UGM results available via SMS<\/p>\n
YOGYAKARTA: Students who took the entrance test at
\nGadjah Mada University (UGM) will soon find out whether they have
\nbeen accepted into the university through short messaging service
\n(SMS) on their cellular phones.<\/p>\n
\"The service provides candidates with easier access to their
\ntest results,\" said UGM rector Sofian Effendi on Wednesday, after
\nsigning an agreement on the service with telecommunications
\ncompany PT Satelit Palapa Indonesia (Satelindo).<\/p>\n
He said the service would be available from May 31 through
\nJune 6. The inquirer must write \"info reg\" and send the SMS to
\nnumber 4262, after which Satelindo will reply to tell whether he
\nor she passed the test.<\/p>\n
Thousands took the UGM entrance test on April 22 and April 23,
\nwhich was the first time the university held its own test after
\nthe government introduced a new policy that gives state
\nuniversities greater autonomy. -- Antara<\/p>\n
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\nAcross-Elephants-forest
\nElephants protect forests
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Elephants protect forests<\/p>\n
BENGKULU, Bengkulu: The provincial nature conservation agency has
\nformed a team of officials and elephants to safeguard protected
\nforests against illegal logging.<\/p>\n
\"The team consists of forest rangers and is assisted by 28
\ntrained elephants,\" said agency head Agus Priambudi on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
He said that using elephants helped the forest rangers patrol
\nand safeguard the 252,042 hectares of protected forests in
\nBengkulu.<\/p>\n
The agency began using the elephants last year on a trial
\nbasis. The animals underwent training at the province's elephant
\ntraining center in North Bengkulu regency.<\/p>\n
\"The results from employing elephants are quite satisfactory,\"
\nAgus said, noting a drop in illegal logging. \"As a follow up we
\nestablished this special team,\" he added.<\/p>\n
He said the elephants were trained to identify the sound of
\nchain saws and machines used by illegal loggers. Once they hear
\nthe sound, the elephants approach the area from where the sound
\ncame. Most of the time illegal loggers run away when they see an
\nelephant coming straight at them, Agus said. -- Antara<\/p>\n
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\nAcross-reward-illegal-loggers
\nReward offered for illegal loggers
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Reward offered for illegal loggers<\/p>\n
KENDARI, Southeast Sulawesi: Tongkuno district chief La Ode
\nKardini has offered a Rp 100,000 (US$12) reward for any
\ninformation leading to the arrest of illegal loggers in his
\nSoutheast Sulawesi district in Muna regency.<\/p>\n
He has urged the public not to be afraid to come forward and
\nshare their information, assuring that their identities would be
\nkept confidential.<\/p>\n
About 350 cubic meters of logs from past arrests were piled on
\nthe roadside waiting to be auctioned off, Kardini said, adding
\nthat the perpetrators were caught red-handed. The confiscated
\nlogs are of the high quality but rare hardwood type.<\/p>\n
Tongkuno district as well as Muna regency are seeing their
\nforests shrink due to illegal loggers.<\/p>\n
Muna Regent Ridwan said that illegal loggers were targeting
\nforests where hardwood grew. -- Antara<\/p>",
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