ANTARA - The Indonesian National News Agency articles from January 2006

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BI ISSUES NEW POLICY PACKAGES ON BANKING SECTOR.
January 31, 2006... (From Antara - The Indonesian National News Agency) from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Jan 31 (ANTARA) - Bank Indonesia officially issued on Monday a January 2006 package of policies on the banking sector to open...

ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE BLAMED FOR FLOODS.
January 31, 2006... (From Antara - The Indonesian National News Agency) from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Jan 31 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian Forum for Environment (Walhi) has blamed the environmental damage due to improper natural and...

FLOODS CAUSE LOSS OF PADDY WORTH RP5.5 BILLION.
January 31, 2006... (From Antara - The Indonesian National News Agency) from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Jan 31 (ANTARA) - The Agriculture Ministry has estimated a loss of 224,176 tons of dry unhusked rice worth Rp505 billion due to...

GOVT CONSIDERING AMNESTY FOR GAM MEMBERS JAILED FOR CRIME.
January 31, 2006... (From Antara - The Indonesian National News Agency) from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Medan, Jan 31 (ANTARA) - Minister of Justice and Human Rights Hamid Awaluddin said here on Tuesday that the government was still...

8,000 TONS OF VIETNAMESE RICE ARRIVE IN NORTH SUMATRA.
January 31, 2006... (From Antara - The Indonesian National News Agency) from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Medan, N.Sumatra, Jan 30 (ANTARA) - Some 8,000 tons of rice from Vietnam arrived at Belawan Port, North Sumatra on Monday, bringing the...

ICN PRESIDENT IMPRESSED BY TSUNAMI VICTIMS.
January 31, 2006... (From Antara - The Indonesian National News Agency) from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Banda Aceh, Jan 31 (ANTARA) - President of the International Council of Nurses (ICN), Dr Hiroko Minami, expressed her deep impression by...

INDONESIAN FOUND DEAD IN NEW YORK COMMITS SUICIDE.
January 31, 2006... (From Antara - The Indonesian National News Agency) from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency New York, Jan 30 (ANTARA) - Bambang Wielianto, an Indonesian national who was found dead at the country's Consulate General building here...

CONSTRUCTION OF BOJONEGARA PORT PROJECT IN SERANG TO BE RESUMED.
January 31, 2006... (From Antara - The Indonesian National News Agency) from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Serang, Jan 31 (ANTARA) - The central government has committed to fully assisting the construction of the Bojonegara port project along...

MAJOR ISLAMIC ORGANIZATIONS TO DECLARE MORAL MOVEMENT.
January 31, 2006... (From Antara - The Indonesian National News Agency) from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Jan 31 (ANTARA) - Two major Islamic organizations in Indonesia, the Nahdlatul Ulama and Muhammadiyah, plan to jointly launch a...

TWO RAILWAY COACHES CATCH FIRE IN EAST JAVA.
January 31, 2006... (From Antara - The Indonesian National News Agency) from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Babat, E. Java, Jan 30 (ANTARA) - Two railway coaches of a diesel train caught fire on its way from Surabaya, Babat, Lamongan (all in...

PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO DESERVES NOBEL PEACE PRIZE.
January 31, 2006... (From Antara - The Indonesian National News Agency) from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Jan 31 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono deserves the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize, human rights figure from Aceh...

RI HOPES FOR PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT OF IRAN'S NUCLEAR ISSUE.
January 31, 2006... (From Antara - The Indonesian National News Agency) from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Jan 31 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono invited seven ambassadors, namely of the US, Britain, China, Russia,...

THOUSANDS OF NU MEMBERS READY TO STAGE RALLY TO PROTEST PLAYBOY PUBLICATION.
January 31, 2006... (From Antara - The Indonesian National News Agency) from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Jan 31 (ANTARA) - Thousands of members of Indonesia's largest moslem organization Nahdlatul Ulema (NU) are ready to stage a...

NO COUNTRY IN THE WORLD CAN OVERCOME TERRORISM.
January 31, 2006... (From Antara - The Indonesian National News Agency) from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Denpasar, Jan 31 (ANTARA) - Special Military Command (Kopasus) spokesman May. Gen Syaiful Rizal has said no country in the world can...

RELIGION ADHERENTS CALLED ON TO AVOID PREJUDICE.
January 31, 2006... (From Antara - The Indonesian National News Agency) from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Jan 31 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has called on adherents of religions in Indonesia to avoid making...

USAID, CHEVRON SUPPORT VOCATIONAL EDUCATION FOR ACEH.
January 31, 2006... (From Antara - The Indonesian National News Agency) from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Jan 31 (ANTARA) - The third group of Acehnese youth participating in vocational skills building courses at Politeknik Caltex...

RI CALLS ON ALL PARTIES NOT TO BE APRIORI TOWARDS HAMAS.
January 31, 2006... (From Antara - The Indonesian National News Agency) from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Jan 31 (ANTARA) - Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda appealed to all parties here on Tuesday not to assume an apriori attitude yet...

AUSTRALIA YET TO MAKE DECISION ON ASYLUM SEEKERS FROM PAPUA.
January 30, 2006... (From Antara - The Indonesian National News Agency) from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Jan 30 (ANTARA) - The Australian government has not yet made any decision on the 43 asylum seekers from Papua as the process...

AUSTRALIAN DRUG SMUGGLER'S TRIAL ADJOURNED.
January 30, 2006... (From Antara - The Indonesian National News Agency) from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Denpasar, Bali, Jan 30 (ANTARA) - The trial of Scott Anthony Rush (19), an Australian who was charged with death sentence for smuggling...

BULOG PREPARES RP8.3 TRILLION TO BUY FARMERS' RICE.
January 30, 2006... (From Antara - The Indonesian National News Agency) from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Jan 30 (ANTARA) - The State Logistics Agency (Bulog) has prepared funds totaling Rp8.3 trillion to buy 2.1 million tons of rice...

GAS FUEL PRICE RAISED TO RP3,000 PER LITER.
January 30, 2006... (From Antara - The Indonesian National News Agency) from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Jan 30 (ANTARA) - State-owned oil and gas company PT Pertamina has decided to officially raise the price of gas fuel by 93.5...

GORONTALO TO PRODUCE 600,000 TONS OF MAIZE IN 2006.
January 30, 2006... (From Antara - The Indonesian National News Agency) from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Jan 30 (ANTARA) - The province of Gorontalo has set a target to produce 600,000 tons of maize, some of which will be exported to...

GOVT REGULATIONS ON BROADCASTING TO REMAIN TEMPORARILY IN FORCE.
January 30, 2006... (From Antara - The Indonesian National News Agency) from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Jan 30 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian government will enforce its regulations on broadcasting until the Supreme Court takes a...

GOVT TO IMP0SE 2-5 PCT EXPORT TAX ON CACAO BEAN EXPORTS.
January 30, 2006... (From Antara - The Indonesian National News Agency) from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Jan 30 (ANTARA) - The government will impose a two to five percent export tax on cacao bean exports in an effort to reduce raw...

GOVT TO POSTPONE ELECTRICITY TARIFF HIKE UNTIL END OF FEBRUARY.
January 30, 2006... (From Antara - The Indonesian National News Agency) from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Jan 30 (ANTARA) - The government is likely to postpone a planned electricity tariff hike until the end of February pending the...

HISBUT TAHRIR AGAINST TERRORISTS' CONNOTATION OF JIHAD.
January 30, 2006... (From Antara - The Indonesian National News Agency) from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Sumenep, Madura, Jan 30 (ANTARA) - Hisbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI) here has stated its stance against the connotation of 'jihad' used by...

FATE OF MISSING MV MENTARI JAYA AND CREWMEMBERS STILL UNKNOWN.
January 30, 2006... (From Antara - The Indonesian National News Agency) from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Surabaya, Jan 30 (ANTARA) - MV Barito Borneo has rescued all crewmembers of MV Batulicin that reportedly sank in waters north of...

GOVT ASKS PLN TO REDUCE INVESTMENT COST.
January 30, 2006... (From Antara - The Indonesian National News Agency) from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Jan 30 (ANTARA) - The government has asked state-run electricity company PT PLN to cut its investment cost in a bid to miimize...

HUNDREDS OF PKS SYMPATHIZERS BURN PORNOGRAPHIC TABLOIDS.
January 30, 2006... (From Antara - The Indonesian National News Agency) from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Jan 30 (ANTARA) - Hundreds of sympathizers of the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) burned tens of pornographic tabloids during a...

13 SUPREME COURT JUDGES AGREE TO FILE LAWSUIT AGAINST JUDICIAL COMMISSION.
January 30, 2006... (From Antara - The Indonesian National News Agency) from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Jan 30 (ANTARA) - At least 13 Supreme Court judges have agreed to file a lawsuit against the Judicial Commission (KY) following...

IRAN OFFERS SISTER CITY COOPERATION WITH YOGYAKARTA.
January 30, 2006... (From Antara - The Indonesian National News Agency) from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Yogyakarta (central Java), Jan 30 (ANTARA) - The government of Iran has offered Yogyakarta to establish a sister city relation with a...

LEGISLATOR DISCLOSES INDICATION OF SUGAR STOCKPILE.
January 30, 2006... (From Antara - The Indonesian National News Agency) from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Jan 30 (ANTARA) - A member of parliament, Didiek J Rachbini, disclosed here Monday an indication of stockpile of sugar by big...

JAPAN STILL COMMITTED TO DEVELOPMENT OF PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRIES.
January 30, 2006... (From Antara - The Indonesian National News Agency) from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Jan 30 (ANTARA) - Industry Minister Fahmi Idris said here on Monday that Japan is still committed to participating in the...

MINISTER CALLED ON TO REVISE GOVT REGULATIONS ON BROADCASTING.
January 30, 2006... (From Antara - The Indonesian National News Agency) from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Jan 30 (ANTARA) - Legislators have called on the communications and information minister to revise four controversial government...

MUI CONCERNED AS ONLY 15 PCT OF PRODUCTS HAVE HALAL CERTIFICATES.
January 30, 2006... (From Antara - The Indonesian National News Agency) from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Jan 30 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian Ulemas Council (MUI) has expressed concern about the fact that up to now only 15 percent of...

N SULAWESI COOPERATES WITH PHILIPPINES TO STRENGTHEN BIMP EAGA.
January 30, 2006... (From Antara - The Indonesian National News Agency) from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Manado, N Sulawesi, Jan 30 (ANTARA) - Indonesia's province of North Sulawesi is strengthening its relations with The Philippine city of...

HUNDREDS OF TRUCKS STILL TRAPPED IN TUBAN HIGHWAY.
January 30, 2006... (From Antara - The Indonesian National News Agency) from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Surabaya, Jan 30 (ANTARA) - Hundreds of trucks and other large-sized motor vehicles are still trapped in East Java's northern highway in...

PKS URGES GOVT TO ENFORCE LAW ON PORNOGRAPHY.
January 30, 2006... (From Antara - The Indonesian National News Agency) from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Jan 30 (ANTARA) - The Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) urged the Indonesian government to enforce law on pornography to stop the...

PLAYBOY INDONESIA TO APPEAR WITH MORE ARTICLES AND AVOID NUDITY.
January 30, 2006... (From Antara - The Indonesian National News Agency) from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Jan 30 (ANTARA) - Despite waves of protests against its planned publication, Playboy magazine would keep its plan on issuing its...

MONDAY'S NEWSPAPER HEADLINES.
January 30, 2006... (From Antara - The Indonesian National News Agency) from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Jan 30 (ANTARA) - The following are headlines of major Indonesian dailies CHINA THE STANDOUT AS DAVOS FORUM WRAPS UP The...

PLN'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO BE GRILLED SOON.
January 30, 2006... (From Antara - The Indonesian National News Agency) from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Jan 30 (ANTARA) - Police will soon question state electricity firm PLN's board of directors over the alleged markup of the price...

NOBEL NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO TO BENEFIT INDONESIA.
January 30, 2006... (From Antara - The Indonesian National News Agency) from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Samarinda, East Kalimantan, Jan 30 (ANTARA) - The Nobel Peace Prize nomination for the Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono by...

POLICE CHIEF URGED TO COMPLETELY SETTLE MUNIR CASE.
January 30, 2006... (From Antara - The Indonesian National News Agency) from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Jan 30 (ANTARA) - Legislators called on Police Chief Gen Sutanto here on Monday to thoroughly investigate and settle the...

RI HAS NO ABILITY TO OVERCOME TURBULENCE IN DEMOCRACY.
January 30, 2006... (From Antara - The Indonesian National News Agency) from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Jan 30 (ANTARA) - Indonesia has no ability to overcome the turbulence in democracy after the flow of democratization and...

PRESIDENT CALLS ON PEOPLE TO AVOID PREJUDICES.
January 30, 2006... (From Antara - The Indonesian National News Agency) from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Jan 30 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono called on all religious followers here on Monday to avoid making false...

GOVT TO PROVIDE FARMERS WITH RICE,CORN SEED SUBSIDY.
January 29, 2006... (From Antara - The Indonesian National News Agency) from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Jan 29 (ANTARA) - The government would provide farmers with a rice and corn subsidy to enable them to increase the cultivaton of...

INDONESIAN FOUND DEAD AT CONSULATE GENERAL IN NEW YORK.
January 29, 2006... (From Antara - The Indonesian National News Agency) from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency New York, Jan 29 (ANTARA) - An Indonesian national identified as Bambang Welianto was found dead at the Indonesian consulate general...

JAPANESE GENERATOR PRODUCER TO EXPAND ITS INVESTMENT IN RI.
January 29, 2006... (From Antara - The Indonesian National News Agency) from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Jan 29 (ANTARA) - A Japanese generator company, Denyo Co Ltd. was planning to inject another US$1 million worth in...

JIM STORM IN AUSTRALIA TO AFFECT CLIMATE IN E JAVA.
January 29, 2006... (From Antara - The Indonesian National News Agency) from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Surabaya, Jan 29 (ANTARA)- Meteorological and Geophysic Office (BMG) of Tanjung Perak in Surabaya predicted the effect of JIM storm in...

GOVT MAKES NO DISTINCTION BETWEEN GAM MEMBERS BEFORE AND AFTER MOU.
January 29, 2006... (From Antara - The Indonesian National News Agency) from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Aceh Besar, Jan 29 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian government does not make any distinction between members of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM)...

KBS' KOMODOS TO BE FLOWN TO S AFRICA SOON.
January 29, 2006... (From Antara - The Indonesian National News Agency) from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Surabaya, E Java, Jan 29 (ANTARA) - The Surabaya zoo (KBS), East Java, is slated to send a couple of its komodos (varanus komodoensis) to...

MALAYSIA OPENS SEA LANE TO ACEH.
January 29, 2006... (From Antara - The Indonesian National News Agency) from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Lhokseumawe, Aceh, Jan 29 (ANTARA) - The Aceh World Trade Center (AWTC) has worked in association with a Malaysian private company to...

NO GUARANTEE POWER RATES WILL BE LESS OR MORE THAN 30 PCT: MINISTER SAYS.
January 29, 2006... (From Antara - The Indonesian National News Agency) from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Jan 29 (ANTARA) - Indonesian Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati said here on Sunday that there is no assumption on an...

RI SHOULD EXERCISE MORE CAUTION IN RESPONDING ISSUE ON IRAN NUCLEAR.
January 29, 2006... (From Antara - The Indonesian National News Agency) from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Surabaya, Jan 29 (ANTARA) - An international political analyst, Ir Zamharir Msc, saw that Indonesia should exercise more caution in...

SPORTS: WIT OF INDONESIA TO TAKE PART IN TOUR DE LANGKAWI.
January 29, 2006... (From Antara - The Indonesian National News Agency) from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Jan 29 (ANTARA) - The Wismilak International Team (WIT) bicycle racing club will send several racers in order to grab the third...

THOMAS, OWNER OF BIGGEST ECSTACY PLANT IN SE ASIA, ARREST.
January 29, 2006... (From Antara - The Indonesian National News Agency) from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Serang, Jan 29 (ANTARA) - Police have arrested Thomas, 45, a Tangerang resident, allegedly the owner of an ecstacy factory believed to be...

OBJECTION TO PLAYBOY' ISSUANCE TO BE REPORTED TO THE PRESIDENT, MINISTER SAYS.
January 29, 2006... (From Antara - The Indonesian National News Agency) from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Bogor, W Java, Jan 29 (ANTARA) - State Minister for Youth and Sports Adhyaksa Dault said he has received letters and declarations from...

SANGLAH HOSPITAL APPOINTED AS WHO'S MODEL FOR METHADONE TREATMENT.
January 29, 2006... (From Antara - The Indonesian National News Agency) from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Denpasar, Bali, Jan 29 (ANTARA) - The Sanglah Hospital has been appointed by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a model hospital for...

CHINESE DESCENDS SHOULD NOT CELEBRATE LUNAR NEW YEAR EXAGGERATEDLY, INTI SAYS.
January 28, 2006... (From Antara - The Indonesian National News Agency) from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Jan 28 (ANTARA) - The Jakarta chapter of the Indonesian Chinese Descends Association (INTI) asked its members not to celebrate...

18 DUTCH UNIVERSITIES TO ORGANIZE EDUCATION FAIR IN E JAVA.
January 28, 2006... (From Antara - The Indonesian National News Agency) from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Surabaya, E Java, Jan 28 (ANTARA) - Some 18 high institutions and universities in the Netherlands will organize the 7th Holland Education...

ICW URGES SUPREME COURT CHIEF TO REVOKE VERDICT.
January 28, 2006... (From Antara - The Indonesian National News Agency) from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Jan 28 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian Corruption Watch (ICW) has urged the Supreme Court Chief Bagir Manan to revoke the court s...

BELGIAN RED CROSS DONATES 17 FISHING VESSELS TO ACEH.
January 28, 2006... (From Antara - The Indonesian National News Agency) from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Banda Aceh, Jan 28 (ANTARA) - The Belgian Red Cross has donated 17 fishing vessels worth 900,000 euro to fishermen in Aceh who have...

INT'L OBSERVERS WANT TO WATCH REGIONAL HEAD ELECTIONS IN ACEH.
January 28, 2006... (From Antara - The Indonesian National News Agency) from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Banda Aceh, Jan 28 (ANTARA) - Acting Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam (NAD) Governor Mustafa Abubakar said many foreign observers have expressed...

JAKARTA POLICE SEIZE 57,000 ECSTASY PILLS.
January 28, 2006... (From Antara - The Indonesian National News Agency) from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Jan 28 (ANTARA) - The Jakarta Police Office s narcotics eradication section officers confiscated as many as 57,000 ecstasy pills...

PALIUDJU-YAHYA PAIR WINS C SULAWESI GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION.
January 28, 2006... (From Antara - The Indonesian National News Agency) from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Palu, C Sulawesi, Jan 28 (ANTARA) - The Central Sulawesi General Election Commission (KPU) appointed here on Saturday Bandjela Paliudju...

INDONESIAN INDUSTRY FACES A LOT OF CHALLENGES, SAYS MINISTER.
January 28, 2006... (From Antara - The Indonesian National News Agency) from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Bandung, W. Java, Jan 28 (ANTARA) - Industry Minister Fahmi Idris said that the Indonesian industry now and in the future will face a lot...

POLICE HEADQUARTERS REPORTS SUSPICIOUS ACCOUNTS OF POLICE OFFICERS.
January 28, 2006... (From Antara - The Indonesian National News Agency) from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Jan 28 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian Police headquarters has reported suspicious accounts of 15 police officers to the Financial...

RICE PRODUCTION IN JANUARY-APRIL TO REACH 15 MILLION TONS.
January 28, 2006... (From Antara - The Indonesian National News Agency) from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Jan 28 (ANTARA) - The Agriculture Ministry has predicted that dry unhulled rice production in the January - April 2006 period...

RI COOPERATING WITH UNICEF IN IMPROVING CHILDREN'S DIGNITY.
January 28, 2006... (From Antara - The Indonesian National News Agency) from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Jan 28 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian government has agreed to cooperate with the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) in...

SIX KILLED IN LANDSLIDE IN REMBANG, CENTRAL JAVA.
January 28, 2006... (From Antara - The Indonesian National News Agency) from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Semarang, C Java, Jan 28 (ANTARA) - A landslide struck Rembang district in Central Java province on Saturday, killing at least six people...

SOME 500 HOUSES IN KAMPUNG MELAYU INUNDATED.
January 28, 2006... (From Antara - The Indonesian National News Agency) from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Jan 28 (ANTARA) - Flood still inundated around 500 houses in Kampung Melayu, East Jakarta, until Saturday evening, forcing...

MILD QUAKE RATTLES LAMPUNG.
January 28, 2006... (From Antara - The Indonesian National News Agency) from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Jan 28 (ANTARA) A tectonic earthquake measuring 4.8 on the Richter scale jolted Lampung at 8:53 a.m. on Saturday, national...

STRONG QUAKE ROCKS MALUKU.
January 28, 2006... (From Antara - The Indonesian National News Agency) from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Ambon, Maluku, Jan 28 (ANTARA) A tectonic earthquake measuring 7.2 on the Richter scale rocked Maluku province at 1.58 a.m. on Saturday...

STRONG WINDS STILL RAGING ON INDONESIA'S SOUTHERN REGIONS.
January 28, 2006... (From Antara - The Indonesian National News Agency) from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Jan 28 (ANTARA) - The Meteorology and Geophysics Agency (BMG) has forecast that strong winds and big sea-waves will continue to...

US EMBASSY PRESENTS "AMBASSADOR OF HIP-HOP" AT ATRIUM EX OF PLAZA INDONESIA.
January 28, 2006... (From Antara - The Indonesian National News Agency) from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Jan 29 (ANTARA)- The US Embassy in cooperation with Plaza Indonesia presented Toni Blackman, "the Ambassador of Hip-Hop" at...

SATURDAY'S NEWSPAPER HEADLINES.
January 28, 2006... (From Antara - The Indonesian National News Agency) from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Jan 28 (ANTARA) -The following are headlines of some major Indonesian dailies: RI URGES HAMAS TO PURSUE PEACE Indonesia is...

STRONG QUAKE JOLTS AMBON.
January 28, 2006... (From Antara - The Indonesian National News Agency) from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Ambon, Jan 28 (ANTARA) - A tectonic earthquake measuring 7.5 on the Richter scale jolted Maluku provincial capital of Ambon at 01.59 on...

ABSENCE OF LAWS ON PORNOGRAPHY CAUSES POLEMIC ON PLAYBOY MAGAZINE:VP.
January 27, 2006... (From Antara - The Indonesian National News Agency) from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Jan 27 (ANTARA) - The absence of laws on pornography has caused a polemic on planned publication of the Indonesian version of...

BLBI CORRUPTOR RETURNS HOME FOR LEGAL PROCESS.
January 27, 2006... (From Antara - The Indonesian National News Agency) from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Jan 27 (ANTARA) - The owner of liquidated Bank Bira, Atang Latief alias Lau Tjin Ho has returned to Indonesia to face legal...

CORRECTION.
January 27, 2006... (From Antara - The Indonesian National News Agency) from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Correction: in the story titled POLICE BELIEVE WAMANG AND FRIENDS BEHIND SHOOTING INCIDENT IN PAPUA para 5: the national police's deputy...

DPR FEARS ACEH ADMINISTRATION BILL TO FINISH BEYOND SCHEDULE.
January 27, 2006... (From Antara - The Indonesian National News Agency) from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Jan 27 (ANTARA) - House of Representatives (DPR) Speaker Agung Laksono said here on Friday he feared discussion on the Aceh...

FRIDAY'S NEWSPAPER HEADLINES.
January 27, 2006... (From Antara - The Indonesian National News Agency) from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Jan 27 (ANTARA) - Following are the headlines of major newspapers here on Friday HAMAS REJOICES IN UPSET TRIUMPH The...

11 MISSING IN BOAT ACCIDENT IN MAKASSAR STRAITS.
January 27, 2006... (From Antara - The Indonesian National News Agency) from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Palu, C Sulawesi, Jan 27 (ANTARA) - Some 11 people of 17 passengers and crew members of a boat went missing after a typhoon hit Makassar...

DO NOT DRAG LABORERS' PROSPERITY OVER TO POLITICAL ARENA, PRESIDENT SAYS.
January 27, 2006... (From Antara - The Indonesian National News Agency) from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Karawang, West Java, Jan 27 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has asked all related parties to abstain themselves from...