ANTARA - The Indonesian National News Agency articles from January 2011

ANTARA - The Indonesian National News Agency archives from January 2011

News Focus: RI DECIDES TO EVACUATE CITIZENS FROM EGYPT.
January 31, 2011... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Jan 31 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian government has finally decided to evacuate its citizens and deploy commercial and military airplanes to fly home over 6,000 Indonesians from Egypt which...

ELEPHANT IN TESA NILO NATIONAL PARK DELIVERS BABY.
January 31, 2011... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Pekanbaru, Riau Province, Jan 31 (ANTARA) - A Sumatran elephant (Elephas maximus sumatranus) named Lisa gave birth to a baby elephant on Monday in the Tesa Nilo National Park, Pelalawan district,...

DIN ASKS GOVT TO EVACUATE RI CITIZENS FROM EGYPT.
January 31, 2011... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Jan 31 (ANTARA) - Muhamadiyah Chairman Din Syamsudin has asked the government to immediately evacuate Indonesian citizen in Egypt due to the political upheaval in the Middle-eastern...

0UGM-PARIS UNIVERSITY COOPERATION ON MERAPI ERUPTION IMPACTS.
January 31, 2011... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Yogyakarta, Jan 31 (ANTARA) - The geographic and Planned Study Center of Gadjah Mada University and the Paris University and the French National Center of Scientific Research established...

PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO COMMANDS EVACUATION OF INDONESIANS IN EGYPT.
January 31, 2011... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Jan 31 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Monday commands evacuation of Indonesian in Egypt through airplane. Therefore, the government has formed a special unit...

MILY PREPARING HERCULES FOR EVACUATION OF INDONESIANS IN EGYPT.
January 31, 2011... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Jan 31 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian Defense Forces (TNI) is preparing a heavy transport plane C-130 Hercules to help evacuate Indonesian citizens who are trapped in the Egyptian political...

TEAM FOR EVACUATING CITIZENS LEAVING FOR EGYPT.
January 31, 2011... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Jan 31 (ANTARA) - The team that will be assigned to evacuate Indonesian citizens in Egypt is leaving for that country on Monday night, Evacuation Task Force Chairman Hassan Wirajuda said....

GOVT SEES NO IMPACT YET FROM POLITICAL TENSION IN EGYPT.
January 31, 2011... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Jan 31 (ANTARA) - The government has not yet seen the impact of political tension in Egypt on its trade with that country, trade minister Mari Elka Pangestu said. "Let us for the time...

EGYPTIAN CRISIS MAY HAVE IMPACT ON INDONESIA.
January 31, 2011... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Jan 31 (ANTARA) - Former vice president Jusuf Kalla said that the political crisis in Egypt could have an impact on Indonesia. "There are three things that could create people's...

Icw Says Kpk Must Reject Meetings without Bibit and Chandra
January 31, 2011... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Jan 31 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian Corruption Watch (ICW) has asked the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) to reject any hearing with the House Commission III without involving KPK...

News Focus: GOVT EXEMPTS FOOD-RELATED ITEMS FROM IMPORT DUTIES TO CURB INFLATION.
January 31, 2011... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Jan 31 (ANTARA) - The government has decided to suspend import duties on food-related items until December 31, 2011, the latest in a series of efforts to address the impact of food price...

RI EMBASSY READY TO EVACUATE CITIZENS FROM EGYPT.
January 31, 2011... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Jan 31 (ANTARA) - Indonesia's Foreign Affairs Ministry has instructed its embassy in Cairo to prepare evacuating all Indonesians from Egypt, a spokesman, Iwan Widjaya Mulyatno, said here...

HIV/AIDS HANDLING IN INDONESIA NEEDS IMPROVEMENT : MINISTER.
January 31, 2011... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Jan 31 (ANTARA) - Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare Agung Laksono stated the handling of HIV/AIDS spread in Indonesia needs to be improved. "There are three indicators on the...

FORESTRY MINISTRY TO HOLD WORKSHOP ON CLIMATE CHANGE RESEARCH.
January 31, 2011... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Jan 31 (ANTARA) - The forestry ministry is to organize a workshop on public communication on the results of climate change research at Manggala Wanabakti building, here, Tuesday (Feb. 1)....

GOVT TO EVACUATE CITIZENS IN EGYPT.
January 31, 2011... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Jan 31 (ANTARA) - Indonesia plans to evacuate its citizens living in Egypt following recent turmoil in that country. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono meanwhile said on Monday that...

KALTIM GREEN" POLICY SUPPORTED BY PLANTING 17.5 MILLION TREES.
January 31, 2011... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Samarinda, East Kalimantan, Jan 31 (ANTARA) - The East Kalimantan provincial government has planned to plant 17.5 million trees of various kinds to support "Kaltim Green" policy. "To reach the...

Habibie: Ri Should Master Maritime, Aerospace Technology
January 31, 2011... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Jan 31 (ANTARA) - Former President Habibie has said Indonesia should master maritime and aerospace technology in order to be a big country. In a public hearing with the members of...

HOUSE COMMISSION INVITES FORMER PRESIDENT HABIBIE.
January 31, 2011... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Jan 31 (ANTARA) - House of Representatives' (DPR) Commission-I invited former President Habibie in his capacity as aerospace technology expert for a public hearing at the legislative...

VP TO HAVE DIALOG WITH MAJENE STUDENTS.
January 31, 2011... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Mamuju, W Sulawesi, Jan 31 (ANTARA) - Vice President Boeiono will have a dialog with senior high school students in Majene District, around 125 km of Mamuju city, West Sulawesi, late February...

VP LAUNCHES MOVEMENT OF HEALTHY SNACKS FOR STUDENTS.
January 31, 2011... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Jan 31 (ANTARA) - Vice President Boediono launched a Movement of Healthy Snacks for Students and a Task Force of Drugs and Illegal Food Eradication. The launching was conducted at the...

News Focus: TRADITIONAL MARKETS DEVELOPED TO SUPPORT YOGYAKARTA TOURISM.
January 31, 2011... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Jan 31 (ANTARA) - Traditional markets in the incredible cultural city of Yogyakarta will continue to be developed to support the city's great potential tourism. In the city with...

CABINET DISCUSSES LATEST SITUATION IN EGYPT.
January 31, 2011... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Jan 31 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was expected to chair a limited cabinet meeting here Monday to discuss the latest conditions in Egypt, presidential spokesman Julian...

ARIEL GETS THREE YEARS IN JAIL.
January 31, 2011... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Bandung, W Java, Jan 31 (ANTARA) - Suspect of porn video case Najriel Irham, better known as Ariel Peterpan, had been sentenced three and a half years in jail plus a fine of Rp250 million, minus...

News Focus: RI ATTRACTS WORLD BUSINESS PLAYERS IN DAVOS.
January 30, 2011... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Jan 30 (ATARA) - Indonesia which is less known to world businesses compared to China and India took the opportunity to build relations and expand business networks in the World Economic...

PRESIDENT ASKS FOR INVESTIGATION OF TRAIN ACCIDENT.
January 30, 2011... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Dubai, Jan 30 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has asked for an immediate investigation of a recent train collision involving KA Mutiara Selatan and KA Kutojaya and killing several...

FLOODS INUNDATE TENS OF HOUSES IN E JAVA.
January 30, 2011... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Bangkalan, East Java, Jan 30 (ANTARA) - Floods inundated tens of houses in Blega village, Madura district, East Java on Sunday. A source said the flood happened due to the overflow of Blega...

INDONESIA CALLS FOR SWISS COOPERATION IN CENTURY ASSET RECOVERY.
January 30, 2011... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Dubai, Jan 30 (ANTARA) - Indonesia has asked Switzerland to help regain assets connected to Bank Century bailout believed to be kept in a Swiss bank. The request had been made by President...

TANJUNGPINANG IMMIGRATION DISPATCHES SEVEN THAI SAILORS.
January 30, 2011... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Tanjungpinang, Riau Island province, Jan 30 (ANTARA) - Tanjungpinang immigration office dispatched seven of the total of 14 Thai sailors whose Singaporean-flagged tanker went down in Berhala...

PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO ARRIVES HOME.
January 30, 2011... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Jan 30 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono arrived home at 3.15 pm after he had conducted a six-day visit to India and Switzerland since January 24, 2011. The president,...

RI ASKS EGYPTIAN MILY TO PROTECT ITS CITIZENS.
January 30, 2011... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Jan 30 (ANTARA) - Indonesian Ambassador to Egypt A.M. Sachir said his side had asked the Egyptian military authorities to protect Indonesian citizens following the current tension in that...

ARREST OF NABABAN DISCRIMINATORY: MEGAWATI.
January 30, 2011... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Batam, Riau Islands, Jan 30 (ANTARA) - The arrest of PDIP cadre Panda Nababan by anti-graft investigators for allegedly receiving bribes in the 2004 election of a central bank deputy governor was...

Pkb Still Undecided about Proposal for Tax Special Committee
January 30, 2011... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Jan 30 (ANTARA) - The National Awakening Party (PKB) is still undecided about a proposal for the formation of a House of Representatives (DPR) special committee to probe tax mafia cases,...

JK ASKS SUSPECTS OF TRAVELER'S CHECK CASE TO BE HONEST.
January 30, 2011... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Jan 30 (ANTARA) - Former vice president Jusuf Kalla asked the 19 suspect politicians being held for alleged involvement in the traveler's check corruption case to be honest when...

THREE BURNT DEATH VICTIMS FOUND IN ILL-FATED SHIP.
January 30, 2011... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Anyer, Banten, Jan 30 (ANTARA) - Three more burnt death victims had been recovered by the National Search Rescue Body (Basarnas) team in the ill- fated ship which caught fire in the Sunda strait...

PMI SUPPLYING CLEAN WATER TO VILLAGERS ON MERAPI'S SLOPES.
January 30, 2011... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Boyolali, C Java, Jan 30 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) continues to help overcome clean water supply shortages affecting villagers living on the slopes of Mount Merapi due to cold lava...

GOVT COMMITTEE OPENING GAZA BLOCKADE VISITS INDONESIA.
January 30, 2011... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Bogor, W Java, Jan 30 (ANTARA) - A government committee delegation to open the Gaza blockade along with Palestinian foreign ministry officials in Gaza, and Palestinian humanitarian organization...

GOVT CONCERNED ABOUT FATE OF 6,045 INDONESIANS IN EGYPT.
January 30, 2011... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Surabaya, E Java, Jan 30 (ANTARA) - Deputy Foreign Minister Triyono Wibowo said the government is greatly concerned about the fate of the 6,045 Indonesians in Egypt where the situation is still...

GOVT HAS NO PLAN TO EVACUATE RI CITIZENS IN EGYPT.
January 30, 2011... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Jan 30 (ANTARA) - The Foreign Ministry still has no plan to evacuate Indonesian citizens living in Egypt as political turmoil in the North African nation entered its sixth day on Sunday....

KNKT BEGINS INVESTIGATING FERRY FIRE.
January 29, 2011... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Merak, Banten, Jan 29 (ANTARA) - The National Transportation Safety Committee (KNKT) has begun an investigation into Friday morning's KMP Laut Teduh ferry fire by gathering information from the...

SAR TEAM SEARCHING FOR MISSING FERRY FIRE VICTIMS.
January 29, 2011... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Merak, Banten, Jan 29 (ANTARA) - A National Search and Rescue (Basarnas) teams is still searching for missing victims of the KMP Laut Teduh II Ferry fire that happened in the Sunda Strait on...

News Focus: RI'S SEAWEED PRODUCTION TARGET ACHIEVABLE.
January 29, 2011... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Jan 29 (ANTARA) - Indonesia's target to be the world's biggest seaweed producing country with an output of 10 million tons by 2015 is seen by experts as something achievable. In...

MINISTER SUPPORTS EAST KALIMANTAN'S "KALTIM GREEN" POLICY.
January 29, 2011... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Tarakan, E Kalimantan, Jan 29 (ANTARA) - Environment Minister Gusti Muhammad Hatta said he fully supported the East Kalimantan provincial government's "Kaltim Green" policy to reduce the region's...

BALI PRODUCES 150,000 TONS OF SEAWEED IN 2010.
January 29, 2011... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Denpasar, Jan 29 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian island resort of Bali has been able to produce 150,000 tons of seaweed in 2010 or increased by 42.8 percent from 105,000 tons in the previous year. ...

FLOODS HAMPERING EVACUATION OF 93 ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.
January 29, 2011... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, Jan 29 (ANTARA) - Floods are hampering efforts to evacuate 93 illegal immigrants from Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan stranded on Naikliu beach which is separated by a...

News focus: ZONING NEEDED TO OVERCOME DANGER OF MERAPI'S COLD LAVA.
January 29, 2011... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Yoyakarta, Jan 29 (ANTARA) - Its major eruption phase has passed and its status has been scaled down to the alert level, yet Mt Merapi which is situated in the border areas between Yogyakarta and...

RI BORDERS WITH MALAYSIA, PHILIPPINES NOT SETTLED.
January 29, 2011... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Surabaya, East Java, Jan 29 (ANTARA) - Vice Foreign Minister Triyono Wibowo said Indonesia's territorial borders with Malaysia and the Philippines had not yet been completely settled. "The...

YUDHOYONO CONCLUDES VISIT TO SWITZERLAND.
January 29, 2011... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Zurich, Jan 29 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is to leave for home on Saturday after attending the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. He and delegation are scheduled to...

VP ASKS MINISTER TO IMPROVE TRANSPORTATION SAFETY PROCEDURES.
January 29, 2011... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Cilegon, Banten, Jan 29 (ANTARA) - Vice President Boediono called on the Transportation Ministry to improve national transportation safety to reduce the number of accidents on land and at sea. ...

Tax Mafia Inquiry Motion Gaining More Legislators' Support
January 29, 2011... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Jan 29 (ANTARA) - The number of House of Representatives (DPR) members supporting a motion for a House inquiry into tax mafia practices in the country on Saturday surpassed 50 or the...

CORRUPTION CONVICTS TO BE HELD IN ONE JAIL.
January 29, 2011... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Jan 29 (ANTARA) - People convicted for corruption will eventually be made to serve their sentences in one jail, namely the Cipinang State Penitentiary in east Jakarta, Law and Human...

VP TO INSPECT HANDLING OF FERRY FIRE.
January 29, 2011... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Jan 29 (ANTARA) - Vice President Boediono is scheduled to inspect the handling of a ferry which caught fire between Merak and Bakauheni ports at Sunda Strait early Friday morning. "In...

GOVT SHOULD PROMOTE CLERICS ROLE IN GOVERNANCE: OBSERVER.
January 29, 2011... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Jan 29 (ANTARA) - The government should involve and optimize the function of clerics in governance as preachers and advisers to motivate its officials to work for the society and people's...

ANAS CALLS ON ALL PARTIES TO TRUST KPK.
January 29, 2011... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Makassar, South Sulawesi, Jan 29 (ANTARA) - Ruling Democrat Party leader Anas Urbaningrum called on all parties to trust the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) with regard to the legal...

RI HOPES EGYPT ABLE TO OVERCOME DOMESTIC UNREST.
January 29, 2011... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Zurich, Jan 29 (ANTARA) - Indonesia hopes Egypt will soon be able to find the right solution to overcome its domestic problems to prevent more victims. "The development in Egypt is indeed very...

GOVT READY TO OPEN 2 MILLION HECTARES OF FARM LAND.
January 28, 2011... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Jan 28 (ANTARA) - The government is ready to open two million hectares of farm land in anticipation of declining food production due to global climate change and extreme climate, a...

OVER 27,880 CRUISE SHIP PASSENGERS VISIT INDONESIA.
January 28, 2011... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Surabaya, E Java, Jan 28 (ANTARA) - PT Pelabuhan Indonesia (Pelindo) III has invited 27,882 cruise ship passengers to visit different parts of Indonesia in 2010. "Many cruise ship passengers...

NASDEM NOT TO BECOME POLITICAL PARTY : SURYA PALOH.
January 28, 2011... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Ambon, Maluku, Jan 28 (ANTARA) - National Democrat (Nasdem) Movement chief Surya Paloh said the organization he was leading would not become a political party. "I need to emphasize that the...

TRAINS COLLIDE IN WEST JAVA'S LANGENSARI.
January 28, 2011... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Purwokerto, C Java, Jan 28 (ANTARA) - Two trains, one from Surabaya (East Java) to Bandung (West Java) and the order one from Bandung to Kutoarjo (Central Java), collided at Langensari station in...

FERRY SHIP CATCHES FIRE NEAR MERAK PORT.
January 28, 2011... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Merak, Banten, Jan 28 (ANTARA) - A ferry ship which was serving passengers between Merak port of Banten (Java) and Bakauheni port of Lampung (Sumatra) caught fire during its way from Merak to...

THREE KILLED IN TRAIN COLLISION.
January 28, 2011... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Banjar, W Java, Jan 28 (ANTARA) - Three people were killed in a collision between Mutiara Selatan and Kutojaya Selatan trains in Kota Banjar railway, West Java, early on Friday. Mutiara Selatan...

TWELVE SHIPS DEPLOYED TO EVACUATE FERRY PASSENGERS.
January 28, 2011... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Merak, Banten, Jan 28 (ANTARA) - A total of 12 ships --five tug boats and seven roll-on-roll-off ferries-- are being mobilized to help evacuate passengers of a ferry ship which caught in the Sunda...

INDONESIAN NAVY TO INVESTIGATE POSSIBLE ASPHALT SPILL FROM SUNKEN TANKER.
January 28, 2011... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Tanjungpinang, Riau Islands, Jan 28 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian Navy Headquarters in Tanjungpinang, Riau Islands province, is to monitor and investigate 1,100 tons of asphalt loaded in a Singaporean...

NINE DEAD VICTIMS FOUND ON BURNING FERRY.
January 28, 2011... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Merak, Banten, Jan 28 (ANTARA) - The death toll of KMP Laut Teduh II which caught fire in the Sunda Strait early on Friday has reached nine people, two of them children. "For the time being,...

News Focus: THE HIGHER THE ECONOMIC GROWTH, THE LOWER THE FARMERS' INCOME.
January 28, 2011... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Jan 28 (ANTARA) - Many people agreed that economic growth in Indonesia would be better in 2011 than the previous year as on the number of 6.4 percent predicted by the government, 6.2...

President Not Complaining on His Behalf: Legislator
January 28, 2011... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Jan 28 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's statement on his salary might have been twisted out of proportion because the issue had been raised just on his behalf so that the...

US EMBASSY LAUNCHES 2011 ITB ENTREPRENEURSHIP CHALLENGE PROGRAM.
January 28, 2011... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Jan 28 (ANTARA) - The US embassy in Jakarta in partnership with Asgar Muda Foundation launched the 2011 ITB (Bandung Institute of Technology) Entrepreneurship Challenge for young...

KPK TO GRILL 25 SUSPECTS IN TRAVEL CHECK CASE.
January 28, 2011... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Jan 28 (ANTARA) - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is questioning 25 suspects who allegedly have received bribes in the form of travel checks in connection with the election of...

INVESTIGATORS FORCEFULLY 'PICKED UP' PANDA NABABAN AT AIRPORT.
January 28, 2011... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Jan 28 (ANTARA) - Investigators of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) forcefully picked up Panda Nababan, senior Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP) politician, at...

RI'S 2010 EXPORTS VALUE REACHES RECORD HIGH.
January 28, 2011... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Jan 28 (ANTARA) - Indonesia's exports in 2010 reached a total value of US$150 billion, the highest figure ever achieved in the country's foreign trade. Central Bureau of Statistics...

MEGAWATI ADVISES PANDA NABABAN TO REMAIN STRONG.
January 28, 2011... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Jan 28 (ANTARA) - Indonesian Democratic Party-Struggle (PDIP) leader Megawati Soekarnoputri has asked Panda Nababan to remain strong in facing his legal case. "I just now told Ibu...

ARTHALITA SURYANI OBTAINS CONDITIONAL RELEASE FROM JAIL.
January 28, 2011... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Tangerang, Banten, Jan 28 (ANTARA) - Noted businesswoman Arthalita Suryani alias Ayin regained her freedom on Friday after receiving a government decision on her conditional release. "I will...

RI, BANGLADESH TO COOPERATE IN MIGRANT WORKERS' PROTECTION.
January 28, 2011... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Jan 28 (ANTARA) - Indonesia and Bangladesh have agreed to cooperate in the protection of their migrant workers as fellow members of the Colombo Process. "Countries sending migrant...

KPK DETAINS FORMER LEGISLATORS IN TRAVELER'S CHECK BRIBERY CASE.
January 28, 2011... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Jan 28 (ANTARA) - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) detained a number of legislators of 2004-2009 named suspects in the traveler's check bribery case linked to the election of...

News Focus: ANTI-GRAFT BODY NABS SENIOR PARTY POLITICIANS.
January 28, 2011... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Jan 28 (ANTARA) - Three days after it vowed to solve all corruption cases in 2011, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) arrested on Friday 25 former legislators and senior party...

TIME RUNNING OUT FOR TACKLING CLIMATE CHANGE : UN CHIEF.
January 28, 2011... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Davos, Switzerland, Jan 28 (ANTARA) - United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has stressed that the world is running out of time in tackling the climate change problem. In his speech...

Golkar to Continue Supporting Sby-Boediono Govt
January 28, 2011... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Bandarlampung, Lampung, Jan 28 (ANTARA) - The Golkar Party will continue to support the Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY)-Boediono administration until 2014, its chairman, Aburizal Bakrie, said. ...

Flash - HELICOPTER CRASHES IN KENDARI BAY.
January 27, 2011... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Kendari, Southeast Sulawesi, Jan 27 (ANTARA) - A helicopter crashed and exploded in Kendari Bay, Southeast Sulawesi Province, Thursday at 8.15 am local time. Two crew members were in critical...

VP TO VISIT WEST SULAWESI.
January 27, 2011... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Mamuju, West Sulawesi, Jan 27 (ANTARA) - Vice President Boediono is scheduled to visit West Sulawesi in the third week of February this year to observe the success of development in the province....

INDONESIAN EMBASSY EVACUATES 32 RI MIGRANT WORKERS FROM TUNISIA.
January 27, 2011... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency London, Jan 27 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian Embassy in Tunisia has evacuated 32 Indonesian migrant workers from several residences of Tunisian government officials following social unrest and the...

RI TO HOST ASEAN CENTER FOR HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE ON DISASTER MANAGEMENT.
January 27, 2011... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Jan 27 (ANTARA) - Indonesia has been selected to host the ASEAN Coordinating Center for Humanitarian Assistance on Disaster Management starting this year, a minister said. "The heads...

News Focus: EXTREME WEATHER FEARED TO BOOST INFLATION
January 27, 2011... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Jan 27 (ANTARA) - The heaviest challenge the government is facing this year is to cover the impact of extreme weather and keep the inflation at a level not too high as a result of food...

FILM FESTIVAL "AUSTRALIA ON SCREEN" 2011 BEING HELD IN JAKARTA.
January 27, 2011... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Jan 27 (ANTARA) - Celebrated Indonesian actress and producer Christine Hakim and Australian Ambassador to Indonesia Greg Moriarty launched the latest Australian Embassy Film Festival...

WRECKAGE OF ILL-FATED CHOPPER REMOVED.
January 27, 2011... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Kendari, SE Sulawesi, Jan 27 (ANTARA) - A joint team of rescue workers on Thursday managed to remove the wreckage of a helicopter that crashed in Kendari Bay earlier in the day. The MD 500...

PRESIDENT TO DELIVER KEYNOTE SPEECH AT WEF IN DAVOS.
January 27, 2011... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Zurich, Jan 27 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is scheduled to deliver a key note speech at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland. The theme of the 41st WEF, which...