ANTARA - The Indonesian National News Agency articles from July 2008

ANTARA - The Indonesian National News Agency archives from July 2008

AHMAD SYAFI'I MA'ARIF RECEIVES MAGSAYSAY AWARD.
July 31, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, July 31 (ANTARA) - Ahmad Syai'i Ma'arif, former chairman of Muhammadiyah organization and founder of Maarif Institute for Culture and Humanity was granted posthumously the 2008...

BALI I BOMBERS OFFICIALLY NOTIFIED OF SUPREME COURT'S REJECTION.
July 31, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Cilacap, Central Java, July 31 (ANTARA) - The Cilacap District Court on Thursday served official notice on Amrozi et al , the three 2002 Bali bombers on death row, that the Supreme Court has...

DIVERSITY A BLESSING IN THE WORLD: ASEAN SECRETARY GENERAL.
July 31, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, July 31 (ANTARA) - "We do not send you down except to give a blessing of all mankind," ASEAN Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan quoted one of the holy Koran ayahs in his speech at the...

IRANIAN PRESIDENT REPRESENTED BY HIS FOREIGN MINISTER AT ICIS.
July 31, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, July 31, 2008 (ANTARA) - Iranian President Mahmood Ahmadinejad was represented by his Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki at the third International Conference of Islamic Scholars...

ISLAMIC SCHOLARS SUGGEST RELIGIOUS TEACHINGS TO PREVENT CONFLICTS.
July 31, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, July 31 (ANTARA) - Indonesian scholar and former Foreign Affairs Minister Dr Alwi Shihab said that religious approaches be effective in relieving tensions and conflicts among several...

ISLAMOPHOBIA IN A'LIA IRRATIONAL FEAR : A'LIAN SCHOLAR.
July 31, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, July 31 (ANTARA) - An Australian scholar said Islamophobia in Australia was an irrational fear as Australian society was a multicultural one where any religion could be practiced. ...

KPK FINDS NEW CASE BEHIND YUSUF FAISAL'S CORRUPTION.
July 31, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Semarang, July 31 (ANTARA) - The search conducted by some members of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) of the office of corruption suspect Yusuf Faisal at the House of Representatives...

News Focus: ICIS III, DISCOURSE TO PROMOTE PEACE-LOVING ISLAMIC VALUES.
July 31, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, July 31 (ANTARA) - The gathering of moslem scholars from many countries in Jakarta to attend the third International Conference of Islamic Scholars (ICIS) is a good occasion to match...

NU CHAIRMAN: ICIS RESULTS NOT TOO KEEN IN CONFLICT SETTLEMENT.
July 31, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, July 31 (ANTARA) - The result of the ICIS (International Conference of Islamic Scholars) will not settle conflicts in the world, Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) Chairman Hasyim Muzadi who is also...

POLICE HAND DOSSIERS ON "MONAS INCIDENT" SUSPECTS TO PUBLIC POSECUTORS.
July 31, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, July 31 (ANTARA) - The Jakarta Higher Public Prosecutor's Office has accepted the police dossiers on 10 people accused of responsibility for the June 1 "Monas Incident" in which...

PRESIDENT HOSTS PUBLIC LECTURE ON ASIA'S REVIVAL.
July 31, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, July 31 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono here on Thursday acted as host at a Presidential Lecturer's function featuring a public lecture on Asia's revival by Prof Kishore...

PRESIDENT RECEIVES PROF KISHORE MAHBUBANI.
July 31, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, July 31 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono received Prof Kishore Mahbubani of Singapore at the State Palace here on Thursday. Prof Mahbubani later gave a public lecture...

RI FOREIGN MINISTER OFFERS CONCEPTS TO END VIOLENCE.
July 31, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, July 31 (ANTARA) - Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda offered concepts from Indonesian perspective to end the violence in conflicts in his keynote address at the third International...

SOME 259 EXPATRIATES WORKING IN WEST NUSA TENGGARA.
July 31, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Mataram, W Nusa Tenggara, July 31 (ANTARA) - A total of 259 expatriates are currently living and working in West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) province, a local manpower official said. The number...

THURSDAY'S NEWSPAPER HEADLINES.
July 31, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, July 31 (ANTARA) - Following are the headlines of major newspapers published here on Thursday. COURT FINDS BRIBERY, BLBI CASE LINK The corruption Court sentenced businesswoman...

UN SECRETARY GENERAL CONVEYS MESSAGE OF PEACE AT INT'L ISLAMIC CONFAB.
July 31, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, July 31 ANTARA) - United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki Moon sent a peace message to the third International Conference of Islamic Scholars (ICIS) participants in the first plenary...

AL AQSHA PREACHER CALLS ON WORLD'S MOSLEMS TO UNITE TO HELP PALESTINE.
July 30, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, July 30 (ANTARA) - A Palestinian imam and preacher at the Al Aqsha mosque in Jerusalem has called on Muslims around the world to unite to help Palestine gain freedom from Israel. ...

CORAL TRIANGLE INITIATIVE SUMMIT TO BE HELD ON SIDELINES OF WOC 2009.
July 30, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, July 30 (ANTARA) - The heads of government of countries grouped in the Coral Triangle Initiative (CTI) will hold a summit meeting on the sidelines of the World Ocean Conference which...

FEATURE : A DAY IN QUIAPO AND MAKATI.
July 30, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, July 30 (ANTARA)- A little girl beggar about seven years old wearing a black dress and holding her younger sister, came to me, tugging at my shirt. "Sir, please give me some money?"...

FOREIGN STUDENTS JOIN COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAM IN KEDIRI.
July 30, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Kediri, July 30 (ANTARA) - Some 66 foreign university students from South Korea, Japan, the Netherlands and Hong Kong, are taking part in a Community Outreach Program (COP) being organized by...

ICIS GENERAL SECRETARY : DON'T LET ISLAM BE HIJACKED.
July 30, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, July 30 (ANTARA) - Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) Chairman Hasyim Muzadi who is also secretary general of the International Conferences of Islamic Scholars (ICIS) said Muslims should not let...

ILLEGAL LOGGING DAMAGES 1.6 MILLION HECTARES OF RI FORESTS PER YEAR.
July 30, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Bandarlampung, Lampung Province, July 30 (ANTARA) - Illegal logging damages between 1.6 million and 2.4 million hectares of forests in Indonesia annually, according to the rector of Mulawarman...

INDONESIA EXPECTED TO INCREASE PEACE-BUILDING CAPACITY.
July 30, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, July 30 (ANTARA) - Indonesia as a member of ASEAN has to increase its capacity as a peace-builder in the Southeast Asian region, a lecturer on international relationship at Gadjah Mada...

IRAN, INDONESIA KEEN TO EXPAND TIES.
July 30, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Tehran, July 30, (ANTARA/IRNA) - Iran and Indonesia Monday evening underscored the need for further expansion of all-out relations between the two countries. In a meeting held between...

MEGAWATI CALLS FOR APPLICATION OF PANCASILA VALUES IN WORLD.
July 30, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, July 30 (ANTARA) - Former president Megawati Soekarnoputri said she hoped the values contained in Pancaila, Indonesia's state ideology, can also be implemented in the world for the...

News Focus: COURT TESTIMONY CONFIRMS CORRUPTION RIFE IN PARLIAMENT.
July 30, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, July 30 (ANTARA) - Testimony at a Corruption Court session on Monday that 52 legislators had received Rp100 billion in bribes from Bank Indonesia (BI) for the revision of a BI bill was...

PRESIDENT: ISLAMIC COUNTRIES MUST PROMOTE PEACE.
July 30, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, July 30 (ANTARA) - Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said Islamic countries must promote peace and economic building among Muslim countries in the world. Speaking at...

PRESIDENT TO OPEN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF ISLAMIC SCHOLARS.
July 30, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, July 30 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is scheduled to officially open the third International Conference of Islamic Scholars (ICIS) here on Wednesday. The...

RI VICTIM OF WEST-MIDEAST CONFLICT : MUZADI.
July 30, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, July 30 (ANTARA) - Hasyim Muzadi, leader of Indonesia's largest Muslim organization Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), said terrorist attacks in Indonesia had been triggered by the conflict between...

SOME 172 PAPUA VILLAGERS DIE OF CHOLERA.
July 30, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jayapura, July 30 (ANTARA) - Some 172 residents of Lembah Kamuu, a remote village in Moneman sub district, Paniai district, Papua province, have died of cholera since April 6, 2008, a local...

VP PAYS TRIBUTE TO NEWSPAPER DELIVERERS.
July 30, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, July 30 (ANTARA) - Vice President M Jusuf Kalla said newspaper deliverers are "information heroes" because they convey information to readers. "If teachers are called 'undecorated...

ABOUT 1,300 INDONESIANS BEING HELD IN MALAYSIA'S KAJANG PRISON.
July 22, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Penang, July 22 (ANTARA) - Some 1,300 of the 1,700 inmates of Malaysia's Kajang state penitentiary in Selangor are Indonesian nationals, Indonesian Ambassador to Malaysia Da'i Bachtiar said....

AG: DELINQUENT PROSECUTORS GIVE BIG SLAM TO AGO.
July 22, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, July 22 (ANTARA) - Delinquent prosecutors have given a big slam and tarnished the image of the judiciary institution, Attorney General Hendarman Supandji said. The Attorney...

AGUS YUDHOYONO BRIEFS GARUDA CONTINGENT ON DUTIES IN SOUTHERN LEBANON.
July 22, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, July 22 (ANTARA) - Capt (infantry) Agus Harimurti, son of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, briefed members of Indonesia's Garuda Military Contingent (Konga) XXVI-A for South Lebanon...

ASEAN DRAWS UP RESPONSE PLANS TO FACE PANDEMIC.
July 22, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, July 22 (ANTARA) - Representatives from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member states are gathering in the North Sumatra provincial capital of Medan to draw up...

EVICTED PATIENTS FROM RSCM ASK FOR GOVERNMENT ATTENTION.
July 22, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, July 22 (ANTARA) - Some 30 outpatients who have been evicted from Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital (RSCM) expressed hope that the government would pay serious attention to their plight. ...

GOVT POLICIES REMAIN CONSISTENT WITH ORIGINAL GOALS : PRESIDENT.
July 22, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, July 22 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said all of the government's policies had since the beginning remained consistent with their original goals, namely achieving...

MAJ GEN PUDYASTUNGKORO INTSALLED AS NEW JAKARTA MILY COMMANDER.
July 22, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, July 22 (ANTARA) - The post of Jakarta regional military command chief was transferred from Maj Gen J Suryo Prabowo to Maj Gen Darpito Pudyastungkoro at a ceremony led by Army Chief of...

MINISTER: CONFLICTS NOT CAUSED BY EXISTENCE OF RELIGIONS.
July 22, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, July 22 (ANTARA) - Religious Affairs Minister Muhammad Maftuh Basyumi reaffirmed that conflicts on planet Earth were not caused by the existence of religions but by man's mistakes and...

MT ANAK KRAKATAU SEES 522 ERUPTIONS ON TUESDAY.
July 22, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Serang, Banten, July 22 (ANTARA) - Mount Anak Krakatau which lies off the western tip of Java Island saw 522 eruptions on Tuesday, spewing clouds of gravel and toxic gas. "That's why...

PAMEKASAN RESIDENTS RELEASE TWO PLN EMPLOYEES.
July 22, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Pamekasan, July 22 (ANTARA) - Some residents of Plakpak village, Pamekasan subdistrict, Madura, East Java, eventually released two state power compay PT PLN employees Sirat and Junaidi they had...

PRESIDENT ASKS MINISTERS TO ENSURE STABILITY IN ALL SECTORS.
July 22, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, July 22 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has asked all cabinet minister to ensure stability in all sectors in the run up to next year's general election. The...

RI CORRUPTION ERADICATION COMMISSION CHIEF VISITING HANOI.
July 22, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Tokyo, July 22 (ANTARA) - The head of Indonesia's Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), Antasari Azhar, arrived in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Tuesday for a two-day working visit at the invitation of...

SIX DETAINEES ESCAPE FROM PATI PRISON IN CENTRAL JAVA.
July 22, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Semarang, July 22 (ANTARA) - Six detainees at the Pati correctional institute in Central Java escaped on Sunday night, head of Central Java's Legal and Human Rights office Bambang Winahyo said...

TUESDAY'S NEWSPAPER HEADLINES.
July 22, 2008... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, July 22 (ANTARA) - The following are the headlines of major Indonesian newspapers published here on Tuesday. SINGAPORE TAUNTS RI, RP AND THAILAND OVER CHARTER Singapore's Prime...