Australia offers donation to IPB<\/p>\n
BOGOR: The Australian government has provided financial
\nassistance to the Bogor Institute of Agriculture (IPB) to help
\nthe school contain plant diseases.<\/p>\n
Aunur Rauf, a senior lecturer at IPB, disclosed on Sunday that
\nAustralia was worried that plantation diseases in Indonesia would
\nspread to Australia and affect its plantation industry.<\/p>\n
Rauf said that an outbreak in an onion field in Brebes,
\nCentral Java, was an example of the danger of certain diseases.<\/p>\n
Another example was a failed harvest because of certain types
\nof flies, known as liriomiza cinensis. The Australian government
\nexpressed concern about them and the possibility that they may be
\nspread to its territory if not checked properly.<\/p>\n
Raud would not reveal the amount of money given the school. He
\nsaid that in a time of crisis, any assistance would be helpful.
\n-- Antara<\/p>\n
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\nMuslim group protests 'dangdut' show
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Muslim group protests 'dangdut' show<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: The Islamic group of Mujahidin Council strongly
\nprotested on Saturday against a program aired by private station
\nSCTV featuring rapid-fire, hip-shaking dangdut singers Inul
\nDaratista and Anisa Bahar.<\/p>\n
In a statement signed by the council's information unit
\nchairman Fauzan Al-Anshari, the group said the program was
\nindecent because such movements resulted in temptations of the
\nflesh.<\/p>\n
Al-Anshari added that the program aired on Friday night had
\nviolated Indonesian values as a majority of its population were
\nMuslims.<\/p>\n
According to Fauzan, the erotic dances stimulated Muslim men
\nto engage in sex and was therefore sinful. Through a letter, the
\nMujahidin Council demanded SCTV not to repeat a similar program.<\/p>\n
He warned the management of SCTV and requested a response,
\notherwise the council would report the case to police. - Antara<\/p>\n
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\n'TVRI' to get clear status soon
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'TVRI' to get clear status soon<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: The government has promised to help cash-trapped
\nstate-owned television station TVRI, a company director says.<\/p>\n
TVRI president director Sumita Tobing said on Sunday that he
\nwas informed by the deputy state minister for state-owned
\nenterprises (BUMN) Roes Aryawidjaya that the government would
\nalso replace the television station's board of directors.<\/p>\n
Sumita said the deputy minister expressed support for the
\nconsolidation taking place in the television company, from
\ngetting rid of corrupt practices, auditing the company's
\nfinancial records and firing the TVRI directors.<\/p>\n
State Minister of State Enterprises Laksamana Sukardi had
\napproved nominees to fill the five director positions, she said,
\nadding that two of them would be TVRI officials and others from
\noutside. -- Antara<\/p>\n
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\nPolice hunting for 10 more terrorists
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Police hunting for 10 more terrorists<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: The police are still on alert and keen on capturing
\nat least 10 more prime suspects for the Oct. 12 Bali Bombing who
\nare still at large, says Made Mangku Pastika, chief investigator
\nof the bombing.<\/p>\n
Pastika said on Saturday that police were still looking for
\nthe suspects. Police have arrested a total of 29 suspects.<\/p>\n
The 10 identified as Riduan Isamuddin alias Hambali, Dr
\nAzahari, Dulmatin, Idris, Umar alias Wayan, Umar Arab alias
\nPatek, Zulkarnaen, Noordin Mohamad Top, Saad alias Achmad Roichan
\nand Heri Hafidin.<\/p>\n
Pastika said that except for Dr Azahari who holds a Malaysian
\npassport, all of the suspects were in Indonesia.<\/p>\n
\"Logically, it is easier to hide here than in other
\ncountries,\" he said.<\/p>\n
The whole world was shocked after a bomb exploded in a fully-
\npacked night club on the island in October of last year, killing
\n202 and injuring 135. --Antara<\/p>\n
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\nNGOs release 'education bill'
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NGOs release 'education bill'<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: Several non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and
\neducation activists have released their own version of the
\neducation bill as a protest against the House of Representatives
\nand the government, which are now deliberating on an education
\nbill.<\/p>\n
The NGOs and activists, which are united in the Plural Society
\nGroup (Kumpul), announced their bill on Friday at the office of
\nKapal Perempuan, and called it the \"people's version of the
\neducation bill.\"<\/p>\n
Kumpul has demanded that the House postpone passing the bill
\nfrom the original schedule of May, saying that the House should
\naccommodate more aspirations from the public, especially from
\n\"marginalized\" citizens.<\/p>\n
Kumpul, which has intensively formulated the public version
\nbill for almost three months, consists of NGOs whose constituents
\nare workers, domestic helpers, street children and many more.<\/p>\n
\"We have known about the bill since August last year,\" said
\nYanti Muchtar, the director of Kapal Perempuan. \"And the
\ngovernment invited us to a hearing one day and we conveyed our
\nopinions. But apparently, they did not take our opinions
\nseriously and none of our items made it into the bill.\"<\/p>\n
The bill, according to Kumpul, was full of superficial
\nreligious thinking and market-oriented ideas. Moreover, they
\nthought the bill hampered schools and the public from creatively
\nrunning their own education programs in line with their visions
\nand missions.<\/p>",
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