ANTARA - The Indonesian National News Agency articles from March 2010

ANTARA - The Indonesian National News Agency archives from March 2010

SOME 50 PHOTOGRAPHERS TO JOIN UNDERSEA COMPETITION.
March 31, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Ambon, March 31 (ANTARA) - Some 50 domestic and foreign photographers have registered to participate in an undersea photo-taking competition in Banda islands from April 23-30, 2010. Sail Banda...

PRESIDENT INSPECTS GOAT BREEDING CENTER IN TULUNGAGUNG.
March 31, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Blitar, March 31 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono inspected an Etawa goat breeding center in Tulungagung district, East Java, on Wednesday morning. After arriving at the center,...

MARITIME MINISTER TO LAUNCH SAIL BANDA IN AMBON.
March 31, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Ambon, March 31 (ANTARA) - Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister Fadel Muhammad is scheduled to launch Sail Banda in Ambon on April 17, 2010. "We are making preparation for the launch of the...

RI,AUSTRALIA, UNICEF TO ENHANCE BASIC EDUCATION IN PAPUA.
March 31, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, March 31 (ANTARA) - A new joint partnership to enhance basic education in Papua and West Papua provinces is to be signed by the Indonesian and Australian governments and UNICEF (United...

PRESIDENT WANTS BUREAUCRATIC REFORM, LAW ENFORCEMENT T0 CONTINUE.
March 31, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Tulungagung, March 31 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has expressed hope bureaucratic reform and law enforcement will continue despite the discovery of a tax scandal involving a...

ILO TRAINING DROPOUT STUDENTS IN SERAM AS TOUR GUIDES.
March 31, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Ambon, March 31 (ANTARA) - The International Labor Organization (ILO)'s representative office in Maluku is currently training some 20 dropout students at Sawai village on Seram island to become...

TWO CONSECUTIVE EARTHQUAKES JOLT SUMBAWA.
March 31, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Mataram, March 31 (ANTARA) - Two consecutive earthquakes, respectively measuring 5.6 and 5.4 on the Richter scale, jolted the Sumbawa Besar region in West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) on Wednesday...

IBI-TRADITIONAL ATTENDANTS COLLABORATING IN HELPING IMPOVERISHED MOTHERS.
March 31, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Muntok, West Bangka, March 31 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian Midwives Association (IBI) in collaboration with traditional midwives helps impoverished mothers in childbirth. "IBI is collaborating...

NTB FARMERS READY TO BREED AUSTRALIAN PEDIGREE COWS.
March 31, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Mataram, March 31 (ANTARA) - Farmers in West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) are ready to breed pedigree cows received as assistance from Australia's Northern Territory Cattlemen's Association (NTCA), a...

GAYUS TAMBUNAN BACK IN JAKARTA.
March 31, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, March 31 (ANTARA) - Gayus Tambunan, a tax official wanted by police, was taken to the National Police Headquarters and arrived there at 4.45pm after arriving from Singapore on Wednesday...

PUAN DENIES COMPETING WITH BROTHER PRANANDA FOR PARTY LEADERSHIP.
March 31, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, March 31 (ANTARA) - The daughter of former president Megawati Soekarnoputri denied she was competing for chairmanship of the Indonesia Democratic Party Struggle (PDIP) with brother...

POLICE SPOKESMAN: HAPOSAN, PLAY DIRECTOR IN GAYUS CASE.
March 31, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, March 31 (ANTARA) - National Police spokesman Edward Aritonang said the police suspected that lawyer Haposan Hutagalung was "the play director" in the case of Gayus Tambunan. "The flow...

INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATORS QUESTION GAYUS TAMBUNAN.
March 31, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, March 31 (ANTARA) - Soon after his arrival here on Wednesday afternoon, the independent police investigators questioned rogue tax official, Gayus Tambunan. Chief of the police...

PRESIDENT PAYS HOMAGE TO HIS FATHER'S GRAVE.
March 31, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Pacitan, March 31 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) concluded his visits to a number of areas in East Java by paying homage to the grave of his father, the late Lt Gen R Soekotjo...

TAIWAN PROVIDES SCHOLARSHIPS FOR INDONESIAN STUDENTS.
March 31, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Taipei, March 31 (ANTARA) - The Taiwanese Ministry of Education planned to give scholarships to students of various universities and colleges in Indonesia in a not too distant future, Head of the...

MEGAWATI ALMOST CERTAIN TO REMAIN PDIP LEADER : DAUGHTER.
March 31, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, March 31 (ANTARA) - The present leader of the Indonesian Democracy Party-Struggle (PDIP), Megawati Soekarnoputro, is almost certain to be reelected to her position at the party's congress...

PERTAMINA'S OIL PLANT IN DUMAI UP IN FLAMES IN SIMULATION.
March 31, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Dumai, March 31 (ANTARA) - An oil plant of state oil and gas PT Pertamina in Dumai, Riau, caught fire on Wednesday. At 8 am local time, a number of fire engines had arrived at the scene and...

GOVT SENDS 859 DOCTORS TO REMOTE PLACES.
March 31, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, March 31 (ANTARA) - The ministry of health has sent 859 newly graduated general practitioners and dentists to public health clinics in remote regions other than Java and Bali islands. ...

AUSTRALIA, RI LAUNCH BOOKS ON COLLABORATIVE ART HUMAN RESOURCES.
March 31, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Surabaya, March 31 (ANTARA) - Melbourne University in Australia in association with the Kelola Fundation of Indonesia launched three books on collaborative art human resources. "The art...

OBAMA'S SCIENCE ENVOY TO VISIT RI IN MAY : US ENVOY.
March 30, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, March 30 (ANTARA) - US President Barack Obama will send a science envoy to Indonesia next May, according to US Ambassador to Indonesia Cameron R. Hume. "President Obama's Science Envoy...

RI,UN LAUNCH JOINT EFFORT TO CURB DEFORESTATION.
March 30, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, March 30 (ANTARA) - Indonesia's Forestry Ministry and the United Nations launched a UN Collaborative Program on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (UN-REDD) with...

NO INDONESIAN AMONG MOSCOW BLASTS' VICTIMS.
March 30, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, March 30 (ANTARA) - No Indonesian was among the victims of the two deadly suicide bombings that happened on the Moscow subway and a station blow the secret police's headquarters during...

PRESIDENT OPENS NATIONAL SOCCER CONGRESS 2010.
March 30, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Malang, March 30 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono opened the National Soccer Congress (KSN) 2010 hoping it would open a new page of the history of Indonesia's soccer. The...

PRESIDENT SAYS NATIONAL SOCCER NEEDS IMPROVEMENT.
March 30, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Malang, March 30 (ANTARA)- President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has said a national movement was needed to move the national soccer team forward. "We have to improve the national soccer team and...

GARUDA TO FLY TO AMBON.
March 30, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Ambon, March 30 (ANTARA) - Garuda Indonesia airplanes will have an opportunity to fly into Pattimura international airport in Ambon in the run up to the international marine event of Sail Banda...

BALIKPAPAN POLICE HELP THREE HUMAN TRAFFICKING VICTIMS.
March 30, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Balikpapan, East Kalimantan, March 30 (ANTARA) - Balikpapan Police have given shelter to three human trafficking victims who had escaped from a brothel complex at kilometer 17, East Kalimantan...

INDONESIA PLAYS CRUCIAL ROLE IN COMBATING DEFORESTATION.
March 30, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, March 30 (ANTARA) - Indonesia plays a crucial role in to combating deforestation and forest degradation as the world's third largest tropical rain-forest, with forested land covering...

PDIP REMAINS SOLID UNDER MEGAWATI'S LEADERSHIP : PARTY EXECUTIVE.
March 30, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, March 30 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian Democratic Party- Struggle (PDIP) remains solid under Megawati Soekarnoputri's leadership, the party's associate chairman, Tjahjo Kumolo, said here on...

ACEH GOVT WARNED TO BE CAREFUL IN CARBON TRADE.
March 30, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Banda Aceh, March 30 (ANTARA) - The Aceh provincial government should be careful in its carbon trade cooperation policy, a forestry expert at the Bogor Institute of Agriculture (IPB), Ricky...

USTDA LAUNCHES US-RI GEOTHERMAL DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE.
March 30, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, March 30 (ANTARA) - The US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) launched a US-Indonesia Geothermal Development Initiative during a visit to Jakarta by its director, Leocadia I. Zak. ...

GOLKAR TO FILL HOUSE COMMISSION II CHAIRMANSHIP.
March 30, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, March 30 (ANTARA) - A Golkar Party member will soon fill the position of House Commission chairman left vacant by the late Burhanuddin Napitupulu recently. Golkar associate chairman...

POLICE PURSUE GAYUS IN SINGAPORE.
March 30, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, March 30 (ANTARA) - National police chief intelligence Commissioner General Ito Sumardi said the police had not arrested Gayus Tambunan nor that he had submitted himself to the police. ...

POLICE ARREST LAWYER AND POLICE INVESTIGATOR OVER GAYUS CASE.
March 30, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, March 30 (ANTARA) - Police have arrested a lawyer and a police officer in connection with the challenged tax embezzlement case of tax official Gayus Tambunan. The national police...

News Focus: MASS MEDIA IN INDONESIA, FRIEND OR ENEMY?
March 30, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, March 30 (ANTARA) - The role of the mass media in the process of communication is often seen by many as being both beneficial and dangerous. But as a whole, mass media actually only...

KUNTORO : FINANCE MINISTRY'S REMUNERATION POLICY NOT WRONG.
March 30, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, March 30 (ANTARA) - The chief of the government's task force charged with eradicating judicial mafia said the finance ministry's remuneration policy was right despite the recent discovery...

DEMOCRAT PARTY NEEDS POPULAR FIGURE AS NEW LEADER : OBSERVER.
March 30, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, March 30 (ANTARA) - The ruling Democrat Party needs a popular figure to be its chairman to take over the role currently played by Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono which is to diminish in 2014, a...

BANK CENTURY CASE ENDS WITHOUT SOLUTION : AMIEN RAIS.
March 30, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Manado, March 30 (ANTARA) - The solution of the Bank Century case seems to be ending without any fruitful result, National Mandate Party Advisory Board (MPP PAN) chairman Amien Rais said here...

MA FINDS NO INDICATION OF BRIBERY IN GAYUS'S ACQUITTAL.
March 30, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, March 30 (ANTARA) - The Supreme Court (MA) said it had found no indications of bribery behind tax official Gayus Tambunan's acquittal by the Tangerang district court recently. "Our...

KPK NAMES JUDGE, LAWYER SUSPECTS IN BRIBERY CASE.
March 30, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, March 30 (ANTARA) - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has officially named a judge, Ibrahim, and a lawyer, Adner S, suspects in a bribery case. "Both were named suspects...

POLICE ALREADY KNOW GAYUS'S WHEREABOUTS.
March 30, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, March 30 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian police already know the whereabouts of Gayus Tambunan, a tax official wanted for corruption and money laundering, a spokesman said. "We (Indonesian...

FINANCE MINISTER TO IMPROVE COMPLAINTS MECHANISM.
March 30, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, March 30 (ANTARA) - Finance Minister Sri Mulyani said she would continue bureaucratic reform efforts in her office by improving the complaints system. "We will develop a culture that...

STILL UNKNOWN WHEN GAYUS TO BE BROUGHT HOME.
March 30, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, March 30 (ANTARA) - Law and Human Rights Minister Patrialis Akbar said he still did not know when Gayus Tambunan, a tax official wanted for corruption, would be returned to Indonesia from...

House to Question Police Chief on Fiscal Scandal
March 30, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, March 30 (ANTARA) - The House of Representatives (DPR)'s Commission III (legal affairs) is to invite National Police Chief Bambang Hendarso Danuri soon to explain the police's follow-up...

WILD ELEPHANTS TERRORIZE LUMBOK RESIDENTS, W LAMPUNG.
March 30, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Liwa, W Lampung, March 30 (ANTARA) - Two wild elephants have forced Lumbok villagers in Sukau sub-district, West Lampung district to be on constant alert over the past three days. "We had to...

NATIONAL GALLERY PLANS 35 EXHIBITIONS.
March 30, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Manado, March 30 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian National Gallery will hold 35 exhibitions in 2010, its chief Tubagus Andre Sukmana said here Tuesday. He said that the exhibitions consisted of the...

794 HECTARES OF PARCHED RICE FIELD IN KARAWANG.
March 30, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Karawang, W Java, March 30 (ANTARA) - At least 794 hectares of rice fields in Karawang regency, West Java Province, had dried up after an inundation for more than a week. Head of Karawang...

MA SUSPENDS JUDGE IBRAHIM.
March 30, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, March 30 (ANTARA) - The Supreme Court (MA) on Tuesday suspended Ibrahim as a judge with the Jakarta State Administrative Court after the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) caught him...

LANDSLIDE CUTS OFF PADANG-BUKITTINGGI TRAFFIC.
March 30, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Padang, W Sumatra, March 31 (ANTARA) - A landslide in Cubadak Bungkung area, Kota Padang Panjang, West Sumatra Province, had cut off roads of trans-Sumatra highway linking Padang and Bukittinggi....

GAYUS TAMBUNAN ARRESTED.
March 30, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, March 31 (ANTARA) - Gayus Tambunan, a tax official wanted for corruption and money laundering, had been arrested at Mandarin Hotel- Meritus, Orchard Road, Singapore, on Tuesday evening....

RI, SLOVAKIA AGREE TO ENHANCE ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS COOPERATION.
March 29, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, March 29 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian and Slovakian governments have agreed to enhance cooperation in the fields of trade, investment and business. Slovakian Foreign Minister Miroslav...

EARTHQUAKE JOLTS BAUBAU, SOUTHEAST SULAWESI.
March 29, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, March 29 (ANTARA) - An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale jolted Baubau, Southeast Sulawesi, on Monday, at 4.13 am Western Indonesian Standard Time (WIB). The quake's...

JUSUF KALLA OPENS PMI NATIONAL CONFERENCE IN BANDUNG.
March 29, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Bandung, March 29 (ANTARA) - Chairman of the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) Jusuf Kalla opened PMI National Working Conference 2010 (Mukernas 2010) in Bandung, West Java, on Monday. Kalla said the...

SECURITY AROUND PRESIDENTIAL PALACE INTENSIFIED.
March 29, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, March 29 (ANTARA) - Security around the Presidential Palace, including the State Secretariat office, is intensified following bomb hoax on Sunday. "We continue to intensify the...

FOREIGN MINISTER OPENS WORKSHOP ON POST-CONFLICT PEACE BUILDING.
March 29, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, March 29 (ANTARA) - Indonesian Foreign Affairs Minister Marty Natalegawa and his counterpart from Slovakia, Miroslav Lajcak, opened an international workshop on post-conflict peace...

DEMOCRAT PARTY EYES 30 PERCENT OF VOTES IN 2014 ELECTION.
March 29, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, March 29 (ANTARA) - Marzuki Alie, the Democrat Party's former secretary general, has predicted that the party would be able to gain 30 percent of votes in 2014 legislative election. ...

ATM AND TNI CONDUCT JOINT MALINDO EXERCISE.
March 29, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Kuala Lumpur, March 29 (ANTARA/Bernama) -- Malaysia is hosting the joint 'Malindo Latgabma Darsasa 7AB/2010' Military Exercise from March 25 to April 10 which involves all the three services of...

40 KILLED IN MOSCOW TWIN BLASTS.
March 29, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Moscow, March 29 (ANTARA/WAM) - Two explosions hit Moscow's subway system this morning as it was jam-packed with rush-hour passengers, killing at least 40 people. Emergency Ministry spokeswoman...

POLICE AFTER GAYUS' WIFE.
March 29, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, March 29 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian Police Headquarters Criminal Investigation Department is now after Milana Anggraeni, the wife of Gayus Tambunan, for allegedly having received illegal...

BROKEN HEARTED TEENAGER CUTS OFF HIS GENITALS.
March 29, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Cilacap, March 29 (ANTARA) - An apparently broken hearted nineteen years old boy, AMD, had cut off his genitals and had to undergo serious treatment at a Cilacap General Hospital, Central Java. ...

RI, US SIGN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY COOPERATION AGREEMENT.
March 29, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, March 29 (ANTARA) - Indonesia and the United States signed on Monday a cooperation agreement in the science and technology field, paving the way for scientists of the two countries to...

POLICE QUESTIONING GAYUS'S LAWYER.
March 29, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, March 29 (ANTARA) - Police Chief Detective Commissioner General Ito Sumardi said his department was examining Gayus Tamubunan's lawyer Haposan Hutagalung over his suspicious funds in his...

POLICE BLOCK ACCOUNTS RECEIVING TRANSFERS FROM GAYUS.
March 29, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, March 29 (ANTARA) - Police have blocked bank accounts receiving transfers from Gayus Tambunan in connection with an alleged money laundering case, Police Spokesman Insp. Gen. Edward...

DENGUE FEVER KILLS TWO LEBAK RESIDENTS.
March 29, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Lebak, Banten, March 29 (ANTARA) - Dengue fever had infected 76 residents of Lebak district, Banten Province, over the past three months. Two of them died, local health authorities said. Head...

29,202 FLOOD VICTIMS STILL IN EVACUATION LOCATIONS.
March 29, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Karawang, Mar 29 (ANTARA) - A total of 29,202 flood victims in a number of areas in Karawang regency, West Java, are still in their evacuation locations because their houses were still deeply...

PRESIDENT: SRC-PB OPTIMIZING EMERGENCY RESPONSE HANDLING.
March 29, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Malang, Mar 29 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said the setting up of a disaster handling quick response unit (SRC-PB) was aimed at optimizing post disaster emergency handling to...

STUDENT SENTENCED TO 2 YEARS FOR POSSESSING SHABU.
March 29, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Pangkalpinang, March 29 (ANTARA) - The local court sentenced a 16-year-old student to two years in jail and a fine of Rp400 million on Monday for possessing 0.08 gram of shabu-shabu (methyl...

MATERIAL LOSS OF KARAWANG FLOODS STILL UNKNOWN.
March 29, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Karawang, W Java, March 29 (ANTARA) - Floods have inundated wide areas of Karawang regency for more than a week but the total material loss of the residents are still unknown. "We are still...

PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO ARRIVES IN SURABAYA FOR WORKING VISIT.
March 29, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Surabaya, March 29 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono arrived at Juanda airport here at 9.15 on Monday morning for a three-day working visit in East Java until Wednesday. From Juanda...

KARAWANG'S FLOODS START RECEDING.
March 28, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Karawang, W Java, March 28 (ANTARA) - Flood waters inundating wide areas of West Java regency of Karawang over the past few days had begun receding on Saturday. But the flood victims still...

MALLARANGENG TO DECLARE HIS BID FOR PD CHAIRMANSHIP SUNDAY EVENING.
March 28, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, March 28 (ANTARA) - Democrat Party (PD) associate chairman Andi Mallarangeng is scheduled to declare his bid for the party's leadership for the 2010-2015 term on Sunday evening. ...

RI LAUDS GERMANY FOR HELPING SAVE SUMATRA FORESTS.
March 28, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency London, March 28 (ANTARA) - Indonesia has lauded Germany for its support to help save and protect the tropical rain forests in Sumatra. Indonesian Ambassador to Germany Eddy Pratomo made the...

YEH BEACH NOW IN CRITICAL ABRASION CONDITION.
March 28, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Tabanan, Bali, March 28 (ANTARA) - Abrasion in Yeh Beach, Tabanan, Bali, has entered a critical condition since two weeks ago. Yeh Gangga Traditional Village chief (Bendesa), I Ketut Leget said...

TWO ELEPHANTS FOUND DEAD IN RIAU.
March 28, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Pekanbaru, Riau, March 28 (ANTARA) - Two Sumatran elephants (Elephas Maximus Sumatranus) were found dead in the Tesso Nilo National Park, Riau province. "The two elephants are predicted to have...

FATHER AND SON ARRESTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING.
March 28, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Banjarmasin, March 28 (ANTARA) - The police arrested a father and son for drug trafficking on Piere Tendean Road, Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan. Both suspects were arrested in Piere Tendean...

STOPPING HOUSEMAID DISPATCHES TO MALAYSIA NOT EFFECTIVE.
March 28, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Kuala Lumpur, March 28 (ANTARA) - Indonesia's decision for the time being to stop sending domestic helpers to Malaysia starting on June 25, 2009, appears to have no practical effect. It was due...

RI MIGRANT WORKER'S BODY STORED THREE MONTHS IN SAUDI ARABIA.
March 28, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Madiun, E Java, March 28 (ANTARA) - The body of Sri Harniati (42), the Indonesian migrant female worker who died about three months ago was still stored in a Saudi Arabia's hospital due to...

ACTION RALLY IN JAKARTA SATURDAY.
March 27, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Mar 27 (ANTARA) - The the Traffic Management Center (TMC) of the Jakarta Police Traffic Directorate said that an action rally will be staged in Jakarta on Saturday (Mar 27) at the Chinese...

MINISTER OBSERVES CONDITIONS IN FLOOD-HIT KARAWANG.
March 27, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Karawang, West Java, March 27 (ANTARA) - Communication and Informatics Minister Tifatul Sembiring on Saturday observed conditions in flood-hit Karawang District, West Java. Minister Sembiring...

VP : EFFECTIVE GOVT ONE OF RI DEMOCRACY'S GOALS.
March 27, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Pontianak, West Kalimantan, March 27 (ANTARA) - Vice President Boediono said having an effective government was one of the goals of Indonesia's democratic system. An effective government...

CORRUPTION WATCH DEMANDS SUSPENSION OF EDMOND, RADJA.
March 27, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, March 27 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian Corruption Watch (ICW) has urged National Police Chief General Bambang Hendarso Danuri to suspend two generals due to alleged corruption cases. "The...

MINISTER : RI'S LEGAL SYSTEM BAD.
March 27, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Padang, West Sumatra, March 27 (ANTARA) - Indonesia's legal system is bad and negatively affecting its detention center management, according to Law and Human Rights Minister Patrialis Akbar. ...

MEDIA CAN HELP EXPAND RELATIONS, SAYS INDONESIAN JOURNALISTS ASSOCIATION.
March 27, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Kuala Lumpur, March 27 (ANTARA/Bernama) -- A synergistic interaction between the Malaysian and Indonesian media can contribute not only in expanding the cordial ties between both countries but...

RP800 BILLION FOR INFRASTRUCTURE IN DISADVANTAGED REGIONS.
March 27, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Pontianak, March 27 (ANTARA) - Disadvantaged Regions Development Minister Helmy Faisal Zani said his ministry had allocated Rp800 billion in funds for infrastructure development in 147 regions. ...

CONVICT RUNS ECSTASY FACTORY FROM INSIDE JAIL.
March 27, 2010... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, March 27 (ANTARA) - An ecstasy factory in the Serpong area raided by the police recently was being run by an inmate of the Cipinang State Penitentiary in East Jakarta, police said. ...