (ASEAN) at...

PRESIDENT REMINDS REGIONAL HEADS OF THEIR MAIN TASKS.
April 28, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 28 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has warned regional heads against immersing themselves in their own politics at the expense of their primary tasks as government...

GARUDA'S DEBTS PAID OFF IN 2016.
April 28, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Hong Kong, April 28 (ANTARA) - National flag carrier PT Garuda Indonesia assured that its remaining debts of 561 million US dollars will be paid in full by 2016. "The schedule and restructuring...

RI CERTAIN IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM NOT FOR DEFENSE PURPOSES.
April 28, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 28 (ANTARA) - Regional Representatives Council (DPD) Chairman Irman Gusman said Indonesia was certain that Iran's nuclear enrichment project was not for defense and security...

RI, IRAN OBSERVE 60th YEAR OF DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS.
April 28, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 28 (ANTARA) - Indonesia and Iran observed the 60th anniversary of their diplomatic relations at the National Museum here on Tuesday evening. On the occasion, the two countries...

FLASH FLOODS HIT BOJONEGORO.
April 28, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Bojonegoro, E Java, April 28 (ANTARA) - Flash floods hit a number of villages in Kasiman subdistricts, Bojonegoro, East Java, Tuesday destroying five houses, causing serious damage to more than...

SPEAKER : QUESTIONING BOEDIONO, SRI MULYANI AT THEIR OFFICES NO PROBLEM.
April 28, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 28 (ANTARA) - House of Representatives Speaker Marzuki Alie said it was not a problem if the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) questioned former Bank Indonesia governor (now...

GEOTHERMAL ENERGY DEVELOPMENT MUST NOT HARM FORESTS.
April 28, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Nusa Dua, Bali, April 28 (ANTARA) - Chairman of the National Council for Climate Change Rachmat Witoelar said development of geothermal energy should not be done at the expense of the country's...

MAKER OF "COWBOYS IN PARADISE" VIOLATED RI LAWS : POLICE.
April 28, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Denpasar, April 28 (ANTARA) - The maker of the documentary film "Cowboys in Paradise" is believed to have produced the movie in Bali without the needed official permission and could therefore be...

VP : PEOPLE'S WELFARE CONDITIONS 'NOT TOO BAD'.(Conference notes)
April 28, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, April 28 (ANTARA) - Vice President Boediono said Indonesia has been able to meet a number of welfare indicators which, compared to those of other countries, were "not too bad." "Compared...