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Archive: 24 April 2010

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Two hundred Indians leave Batam

Batam, Riau Islands,(ANTARA News) - About 200 ethnic Indians have evacuated to Singapore following Thsursday`s riot which was fueled by a racist remark by an Indian worker at Drydocks World Graha, an Indian community leader said.

Indonesia develops new growth centers outside Java

Denpasar (ANTARA News) - Indonesia is developing new economic growth centers outside the country`s most populous island of Java to support national economic growth, a minister said.<br /><br />"The development of growth centers puts emphasis on local resource-based...

A Top Indonesian Lawyer May Be Honest to a Fault

JAKARTA, Indonesia<br /><br />HOTMAN PARIS HUTAPEA is, by his own reckoning, the freest lawyer in Indonesia.<br /><br />In a country where bribes play an integral part in the legal system, where attorneys and judges usually hide part of their wealth to deflect unwanted...