ANTARA - The Indonesian National News Agency articles from December 2008

ANTARA - The Indonesian National News Agency archives from December 2008

TWO STRONG QUAKES HIT BENGKULU.
December 31, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Bengkulu, Sumatra, Dec 31 (ANTARA) - Two earthquakes respectively measuring 5.9 and 5.1 on the Richter scale hit Bengkulu province on Sumatra Island in the early morning of Wednesday, the...

MINISTRY RECOVERS RP118 TRILLION IN STATE MONEY IN 2008.
December 31, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Dec 31 (ANTARA) - The Finance Ministry succeeded in recovering Rp118.403 trillion in state money in 2008 under its bureaucracy reform program, a spokesman said. The ministry's...

EARTHQUAKE FREQUENCY IN ACEH DOWN.
December 31, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Banda Aceh, Dec 31 (ANTARA) - The frequency of earthquakes in Nanggroe Aceh Darusslam (NAD) province has dropped from 8-10 times per day in 2007 to 5-7 times per day in 2008, according to the...

PRESIDENTIAL GUARD STABBED BY FORMER MARINE.
December 31, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Dec. 31 (ANTARA) - A presidential security guard identified as Private II David was wounded after being stabbed by someone who claimed to be Chief Corporal Hadi Muranto, a former...

WHALE STRANDED ON JAKAT BEACH, BENGKULU.
December 31, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Bengkulu, Dec. 31 (ANTARA) - A whale estimated to weigh more than a ton was found stranded at the Jakat Beach, Bengkulu, on Tuesday, with a serious injury to its head possibly caused by a...

MINOR QUAKE ROCKS YOGYAKARTA.
December 31, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Yogyakarta, Dec 31 (ANTARA) - A minor earthquake measuring 4.8 on Richter scale jolted Yoyakarta Special Region at 2.19 pm on Wednesday, a geophysics and meteorological official said. ...

COURT ACQUITS MUCHDI PR OF MUNIR MURDER CHARGE.
December 31, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Dec. 31 (ANTARA) - The South Jakarta District Court here on Wednesday acquitted Muchdi Pr, a former senior BIN (National Intelligence Agency) official, from the charge of murdering...

KISPA CALLS FOR SOLIDARITY DAY FOR GAZA ON FRIDAY.
December 31, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Dec. 31 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian Committee for Palestinian Solidarity (KISPA) called on the world community to observe next Friday, January 2, 2009, as a Solidarity Day for Gaza...

PURWOKERTO STUDENTS RALLY AGAINST ISRAEL.
December 31, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Purwokerto, Dec 31 (ANTARA) - Hundreds of college and high school students in Purwokerto town, Central Java, hit the streets on Wednesday to protest against Israeli military aggression in the...

ELECTION BODY TO START LOGISTICS PRODUCTION PROCESS IN JANUARY.
December 31, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Dec 31 (ANTARA) - The General Elections Commission (KPU) has set itself the target of starting to produce election logistics such as ballot papers, ink, polling booths and ballot boxes...

HIV/AIDS CASES IN INDONESIA INCREASING.
December 31, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Dec 31 (ANTARA) - The number of people infected with HIV/AIDS in Indonesia over the past 20 years up to September this year has reached 6,015 for HIV carriers and 15,136 AIDS for...

TERROR THREAT IN RI FOLLOWING GAZA CONFLICT NOT ALARMING.
December 31, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Dec 31 (ANTARA) - The threat of terrorism in Indonesia following the tensions between Israel and Palestine in the Gaza Strip is not causing any worry or fear but it should still be...

RI HAJJ PILGRIMS OFTEN EXTORTED BY DRIVERS, PORTERS IN S ARABIA.
December 31, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Medina, Dec 31 (ANTARA)- Indonesian hajj pilgrims often became victims of extortion by drivers and porters during their travel from Mecca to Medina in Saudi Arabia, one of the pilgrims...

VP: COURT DECISION ON MUCHDI MUST BE RESPECTED.
December 31, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Tampaksiring, Bali, Dec 31 (ANTARA) - Vice President Jusuf Kalla called on all people to respect the court decision to acquit former State Intelligence Agency (BIN) deputy chief Muchdi PR from...

PDIP OPTIMISTIC ABLE TO GARNER 40 PCT OF VOTES.
December 31, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Gorontalo, Dec 31 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian Democratic Party- Struggle (PDIP) is optimistic it can garner 40 percent of the votes in the legislative elections next year by presenting Megawati...

Profile - ZUHAIRI MISRAWI, YOUNG MUSLIM INTELLECTUAL SUPPORTING PLURALISM.
December 31, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Dec 31 (ANTARA) - In the morning of December 7, 2006, at an international seminar at the European Union Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, a young Indonesian Muslim intellectual spoke...

KPU, HOME MINISTER DISCUSS AMENDMENTS TO ELECTION LAW.
December 31, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Dec 31 (ANTARA) - Members of the General Election Commission (KPU) and Home Minister Mardiyanto have started to discuss the substance of a government regulation in lieu of law (Perppu)...

PRESIDENT TO ASK FOR AG'S REPORT ON MUCHDI'S ACQUITTAL.
December 31, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Dec 31 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will summon Attorney General Hendarman Supanji to ask for a report on the acquittal of Muchdi Purwopranjono, a defendant in the...

PRESIDENTIAL REGULATION ON GOVT ASSISTANCE FOR ELECTIONS COMPLETED.
December 31, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Dec 31 (ANTARA) - The home affairs ministry has drawn up a presidenial regulation on central and regional government assistance and facilitation for the implementation of general...

S OF MAJOR INDONESIAN NEWSPAPERS ON WEDNESDAY.
December 31, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Dec. 31 (ANTARA) - The following are headlines in major Indonesian newspapers published here on Wednesday. ISRAEL SEES NO END IN SIGHT FOR GAZA RAIDS Israel hit the Gaza Strip...

DEMONSTRATORS IN JAKARTA CONTINUE TO PROTEST ISRAEL.
December 31, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Dec 31 (ANTARA) - Protest rallies against Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip that have killed more than 300 people in the Palestinian territory were again staged at several areas in...

TWO DEMONSTRATIONS AGAINST ISRAEL IN PAMEKASAN.
December 31, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Pamekasan, Dec 31 (ANTARA) - Two demonstrations against Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip in Palestinian territory took place in Pamekasan district on Madura island, East Java, on...

HIZBUT TAHRIR TO RALLY OUTSIDE US EMBASSY OVER ISRAELI ATTACKS ON PALESTINE.
December 30, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Dec 30 (ANTARA) - Muslim organization Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI) will hold another rally outside the United State Embassy here on Wednesday in protest against Israeli military...

S OF MAJOR INDONESIAN NEWSPAPERS ON TUESDAY.
December 30, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Dec. 30 (ANTARA) - The following are headlines in major Indonesian newspapers published here on Tuesday. RI CONDEMNS ISRAELI AIR RAIDS ON GAZA STRIP Indonesia has demanded the UN...

FIVE DEMONSTRATIONS IN JAKARTA TO PROTEST AGAINST ISRAELI AIR RAID.
December 30, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Dec 30 (ANTARA) - Five groups of demonstrators in Jakarta have planned to march on Tuesday in protest against the Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip that have killed more than 300...

PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO TO ATTEND MASS PRAYER GATHERING.
December 30, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Dec 30 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyno and First Lady Ani Yudhoyoyono are scheduled to attend mass prayer gathering at Istiqlal Grand Mosque on Tuesday to observe Islamic...

JAKARTA STOCKS OPEN SLIGHTLY UP IN YEAR'S LAST TRADING SESSION.
December 30, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Dec. 30 (ANTARA) - The Composite Stock Price Index (IHSG) at the Indonesian Stock Exchange (BEI) opened 0.68 percent higher on Tuesday morning, the last trading session in 2008. ...

OBSERVER: DON'T LET ISRAEL'S BARBARIC ACTIONS CONTINUE.
December 30, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Dec. 30 (ANTARA) - The world must not allow Israel's barbaric actions against Palestine to continue, according to Hasanuddin, former chairman of the Indonesian Muslim University...

ACEH GOVT URGED TO CONTROL DRUG CIRCULATION.
December 30, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Banda Aceh, Dec 30 (ANTARA) - The Anti Drug Movement (Granat) has called on the Naggroe Aceh Darussalam (NAD) provincial administration and the local law enforcing agencies to intensify their...

HTI STAGES ANTI-ISRAEL RALLY OUTSIDE US EMBASSY IN JAKARTA.
December 30, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Dec. 30 (ANTARA) - Hundreds of members of the Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI) staged a rally condemning the Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip in front of the US embassy here on Tuesday....

STUDENTS STAGE ANTI-ISRAELI RALLIES IN MANY CITIES.
December 30, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Dec. 30 (ANTARA) - Rallies condemning Israeli attacks which killed over 300 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, were staged by university students in many Indonesian cities during the past...

PRESIDENT : RI CONSISTENTLY SUPPORTS PALESTINIAN STRUGGLE.
December 30, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Dec 30 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said the Indonesian government remained consistent in supporting the struggle of the Palestinian people to maintain their rights...

HTI CALLS ON MUSLIM COUNTRIES TO SEND TROOPS TO PALESTINE.
December 30, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Dec 30 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian Muslim organization Hizbut Tahrir (HTI) called on Muslim countries here on Tuesday to send troops to Palestine and fight against Israeli forces which...

KNPI CONDEMNS ISRAELI MILITARY AGGRESSION.
December 30, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Dec 30 (ANTARA) - The Ancol version of the Indonesian National Youth Committee (KNPI) has strongly condemned Israeli military aggression against Palestine that had claimed hundreds of...

HTI HOPES RI TO HELP PALESTINE WITH MILY PERSONNEL.
December 30, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Dec. 30 (ANTARA) - Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI) will not send volunteers to Palestine but hopes the Indonesian government can send Indonesian National Defense Forces (TNI) personnel...

SEMARANG STUDENTS CALL FOR STOP TO ISRAELI AGGRESSION.
December 30, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Semarang, Central Java, Dec. 30 (ANTARA) - Tens of Muslim university students from several universities in Semarang on Tuesday, staged a rally calling for a stop to Israeli aggression in the...

FM URGED TO PROVIDE MANPOWER ATTACHES WITH DIPLOMATIC PASSPORTS.
December 30, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Dec 30 (ANTARA) - A manpower official called on Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda here Tuesday to provide diplomatic passports, not service passports, for Indonesian manpower attaches...

TNI PREPARES C-130 HERCULES TO FLY AID TO PALESTINE.
December 30, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Dec 30 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian military (TNI) headquarters has prepared a C-130 Hercules transport aircraft to carry humanitarian aid to Palestine, a spokesman said. The TNI...

Year-Ender: RI, PALESTINE MOVE TOWARD CONCRETE COOPERATION.
December 30, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Dec. 30 (ANTARA) - The year 2008 is about to end, and there is not even a slightest hint that a Palestine state will enjoy full independence as promised in the US-sponsored Annapolis...

PRESIDENT ASKS BPS TO STUDY IMPACT OF FUEL OIL PRICE CUTS.
December 30, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Dec 30 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has asked the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) to study the impact of the recent premium gasoline and diesel oil price cuts on...

KPK TO EMPLOY MORE PROSECUTORS AND POLICE OFFICERS.
December 30, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Dec 30 (ANTARA) - Indonesia's Corruption Eradication Commission, known in its initials as KPK, plans to add more staff taken from prosecutor and police elements for the purpose of...

POLICE PREPARES SPECIAL OPERATIONS TO SECURE ELECTIONS.
December 30, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Dec 30 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian police have already made a variety of preparations including a plan to stage a special operation code-named "Operasi Mantap Brata" ahead of the...

MARTY PASSES ON PRESIDENT'S LETTER TO UN SECRETARY GENERAL.
December 30, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Dec 30 (ANTARA) - Indonesia's permanent representative to the United Nations in New York Marty M Natalegawa has passed on a letter from President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to UN...

GOVT TO RAISE DEPARTURE TAX TO RP2.5 MILLION.
December 30, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Denpasar, Dec 30 (ANTARA) - The government planned as of January 1, 2009, to raise the departure tax of people going abroad by Rp2.5 million to raise state revenue. Head of the Bali tax...

PRESIDENT URGED TO ISSUE DECREE BANNING THE AHMADIYAH SECT.
December 30, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Dec 30 (ANTARA) - Chairman of the Indonesian Council of Ulemas (MUI) KH Cholil Ridwan asked President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to immediately issue a decree banning the Ahmadiyah sect...

GOVT EXTENDS EXPIRY OF SUNSET POLICY UNTIL FEBRUARY 2009.
December 30, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Dec 30 (ANTARA) - The government is extending the expiry of the abolition of tax sanction known as Sunset Policy from December 2008 to February 2009 to meet demands from the public....

KPK TO SUPERVISE MANAGEMENT OF FOUNDATIONS.
December 30, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Dec 30 (ANTARA) - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) will supervise the management of some foundations in ministries and government agencies in a bid to prevent the state from...

PERTAMINA, PETROCHINA FAIL IN GAS EXPLORATION.
December 29, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Gresik, Dec 29 (ANTARA) - State oil company Pertamina, and Petrochina joint operating body (JOB) has failed for four times in gas exploration in Gresik district. JOB's technical deputy...

YOGYAKARTA WELCOMES JAVANESE NEW YEAR WITH "TOPO BROTO' RITUAL.
December 29, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Yogyakarta, Dec 29 (ANTARA) - About a thousand Yugyakarta residents on Saturday night conducted a "silent walk" around the palace of Sultan Hamengkuwono X in a ritual locally called 'topo bisu...

VP STARTS FIVE-DAY WORKING VISIT TO EASTERN INDONESIA.
December 29, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Sorong, Dec 29 (ANTARA) - Vice President Jusuf Kalla on Monday (Dec 29) began a five-day working visit to West Papua, South Sulawesi, and Bali. According to information from the vice...

SEMARANG RESIDENTS PERFORM 'KUNGKUM' RITUAL TO WELCOME ISLAMIC NEW YEAR.
December 29, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Semarang, C Java, Dec 29 (ANTARA) - Hundreds of people coming from various cities in Central Java jammed the Soeharto Monument Sunday night in Bendan Duwur village, South Semarang sub district...

PAPUA MUSLIMS WELCOME ISLAMIC NEW YEAR WITH WALK.
December 29, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jayapura, Dec 29 (ANTARA) - Hundreds of Muslims in Indonesia's easternmost province of Papua welcomed the Islamic New Year, 1 Muharram 1430 Hegira, with a walk, bazaar and drawing of door...

News Focus: INDONESIAN LOCALS PERFORM RITUALS TO WELCOME NEW YEAR.
December 29, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Dec 29 (ANTARA) - While Christians were still enjoying their post- Christmas holidays, some Muslims in the country on Monday performed various rituals to welcome the Islamic New Year,...

NGO CALLS FOR STATE COMPANIES' INVOLVEMENT IN LPG DISTRIBUTION INFRASTRUCTURE.
December 29, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Dec 29 (ANTARA) - A non-govetnmental organization, the Public Policies Study Center (Puskepi), has asked the government to involve state- and regional government-owned companies in the...

BALI PROJECT TO RECYCLE GARBAGE INTO ELECTRICIIY YIELDS TWO MW.
December 29, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Denpasar, Dec 29 (ANTARA) - The trial run of a project to recycle garbage into electrical energy at Denpasar's Sawung garbage dump has yielded two megawatts of electricity, a local official...

STUDENTS RALLY AGAINST ISRAELI MILITARY ATTACK ON PALESTINE.
December 29, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Dec 29 (ANTARA) - As many as 1,000 students belonging to various organizations demonstrated at the Hotel Indonesia traffic circles here on Monday to protest against Isreal's recent...

HOUSE, GOVT DISAGREE ON ONE MATTER IN MILITARY COURTS BILL.
December 29, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Dec 29 (ANTARA) - Deliberations on the Bill on Military Courts in the House of Representatives (DPR) are currently held up because no agreement has been reached with the government on...

PKS RAISING FUNDS FOR PALESTINIANS.
December 29, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Gorontalo, Dec 29 (ANTARA) - The Gorontalo chapter of the Justice and Prosperity Party (PKS) is raising funds from the public to help alleviate the burden of Muslims who have fallen victim to...

STUDENTS HOLD RALLY TO SHOW SOLIDARITY FOR PALESTINIANS.
December 29, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Solo, C Java, Dec 29 (ANTARA) - Tens of Muslim students took to the streets here on Monday to show their solidarity for the Palestinians killed or injured in last Saturday's Israeli air strikes...

GALES DESTROY 24 HOUSES IN PADANG.
December 29, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Padang, W Sumatra, Dec 29 (ANTARA) - At least 24 houses were seriously damaged by gales in West Sumatra's provincial capital Padang on Sunday evening but no casualties were reported. "We...

AMIEN RAIS NEEDS TO PAVE THE WAY FOIR OTHER CIGANJUR FIGURES.
December 29, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Dec 29 (ANTARA) - Prof Dr Amien Rais was expected to pave the way to other Ciganjur figures wishing to become a national leader, Director of the Institute of National Studies Victus...

HOUSE CATCHES FIRE IN KAMPUNG RAMBUTAN.
December 28, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Dec 28 (ANTARA) - A house in Kampung Rambutan, East Jakarta, caught fire on Sunday morning, causing a material loss of an estimated Rp30 million. Eight fire trucks were sent to the...

JTC EXPECTED TO HELP PREPARE VISIT JAMBI 2010 PROGRAM.
December 28, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jambi, Dec 28 (ANTARA) - The Jambi Tourism Consortium (JTC) is expected to assist the provincial administration in preparing a joint program ahead of Visit Jambi (VJY) 2010, a tourism official...

HOUSE CONDEMNS ISRAELI STRIKES ON GAZA.
December 28, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Dec 28 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) on Sunday condemned Israeli air strikes on the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip a day earlier that killed more than 150 people and...

News Focus: KPU RACING AGAINST TIME FOR LOGISTICS PROCUREMENT.
December 28, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency By Andi Abdussalam Jakarta, Dec 28 (ANTARA) - The government will hold a legislative election on April 9, 2009, but it seems that the General Election Commission (KPU) is racing against time in...

News Focus: AMIEN RAIS' OBJECTIVE BEHIND HIS INTENTION TO PARTICIPATE IN RESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
December 28, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Dec 28 (ANTARA) - All the people in Indonesia might have noticed how Barrack Obama had become a successful US President and visionary world leader and how the political parties in the...

ACEHNESE PEOPLE IN DENMARK ASK FOR AUDIT OF BRR.
December 28, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency The Hague, Dec 28 (ANTARA) - Some Acehnese people, grouped in the World Acehnese Association (WAA) with its headquarters in Denmark, had asked for an audit of the Reconstruction and...

ASSEMBLY OF TWO SUKHOI JET FIGHTERS STARTED SUNDAY.
December 28, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Makassar, S Sulawesi, Dec 28 (ANTARA)- The assembling of two of the six Russian-made Sukhoi jet fighters ordered by the Indonesian Air Force has been started at the Sultan Hasanuddin airbase...

INDONESIAN WORKER FROM BANYUMAS KILLED IN MALAYSIA.
December 28, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Banyumas, C Java, Dec 28 (ANTARA) - An Indonesian worker from Banyumas, Karso (28), was reported dead after falling from the third floor of a under construction apartment in Pulau Penang,...

BALINESE ARTISTS PREPARE DJ-JAZZ COLLABORATION ALBUM.
December 28, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Denpasar, Bali, Dec 18 (ANTARA) - Several music artists in Bali are preparing an album which will collaborate Disc Jockey (DJ) and Jazz music. The album invovled composers, DJs and musicians...

RI MUST INITIATE UN EMERGENCY MEETING, HOUSE MEMBER.
December 28, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Dec 28 (ANTARA) - Chairman of Commission I of the House of Representatives (DPR), Theo L Sambuaga, said here Sunday that Indonesian government must take advantage of its position as...

MOUNT IJEN VANDALIZED AND LITTERED.
December 28, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Banyuwangi, E Java, Dec 28 (ANTARA) - Mount Ijen (2,386 m) hike track located in the border of three regents Banyuwangi, Bondowoso and Situbondo, East Java has been polluted by plastic trash...

TAUFIQ KIEMAS' BIRTHDAY WELCOMES 2009 SUN IN BALI.
December 28, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Denpasar, Bali, Dec 28 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) review council chairman, Taufiq Kiemas, planned his 66 birthday this year end in Bali while welcoming the...

EXTREME OPINIONS PROLONG ISRAEL-PALESTINE CONFLICT.
December 28, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Dec 28 (ANTARA) - Growing extreme opinions onPalestine and Israel were seen as the cause of the protracted conflicts in Middle East. "Following the brutal aggression of Israeli...

INDONESIA SENDS USD200,000 PACKAGE OF MEDICINE TO PALESTINE.
December 28, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Dec 28 (ANTARA) - The government, in this case the Health Ministry is currently preparing a USD200,000 package of medicines to be sent to Palestine which had been attacked by Israeli...

CHILDREN STILL CELEBRATING CHRISTMAS AT RI-PNG BORDER AREA.
December 27, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jayapura, Papua, Dec 27 (ANTARA)- Some 500 Indonesian children living in Keerom district, which shares border with Papua New Guinea (PNG), were still celebrating Christmas on Friday (Dec.26)....

S OF MAJOR INDONESIAN NEWSPAPERS ON SATURDAY.
December 27, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Dec. 27 (ANTARA) - The following are headlines in major Indonesian newspapers published here on Saturday. FUEL PRICES COULD BE CUT AGAIN, SAYS GOVT The Government may further cut...

PETROCHINA HANDLING OUTBURST OF GRESIK MUD FLOW.
December 27, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Bojonegoro, E Java, Dec 27 (ANTARA)- Petrochina is now handling the outburst of mud flow in Sekarkurung village, Kebomas sub-district, Gresik, East Java, hoping it be able to stop it on...

ENVOY: RI AND IRAN HAVE SIMILARITIES.
December 27, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Dec. 27 (ANTARA) - Indonesia and Iran have similarities in religion and culture which could pave the way for enhancing bilateral relations and cooperation in various fields, according...

WHIRLWIND DAMAGES HOUSES IN POSO, C. SULAWESI.
December 27, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Palu, Central Sulawesi, Dec. 27 (ANTARA) - Whirlwind damaged a number of houses at Amporiwo village, South Pamona subdistrict, Poso District, Central Sulawesi, on Friday. At least 18...

WILD ELEPHANTS AGAIN SCARE RESIDENTS OF ACEH JAYA.
December 27, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Banda Aceh, Dec. 27 (ANTARA) - Three wild elephants have approached Cot Pangee village, Sampiniet sub district, Aceh Jaja District, and scared hundreds of local residents since Wednesday (Dec....

OVER 100 ARTISTS TO HOLD JOINT EXHIBITION IN UBUD.
December 27, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Denpasar, Dec 27 (ANTARA) - Some 108 artists of the Sanggar Dewata Indonesia (SD) artists community will hold a joint exhibition at Tonyraka Arts Gallerry in the Ubud Artists village from...

GOVT HOLDS CONSULTATION MEETING WITH STATE INSTITUTIONS' LEADERS.
December 27, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Dec 27 (ANTARA) - The government held a consultation meeting with leaders of state institutions at the State Palace here on Saturday. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono,...

PRESIDENT TO ATTEND X'MASS CELEBRATIONS AT JCC.
December 27, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Dec 27 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is scheduled to attend Christmas celebrations at the Plenary Hall of the Jakarta Convention Center on Saturday evening. The...