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Police arrest businessman over kidnappingMulta Fidrus
The Jakarta Post
Tangerang
Police reportedly nabbed a businessman on Tuesday for allegedly
planning the abduction of eight-year-old Muhamad Hegel Muthahhari
from his elementary school in Serpong Tangerang. More ...
Domestic investment approvals plungeThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Investment activity in the country remains in the doldrums with
the Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) revealing a bleak
picture of investment during the first seven months of this year. More ...
China's missiles The United States has both a legal and moral obligation to
defend the democratic government of the Republic of China on
Taiwan from attack from Chinese communists. More ...
Farmers union fights commercialization of water sourcesMuninggar Sri Saraswati, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta A farmers union criticized on Tuesday the water resources bill
for allowing private companies to exploit springs, which it said
would harm farmers who rely on free groundwater. More ...
City nets 9,600 people without IDs The Jakarta Post
JakartaCity administration has netted a total of 9,600 people who do not
have identity cards (IDs) during an operation that began early
this year. The operation was focused on rented houses and small
industries like garment firms. More ...
Bagir slams 'money-hungry lawyers' PEKANBARU, Riau: Supreme Court Chief Justice Bagir Manan
expressed concern on Tuesday that some lawyers were more
concerned with money than justice. More ...
Aceh referendum fighter goes on trial for treasonNani Farida, The Jakarta Post, Banda Aceh, Aceh A proindependence Acehnese woman activist went on trial at the
Banda Aceh District Court on Tuesday on charges of treason that
could lead to a 20 year prison sentence if she is convicted. More ...
Amrozi, damned and condemned Justice under Indonesian law has been done. After a swift
investigation and an open and fair trial, the first of the Bali
bombers has been condemned to die by firing squad. That is a
closure of sorts. But it is by no means the end of the Bali
tragedy. More ...
Strengthening security communityAndi Widjajanto, Center for International Relations Studies,
University of Indonesia, Jakarta The states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations
(ASEAN) share the common recognition that the multilateral
security arrangement should be an essential feature of ... More ...
School principals'
foreign junkets Public censure, in relation to foreign trips made by regional
councillors under the guise of comparative studies, seems to have
fallen on deaf ears. More ...
IMF completes 10th review of RI economyThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta After completing its 10th review of Indonesia's economic reform
program, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) praised the stable
performance of the country's financial markets despite the recent
bombing at a Jakarta hotel. More ...
Foreign junkets Public censure, in relation to foreign trips made by regional
councillors under the guise of comparative studies, seems to have
fallen on deaf ears. More ...
Where to go in Surabaya, for Wednesday, August 13, 2003Exhibitions* Painting by students of Akademi Seni Surabaya (Aksera), at
Balai Pemuda Surabaya, Jl. Gubernur Suryo, No. 15, (Tel. 031-
5450344), 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., until Aug. 20. More ...
Speech development, when to start worryingDonya Betancourt, Pediatrician, drdonya@hotmail.com By their first birthday, many children are able to pronounce
their first words. During their second year, toddlers begin to
talk intelligibly and by their second birthday they can happily
chatter away. More ...
TV Program: Wednesday, August 13, 2003.TB.30" 1.00"
TVRI
.TB.30" .90" 6:00 a.m. News: Berita Pagi7:00 English News Service9:00 Music10:00 Quiz: Dibisikin11:00 News: Berita Daerah12:00 p.m. More ...
Komnas HAM team to return to Bulukumba JAKARTA: A team from the National Commission on Human Rights
(Komnas HAM) will soon return to Bulukumba regency in South
Sulawesi to resume its investigation of alleged human rights
abuse by police, a member said here on Tuesday. M.M. More ...
--- The Clarksdale Press Register, Clarksdale, Mississippi, on the
hanging death of a black man: The last confirmed lynching of a black man in this country
occurred more than two decades ago. More ...
India: Border disputes risk stable Indian-Sino tiesSalman Haidar, The Statesman, Asia News Network, Calcutta Just when Indo-China ties were on an upswing, following Prime
Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee's Beijing visit, an unexpected
incident in Arunachal Pradesh has come as a dampener. More ...
Observers pessimistic on monorail projectBambang Nurbianto
The Jakarta Post
JakartaUrban observers have expressed pessimism on whether the planned
monorail project will be able to address the city's chaotic
transportation problems. More ...
Observers pessimistic on monorail projectBambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Urban observers have expressed pessimism on whether the planned
monorail project will be able to address the city's chaotic
transportation problems. More ...
Govt criticized for slow progress in drafting Batam FTZ lawThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government is being criticized for the slow progress in
drafting a law on Free Trade Zone (FTZ) status for Batam. More ...
Most hotels lack metal detectors BEKASI: Most of the hotels in Bekasi mayoralty and regency
lack metal detectors as a security precaution, leaving them open
for terrorist activities and other crimes. More ...
Marriott death toll rises to 12Damar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The terrorist attack on the JW Marriott Hotel claimed another
life on Tuesday with the passing of a hotel security guard from
the burns he sustained on Aug. 5, when a bomb exploded in the
hotel's driveway. More ...
Liquidity credits cleared The government and Bank Indonesia finally resolved last week
their long-standing dispute over the sharing of the costs of the
economic crisis with the issuance ofRp 144. More ...
Mulsim leaders summoned over riots JAKARTA: The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM)
has summoned former president Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid,
scholar and potential presidential candidate Nurcholish "Cak Nur"
Madjid and several other national figures over the May 1998
riots. More ...
'Independence Day is merely ceremonial' The country is preparing to commemorate the 58th anniversary of
Independence on Aug. 17. Many people are busy with activities to
welcome the anniversary. More ...
Pertamina CEO to be replaced The government is expected to reshuffle state-owned oil and gas
firm Pertamina's top management in the near future as part of a
program to privatize the national oil and gas company in 2006,
according to an official. More ...
Prosecution seeks 15 years in jail for Ba'asyirA'an Suryana and Blontank Poer, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta/Surakarta Prosecutors demanded on Tuesday 15 years in jail for terror
suspect Abu Bakar Ba'asyir, who has been charged with treason and
immigration violations, and accused of leading Jamaah ... More ...
Liquidity credits revisited The government announced last week plans to issue Rp 144.5
trillion (US$17 billion) worth of 30-year bonds to reimburse the
emergency liquidity support Bank Indonesia extended in 1997 and
1998 and to bail out the distressed banking industry. More ...
Legislator to testify over attack JAKARTA: Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI
Perjuangan) legislator Alex Litaay will appear at the Jakarta
District Court on Wednesday to testify about the takeover of the
party's office on July 27, 1996. More ...
CI warns of coral reef destructionMoch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Conservation International (CI) warned on Tuesday that Indonesia
would lose its coral reefs in 10 years if the government was
unable to conserve them and people continued to use fish bombs. More ...
People told to save waterSari P. Setiogi and Moch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government is calling on the public, particularly in Jakarta,
to avoid wasting water and to be prepared for sacrifices now that
the country was feeling the full heat of the dry season. More ...
Complaints on dirty river go unheededTheresia Sufa, The Jakarta Post, Bogor Hundreds of villagers in Leuwiliang district, Bogor, have
suffered from scabies after using water from the Cikaniki River
to bathe. More ...
Biem, pioneer of ethnic radioBambang Nurbianto
The Jakarta Post
JakartaAnak Betawi, ketinggalan zaman, katenye... Anak Betawi, gak
berbudaye, katenye... More ...
Newlyweds thankful for escapeZakki Hakim, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta "I have had a glimpse of hell. Well, sort of," said Zaenal
Abidin, 29, whose arms were burned in last week's JW Marriott
Hotel blast. More ...
Yogya bombs not connected with Marriot attack, say policeSyaiful Amin, The Jakarta Post, Yogyakarta Police said on Tuesday they had arrested four people after three
small, homemade bombs exploded in the tourist city of Yogyakarta,
injuring a 23-year-old man identified as Jono alias Wardono. More ...
The journey to justice in IraqRuti Teitel, Professor, Comparative Law,
New York Law School, Project Syndicate As questions continue to mount concerning the true rationale
behind the Iraq war, we should avoid only looking backwards.
Examining the U.S. More ...
Kwik to dissolve PDI-P research body JAKARTA: In another sign of friction within the Indonesian
Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan), top official Kwik
Kian Gie demanded on Tuesday that the party's research and
development center be disbanded. More ...
Wind energy could fuel future power needsLester R. Brown, President, Earth Policy Institute,
The Daily Yomiuri, Asia News Network, Tokyo In 1991, a national wind resource inventory taken by the U.S. More ...
Editor faces jail for libel JAKARTA: State prosecutors demanded on Tuesday a five-month
prison sentence for the chief editor of Jakarta-based Rakyat
Merdeka daily, Karim Paputungan, for libeling House of
Representatives Speaker Akbar Tandjung. More ...
Are raw vegetables much healthier?
Melissa Southern-Garcia, Dietitian, Jakarta, SouthernDietitian@yahoo.comDear Melissa,Is it true that it's healthier to eat vegetables raw instead
of cooking them? Thanks. More ...
Council dismisses bribery report, reaffirms election resultI Wayan Juniartha, The Jakarta Post, Denpasar, Bali The Bali legislative council reaffirmed here on Tuesday its
decision to reelect incumbent Governor Dewa Made Beratha, despite
reports of bribery in last week's gubernatorial election. More ...
Noisy Garuda On Aug. 7, I flew Garuda to Jakarta from Denpasar, it was an
international flight connecting with Tokyo. The flight departed
at 10 p.m. local time. When the plane started to take off, I
heard a noise coming from the left and right upper parts of the
plane. More ...
Generals told to set exampleTiarma Siboro, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Low-ranking military personnel have given mixed reactions to an
instruction by the Indonesian Military (TNI) banning enlisted
members from taking side jobs to augment their income. More ...
Opposition grows to government-proposed draconian security lawThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Analysts, politicians and top government officials have joined
the chorus of opposition on Tuesday to reject the proposed
adoption of the draconian Internal Security Act (ISA) as a
measure to preempt terrorist ... More ...
Driver nabbed for robbing tourists JAKARTA: Police arrested a taxi driver on Tuesday for alleged
extortion and violence to two Japanese tourists who had just
arrived in Jakarta.City Police head of detectives for general crimes, Adj. Sr.
Comr. More ...
One missing in N. Sumatra floodingApriadi Gunawan, The Jakarta Post, Medan, North Sumatra Amid water shortages in many parts of the country that have
caused widespread crop failure, flooding hit the North Sumatra
town of Sibolga on Tuesday, with one person thought drowned and
hundreds of others ... More ...
Experts call for an end to Aceh military operationM. Taufiqurrahman, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The military offensive to curb the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) has
resulted in rampant violations of the Geneva Convention on the
protection of civilians in times of war, experts say. More ...
275 Javanese families return to N. Maluku SURABAYA: At least 275 displaced migrant families from the
once conflict-wracked province of North Maluku were finally sent
back to the region on Tuesday from East, Central and West Java. More ...
Violence in Bireuen regency continuesTertiani ZB Simanjuntak, The Jakarta Post, Lhokseumawe, Aceh The bedug (large drum) outside the small mosque in Ujung Blang
village, Gandapura district, Bireuen, pounded incessantly on
Tuesday, signaling that the remains of another victim of
Indonesia's brutal ... More ...
Jakarta to hold tourism expo JAKARTA: The annual Tourism Indonesia Mart and Expo (TIME) will
still be held at the Jakarta Convention Center on Sept. 3-6
despite last week's bombing attack at the JW Marriott Hotel in
Jakarta. More ...
Amrozi's smile I refer to the cartoon on page 7 of The Jakarta Post of Aug.
9. A feeling of unease enveloped me when I saw the cartoon
depicting Amrozi smiling at the death sentence. It is true that
he did smile when the verdict was announced by the judge in the
Bali court. More ...
Police confirm Asmar's JI tiesDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Police have confirmed the link between Asmar Latin Sani, the man
who allegedly drove the car that carried the bomb used in the JW
Marriott Hotel attack, and the Jamaah Islamiyah (JI) terrorist
network, saying the 28-year-old ... More ...
Biem, pioneer of ethnic radioBambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Anak Betawi, ketinggalan zaman, katenye... Anak Betawi, gak
berbudaye, katenye... More ...
Govt wants to annul 'nuisance taxes'The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Ministry of Finance will propose to the Ministry of Home
Affairs to annul a host of provincial regulations and city bylaws
that hamper businesses in regions. More ...
JP/5/hinduPresident linked to
Bali governor scandalI Wayan Juniartha
The Jakarta Post
Denpasar, BaliThe Bali chapter of the Indonesian Hindu Youths Association (PHI)
says it has proof that recently reelected Bali Governor Dewa Made
Beratha paid councillors for votes. More ...
Government names seven candidates for new courtKurniawan Hari and A'an Suryana, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government has named seven candidates for the three seats on
the Constitutional Court bench as the Aug. 17 deadline to set up
the court draws near. More ...
Govt sets higher growth target of 5% next yearThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government has set a higher economic growth target of 5
percent for next year under the draft 2004 state budget to be
unveiled by President Megawati Soekarnoputri on Friday,
Coordinating Minister for the Economy ... More ...
The poison of antiterrorist actsSunanda K. Datta-Ray
The Straits Times
Asia News Network
Singapore So Amrozi bin Nurhasyim, who has been sentenced to death for
complicity in the Bali bombing, was not bluffing when he warned
of further attacks. More ...
19 meet requirements for Golkar presidential bidKurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Golkar Party announced on Tuesday that a total of 19 party
figures, including party chairman Akbar Tandjung, had met all the
administrative and legal requirements to be allowed to
participate in the ... More ...
City operation nets 9,600 people without IDsThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta City administration has netted a total of 9,600 people who do not
have identity cards (IDs) during an operation that began early
this year. The operation was focused on rented houses and small
industries like garment firms. More ...
Officials charged with illegal logging in NTBLuh Putu Trisna Wahyuni, The Jakarta Post, Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara Police here are investigating at least eight officials of the
Central Lombok forestry office as suspects charged with
involvement in illegal logging in three protected forests in ... More ...
Cycle of terror ceaselessIqbal Widastomo, Research Associate, London School of Economics August 6 will regrettably go down in the growing history of
terrorism, which seems to be on the rise. More ...
Hospital sued over child's death JAKARTA: The hearing of a lawsuit filed against Harapan Kita
Hospital began at the West Jakarta District Court on Monday. The
hospital is being sued by the parents of Dhori Ariangi Rumondor,
who died while being treated at the hospital in May 1999. More ...
Father says associate arrested for kidnappingMulta Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, Tangerang Police reportedly nabbed a businessman on Tuesday for allegedly
planning the abduction of eight-year-old Muhamad Hegel Muthahhari
from his elementary school in Serpong Tangerang. More ...
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