ANTARA - The Indonesian National News Agency articles from December 2009

ANTARA - The Indonesian National News Agency archives from December 2009

JAKARTA'S FLOOD , TRANSPORTATION PROBLEMS STILL UNSOLVED : GOVERNOR.
December 31, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Dec 31 (ANTARA) - Jakarta Governor Fauzi Bowo has admitted that he had not succeeded in solving the capital city's flood and transportation problems in 2009. He said that although the...

VP PAYS LAST RESPECTS TO LATE FRANS SEDA.
December 31, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Dec 31 (ANTARA) - Vice President Boediono paid his last respects to former minister Frans Seda who died early on Thursday. "He is an economist who has given great services to economic...

Year-ender: RI EXPECTING OIL SPILL COMPENSATION FROM AUSTRALIA.
December 31, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Dec 31 (ANTARA) - Indonesia is now expecting compensation from Australia for the oil spill from an explosion in the Montara oilfield which has caused environmental damage to the Timor...

JAPAN, US EXTEND CONDOLENCES ON GUS DUR'S DEMISE.
December 31, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Dec 31 (ANTARA) - The Japanese and United States governments Thursday extended condolences on the demise of former Indonesian president Abdurrahman Wahid popularly known as Gus Dur. ...

PRESIDENT NAMES GUS DUR "FATHER OF PLURALISM".
December 31, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jombang, E Java, Dec 31 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has declared the late former president Abdurrahman Wahid "Father of Pluralism" in recognition of the deceased's examplary...

GUS DUR'S REPUTATION NEEDS REHABILITATING: PRESIDENTIAL STAFF.
December 31, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Dec 31 (ANTARA) - Presidential special staff member Andi Arif said rehabilitating former president Abdurrahman Wahid's (Gus Dur) reputation was more important than conferring a hero's...

CATHOLICS HOPE YENNY TO INHERIT HER FATHER'S PEACE IDEAS.
December 31, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jombang, Dec 31 (ANTARA) - Catholics hope Zannuba Arifah Chafsoh Rahman Wahid or Yenni Wahid will inherit the peace-promoting ideas of her father, Abdurrahman Wahid who died at 69 in Jakarta on...

AMBON CHURCHES FILLED TO CAPACITY ON NEW YEAR'S EVE.
December 31, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Ambon, Dec 31 (ANTARA) - Christians flocked to churches in Ambon and its sorrounding areas to attend New Year's Eve services on Thursday evening. Thousands of Christians were seen attending the...

GUS DUR SHOULD BE NAMED "HERO OF DEMOCRACY" : NTT GOVERNOR.
December 31, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Kupang, Dec 31 (ANTARA) - East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) Governor Frans Lebu Raya said former President Abdurrahman Wahid (Gus Dur) who died on Wednesday deserved the title of "hero of democracy.". ...

GUS DUR-PROVOKED CONTROVERSIES BENEFITED NATION : MUHAMMADIYAH CHIEF.
December 31, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jombang, Dec 31 (ANTARA) - Muhammadiyah chairman Din Syamsuddin said the public controveries former president Abdurrahman Wahid (Gus Dur) had caused during his life-time were very useful for the...

QUAKE JOLTS BIAK.
December 31, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Bandarlampung, Dec 31 (ANTARA) - An earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale jolted Biak town in Indonesia's easternmost province of Papua on Thursday. The epicenter of the tremblor which...

NAJIB CONVEYS CONDOLENCES TO GUS DUR'S FAMILY.
December 31, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Kuala Lumpur, Dec 31 (ANTARA/Bernama) -- Prime Minister Najib Razak Thursday conveyed his condolences to the family of Abdurrahman Wahid and the people of Indonesia over the death of the former...

SEMARANG'S CONFUCIANIST COMMUNITY MOURN GUS DUR.
December 31, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Semarang, Dec 31 (ANTARA) - With former president Abdurrahman Wahid's demise on Wednesday, Semarang city's Confucianist community feel they have lost a protector of their faith, a spokesman said....

TNI READY TO ASSIST POLICE IN SECURING NEW YEAR'S EVE.
December 31, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Dec 31 (ANTARA) - The National Defense Forces (TNI) has put all its personnel in a atate of readiness to assist the police in anticipating possible terrorist attacks on New Year's eve, a...

PRESIDENT LEADS GUS DUR'S STATE FUNERAL.
December 31, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jombang, E Java, Dec 31 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono led a state funeral for former President Abdurrahman Wahid or more popularly known as Gus Dur at a family graveyard in...

ASEAN-6 ACHIEVED ZERO TARIFF FOR TRADING.
December 31, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Dec 31 (ANTARA) - ASEAN-6 agreed to achieve "Zero tariff" for it's member countries consisting of Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand to be able...

THOUSANDS FLOCKING MT DEMPO AREA FOR TURN OF YEAR.
December 31, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Pagaralam, S Sumatra, Dec 31 (ANTARA) - Thousands of people from various areas in South Sumatra and the southern parts of Sumatra, started flocking the Mt Dempo tourist destination to celebrate...

TENS OF MILITARY, POLICE PERSONNEL SECURE GUS DUR'S FUNERAL.
December 31, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jombang, East Java, Dec 31 (ANTARA) - Tens of Indonesian Military (TNI) and Police personnel are securing the funeral ceremony for former president Abdurrahman Wahid here on Thursday in a family...

KONTRAS SLAMS ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR BANNING CERTAIN BOOKS.
December 31, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Dec 31 (ANTARA) - The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) has criticized the Attorney General for banning the circulation of five books considered capable of...

TWO KILLED IN PLANE CRASH.
December 31, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Pontianak, Dec 31 (ANTARA) - Two crew members of an airplane belonging to PT Sinar Mas which crashed on Thursday morning in Ketapang district, West Kalimantan, were killed, an eye witness said. ...

GOVT PLANS TO PLANT 1,6 BILLION TREES PER YEAR, OFFICIAL.
December 31, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Denpasar, Dec 31 (ANTARA) - The government expects to plant 1,6 billion trees per year in national forests, Director General of Forest Production Affairs of the Forestry Ministry, Hadi daryanto,...

FRANS SEDA PASSES AWAY.
December 31, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Dec 31 (ANTARA) - Senior economist Franciscus Xaverius Seda (Frans Seda), a former ambassador who assumed several ministerial posts in the 1960s and 1070s, passed away on Thursday. ...

SINAR MAS CHOPPER DOWN ON HOSPITAL ROOF.
December 31, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Pontianak, Dec 31 (ANTARA) - A helicopter of PT Sinas Mas went down on hitting the roof of Agoesdjam hospital in Ketapang, East Kalimantan, on Thursday at 8.30 a.m. The ill-fated chopper had...

MPR CHIEF SEES OFF GUR DUR'S BODY.
December 31, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Dec 31 (ANTARA) - Chairman of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Taufiq Kiemas saw off the body of former president Abdurrahman Wahid on Thursday morning for burial in his hometown...

MINISTER FADEL VISITS FISHERY PROJECTS IN BALI.
December 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Denpasar, Bali Province, Dec. 30 (ANTARA) - Marine and Fishery Minister Fadel Muhammad is on a working visit to Bali to inspect several fishery projects in the province. "Minister Fadel...

PRESIDENT CONCERNED ABOUT POLICE-STUDENT CLASH IN GORONTALO.
December 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Dec. 30 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has expressed concern about a clash between university students and police personnel in a rally in Gorontalo on Tuesday. "Last...

SEVEN BABEL RESIDENTS DIE OF DENGUE FEVER.
December 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Pangkalpinang, Bangka Belitung, Dec. 30 (ANTARA) - Seven residents of Bangka Belitung (Babel) have died of dengue fever, according to a local official. Fogging had been conducted in 20 houses...

STEPS TAKEN TO PROTECT NAT'L INTEREST AHEAD OF AC-FTA.
December 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Dec. 30 (ANTARA) - Indonesia has taken various steps to protect its national interest in the face of the ASEAN-China Free Trade Agreement (AC-FTA) which will come into force on January...

CONSTITUTIONAL COURT INVITES PETITIONS AGAINST GOVT BOOK BANS.
December 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Dec. 30 (ANTARA) - Civil society members who have criticized government bans on certain books are welcome to file suits in the Constitutional Court (MK) against the laws that authorized...

TASK FORCE AGAINST JUDICIAL MAFIAS FORMED.
December 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Dec. 30 (ANTARA) - Presidential aides have completed their assignment to form a task force against judicial mafias and will report the fact to the president on Thursday, a palace...

RI TO SEEK AUSTRALIAN COMPENSATION FOR TIMOR SEA OIL SPILL.
December 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara, Dec. 30 (ANTARA) - Indonesia is to ask Australia for compensation for environmental damage done to the Timor Sea by an oil spill from an explosion in the Montara...

FLOOD DAMAGES EIGHT HOUSES IN BANDUNG.
December 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Bandung, West Java, Dec. 30 (ANTARA) - Eight houses in the Empang Pojok area, Rancasari subdistrict, Bandung city, were heavily damaged by a flood that inundated the area on Tuesday. Chief of...

HALF OF KNKT'S RECOMMENDATIONS ON TRANSPORTATION SAFETY IGNORED.
December 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Dec. 30 (ANTARA) - About 50 percent of recommendations made by the National Transportation Safety Committee (KNKT) to improve land, sea and air travel safety have remained unheeded by...

NGO PLANTS 5,000 TREES IN ACEH TO MARK TSUNAMI ANNIVERSARY.
December 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Banda Aceh, Dec. 30 (ANTARA) - Aceh Green Initiative (AGI) activists on Wednesday planted 5,000 trees in Banda Aceh city and Aceh Besar district as part of the fifth anniversary of the tsunami...

MODERATE QUAKE JOLTS JAYAPURA.
December 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jayapura, Dec. 30 (ANTARA) - A moderate earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale jolted Jayapura, Papua province, at 19.59 east Indonesia time (WIT) on Wednesday. According to information...

FORMER PRESIDENT ABDURRAHMAN WAHID PASSES AWAY.
December 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Dec. 30 (ANTARA) - Former president Abdurrahman Wahid, or Gus Dur, passed away at Cipto Mangungkusumo Hospital at 18.40 local time on Wednesday, his personal secretary said. "Gus Dur...

GUS DUR DIED OF COMPLICATIONS.
December 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Dec. 30 (ANTARA) - Former President Abdurrahman Wahid or popularly also known as Gus Dur died during medication after suffering from complications caused by heart disease, kidney...

DPD MEMBER CONDEMNS "POLICE BRUTALITY" IN GORONTALO.
December 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Gorontalo, Dec. 30 (ANTARA) - The violent clash between police and students at Gorontalo University's campus on Tuesday is the worst case of "police brutality in 2009", a senator representing...

NU MEMBERS PICK UP GUS DUR'S BODY FROM HOSPITAL.
December 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Dec. 30 (ANTARA) - Hundreds of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) members on Wednesday picked up the body of former president Abdurrahman Wahid or popularly known as Gus Dur from Cipto Mangunkusumo...

MINES AND ENERGY AGENCY DISTRIBUTES 2,333 SOLAR ENERGY BULBS.
December 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Kotabaru, Dec. 30 (ANTARA) - The Kotabaru Mining and Energy Agency, South Kalimantan, will distribute 2,333 solar energy bulbs in 2010 to people living in the interior who have yet to be covered...

PRITA TO RESUME HER ROUTINE WORK NEXT WEEK.
December 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Tangerang, Dec. 30 (ANTARA) - For one and a half years staying away from her routine professional work, Prita Mulyasari will soon resume her work after the Tangerang District Court, Banten, on...

PRESIDENT DECLARES WEEK-LONG NATIONAL MOURNING FOR GUS DUR'S DEMISE.
December 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Dec. 30 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Wednesday declared a week of national mourning on the demise of former president Abdurrahman Wahid popularly known as Gus Dur. ...

GUS DUR TO BE BURIED IN JOMBANG, EAST JAVA.
December 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Dec. 30 (ANTARA) - Former president Abdurrahman Wahid or Gus Dur, who passed away at Cipto Mangungkusumo Hospital here on Wednesday, will be buried in Jombang, East Java province, on...

PRESIDENT PAYS LAST RESPECTS TO GUS DUR.
December 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Dec. 30 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Wednesday night paid his last respects to former president Abdurrahman Wahid or Gus Dur who died of complications at Cipto...

FLOOD INUNDATES TENS OF HOUSES IN PADANG.
December 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Padang, West Sumatra, Dec. 28 (ANTARA) - A flood triggered by heavy rains inundated tens of houses in Padang on Tuesday. A number of houses in the Lubuk Buaya area, Koto Tangah sub district,...

METRO CULLS TENS OF BIRD-FLU INFECTED POULTRY.
December 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Metro City, Dec. 29 (ANTARA) - The Metro city animal husbandry has culled at least 39 chickens infected with the bird flu virus. "The culling has to be carried out in order to prevent the bird...

HUNDREDS IN MUARA ENIM SUFFERING FROM CIKUNGUNYA.
December 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Muara Enim, South Sumatra, Dec. 29 (ANTARA) - About 50 percent of 1100 residents or 240 families at Guci village, Ujan Mas sub district, were believed to be infected with Cikungunya. "Since the...

TANGERANG HIGH COURT ACQUITS PRITA.
December 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Tangerang, Banten, Dec. 29 (ANTARA) - Prita Mulyasari (32), a housewife charged with defamation for complaining about sub-standard hospital treatment on the Internet, was acquitted by a jury led...

FIRST LADY CALLS FOR INTENSIFIED POSYANDU ACTIVITIES.
December 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Dec. 29 (ANTARA) - First Lady Ani Yudhoyono has asked members of the Family Welfare and Empowerment (PKK) team to intensify the activities of integrated health posts (Posyandu). ...

THIRTY-FOUR SRI LANKAN IMMIGRANTS DEPORTED TO AUSTRALIA.
December 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Dec. 29 (ANTARA) - Thirty-four of the 78 Sri Lanka immigrants who have been staying at the Riau immigration detention center for several weeks have been deported to Australia, the...

PROSECUTION TO APPEAL PRITA'S ACQUITTAL.
December 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Dec. 29 (ANTARA) - The Tangerang public prosecutor's office is to appeal a district court's decision to acquit housewife Prita Mulyasari from defamation charges, a spokesman said. "We...

GUSNAR ISMAIL INSTALLED AS GORONTALO GOVERNOR.
December 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Gorontalo, Dec. 29 (ANTARA) - Gusnar Ismail was installed as Gorontalo governor replacing Fadel Muhammad at a ceremony also attended by four cabinet ministers here Tuesday. The four ministers...

RI NAVY TO PRIORITIZE BORDER AREAS IN SECURITY PATROLS.
December 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Dec. 29 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian Navy is to give priority to the country's sea border areas in its security patrols in 2010, a spokesman said. "We will focus on securing Indonesia's...

ADITJONDRO TO REVISE CONTROVERSIAL BOOK'S CONTENTS.
December 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Dec. 29 (ANTARA) - Controversial "Cikeas Octopus" book writer George Aditjondro has promised to revise the book's contents, especially on allegation that ANTARA News Agency had diverted...

ECONOMIC GROWTH, POVERTY RATE TO RISE IN 2010 : LIPI RESEARCHER.
December 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Dec. 29 (ANTARA) - Indonesia is likely to see higher economic growth in 2010 but also an increase in the poverty rate, an economic researcher at the Indonesian Institute of Sciences...

OVER 100 THOUSAND OFFICIALS REPORT WEALTH TO KPK.
December 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Dec. 29 (ANTARA) - The Corruption Eradication Commission KPK) during 2009 received reports on personal wealth from 104,002 sate officials, KPK Deputy Chairman M Jasin said. Jasin said...

MAN KILLS WIFE FOR REFUSING TO DRINK POISON.
December 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Serang, W Java, Dec. 29 (ANTARA) - Unwilling to meet his wife's demand for divorce, a man killed her with an axe after she refused to die together by drinking poison. Rohani (45) was on his way...

PRESIDENT HOPES QURAN MEMOPRIZING COMPETITION STRENGTHENS MUSLIM TIES.
December 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Dec. 29 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono expressed hope that the Amir Sultan ibn Abdul Aziz Alu Suud Quran and Hadith memorizing competition at Asean level would strengthen...

GOVT TO ALLOCATE RP16.68 TRILLION FOR ROAD REPAIR.
December 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Dec. 29 (ANTARA) - The government is preparing a budget amounting to Rp16.65 trillion for road and bridge repairs in 2010, down from the previous year's allocation of Rp18.64 trillion, a...

BIRTH OF BALI'S BENGALI TIGER CUBS CONTRIBUTION TO WORLD.
December 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Denpasar, Dec. 29 (ANTARA) - The birth of four Bengali tiger cubs at the Bali Marine and Safari Park (BSMP) does not only increase the park's collection of the rare species but also contribute a...

POACHERS STILL CONTINUE TO HUNT SUMATRAN TIGERS.
December 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Bengkulu, Dec. 29 (ANTARA) - Poachers still continue to hunt the remaining Sumatran tigers (Panthera tigris) in the Bengkulu forest, conservationist Radius Nursidi of the Profauna nature...

WOMAN ON TRIAL FOR ALLEGEDLY STEALING RP19,000 WORTH OF COOKIES.
December 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Surabaya, Dec. 29 (ANTARA) - A laid-off female worker accused of stealing Rp19,000 worth of cookies at her work place is awaiting sentencing by the Bangil District Court after the prosecution...

RI TO HOLD ASIAN CONSTITUTIONAL COURTS CONFAB IN 2010.
December 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Dec. 29 (ANTARA) - Indonesia will host the Conference of Asian Constitutional Courts in Jakarta in July 2010. Constitutional Court (MK) President Moh Mahfud MD in a reflection of MK...

KPK TO TAKE ON CORRUPTION IN FINANCIAL SECTOR.
December 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Dec. 29 (ANTARA) - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is to widen the scope of its attention by also handling suspected graft in the financial sector in 2010, a spokesman said....

PRSI: DIVING FACILITIES INADEQUATE.
December 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Dec. 29 (ANTARA) - Indonesian Swimming Association (PRSI) Secretary General Tonny P Sastramihardja said Indonesia's diving facilities were inadequate and needed improvement and...

YOUTH AND SPORTS MINISTER TO MEET RI BOYSCOUTS IN PHILIPPINES.
December 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Dec. 29 (ANTARA) -- State Minister for Youths and Sports Andi A Mallarangeng Tuesday night left for Los Banos in the Philippines to meet the Indonesian boyscout contingent taking part in...

Year-ender: POVERTY RATE LIKELY TO INCREASE IN 2010.
December 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Dec. 29 (ANTARA) - While the government expressed optimism that the poverty rate in Indonesia would continue to be reduced, a researcher said however that the poverty rate may even...

FIRST LADY DENIES SHE HAS PRESIDENTIAL AMBITIONS.
December 28, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Dec. 28 (ANTARA) - First Lady Mrs. Ani Yudhoyono said she had never thought of becoming the next president to succeed President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in the presidential elections in...

VP ARRIVES IN MANADO FOR CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION.
December 28, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Manado, North Sulawesi, Dec. 28 (ANTARA) - Vice President Boediono and his wife arrived at Sam Ratulangi Airport here on Monday at 11.30 am local time for a two-day visit. "The vice president...

VP TO ATTEND CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION IN MANADO.
December 28, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Manado, North Sulawesi, Dec. 28 (ANTARA) - Vice President Boediono is scheduled to attend a Christmas celebration in Manado, North Sulawesi Province, on Monday afternoon. "If everything is...

MAGNITUDE-5.8 EARTHQUAKE HITS PAPUA.
December 28, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Dec. 28 (ANTARA) - An earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter Scale hit Papua Province at 8.19 pm local time on Sunday, according to the national meteorological, climatology and...

MOUNTAINEER DIES DURING MOUNT LAWU CLIMB.
December 28, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Magetan, E Java, Dec. 28 (ANTARA) - A mountaineer has reportedly died while trying to scale Mount Lawu during bad weather around the mountain on Monday. Another mountaineer was in a critical...

RI SCOUTS CONTINGENT SENT OFF TO AUSTRALIAN EVENT.
December 28, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Dec. 28 (ANTARA) - Youth and Sports Minister Andi Mallarangeng said Indonesian scouts who are to participate inan international scouts event in Australia must be able to act as good...

MISAPPROPRIATION OF ANTARA'S PSO FUNDS IMPOSSIBLE.
December 28, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Dec. 28 (ANTARA) - ANTARA receives Public Service Obligation (PSO) funds as reimbursement for part of its operation expenditures to disseminate certain categories of news agreed on with...

HMI TO HELP ROOT OUT CORRUPTION IN RI.
December 28, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Dec. 28 (ANTARA) - The chairman of the Indonesian Muslim Students Association (HMI), Arip Musthopa, said his organization and other components of the people would do their best to help...

Year-ender: MORE AGGRESSIVE CRACKDOWNS ON GRAFT NEEDED IN 2010.
December 28, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Dec. 28 (ANTARA) - With a 'battle' going on within the law enforcing institutions themselves this year, the public were shown more bickering than achievements in the country's anti-graft...

TANJUNGPINANG IMMIGRATION REPATRIATES 81 FOREIGNERS.
December 28, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Tanjungpinang, Dec. 28 (ANTARA) - Tanjungpinang's immigration office repatriated a total of 81 foreign convicts who had served their prison terms in the January-November period in 2009, a...

WOMAN HANGS HERSELF DAYS AFTER GIVING BIRTH.
December 28, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Tulungagung, E Java, Dec 28 (ANTARA) - A woman who had recently given birth to her second child hanged herself in the bathroom of her house in Bukur village, Tulungagung district, East Java, on...

TWO MORE IRANIANS CARRYING DRUGS NABBED AT JAKARTA'S AIRPORT.
December 28, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Tangerang, Dec 28 (ANTARA) - Customs officers at Jakarta's Soekarno-Hatta international airport have arrested two Iranians who carried a total of 948 grams of methamphetamine in their intestines....

VP: NORTH SULAWESI ON FAST TRACK OF DEVELOPMENT.
December 28, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Manado, N Sulawesi, Dec. 18 (ANTARA) - Vice President Boediono said North Sulawesi province was now in the fast track of development in line with its increasing annual economic growth. "North...

VP HANDS OVER PNPM ASSISTANCE FOR NORTH SULAWESI.
December 28, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Manado, North Sulawesi, Dec 28 (ANTARA) - Vice President Boediono handed over a National Self-reliant Community Empowerment Program (PNPM) assistance for 2010 worth Rp204.8 billion here on Monday....

PMI RECEIVES RP1.5 B FROM CAPITAL MARKET COMMUNITY.
December 28, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Dec. 28 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) has received Rp1.5 billion in aid from the Indonesian capital market community for earthquake victims in West Sumatra and Tasikmalaya. ...

POLITICAL STABILITY UNAFFECTED BY ADITJONDRO'S BOOK : MINISTER.
December 28, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Dec. 28 (ANTARA) - The public controversy about George Aditjondro's book linking the President with the Bank Century scandal has not in the least affected domestic political stability, a...

TIGERS KILLED 8 PEOPLE IN JAMBI IN 2009.
December 28, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jambi, Dec. 28 - (ANTARA) - Sumatran tigers killed a total of eight people in Jambi province in 2009, according to a record kept by Jambi's Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA). "Eight...