'No extradition without guilty verdict'Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Vice President Hamzah Haz said on Thursday that Indonesia would
not extradite Indonesian terror suspects to Singapore without
sufficient proof of their guilt, and added that there was no
extradition treaty ... More ...
'No modern expert could help' There are certain things in this modern world which cannot be
explained by reason or logic alone. The clients of psychics are
people from all walks of life, who come to seek solutions to
their various problems.Kurnia, 36, is an employee of a private company on Jl. More ...
Smoke from forest fires and its threat to human healthSarono, Indonesian NGOs Network for Forest Conservation,
Jakarta In a press conference held prior to the Earth Summit's opening
on Monday in Johannesburg, South Africa, chairman of the United
Nations Environmental Program, Kalus Toepfer, ... More ...
Susanto set for Bled chess championshipThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Susanto Megaranto, at the tender age of 15, recently led
Indonesia's junior chess team to the bronze medal at the just-
concluded international youth chess competition, is likely to
take up another harder task in the immediate ... More ...
Americans dominate Pan Pacific swimming championships Jim Armstrong
Associated Press
Yokohama, Japan The clash for swimming supremacy was settled Thursday on the
final night of the Pan Pacific swimming championships when
American swimmers won five gold medals and threw in a world
record for ... More ...
Quarrel with KL feared to affect workersThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The continuing row between Jakarta and Kuala Lumpur could
increase the difficulties faced by Indonesian workers in
Malaysia, a governor warned on Thursday. More ...
Rupiah Rates Aug. 29Bank notes rates TT ratesSelling Buying Selling BuyingRp Rp Rp RpAustralian dollar 1 5,172.85 4,617.36 4,921.46 4,868.52Brunei dollar 1 5,356.51 4,782.91 5,096.19 5,043. More ...
Two five-year periods of crisis diplomacy Siswo Pramono
School of Social Science
The Australian National University
Canberra Crisis of diplomacy, in a wider sense, is the whole process of
foreign policy making and its implementation in a bid to survive
during a crisis. More ...
60,000 Indonesian workers have returned to MalaysiaFabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Confronted with massive unemployment back home, some 60,000
migrant workers expelled from Malaysia have gone back to that
country, many of them without the required immigration documents. More ...
Nasution, TKI specialistApriadi Gunawan, The Jakarta Post, Medan There is one piece of parental advice that M. Arif Nasution
always keeps in mind: "Education should be the best guiding light
in your life."Nasution absolutely believes in this advice and therefore he
puts it into full practice. More ...
Keeping a cool head Given the penchant of many Indonesians to react to differences
with the heart rather than the head, President Megawati
Soekarnoputri's call on Tuesday to end the ongoing spat between
Indonesia and Malaysia over the expulsion of illegal Indonesian
workers from that country is ... More ...
Police to beef up patrols to reduce street crimeDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The police acknowledged their failure to curb the rising crime
rate in the capital but vowed to boost efforts to limit the
increase in street crime. More ...
NU joins camp opposing U.S. plan on IraqThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The country's largest Muslim organization, Nahdlatul Ulama
(NU) threw its weight behind protests against the United States'
reported possibility of an attack on Iraq, saying that presently
such an action lacked justification. More ...
Probosutedjo to stand trial for graft JAKARTA: The stepbrother of former president Soeharto,
Probosutedjo, is scheduled to stand trial on Sept. 5 at the
Central Jakarta District Court for allegedly misusing Rp 49
billion of state reforestation funds. More ...
Bank Mandiri IPO plan faces new uncertaintyThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government's plan to reschedule the maturity period of its
bank recapitalization bonds could create new uncertainty for the
initial public offering (IPO) plan of the giant Bank Mandiri,
according to a top executive of the ... More ...
Surabaya-Madura bridge project to start soonAinur R. Sophiaan, The Jakarta Post, Surabaya After a series of long delays, the construction of a 5. More ...
Serena and Sampras roll on, Haas gives shirt off his backJim Slater, Agence France-Presse, New York World number one Serena Williams and 13-time Grand Slam champion
Pete Sampras advanced with ease here Wednesday at the US Open,
while third seed Tommy Haas struggled to win and surrendered ... More ...
Three killed in head-on collision in CirebonNana Rukmana, The Jakarta Post, Cirebon At least three people were killed and five others seriously
injured in a head-on collision between a passenger bus and Toyota
pickup in Cirebon, West Java, on Thursday. More ...
AP II to be sold via strategic saleThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government plans to sell its shares in state-owned airport
operator PT Angkasa Pura II first to strategic investors and then
to the public as part of the privatization program. More ...
Indonesia loses to Italy in Rosenblum Cup finalImanuddin, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta After recording a tremendous score on its way to the final, the
Indonesian team had to admit the supremacy of Team Lavazza of
Italy in the last match of the Rosenblum Cup bridge tournament in
Montreal, Canada, on ... More ...
SBSI demands release of detained activistsYuli Tri Suwarni
The Jakarta Post
BandungHundreds of members of the Indonesian Prosperity Trade Union
(SBSI) marched to the West Java provincial legislature compound
to demand the local authorities release all detained activists
and stay out of industrial ... More ...
27% of Tanjung Priok students have intestinal worms Poor sanitation and poverty have resulted in 27 percent of
elementary school students in densely populated Tanjung Priok,
North Jakarta, having intestinal worms, according to research. More ...
Bill empowers political parties to oust dissenting legislatorsThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta In yet another sign of a return to New Order policies, the
government is now drafting a bill that will give more power to
political parties to expel non-conformist legislators from the
House of ... More ...
YPM marks jubilee with concertsTania Budihardjo, Contributor, Jakarta Yayasan Pendidikan Musik (Foundation for Music Education,
YPM), one of Indonesia's premier music schools, is celebrating
its 50th anniversary this month through October 2003 with a vast
plethora of concerts. More ...
A study in history: Diplomacy of crisis in RISiswo Pramono, School of Social Science, The Australian
National University, Canberra Diplomacy of crisis, in a wider sense, is the whole process of
foreign policy making and its implementation in a bid to survive
during a crisis. More ...
City Council pressured to reject SutiyosoBambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta About 500 demonstrators from various organizations protested on
Thursday in opposition to Sutiyoso's candidacy for the 2002 to
2007 term, increasing pressure on the Jakarta City Council to
withdraw their support ... More ...
Officials to use taxpayer money for haj TANGERANG: Thirteen Tangerang regency councillors received
sharp criticism over their plan to go on haj pilgrimage using the
administration's money. More ...
Obituary Former Antara news agency head Handjojo Nitimihardjo, 62, was
laid to rest on Thursday in a military ceremony at the Tanah
Kusir public cemetery, South Jakarta.The retired Air Force commodore died at 10:45 p.m. More ...
Rachmawati to challenge Megawati's reelection bidMuhammad Nafik, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta A daughter of founding president Sukarno, Rachmawati
Soekarnoputri, declared on Thursday her own political party,
paving the way for a possible showdown with her older sister,
President Megawati ... More ...
Two five-year periods of crisis diplomacy Siswo Pramono
School of Social Science
The Australian National University
Canberra Crisis of diplomacy, in a wider sense, is the whole process of
foreign policy making and its implementation in a bid to survive
during a crisis. More ...
Mega must lead anticorruption drive: CriticsMoch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta President Megawati Soekarnoputri must declare a nation-wide war
on corruption if she wants to eradicate rampant corruption in the
country. More ...
Journey of a king's loyal court servantKartika Bagus C., The Jakarta Post, Surakarta, Central Java What kind of loyalty grows, becomes rooted in our lives and
remains with us even in death? What actually is the essence and
significance of such loyalty? Is it at all likely that anybody
has such ... More ...
Indonesia gets foursome into quartersThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Indonesia's hopes for the men's singles title remained alive
with four of its six players winning their third round matches on
Thursday to reach the quarterfinals of the Indonesian Open in
Surabaya, East Java. More ...
Gajah Tunggal clarifies Your Aug. 26 article Former Dipasena farmers in Lampung reap
windfall is unbalanced and unfair.Your report fails to point out that it is the minority of
farmers who left Dipasena that can secure a better living. More ...
Priority for Aceh: Saving lives, peaceful settlementRizal Sukma, Director of Studies, Centre for Strategic and
International Studies, Jakarta After being postponed for almost two weeks from Aug. 5, the
government finally issued a "new policy" for Aceh on Aug. 19. More ...
Americans dominate Pan Pacific swimming championshipsJim Armstrong, Associated Press, Yokohama, Japan The clash for swimming supremacy was settled Thursday on the
final night of the Pan Pacific swimming championships when
American swimmers won five gold medals and threw in a world
record for good ... More ...
U.S Dollar Rates Aug 29 Latest %Chg
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Canadian dollar 1.5575-85 -0.11
Australian dollar* 0. More ...
Kindergartens, elementary schools stop activitiesBambang Bider
and Tiarma Siboro
The Jakarta Post
Pontianak/JakartaMany kindergartens and elementary schools in Central Kalimantan
have temporarily suspended classes due to the thick haze that has
blanketed Palangkaraya, the capital of the Central ... More ...
House proposes bank-closure billA'an Suryana, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The House of Representatives (DPR) has completed drafting a
controversy-packed bill on bank closures. More ...
Haze forces school closures in KalimantanBambang Bider and Tiarma Siboro, The Jakarta Post,
Pontianak/Jakarta Many kindergartens and elementary schools in Central Kalimantan
have temporarily suspended classes due to the thick haze that has
blanketed Palangkaraya, the capital of the Central ... More ...
Nellor upbeat RI can graduate from IMF planDadan Wijaksana, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is confident about the
prospect of Indonesia graduating from the Fund-sponsored economic
reform program later next year, as long as the country can
demonstrate a sound ... More ...
House mulls law on wealth report JAKARTA: Legislators are mulling a new law to force fellow
legislators and state officials to submit a declaration of their
wealth to the Public Servants' Wealth Audit Commission (KPKPN) in
response to KPKPN's statement that some 150 legislators had
failed to ... More ...
Residents shift from panic to complacency over anthraxNovan Iman Santosa, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Residents are urged not to panic over the recent anthrax case in
Bogor because the disease is curable when spotted at an early
stage. More ...
PHOTO BALI The photo for the articles on pedophiles in Bali on this page
on Thursday was inappropriate. While its use was meant as an
illustration of Bali, it was not our intention to imply anything
about the persons who appeared in the photo. More ...
High Court acquits Sjahril of all chargesMuninggar Sri Saraswati, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta In an unexpected move, the Jakarta High Court acquitted Bank
Indonesia Governor Sjahril Sabirin of all charges in connection
with his involvement in the 1999 Bank Bali scandal, overturning
the decision of ... More ...
Malaysian businessman sentenced for plantation firesHaidir Anwar Tanjung
The Jakarta Post
RiauThe Supreme Court has upheld the Riau High Court's decision to
sentence a Malaysian businessman named Goby to eight months
imprisonment, and to fine him Rp 100 million (US$10,000) for
ground fires that ... More ...
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