ANTARA - The Indonesian National News Agency articles from November 2009

ANTARA - The Indonesian National News Agency archives from November 2009

PRESIDENT ATTENDS "KOMNAS PEREMPUAN" ANNIVERSARY.
November 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Nov. 30 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and First Lady Ani Yudhoyono attended the 10th anniversary commemoration of the National Commission for Women (Komnas Perempuan) here...

KORPRI RESPONSIBLE FOR NATIONAL PROGRESS.
November 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Gorontalo, Nov. 30 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian Civil Servants Corps (Korpri) is considered responsible for the progress of state and nation in its function as civil servants. Gorontalo acting...

JAKARTA'S MONAS AREA CLOSED TO GAS EMITING CARS.
November 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Nov. 30 (ANTARA) - Cars that have not passed an emission test as of Monday (Nov 30) are not allowed to enter and park in Jakarta's Monas (National Monument) area under a regulation issued...

PRESIDENT HOPES MORE WOMEN INCLUDED IN FUTURE CABINETS.
November 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Nov. 30 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has expressed hope that more women would be included in the cabinets of future governments. Speaking at a function to observe the...

THREE BANDUNG RESIDENTS INFECTED WITH LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS.
November 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Bandung, West Java Province, Nov. 30 (ANTARA) - Three residents of Bandung have been infected with lymphatic filariasis disease or known as Elephantiasis. The filariasis virus-infected patients...

US, RI PARTNERSHIP TO FIGHT HIV/AIDS CONTINUES.
November 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Nov. 30 (ANTARA) - Under the international theme of "Universal Access and Human Rights," the U.S. Government is once again standing in partnership with the Indonesian Government in...

JAKARTA STOCKS CLOSE HIGHER ON BRIGHT ECONOMIC PROSPECTS.
November 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Nov. 30 (ANTARA) - The Composite Stock Price Index (IHSG) at the Indonesian Stock Exchange (BEI) here on late Monday morning closed higher on bright economic prospects. The BEI index...

RI'S MARINES IN S. KOREA TO LEARN TO OPERATE LANDING CRAFT.
November 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Seoul, Nov. 30 (ANTARA/Yonhap) - A team of 15 Indonesian marines is in South Korea to learn how to operate and repair amphibious landing craft their country is set to receive later this year, an...

HIV/AIDS CARRIERS STILL FACING DISCRIMINATION: JHOTI.
November 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Kupang, NTT, Nov. 30 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian HIV Carriers Network (JHOTI) said that HIV/AIDS carriers in Indonesia are still facing individual and policy discrimination. "The problems...

RIAU ASKS ADVANCED COUNTRIES TO CONTRIBUTE TO FOREST PRESERVATION.
November 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Pekanbaru, Nov. 25 (ANTARA) - The Riau provincial administration has asked advanced and neighboring countries to make contributions for the protection of the province's forests. "Riau's forests...

GREENPEACE HANDS CLIMATE DEFENDERS' CAMP TO LOCAL COMMUNITY.
November 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Teluk Meranti, Riau, Nov. 30 (ANTARA) - More than one thousand people flocked to Greenpeace's Climate Defenders Camp in the heart of the Sumatran rainforest, Sunday (Nov. 29), for a ceremony to...

GOVT PREPARING ALLOWANCES FOR SOLDIERS IN BORDER AREAS.
November 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Nov. 30 (ANTARA) - The government is formulating a regulation to provide special allowances for soldiers posted in areas adjoining the territory of other countries, a minister said. ...

CIDE TO ASSIST INVESTMENT IN GORONTALO.
November 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Gorontalo, Nov. 30 (ANTARA) - The Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) has promised to help generate Gorontalo's economy through investment development in the province, CIDA director...

DAMAGED S KALIMANATAN CORAL REEFS COVER 530 HECTARES.
November 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan, Nov. 30 (ANTARA) - Of 13,330 hectares of coral reefs in South Kalimantan, some 530 hectares have been damaged by sedimentation and pollution. Based on a study...

KPK TO EXPOSE BANK CENTURY CASE SOON.
November 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Nov. 30 (ANTARA) - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) will soon expose the legal case of Bank Century, KPK spokesman Johan Budi said here on Monday. "KPK team will expose the...

REGIONAL HEAD ELECTIONS TO GO ON IN 2010.
November 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Nov. 30 (ANTARA) - Home Affairs Ministry officials said regional head elections (Pilkada) in various parts of the country in 2010 would go on based on schedules. "We remain committed...

DENGUE KILLS 10 IN SE SULAWESI.
November 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Kendari, SE Sulawesi, Nov. 30 (ANTARA) - The spread of dengue fever in South East Sulawesi province in the January-November period this year has affected 486 patients, of whom 10 were killed, a...

ICAL : PEOPLE'S INTEREST GOLKAR'S FIRST PRIORITY.
November 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Yogyakarta, Nov. 30 (ANTARA) - Golkar Party chairman Aburizal (Ical) Bakrie has said the people's interest should be on top of the party's priorities. Speaking at a function to open the 8th...

AIDS CASES NUMBER IN RI CONTINUING TO RISE.
November 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Nov. 30 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian government said the number of HIV/AIDS cases in the country is continuing to increase from year to year. "About 298,000 people in Indonesia are now...

GOVT TO HELP WOMEN-LED SMEs WITH LOANS.
November 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Nov. 30 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said the government would help small and medium enterprises (SMEs) run by women with loans. "Small, medium and creative...

News Focus: RIAU SEEKING FOREST PROTECTION COMPENSATION FROM ADVANCED.
November 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency OUNTRIES Jakarta, Nov. 30 (ANTARA) - While Greenpeace recently put Riau's forests in the international spotlight, Riau authorities have said that advanced countries should help compensate its...

News Focus: GOVT PRIORITIZES THREE PROGRAMS FOR BUREAUCRATIC REFORM.
November 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Nov. 30 (ANTARA) - To provide better services to the public, the government has on its agenda three main programs for bureaucratic reform to be implemented over the next five years. ...

MINISTER OPTIMISTIC RI ABLE TO MINIMIZE HIV/AIDS CASES.
November 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Nov. 30 (ANTARA) - Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare Agung Laksono said he was optimistic the government would be able to minimize HIV/AIDS infection by 1.2 million people in...

THREE GOVT AGENCIES SIGN HIV/AIDS FIGHTING ACCORD WITH COMPANIES.
November 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Nov. 30 (ANTARA) - The Health Ministry, the National AIDS Commission (KPA), the Family Planning Coordinating Agency (BKKBN) and a number of condom producing companies signed an agreement...

PD Members Invited to Join House Inquiry Initiators
November 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Nov. 30 (ANTARA) - The Team of Nine initiators of the use of the House of Representatives' right of inquiry on the Bank Century case is to invite Democrat Party (PD) members to join it in...

TWENTY-EIGHT DIE OF AIDS IN PADANG.
November 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Padang, W Java, Nov. 30 (ANTARA) - A total of 28 AIDS carriers have died within the 1999 - November 2009 period in West Sumatra, the local health service said. "The figure of 28 people died of...

RIAU HAS 400 HIV/AIDS CASES.
November 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Pekanbaru, Nov. 30 (ANTARA) - Riau province has, since 1997 up to September 2009, recorded at least 400 HIV/AIDS cases, a regional AIDS commission official said. "There are a lot of other...

AGO : BIBIT, CHANDRA CASES NOT FIT FOR PROSECUTION IN COURT.
November 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Nov. 30 (ANTARA) - The Attorney General's Office (AGO) considers the cases of antigraft (KPK) officials Bibit Samat Rianto and Chandra M Hamzah not fit for presentation to a court of law,...

PRESIDENT TO REINSTATE BIBIT, CHANDRA.
November 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Nov. 30 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will issue a decision to reinstate Bibit Samat Rianto and Chandra M Hamzah as deputy chiefs of the Corruption Eradication Commission...

PRESIDENT DEDICATES PALAPA RING CONSTRUCTION.
November 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Nov. 30 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono officially declared the beginning of the construction of optic fiber project for the Palapa Ring Network in the southern part of...

News Focus: INDONESIA INTENSIFIES EFFORTS TO FIGHT AIDS.
November 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Nov. 30 (ANTARA) - As HIV/AIDS cases continue to increase in Indonesia, the government on Monday renewed efforts to fight the infectious disease as part of the activities carried out to...

W SUMATRA 11TH PROVINCE IN TERMS OF AIDS CARRIERS IN INDONESIA.
November 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Padang, Nov. 30 (ANTARA) - Data of the Ministry of Health show that in June 2009, the 273 AIDS cases in West Sumatra made the province the 11th among the 33 provinces in Indonesia in terms of the...

VATICAN SPECIAL ENVOY MEETS WITH SULTAN OF YOGYAKARTA.
November 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Yogyakarta, Nov. 30 (ANTARA) - Vatican special envoy Cardinal Jean Louis Taurant met with Sultan Hamengku Buwono X of Yogyakarta on his visit to the Central Javanese town on Monday. Cardinal...

ABDILLAH TOHA: RESPECT VEEP'S RIGHTS.
November 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Nov. 30 (ANTARA) - A senior politician of the National Mandate Party (PAN), Abdillah Toha, reminded all elements here on Monday of the importance of respecting the rights of Vice...

BOYOLALI TO DISTRIBUTE LAST PHASE OF RICE FOR THE POOR.
November 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Boyolali, Nov. 30 (ANTARA) - The regional government of Boyolali district, Central Java, will move forward the schedule of last phase distribution of rice for the poor from mid December 2009 to...

MODERATE QUAKE HITS MALUKU.
November 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Bandarlampung, Nov 29 (ANTARA) - An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale hit the eastern Indonesian province of Maluku before dawn on Sunday. The epicenter of the quake which struck at...

INDONESIA RE-ELECTED IMO COUNCIL MEMBER.
November 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency London, Nov 29 (ANTARA) - Indonesia has again been re-elected C-category council member of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) for the 2009-2011 period after gaining 132 of the 153 valid...

SOLIDARITY AND MUTUAL HELP REMAIN STRONG: MINISTER.
November 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Solo, C Java, Nov 29 (ANTARA) - Social Affairs Minister Salim Segaf Al Jufri has said that mutual cooperation and solidarity among human fellows in the country remain strong as can be seen in the...

GAMELAN MAKER FESTIVAL INTRODUCES SUKOHARDJO.
November 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Sukoharjo, Nov 29 (ANTARA) - The Sukoharjo regency administration, East Java province, held a "Gamelan Making City Festival" on November 29, 2009, to introduce the city as a Gamelan city. ...

FLOODS INUNDATE 30,000 HA OF RICE FIELDS IN LEBAK.
November 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Lebak, Banten, Nove 29 (ANTARA) - A total of 30,000 hectares of rice fields in Lebak district, Banten province are inundated by flood water as a result of three days of rain on Tuesday trough...

OVER 10,000 STUDENTS TO WELCOME PRESIDENT IN PALANGKARAYA.
November 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Palangkaraya, C Kalimantan, Nove 29 (ANTARA) - A total of 10,500 elementary school students are ready to welcome President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono who is scheduled to arrive in Palangkaraya, C...

GOVT TO IMPROVE HEALTH OF 76 MILLION POOR PEOPLE.
November 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Kupang, NTT, Nov 29 (ANTARA) - The Ministry of Health has set a budget of Rp4.6 trillion to improve the health of 76 million poor people in Indonesia, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) Governor Frans Lebu...

MILLIONS OF HAJJ PILGRIMS GO TO MINA, HARAM MOSQUE.
November 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Mecca, Nov 29 (ANTARA) - Millions of hajj pilgrims on Sunday were constantly moving from the Haram grand mosque in Mecca to Mina for hurling rocks to "jumroh" or stone walls, in the framework of...

SUPERVISION OF ILLEGAL PRODUCTS STILL LACKING: CONSUMER INSTITUTE.
November 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jambi, Nov 29 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian Consumer Institute Foundation (YLKI) said that supervision by the relevant agencies over illegal products was still lacking as reflected in the circulation...

TANTULAR'S ASSETS ABROAD MUST BE RETURNED TO INTABOGA INVESTORS.
November 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Nov 29 (ANTARA) - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Attorney General's Office (AGO), and the police must be able to retrieve stolen assets stashed abroad by Robert Tantular worth about...

DENGUE AFFECTS 70 PERCENT OF SUKABUMI'S SUBDISTRICTS.
November 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Sukabumi, W Java, Nov 29 (ANTARA) - The Health Service of Sukabumi district has declared 32 of the 47 subdistricts (70 percent) in Sukabumi as dengue fever endemic areas. Head of Contagious...

BAKRIE INSTALLS GOLKAR EXECUTIVES FOR CENTRAL JAVA.
November 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Semarang, C Java, Nov 29 (ANTARA) - Golkar Party General Chairman Aburizal Bakrie installed new executives of the Central Java Regional Board (DPD) of Golkar for the 2009 - 2015 term of office,...

THREE QUAKES JOLT MALUKU.
November 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Bandarlampung, Nov 29 (ANTARA) - Three earthquakes jolted Maluku province from Sunday morning to Sunday night with an average magnitude of over 5 on the Richter scale, the Meteorology, Climatology...

PRESIDENT TO INAUGURATE PALAPA RING PROJECT.
November 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Nov 29 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is scheduled to inaugurate the Palapa Ring fiber-optic network project, which will be started with the construction of the 1,041 km...

BABEL 10TH WORST AREA WITH POWER CRISIS.
November 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Pangkalpinang, Nov 29 (ANTARA) - Bangka Belitung (Babel)province has been declared the 10th region in the country facing the worse power crisis. "The result of our meeting with state power...

EARTHQUAKE JOLTS EAST NUSA TENGGARA.
November 28, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Nov. 28 (ANTARA) - An earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter Scale jolted Waingapu, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), here on Saturday at 7.04 am Western Indonesian Standard Time (WIB). The...

SOME 30,000 RUBBER TREES PLANTED IN SOUTH BARITO.
November 28, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Palangkaraya, Nov. 28 (ANTARA) - South Barito authorities have planted 30,000 rubber trees in an effort to preserve the ecosystem in Central Kalimantan Province. The rubber trees were planted...

INDONESIAN NAVY GETS NEW KRI BANJARMASIN WARSHIP.
November 28, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Nov. 28 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian Navy got new KRI Banjarmasin- 592 warship manufactured by PT PAL, on November 28, 2009. Surabaya-based PT PAL, Indonesia's shipbuilding and...

IKJ AND AMU OF PRAGUE COOPERATE IN ARTS EDUCATION.
November 28, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency London, Nov. 28 (ANTARA) - The Jakarta Arts Institute (IKJ) and the Academy of Performing Arts (AMU) of Prague have established cooperation in arts education. The cooperation agreement was...

US EMBASSY ENCOURAGES ENGLISH SPEAKING AT YOUTH SPEAK FUN DAY.
November 28, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Nov. 28 (ANTARA) - Approximately 1,000 Indonesians from high school and junior high practiced their English-speaking skills at the first-ever Youthspeak Fun Day held here, recently. ...

GREENPEACE ENDS DRAMATIC DIRECT ACTION IN RIAU.
November 28, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Kampar Peninsula, Riau, Nov. 28 (ANTARA) - Greenpeace Thursday ended a 26- hour dramatic non-violent direct action at the loading facility of Sinar Mas subsidiary of the Asia Pulp and Paper (APP)...

PRESIDENT TO PAY LAST RESPECT TO LATE ROSIDAH CHAMSYAH.
November 28, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Nov. 28 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was scheduled to pay his last respect to late Rosidah Hanum Chamsyah, wife of former social affairs minister Bachtiar Chamsyah. ...

News Focus: ANTABOGA ASSETS, BANK CENTURY BAILOUT NEED SEPARATE PROBE.
November 28, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency By Andi Abdussalam Jakarta, Nov 28 (ANTARA) - Antaboga Delta Sekuritas investors, whose money has been stolen and stashed abroad by the security company's owner Robert Tantular, could now hope...

EXPERTS TO TALK IN CLIMATE CHANGE WORKSHOP IN E KALIMANTAN.
November 28, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Balikpapan, E Kalimantan, Nov 28 (ANTARA) - Several environmental experts including Prof Emil Salim will speak in a workshop on climate change which will be held here on Tuesday (December 1/2009)....

INDONESIA RE-ELECTED AS IMO COUNCIL MEMBER.
November 28, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency London, Nov 28 (ANTARA) - Indonesia has been re-elected as a Category C member of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) for the period of 2009-2011 collecting 132 out of 153 votes. The...

UNESCO TEAM MEETS SULTAN IN YOGYAKARTA.
November 28, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Yogyakarta, Nov 28 (ANTARA) - One of the Unesco team members who had fought for Indonesian batik's world recognition, Gaura met the Yogyakarta governor, Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono X in the...

GOVT PREPARING BILL ON HEALTH WORKERS.
November 28, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Kupang, Nov 28 (ANTARA) - Health minister Endang Rahayu Sedyaningsih said the government was still preparing a draft law on health workers to overcome the problem of supply and distribution of...

GOVERNOR SAYS ISLANDERS NEED HOSPITALS.
November 28, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Kupang, Nov 28 (ANTARA) - East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) Governor Frans Lebu Raya appealed to Health Minister Endang Rahayu Sedyaningsih here on Saturday to consider establishing hospitals on the...

BABY WHALE CAST ASHORE IN BALI'S BEACH.
November 28, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Beraban, Bali, Nov 28 (ANTARA) - A two-meter long baby whale had been cast ashore in Nyanyi Beach in the Beraban village in Tabanan regency, Bali, Saturday while three others were able to swim...

MODERATE QUAKE ROCKS AMBON.
November 27, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Bandarlampung, Nov 27 (ANTARA) - A moderate earthquake measuring 5,2 on the Richter scale jolted Ambon, Maluku province, at 3.25 a.m west Indonesia time (WIB) on Friday. The temblor had its...

PRESIDENT HANDS OVER SACRIFICIAL COW TO ISTIQLAL MOSQUE.
November 27, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Nov 27, (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono handed over a sacrificial cow to the Istiqlal Mosque's Day of Sacrifice Committee after saying his Idul Adha prayers here on Friday....

AMBASSADORS TO ATTEND MUSI RIVER FESTIVAL.
November 27, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Palembang, S Sumatra, Nov 27 (ANTARA) - A total of 12 ambassadors will take part in the Musi River Festival which will be held here on December 3-6, 2009, a local tourism official said. "The...

AUSTRALIA ASSISTS ROAD IMPROVEMENT IN SUMBAWA.
November 27, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Mataram, Nov 27 (ANTARA) - Australia in 2009/2010 provided assistance for the improvement of 76.6 km of roads in Sumbawa Island, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) in efforts to smooth traffic flows there,...

FOREIGN INVESTORS RELUCTANT TO OPEN HEAD OFFICE IN BATAM.
November 27, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Batam, Nov 27 (ANTARA) - Foreign investors appeared to be reluctant to place their head offices in Batam, although they have several factories in the industrialized island. "They preferred...

E JAVA MILK PRODUCERS ASK FOR SALES PRICE INCREASE.
November 27, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Surabaya, Nov 27 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian Milk Cooperatives Association (GKSI) for East Java has asked the government to set the price of milk at the "ideal" level of Rp4,100 per liter. "Since...

SHARING A PERCEPTION NEEDED BEFORE JAKARTA-PAPUA DIALOGUE.
November 27, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jayapura, Nov 27 (ANTARA) - The sharing of perception of the central government and the people of Papua is important regarding the topics of discussion in the Jakarta-Papua dialogue. The...

RI, THAILAND TO FIGHT FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES' INTERESTS.
November 27, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Nov 27 (ANTARA) - Indonesia and Thailand have agreed to fight for the interests of the developing countries, ASEAN member countries in particular, at the climate change summit in...

IMMORALITY HAS CAUSED DISASTERS : MINISTER.
November 27, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Padang, W Sumatra, Nov 27 (ANTARA) - Communications and Informatics Minister Tiffatul Sembiring said natural disasters that had continued to take place of late had something to do with the...

PEOPLE MUST GUARD BANK CENTURY SOLVING PROCESSES : MUHAMMADIYAH LEADER.
November 27, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Nov 18 (ANTARA) - Din Syamsuddin , chairman of Islamic organization Muhammadiyah, has called on the people to help guard the ongoing legal and political processes to settle the Bank...

STRONG WIND DAMAGES TENS OF HOUSES IN TERNATE.
November 27, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Ternate, Nov 27 (ANTARA) - A strong wind which struck Ternate city and surroundings on Friday morning caused moderate and heavy damage to at least 50 houses in the Kalumata area, southern Ternate....

FRI CALLS ON THREE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TO BURY HATCHET.
November 27, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Semarang, Central Java, Nov 27 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian Rectors' Forum (FRI) has called on the country's three law enforcement agencies - the Attorney General's Office (AGO), the National Police...

GOVT PREPARDING REGULATION AGAINST PORNOGRAPHY.
November 27, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Padang, Nov 27 (ANTARA) - Communications and Information Minister Tiffatul Sembiring said his office intended to produce the draft of a government regulation against pornography in six months. ...

GOVT PREPARING REGULATION ON WIRETAPPING.
November 27, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Padang, Nov 27 (ANTARA) - Communications and Information Minister Tiffatul Sembiring said the government was preparing a regulation on wiretapping for law enforcement purposes. "As the...

ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE IN S KALIMANTAN ALARMING : MINISTER.
November 27, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Banjarmasin, Nov 27 (ANTARA) - Environmental damage in South Kalimatan has reached an alarming level, Environment Minister Gusti Muhammad Hatta said here on Friday. He said South Kalimantan,...

ISLAM FORGED FROM THREE CHARACTERISTICS : IDUL ADHA PREACER.
November 27, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Nov 27 (ANTARA) - Islam was forged from three characteristics, namely egalitarianism, love for scientific pursuits and simple living, and progressiveness, a preacher at an Idul Adha...

RI LOSING 1.1 MILLION HECTARES OF FOREST EVERY YEAR.
November 27, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Banjarmasin, Nov 27 (ANTARA) - The rate of forest destruction in Indonesia reaches 1.1 million hectares a year, state minister for environmental affairs, Gusti Muhammad Hatta, said here on Friday....

TWENTY-THREE GREENPEACE ACTIVISTS NAMED SUSPECTS.
November 27, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Pekanbaru, Nov 27 (ANTARA) - Riau police have named 23 Indonesian Greenpeace activists suspects in a criminal offense after they had taken part in an action to seal a pulp company's property. ...

JUSUF KALLA ASKED TO SPEAK UP ABOUT BANK CENTURY.
November 27, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Nov 27 (ANTARA) - Senior Golkar Party politician Zainal Bintang has asked former Vice President Jusuf Kalla to speak up about the Bank Century scandal. "Former Vice President Jusuf...

SPORTS MINISTER VISITS FORMER VP KALLA IN MAKASSAR.
November 27, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Makassar, Nov 27 (ANTARA) - Youth and Sports Affairs Minister Andi Malarangeng visited former Vice President Jusuf Kalla at the latter's private residence on Jalan Haji Bau here on Friday. ...