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Fri, 18 Nov 2005
EMP may sell $1b of gas to PLN
EMP may sell $1b of gas to PLN JAKARTA: PT Energi Mega Persada (EMP), Indonesia's second- largest publicly traded oil and gas producer, said it's in talks to sell about $1 billion of natural gas to state utility PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN).
Fri, 18 Nov 2005
Beware foreign values!
Beware foreign values!From Media Indonesia We are at present confronted with some disheartening phenomena. Firstly, the ever declining spirit of nationalism as a result of the intrusion of foreign values, i.e., individualism, consumerism, materialism and capitalism.
Fri, 18 Nov 2005
Yusril, Anwar in row over graft case
Yusril, Anwar in row over graft caseMuninggar Sri Saraswati, The Jakarta Post, JakartaAnother war of words between senior state officials over corruption surfaced on Thursday, this time involving State Secretary Yusril Ihza Mahendra and Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) chairman Anwar Nasution.
Fri, 18 Nov 2005
JP/18/CHILE
JP/18/CHILEBali, a major gateway for Chilean tourists, businesses Rita A. Widiadana The Jakarta Post/Sanur Only weeks before the Oct. 1, 2005 bombing tragedy in Kuta and Jimbaran, the Chilean government opened its honorary consulate office here in Bali.
Fri, 18 Nov 2005
Two JI militants in RP: Military
Two JI militants in RP: MilitaryPHILIPPINES: Two top Jamaah Islamiyah (JI) militants are still hiding in the southern Philippines and continuing to fund local terrorist activities despite intensified military offensives, the armed forces chief said on Thursday.Gen.
Fri, 18 Nov 2005
Busway to get more women drivers
Busway to get more women drivers JAKARTA: Busway operator TransJakarta Busway revealed on Thursday that at least one third of its drivers would be women."They drive well, they hit the brakes smoothly ...
Fri, 18 Nov 2005
Are hard-liners deviants or true believers?
Are hard-liners deviants or true believers?Ahmad Najib Burhani, Jakarta Some of the moderate and liberal Muslims (I consider myself as part of this group) often charge that hard-liners, jihadists, terrorists and suicide bombers are not true believers.
Fri, 18 Nov 2005
ASEAN will continue to engage
ASEAN will continue to engage Myanmar despite U.S. criticismJim Gomez Associated Press/Busan, South KoreaSoutheast Asian governments will continue to engage Myanmar and avoid doing anything that might prompt it to withdraw from the region's main trade group, the organization's chief said on...
Fri, 18 Nov 2005
JP/17/FEAR
JP/17/FEARchecked --JSR 'RCTI' to air 'Fear Factor Indonesia'Following success reaped from airing NBC's Fear Factor, private television station Rajawali Citra Televisi Indonesia is challenging local participants to take part in a thrilling Fear Factor Indonesia (FFI) competition.
Fri, 18 Nov 2005
RI sends more aid to Pakistan
RI sends more aid to Pakistan JAKARTA: The Indonesian government has sent a second batch of humanitarian assistance to quake-hit Pakistan, the Indonesian Embassy in Pakistan has said.The embassy was quoted as saying by Antara that Indonesia dispatched 13 tons of supplies worth Rp 750 million...
Fri, 18 Nov 2005
JP/7/let
JP/7/letPresident needs to be consistentFrom KontanSeveral days before the fuel prices were raised, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said the increase would be around 30 percent or 50 percent at the maximum.
Thu, 17 Nov 2005
Rice chides ASEAN countries for being soft on Myanmar
Rice chides ASEAN countries for being soft on MyanmarAgence France-Presse, Busan, South KoreaU.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Wednesday chided Southeast Asian nations for failing to speak out strongly enough against human rights abuses in Myanmar, which she called one of the world's...
Thu, 17 Nov 2005
Three alleged terrorists flown to Bali
Three alleged terrorists flown to BaliThe Jakarta Post/Semarang/BandungThree Islamic militants believed to be members of terrorist cells linked to killed bomber Azahari bin Husin were transferred on Wednesday to Bali from Semarang as part of police efforts to shed light into their possible roles in...
Thu, 17 Nov 2005
TV Today: Friday, November 18, 2005
TV Today: Friday, November 18, 2005 .TB.30" .90"TVRI .tb .30" .90" 5:00 a.m. Koran Recital6:00 News: Berita Pagi7:00 Children Film7:30 Talk Show: Kiat Sehat9:30 Psychology10:30 Religious Teachings11:00 News: Berita Nusantara1:00 p.m.
Thu, 17 Nov 2005
Aceh completes drafting of new bill on govt administration
Aceh completes drafting of new bill on govt administrationRidwan Max Sijabat, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe Aceh provincial legislative council has completed drafting a new bill on the governing of Aceh, which would allow former rebels to set up local political parties that could participate in next...
Thu, 17 Nov 2005
Airport taxis
Airport taxis Upon my arrival at the Jakarta airport at midnight from Bali, I witnessed one of the most blatant and disgusting examples of corruption and intimidation.I was harassed constantly from the exit door by a large number of taxi drivers, but I forced my way to an Express taxi through all...
Thu, 17 Nov 2005
JP/7/let
JP/7/letPresident needs to be consistentFrom KontanSeveral days before the fuel prices were raised, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said the increase would be around 30 percent or 50 percent at the maximum.
Thu, 17 Nov 2005
Regions development would curb migration
Regions development would curb migrationTantri Yuliandini, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThis is the third in a series of articles on the city administration's treatment of unskilled migrants who migrate to Jakarta after the Idul Fitri holidays.
Thu, 17 Nov 2005
Garuda plans to start flights to India
Garuda plans to start flights to IndiaVicki Kwong, Bloomberg/Hong KongPT Garuda Indonesia, the nation's largest airline, plans to start flights to India to tap rising travel to the world's second-most populous nation and expand overseas routes as it seeks to return to profit.
Thu, 17 Nov 2005
Over 500 civil servants get sanction for going AWOL
Over 500 civil servants get sanction for going AWOLDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, JakartaAt least 557 civil servants who were absent without leave on the first two days of work after the long Idul Fitri holiday will receive punishment, including demotion, a city official says.
Thu, 17 Nov 2005
Anthropologists uncover jawbone of another ancient "Hobbit" on Indonesian island
Anthropologists uncover jawbone of another ancient "Hobbit" on Indonesian islandJoseph B. Verrengia, Associated Press/DenverScientists digging in a remote Indonesian cave have uncovered a jaw bone that they say adds more evidence that a tiny prehistoric Hobbit-like species once existed.
Thu, 17 Nov 2005
Public loses environmental case
Public loses environmental casePEKANBARU, Riau Island: A legal foundation is planning to file an appeal at the high court after losing a case against 10 firms accused of being responsible for spreading haze in Pekanbaru city between January and March this year.
Thu, 17 Nov 2005
checked -- JSR
checked -- JSR Indonesian Arts Festival 2005 Seven art colleges in Indonesia will participate in the fourth Indonesian Arts Festival, scheduled to take place on Nov. 24 through Nov. 27, 2005, at Bandung's Indonesian Arts College (STSI-Bandung) on Jl. Buahbatu, Bandung.
Thu, 17 Nov 2005
Four people report kidnapping, assault
Four people report kidnapping, assault TANGERANG: Four residents of Bencongan subdistrict, Tangerang, filed a police report on Tuesday saying they had been kidnapped and assaulted over the weekend by a group of unidentified people.
Thu, 17 Nov 2005
8.5 years, huge fine sought for ex-KPU chief
8.5 years, huge fine sought for ex-KPU chiefRidwan Max Sijabat, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe prosecution recommended on Wednesday that the chairman of the General Elections Commission be sentenced to eight-and-a-half years in jail and ordered to pay a Rp 450 million (US$45,000) fine for corruption.
Thu, 17 Nov 2005
JP/18/REOG
JP/18/REOGReog artform reawakens Sundanese traditionsYuli Tri Suwarni The Jakarta Post/Bandung, West JavaFour housewives appeared on stage in elegant traditional long- sleeved kebaya blouses and batik kain skirt-wraps with bun hairdos.
Thu, 17 Nov 2005
Poso victims continue quest for justice
Poso victims continue quest for justiceTiarma Siboro and Eva C. Komandjaja, The Jakarta Post, JakartaDozens of friends and relatives of the three Christian schoolgirls brutally murdered in Poso, Central Sulawesi are continuing their efforts to see justice done.
Thu, 17 Nov 2005
JP/18/IRMA
JP/18/IRMAAde Irma Suryani Nasution Traffic Garden: from a Tropical Garden to Traffic Garden Arya Dipa Contributor/Bandung Several young housewives were absorbed in watching their children having fun with bumper cars on a fine Sunday at Ade Irma Suryani Nasution Traffic Garden (TLLAISN), on Jl.
Thu, 17 Nov 2005
Sunny side up for singer Stefanie
Sunny side up for singer StefanieClara Chow, The Straits Times/ANNIf music fans in Taiwan and Hong Kong understand why Singapore frowns on chewing gum and smoking, chances are they could have heard the reasons from homegrown singer Stefanie Sun.
Thu, 17 Nov 2005
APEC lives on with fancy dress parade
APEC lives on with fancy dress paradeAgence France-Presse, Busan, South KoreaThey wore ponchos in Chile, batik shirts in Indonesia and Malaysia and satin jackets in China. Now in South Korea world leaders will smile and try not to look self-conscious in a new outfit.
Thu, 17 Nov 2005
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Going beyond the electronic in e-learning Jaha Nababan Jakarta2. Yale -- Should the U.S. sell nuclear technology to India? 1 x 30 Selling nuclear technology to India Ashley J. Tellis Yale Center for the Study of Globalization Washington
Thu, 17 Nov 2005
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RI jazz loses legendary bass-man JAKARTA: Indonesian jazz has lost a seasoned bass player, Perry Pattiselano, 55, (shown in framed photo) and his contemporaries mourned the passing of a "reliable, stable and consistent" musician and a good friend.
Thu, 17 Nov 2005
1. Aceh (4x14)
1. Aceh (4x14)Aceh completes drafting of new bill on govt administration 2. Muni (2x27) Pollycarpus letter of duty 'not in line with procedures' 3. Newmont (1x34) NGOs urge govt to appeal Newmont case 4. Poso (1x32) Poso victims call for justice
Thu, 17 Nov 2005
Ammonia fumes send 45 people to hospital
Ammonia fumes send 45 people to hospitalWahyoe Boediwardhana, The Jakarta Post, MalangAt least 45 workers at a shrimp exporting company here were rushed to hospitals on Wednesday morning after they apparently inhaled ammonia gas leaking from a factory gas tank.
Thu, 17 Nov 2005
Dutch national faces 12 years in prison
Dutch national faces 12 years in prisonMulta Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, TangerangProsecutors at the Tangerang District Court have requested a 12- year jail term for Dutch national on Tuesday for smuggling more than 34,000 tablets of ecstasy pills into the country in April.
Thu, 17 Nov 2005
'Wayang' consoles grieving community
'Wayang' consoles grieving communityI Wayan Juniartha, The Jakarta Post, Kuta, BaliThe hundreds of people who had flocked to the Kuta Square Arcade on that Saturday night could not take their eyes off the giant white screen.
Thu, 17 Nov 2005
Police performance praised
Police performance praisedFrom Koran TempoThe death of Azahari and two other terrorist suspects after a gunfight with the police in a rented house on Jl. Flamboyan in Batu, East Java, has surprised many.
Thu, 17 Nov 2005
Surabaya workers struggle to deal with fuel price hike
Surabaya workers struggle to deal with fuel price hikeIndra Harsaputra, The Jakarta Post, SurabayaIt has been a month since Untung Sunyoto, a Surabayan worker in a homemade stove factory in the Sidoarjo area, has met with his family.
Thu, 17 Nov 2005
National workshop on tourism in Kuta
National workshop on tourism in KutaKUTA: The Ministry of Culture and Tourism will hold a national workshop on tourism entitled Optimize the Quality of Indonesian Tourist Destinations at Ramada Bintang Bali Resort in Kuta from Nov. 22 through Nov. 23.
Thu, 17 Nov 2005
Family to ask for forgiveness, place in heaven for Azahari
Family to ask for forgiveness, place in heaven for AzahariAgence France-Presse, Kuala Lumpur The family of slain Malaysian master bombmaker Azahari Husin will ask for forgiveness and pray for a place in heaven for him, a relative said Wednesday."Everybody is relieved the body will be brought back.
Thu, 17 Nov 2005
Different voices in Aceh
Different voices in AcehHalim Mahfudz, Jakarta A collaborative initiative arrived at by key institutions to facilitate the building of a "new" Aceh was signed last month. Three agreements -- between the regional legislative council (DPRD), provincial administration, and two universities and the...
Thu, 17 Nov 2005
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Susilo to fly to S. Korea, India, Pakistan Rendi A. Witular The Jakarta Post/JakartaPresident Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will hold talks with country leaders, business communities and Indonesian citizens living abroad during his trip to Busan, South Korea, for the annual APEC Summit.
Thu, 17 Nov 2005
Susilo concerned by KPK, Supreme Court rift
Susilo concerned by KPK, Supreme Court riftRendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe ongoing debate over Chief Justice Bagir Manan's refusal to appear at the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) for questioning will act as a discouragement to the nation's anticorruption drive, President...
Thu, 17 Nov 2005
Five people hospitalized
Five people hospitalized for anthrax in S. Sulawesi Page 5 Bush hails democratic Taiwan in run-up to Beijing visit Page 11 Modern 'wayang' consoles grieving communities Page 18
Thu, 17 Nov 2005
Is there an honest person out there?
Is there an honest person out there? On Monday evening, around 9:30 p.m., my wife Rini Ruswanti arrived, at Soekarno Hatta International Airport, on Qantas Flight QF41 from Sydney with her 16 months old son, Mitchell.
Thu, 17 Nov 2005
Julia S. and Tim Lindsey get married
Julia S. and Tim Lindsey get marriedJAKARTA: Prominent Indonesian feminist Julia Suryakusuma, 51, got married in an Islamic ceremony on Sept. 15 to Australian Timothy Lindsey, 43, a professor at Melbourne University, who has written a number of books and papers on Indonesia and Islam.
Thu, 17 Nov 2005
Slower growth in franchise expected next year
Slower growth in franchise expected next yearAnissa S. Febrina, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe franchise industry country will face slower growth next year as companies are expected to consolidate their businesses before franchising out their brands, an industry association says.
Thu, 17 Nov 2005
Five people treated for anthrax
Five people treated for anthraxAndi Hajramurni and Rusman, The Jakarta Post, Makassar/SamarindaA worrying anthrax outbreak in Makassar has infected at least five people, an official stated on Wednesday.
Thu, 17 Nov 2005
Susilo to visit Pakistan, India after APEC summit
Susilo to visit Pakistan, India after APEC summitRendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post, JakartaPresident Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will hold talks with country leaders, business communities and Indonesian citizens living abroad during his trip to Busan, South Korea, for the annual APEC Summit.
Thu, 17 Nov 2005
The impact of Azahari's death
The impact of Azahari's deathAleksius Jemadu, Bandung Soon after it was announced that Azahari had been killed during a raid on a terrorist hideout in Batu, Malang, Indonesian government officials began making optimistic statements that Azahari's death would hurt the morale of his followers and...