ANTARA - The Indonesian National News Agency articles from September 2009

ANTARA - The Indonesian National News Agency archives from September 2009

News Focus: ALLEGED CRIMES COMMITTED IN BANK CENTURY CASE
September 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Sept. 30 (ANTARA) - The case of bankrupt Bank Century, which was taken over late last year by the Deposit Insurance Agency (LPS) and received a much-criticized injection of Rp6.7 trillion...

GORONTALO OFFICIALS WARNED AGAINST LEASING ISLANDS TO FOREIGN PARTIES.
September 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Gorontalo, Sept. 30 (ANTARA) - Gorontalo Police Chief Brig. Gen. Sunaryono has warned all district/municipal heads against leasing small islands to foreign investors. Sunaryono said here on...

SE SULAWESI JOLTED BY EARTHQUAKE.
September 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Sept. 30 (ANTARA) - An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale jolted Sputheast Sulawesi on Wednesday at 6.38 am Western Indonesian Standard Time (WIB). The temblor's epicenter...

MODERATE TEMBLOR ROCKS NORTH SULAWESI.
September 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Sept. 30 (ANTARA) - A moderate earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale rocked 87 km northeast of Melonguane, North Sulawesi, on Wednesday at 8.39 am Western Indonesian Standard Time...

HARVARD UNIVERSITY STUDENTS GREET YUDHOYONO.
September 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Boston, Sept. 29 (ANTARA) - A group of Harvard University students greeted visiting Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono outside their campus on Tuesday afternoon. When President...

NORTH SULAWESI JOLTED BY 5.8-MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE.
September 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Bengkulu, Sept. 30 (ANTARA) - An earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale jolted North Sulawesi and its vicinity at 8:39 local time on Wednesday morning. Meteorology, Climatology and...

TOMMY GATHERS GOLKAR REGIONAL BRANCH EXECUTIVES.
September 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Sept. 30 (ANTARA) - Hutomo Mandala Putra (Tommy Soeharto), a candidate for Golkar Party chairman, here Wednesday convened executives of the party's regional branches. Held at the Crown...

WISS TO EXHIBIT DISPARAGING BALINESE CULTURE PAINTINGS.
September 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Denpasar, Sept. 30 (ANTARA) - Painter I Gusti Putu Hardana Putra. popularly known as Wiss, will display his criticism-packed works of art in the Balinese culture exhibition on October 3-11, 2009....

SBY OUTLINES NINE IMPERATIVES TO ACHIEVE HARMONY AMONG CIVILIZATIONS.
September 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Boston, Sept. 29 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono outlined nine imperatives to achieve harmony among civilizations in his general lecture titled "Towards Harmony Among Civilizations"...

PRESIDENT CALLS FOR GLOBAL CONSCIENCE TO MAINTAIN WORLD HARMONY.
September 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Boston, Sept. 29 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has stressed the importance for the world to foster global conscience, which he said imperative for maintaining harmony among...

ABANDONED FIELDS NEED TO BE TAKEN OVER TO REDUCE HAZE.
September 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Palangkaraya, Sept. 30 (ANTARA) - Many deliberately abandoned fields in Palangkaraya, C Kalimantan caused thick haze from open spaces raged by fire. These abandoned fields developed into highly...

YUDHOYONO: WE CAN REINVENT THE WORLD.
September 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Boston, Sept. 29 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has called on the United Sates, together with Indonesia, to "re-invent the world." Delivering a general lecture titled "Toward...

DEMOCRACY HAS GAINED GROUND IMMENSELY, SPREAD IN ISLAMIC WORLD : SBY.
September 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Boston, Sept. 29 (ANTARA) - Democracy has gained ground immensely as it has spread in the Islamic world, including in Indonesia, according to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. "There were...

YUDHOYONO LEAVES BOSTON FOR JAKARTA.
September 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Boston, Sept. 29 (ANTARA) - Visiting Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and his entourage left Boston, Massachusetts, for Jakarta on Tuesday night. After concluding his one-week...

SOME PARTS OF JAKARTA TO UNDERGO POWER OUTAGES.
September 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Sept. 30 (ANTARA) - Some areas in Jakarta and Tangerang will experience power cuts following the burning of a transformer at the main electricity relay station in Cawang, East Jakarta, on...

SBY CALLS FOR SOLUTION TO WORLD CONFLICTS TO REDUCE TERRORISM.
September 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Boston, Sept. 29 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has called for a solution to burning political conflicts that have driven a wide wedge, specifically between the western and Muslim...

YUDHOYONO: G-20 MANIFESTS CHANGES IN GLOBAL POLITICS.
September 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Boston, Sept. 29 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said the G- 20 was a manifestation of the changes taking place in global politics. "The G-20 grouping, comprising some 85 percent...

GOVT TO INVESTIGATE EXPLOSION AT PLN POWER DEPOT.
September 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Sept. 30 (ANTARA) - The State Enterprises (BUMN) Ministry will soon investigate Tuesday's explosion at state-owned power utility company PLN's main electricity relay station in Cawang,...

STRONG QUAKE ROCKS SUMATRA.
September 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Medan, N Sumatra, Sept. 30 (ANTARA) - A strong earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale rocked Sumatra at 5.16 pm Western Indonesian Standard Time, an official of the Meteorological,...

SBY : ISLAM'S BEST YEARS NOT PAST BUT COMING UP.
September 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Sept. 29 (ANTARA) - "Muslims today must be convinced that Islam's best years are ahead of us, not behind us," President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said. "Many Muslims reminisce too much...

House Reveals Interim Results of Bank Century Audit
September 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Sept. 30 (ANTARA) - The House of Representatives (DPR)'s Commission XI on financial affairs revealed Tuesday night the results of the State Audit Board (BPK)'s interim audit on...

BPK AUDIT ON BANK CENTURY CONTINUING.
September 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Sept. 30 (ANTARA) - The State Audit Board (BPK) is still continuing its investigative auditing on the Century Bank case while its report to the House (DPR) on Monday was still a progress...

OBSERVER: CASE OF BANK CENTURY TURNED INTO POLITICS.
September 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Sept. 30 (ATARA) - Banking observer Aviliani said here on Wednesday that the case of Bank Century had turned into politics. "It has been drawn into politics. The results of audit may...

LONG DROUGHT AFFECTS 332.5 HECTARES OF GARUT RICE FIELDS.
September 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Garut, W Java, Sept. 30 (ANTARA) - At least 322.5 hectares of rice fields in Garut district have dried up during the long dry season, causing the loss of 52.48 tons of dry milled paddy worth...

SMOG COVERING KOTABARU DISTRICT.
September 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Kotabaru, S Kalimantan, Sept. 30 (ANTARA) - Kotabaru district in South Kalimantan has for the past three days been covered by smog from the Bumi Saijaan farmland area and bush fires. The smog...

MA TO SET UP SEVEN CORRUPTION COURTS.
September 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Sept. 30 (ANTARA) - The Supreme Court (MA) will set up seven corruption courts until early 2010 following the passage of the bill on corruption courts, MA spokesman Hatta Ali said here on...

SUMATRA QUAKE DRIVES PEOPLE OUT OF BUILDINGS.
September 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Medan, N Sumatra, Sept. 30 (ANTARA) - Thousands of people in Medan, the capital of North Sumatra province, fled their buildings for safety when a magnitude 7.6 earthquake hit Sumatra on Wednesday...

RELIGIOUS FIGURES EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR KPK.
September 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Sept. 30 (ANTARA) - A number of religious figures expressed support for the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) here on Wednesday in connection with the legal case faced by some of...

QUAKE KILLS 13 IN WEST SUMATRA.
September 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Sept. 30 (ANTARA) - The health ministry reported 13 people were killed until 8.30 pm after a magnitude-7.6 quake hit West Sumatra at 5.16 pm on Wednesday. "Thirteen people are reported...

VP HOLDS UNSCHEDULED MEETING OVER SUMATRA EARTHQUAKE.
September 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Sept. 30 (ANTARA) - Vice President M Jusuf Kalla called an unscheduled meeting at his Diponegoro residence to discuss emergency response with regard to a strong earthquake which rocked...

NAT'L FLAG RAISED HALF MAST TO REMEMBER ABORTIVE COMMUNIST COUP.
September 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Sumenep, E Java, Sept. 30 (ANTARA) - Part of the populace of Sumenep district on Wednesday raised the national flag half-mast to commemorate the G30S/PKI (September 30 Movement/Indonesian...

QUAKE DISRUPTS TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS.
September 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Sept. 30 (ANTARA) - A tectonic quake measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale hitting West Sumatra at 5.16 pm on Wednesday damaged telecommunication networks in the region. "Cellular...

TEAM OF FIVE ALSO TO SUBMIT NOTE ON KPK.
September 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Sept. 30 (ANTARA) - The team of five also plans to submit a note besides three names to be nominated as acting deputies of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), team member Todung...

HUNDREDS OF PASSENGERS HELD AT JAMBI AIRPORT BY THICK HAZE.
September 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jambi, Sept. 29, (ANTARA) - Hundreds of passengers who were about to fly to Jakarta were stuck at Jambi's Sultan Thaha Saefudin (STS) airport as their plane could not leave due to the thick haze...

FIVE PLANES FAIL TO LAND AT TARAKAN'S JUATA AIRPORT.
September 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Balikpapan, E Kalimantan, Sept. 30 (ANTARA) - Five planes failed to land at Juata airport in Tarakan, East Kalimantan, in the past two days as thick haze blanketed the area. "The planes left...

MAGNITUDE 6.2 AFTERSHOCK HITS WEST SUMATRA.
September 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Bengkulu, Sept. 30 (ANTARA) - An aftershock measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale rattled West Sumatra at 5.38 p.m. on Wednesday. The aftershock was centered 22 km southwest of Pariaman in West...

ROAD IN PADANG PANJANG CUT OFF BY LANDSLIDE.
September 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Pekanbaru, Sept. 30 (ANTARA) - The Padang Panjang - Padang road in West Sumatra had been cut off by a landslide triggered by an earlier earthquake, causing a very long line of cars from both...

BRAZIL ASKS INDONESIA'S SUPPORT.
September 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Sept. 30 (ANTARA) - Brazil had asked Indonesia's support to make its dream of hosting the 2016 Summer Olympics come true. Brazil's Ambassador to Indonesia Manuel Innocencio Santos made...

BALANGA MUSEUM ASKS FOR PATENT OF DISHES AND RECIPES.
September 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Palangkaraya, Sept. 30 (ANTARA) - Balanga Museum in Central Kalimantan will apply for a patent for a special dish and its recipe. "Right now we have compiled a book containing 13 special...

QUAKE ALMOST TOTALLY PARALYZES ELECTRICITY IN WEST SUMATRA.
September 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Pekanbaru, Riau, Sept. 30 (ANTARA) - Electricity in West Sumatra is almost paralyzed after an earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale struck the province on Wednesday afternoon. The...

NUMBER OF PARIAMAN QUAKE FATALITIES INCREASING.
September 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jambi, Sept. 30 (ANTARA) - The number of fatalities due to the 7.6- magnitude tectonic quake which struck Pariaman in West Sumatra continued to increase and by 10 p.m local time had reached 75. ...

75 KILLED IN W SUMATRA QUAKE.
September 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Sept. 30 (ANTARA) - The death toll in a magnitude 7.6 earthquake that devastated West Sumatra province on Wednesday evening rose to 75 by 10.00 p.m., a National Disasters Mitigation Board...

News Focus: QUAKES MAKE WEST SUMATRA "CRY".
September 30, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Sept. 30 (ANTARA) - A powerful tectonic earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale which rocked Sumatra on Wednesday (Sept.30) at 5.16 pm Western Indonesian Standard Time had killed at...

News Feature: FINEST BANDA DIVE SITES AWAIT SAIL 2010 PARTICIPANTS.
September 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Sept. 29 (ANTARA) - Seemingly insignificant in the middle of nowhere in the Banda Sea, the Banda Islands are steeped in history and blessed with some of the finest dive sites awaiting the...

News Focus: 'RIVALRY' BETWEEN ANTI-GRAFT BODY AND POLICE CONTINUING.
September 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Sept. 29 (ANTARA) - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) reported chief detective, Commissioner General Susno Duaji, to police on Monday over an alleged non procedural...

Govt to Provide Rice for the Poor
September 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Sept. 28 (ANTARA) - House of Representatives (DPR)'s Commission IV for food affairs and state-owned logistics firm Bulog have agreed to provide rice for the poor (raskin) for 17.5 million...

MPR HOLDS FINAL SESSION OF ITS TERM.
September 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Sept. 29 (ANTARA) - The People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) held the final session of its 2004-2009 term at Nusantara building here on Tuesday. The main agenda of the final session to...

VP Attends Mpr Final Session
September 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Sept. 29 (ANTARA) - Vice President Jusuf Kalla and his wife Mufiddah Kalla attended the final session of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR)'s 2009-2014 term at Nusantara building...

THICK HAZE AGAIN COVERING KUALA KAPUAS CITY.
September 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Kuala Kapuas, Central Kalimantan, Sept. 29 (ANTARA) - Kuala Kapuas city in Kapuas district, Central Kalimantan, was on Tuesday again enveloped by thick haze. The haze started to fill the air on...

RI PRESIDENT ATTENDS HARVARD UNIVERSITY FORUM.
September 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Boston, Sept. 28 (ANTARA) - Visiting Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono attended a Harvard University forum here on Monday to exchange views on how to improve a nation's quality. At...

US EXPERT BELIEVES PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO TO MAKE MORE PROGRESS.
September 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Boston, Sept. 28 (ANTARA) - Strategic management expert Michael Porter of Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts, believed Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono would be able to make...

GOVT TO TRY HELPING GARUDA WITH STATE BUDGET FUNDS : MINISTER.
September 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Sept. 29 (ANTARA) - The government promises to do its best to inject PT Garuda Indonesia with money from the state budget to enable the national flag carrier to pay its debts to Bank...

RI, US AIR FORCES STAGE JOINT EXERCISE.
September 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Bandung, W Java, Sept. 29 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian and United States air forces are conducting a joint exercise to build more dynamic relations in such areas as information exchange and training...

ONION IMPORTERS OBLIGED TO BUILD PARTNERSHIPS WITH FARMERS.
September 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Sept. 29 (ANTARA) - The Agriculture Ministry has issued a policy which obliges importers who want to import onion seeds to work in partnerships with onion farmers, a senior official said....

TEAM YET TO SELECT THREE NAMES FOR KPK INTERIM CHIEFS.
September 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Cilegon, W Java, Sept. 29 (ANTARA) - The Team of Five tasked with selecting and recommending three names to be nominated as Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) interim chiefs has yet to...

BROKEN HYDRANTS HAMPERING FIRE FIGHTING OPERATIONS IN JAKARTA.
September 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Sept 29 (ANTARA) - Out of the 1,498 hydrants installed across Jakarta city, 599 are in broken condition so that fire fighters often have difficulty finding a water source when they have...

RI MAY HOLD EXPOS IN KUNMING ROUTINELY.
September 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Sept. 29 (ANTARA) - Indonesia will explore the possibility of routinely holding exhibitions of its various handicraft products in Kunming, Yunan province, China, in an effort to find...

MINISTER HOPES AUDIT TO REMOVE SUSPICIONS ABOUT BANK CENTURY.
September 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Sept. 29 (ANTARA) - Finance Minister Sri Mulyani hoped that the audit by the State Audit Board (BPK) of Bank Century would remove suspicions over the injection of Rp6.7 trillion in state...

RIGHTS BODY: PRESIDENT MUST FOLLOW UP HOUSE'S RECOMMENDATION.
September 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Sept. 29 (ANTARA) - The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) said Tuesday President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono must soon follow up the House of Representatives (DPR)'s...

KPK LEADERS TO MEET POLICE SUMMONS.
September 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Sept. 29 (ANTARA) - Deputy chairmen of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) M Jasin and Haryono Umar will meet police headquarters' summonses to be questioned as witnesses in an...

MAHFUD HOPES NEW LEGISLATORS MORE SERIOUS IN MAKING LAWS.
September 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Sept. 29 (ANTARA) - Constitutional Court chairman Mahfud MD called on new lawmakers to be installed on Thursday to be serious when discussing draft laws so that none of the laws would...

RI ATTENDS UNESCO MEETING ON INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE.
September 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Sept. 29 (ANTARA) - An Indonesian delegation is attending a meeting of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage being held in Abu Dhabi,...

MPR CHIEF : SUSNO DUAJI SHOULD BE SUSPENDED.
September 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Sept. 29 (ANTARA) - People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Chairman Hidayat Nur wahid said the Natinal Police's chief detective, Commissioner General Susno Duaji, should be suspended from...

AG OFFERS TEAM TO CHOOSE FROM AMONG 8,000 PROSECUTORS.
September 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Sept. 29 (ANTARA) - Attorney General Hendarman Supandji has offered 8,000 prosecutors grouped in the Association of Indonesian Prosecutors as a field from which acting Corruption...

MODERATE QUAKE JOLTS N SULAWESI.
September 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Bandarlampung, Sept 29 (ANTARA) - An earthquake measuring 5.0 on the Richter scale again shook North Sulawesi province on Tuesday. The epicenter of the quake which struck at 07.59 p.m. was in...

TAIWAN DONATES ICT CENTER TO SYIAH KUALA UNIVERSITY IN ACEH.
September 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Sept. 29 (ANTARA) - Taiwan again donated an USD 2 million ICT Center to Syiah Kuala University (SKU), thus making that country's total amount of donation for the Tsunami relief in Aceh...

POLICE PREDICT TERRORIST NETWORK WILL FORM NEW CELLS.
September 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Sept. 29 (ANTARA) - The police predicts that the terrorist network in Indonesia would form new cells following the death of the most wanted terrorist fugitive Noordin M Top in Solo,...

THAI ANTIGRAFT COUNCIL SUPPORTS INDONESIA'S KPK.
September 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Sept. 29 (ANTARA) - The Thai Council for Constitutional Affairs and Budgetary Administrative Review on Tuesday expressed support to Indonesia's Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) in...

JAKARTA CITY TO IMPLEMENT NEW HOSPITAL LAW PROMPTLY.
September 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Sept. 29 (ANTARA) - Hospitals in Jakarta will soon be asked to adjust some of the terms and conditions of their services to the public to a newly-enacted law on hospitals, a city...

INDONESIA HAS ONLY 0.18 PCT SELF-SUFFICIENT BUSINESSPEOPLE.
September 29, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Garut, Sept. 29 (ANTARA) - Minister for Empowerment of Women Meutia Hatta Swasono said that only 0,18 percent of the Indonesian population consists of self-supporting businesspeople, while the...

SUKABUMI SHAKEN BY 5.5-MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE.
September 28, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Sept. 28 (ANTARA) - An earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale shook Sukabumi, West Java, on Monday at 7.26 am local time. The earthquake's epicenter was located at 8.17 degrees...

RUPIAH WEAKENS AGAINST US DOLLAR ON NEGATIVE MMARKET SENTIMENT.
September 28, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Sept. 28 (ANTARA) - The rupiah weakened against the US dollar in the Jakarta interbank spot market here on Monday morning on negative market sentiment following regional bourse losses. ...

BEI INDEX OPENS LOWER ON WALL STREET LOSSES.
September 28, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Sept. 28 (ANTARA) - The Composite Stock Price Index (IHSG) at the Indonesian Stock Exchange (BEI) here on Monday morning opened lower on Wall Street losses. The BEI index lost 23.434...

New House Members to Be Inaugurated Thursday
September 28, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Sept 28 (ANTARA) - The new members of the House of Representatives (DPR) for the 2009-2014 period will be inaugurated on Thursday, October 1, 2009, in Jakarta. Jakarta Metropolitan...

BANDARLAMPUNG STUDENTS DEMAND SETTLEMENT OF PAST RIGHTS VIOLATIONS.
September 28, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Bandarlampung, Sept 28 (ANTARA) - Hundreds of students grouped in the National Students' League for Democracy (LMND) rallied in front of the Bandarlampung University (UBL) here on Monday to demand...

NO TRAFFIC CONGESTION IN JAKARTA IN FIRST WEEK AFTER RAMADHAN.
September 28, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Sept 28 (ANTARA) - The flow of traffic on various roads in Jakarta, Monday, which also coincided with the beginning of the first week of the post-fasting holidays was smooth and not as...

W SUMATRA FAILS TO TURN OUT MORE INTELLECTUALS : EXPERT.
September 28, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Padang, W Sumatra, Sept 28 (ANTARA) - Executive chairman of the Indonesian National Commission for UNESCO, Prof. Dr. H. Arief Rachman, said West Sumatra's failure to turn out many intellectuals...

BOEDIONO ON WORKING VISIT IN PAPUA.
September 28, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Timika, Papua, Sept. 28 (ANTARA) - Vice President elect Boediono began a working visit to Papua on Monday. Boediono and his entourage were scheduled to arrive at Timika, Mimika District, at...

MAGNITUDE-5.2 EARTHQUAKE HITS TIMOR LESTE.
September 28, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Bengkulu, Sept 28 (ANTARA) - An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter Scale hit Indonesia's neighboring country, Timor Leste, on Monday, at 05.22 West Indonesia Time (WIB), the Meteorology,...

EARTHQUAKE JOLTS BANGKALAN ON MONDAY.
September 28, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Sept. 28 (ANTARA) - An earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter Scale jolted Bangkalan, Madura Island, East Java province, on Monday at 11.13 am local time. The temblor's epicenter was...

UNESCO EXPECTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE BATIK AS RI HERITAGE.
September 28, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Denpasar, Sept 28 (ANTARA) - Indonesia is expecting Batik to be internationally acknowledged as being part of its cultural heritage at a United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural...

NTT GOVT HOLDING AUSTRALIA RESPONSIBLE FOR MONTARA OIL SPILL.
September 28, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, Sept. 28 (ANTARA) - The East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) provincial government is holding the Australian government responsible for the Montara Platform blowout which has...

MPR TO HOLD FINAL SESSION OF ITS TERM ON TUESDAY.
September 28, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Sept.28 (ANTARA) - The People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) will hold the final session of its 2004-2009 term on Tuesday (Sept. 29) with the presentation of a report on its work as the...

House Speaker: Bank Century Case Must Be Settled
September 28, 2009... from ANTARA, The Indonesian National News Agency Jakarta, Sept 28 (ANTARA) - The Bank Century case must be settled conclusively and if any criminal offense has been detected, it should be followed up in appropriate manner, House of...