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RI can be a great country

RI can be a great country I refer to the account in The Jakarta Post on May 21 of the presidential address on the occasion of National Awakening Day, wherein he urged the Indonesian people to "feel proud of themselves and do the best they can for the country".

Microsoft 'may legalize' illegal Windows for $1

Microsoft 'may legalize' illegal Windows for $1Rendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post, JakartaU.S. software giant Microsoft Corp. is considering legalizing pirated Windows systems already installed on government computers here as part of a planned amnesty on software pirating before Indonesia cracks...

JP/4/Scene1

JP/4/Scene1 IPB wants people to eat fruit JAKARTA: The Bogor Agriculture Institute (IPB) is teaming up with the Ministry of Agriculture's directorate general of horticulture to launch a national movement for fruit and vegetable consumption in a bid to promote a healthier diets.

WHO announces new polio cases in RI

WHO announces new polio cases in RIIndonesia has reported eight new cases of polio, all found in districts different from where the crippling disease was first rediscovered, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday.

Anti-Japan riots to hurt sales: JETRO

Anti-Japan riots to hurt sales: JETRO TOKYO: A third of Japanese companies with operations in China expect business there to sag in the aftermath of anti-Japan riots two months ago, according to a government study.

Minister quizzed over graft in election body

Minister quizzed over graft in election bodyThe Jakarta Post JakartaMinister of Justice and Human Rights Hamid Awaluddin on Wednesday underwent questioning over illegal funds allegedly channeled to him while he was a member of the General Elections Commission (KPU).

The President's priorities

The President's priorities With respect to new capital investments from the U.S., Japan and Vietnam, no dramatic improvement was to be expected. Neither was there any urgency for improving economic ties in the sort term to justify President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's trip if it was merely to meet...

2 x 19

2 x 19 House ups ante on Myanmar over ASEAN JP/4/walhi2 x 23 NGOs seek support for review of land decree JP/4/PHILANT2 x 26 Islamic philantrophy fails to help the poor: Research JP/4/SUSILO1 x 34 Get serious about poverty, SBY says

Experts discuss terror financing

Experts discuss terror financing SINGAPORE: Terror financing and anti-money laundering experts from over 30 nations began meeting in Singapore on Wednesday, with several Southeast Asian countries expected to outline new measures to prevent the bankrolling of militant activities in the region.

TNI rejects cease-fire demand

TNI rejects cease-fire demandTiarma Siboro The Jakarta Post/Jakarta The Indonesian Military (TNI) rejected a cease-fire demand from the Free Aceh Movement (GAM), and said it would continue to crush the rebel group until they fully surrender their arms.

'Iconic' firms, nations with U.S. ties are terror targets

'Iconic' firms, nations with U.S. ties are terror targetsJason Gutierrez, Agence France-Presse/ManilaMultinational firms that are "iconic" in the West, and countries with ties with the United States and substantial Muslim populations are high on the list of potential terror targets in Southeast...

RI requires Rp 30.05t to boost corn, soybean outputs

RI requires Rp 30.05t to boost corn, soybean outputsZakki P. Hakim, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe government needs to invest Rp 30.05 trillion (US$3.16 billion) in horticulture to reduce the country's dependency on imported rice, corn, soybean and sugar products, the Ministry of Agriculture says.

Transportation operators pay Rp 11t in illegal fees

Transportation operators pay Rp 11t in illegal feesRendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post, JakartaIllegal fees collected by transportation agency officials, police officers, soldiers and street thugs nationwide -- which account for 30 percent of public transportation operators' operational costs --...

Stop human exports

Stop human exportsFrom Koran TempoThe news carried by Koran Tempo labeling Indonesia as the world's largest human exporter is interesting and surprising -- especially the quantity of this human traffic -- from 75,000 to 1 million citizens sent overseas a year, including women and children as the...

Reflection of Life exhibit at Jimbaran

Reflection of Life exhibit at JimbaranGanesha Gallery at Four Seasons Resort Bali, Jimbaran Bay, is presenting a painting exhibition featuring the work of Made Mahendra Mangku.The exhibition displays a number of Mangku's most recent paintings.

Stop human exports

Stop human exportsFrom Koran TempoThe news carried by Koran Tempo labeling Indonesia as the world's largest human exporter is interesting and surprising -- especially the quantity of this human traffic -- from 75,000 to 1 million citizens sent overseas a year, including women and children as the...

Myanmar migrants abused, exploited in Thailand: Amnesty

Myanmar migrants abused, exploited in Thailand: AmnestyAgence France-Presse, BangkokMyanmar migrant workers in Thailand face a lack of basic human rights and are routinely abused, paid below the minimum wage, arbitrarily arrested and forced to live in unhealthy conditions, Amnesty International...

The President's priorities

The President's priorities With respect to new capital investments from the U.S., Japan and Vietnam, no dramatic improvement was to be expected. Neither was there any urgency for improving economic ties in the sort term to justify President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's trip if it was merely to meet...

Judicial commission members selected

Judicial commission members selectedThe House of Representatives selected on Wednesday night seven members for a new judicial commission that will be involved in reforming the judiciary and nominating Supreme Court justices and the chief justice.

Better mental smarts the goal of Chinese training

Better mental smarts the goal of Chinese trainingMoch. N. Kurniawan The Jakarta Post/Jakarta The goal will be to sharpen mental toughness in tight matchplay situations and upgrade skills as the Table Tennis Association of Indonesia (PTMSI) sends 12 athletes to train in Guangdong, southern China.

Ambalat revised: The way forward?

Ambalat revised: The way forward?Clive Schofield and I Made Andi Arsana, New South Wales, Australia The initial furor over ownership of the Ambalat offshore area has died down as formal negotiations on the delimitation of a maritime boundary have started and rival navies have been reigned in.

Minister quizzed over graft in election body

Minister quizzed over graft in election bodyThe Jakarta Post, JakartaMinister of Justice and Human Rights Hamid Awaluddin on Wednesday underwent questioning over illegal funds allegedly channeled to him while he was a member of the General Elections Commission (KPU).

1. ROKOK: 3 X 18

1. ROKOK: 3 X 18 Government raises cigarette retail prices by 15% 2. MURDER: 2 X 24 Man arrested in murder of Japanese wife for money 3. PARIS: 1 X 48 Seismologists warn Sumatra at risk of more quakes, tsunami 4. QUAKE: 3 X 9 Strong quake off Sumatra sparks panic 5.

Muchdi ignores second summons

Muchdi ignores second summons JAKARTA: Former deputy intelligence chief Muchdi PR ignored on Wednesday a second summons for questioning in connection with the death of human rights campaigner Munir, citing a previous commitment in Papua.

Investors or retired people?

Investors or retired people? Referring to the letter written by a Mr. Eskapa (the owner of Izzi Pizza) letter in The Jakarta Post, on May 21, as an Indonesian I feel insulted. * First there is his assumption that Indonesians must work as cooks, drivers or helpers for European citizens who decide to...

1. Hamid ---- 3x15

1. Hamid ---- 3x15 Minister quizzed over graft at election body 2. Bomb ----- 1x28 Bomb explodes near cleric's house 3. Team ----- 1x35 Antiterror agency to have regency offices 4. TB ------- 3x17 Tuberculosis claims two millions lives a year: Studies 5.

Bomb explodes near cleric's house

Bomb explodes near cleric's houseAbdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post, JakartaAfter over three weeks of bomb warnings and threats in Jakarta, a low-explosive bomb jolted the capital early on Wednesday morning.

Indosat has new chief, profit down

Indosat has new chief, profit downThe Jakarta Post, JakartaPublicly listed telecommunications company PT Indosat, which had been without a president director for almost 10 months, got a new chief executive officer on Wednesday, and also reported a 73.1 percent decline in its profit for 2004.

Islamic philantrophy fails to help the poor: Research

Islamic philantrophy fails to help the poor: ResearchHera Diani, The Jakarta Post, JakartaIndonesian Muslims donate about Rp 19.3 trillion (about US$2 billion) annually, but poor management prevents much of this money from really helping the poor, according to a researcher.Chaider S.

Seismologists warn Sumatra at risk of more quakes, tsunami

Seismologists warn Sumatra at risk of more quakes, tsunamiRichard Ingham, Agence France-Presse/ParisThe Indonesian island of Sumatra, smashed by a tsunami and shaken by an enormous earthquake in the past six months, is now at risk from two potentially major quakes, one of which could generate waves...

Correction to article

Correction to articleRegarding my opinion piece titled Media, defamation and judicial review: Comparison with Australia published in The Jakarta Post on May 12, I would like to correct a small error in the article.

Shares slightly up on Medco, Mandiri gains

Shares slightly up on Medco, Mandiri gainsDow Jones, JakartaIndonesian shares ended marginally higher on Wednesday as late foreign buying in gas and oil producer Medco Energi and a rebound in Bank Mandiri erased earlier losses, dealers said.

Sundanese, a vanishing language

Sundanese, a vanishing languageYuli Tri Suwarni, The Jakarta Post, BandungThree-and-a-half-year-old Rinda Nurliyanti, the only daughter of a native Sundanese couple living in Sindangjaya subdistrict, Arcamanik, Bandung, speaks fluent Sundanese, but this has not exactly endeared her to her neighbors.

Tangerang to build haj dormitory near year

Tangerang to build haj dormitory near yearMulta Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, TangerangThe Tangerang municipal administration plans to build a haj dormitory on 14 hectares of land in Belendung subdistrict, Batu Ceper district, next year, less than one kilometer from the Soekarno-Hatta International...

Tasty monument bests record

Tasty monument bests recordTheresia Sufa, The Jakarta Post, BogorBecause of its association with taro, the rainy town of Bogor involved its taro delicacy producers in an event on Tuesday, as part of the commemoration of the municipality's 523rd anniversary that fell on June 3.

House ups the ante on Myanmar over ASEAN

House ups the ante on Myanmar over ASEANTony Hotland, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe House of Representatives is urging the government to oppose Myanmar's leadership of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) next year, and to boycott ASEAN forums under its leadership, unless the military...

SGU offers modern campus life with a human touch

SGU offers modern campus life with a human touchTechnology plays an important role in Swiss German University's modern campus, which is going wireless soon. With the implementation of a fully wireless campus in August 2005, all students and lecturers will have their own computer that can be...

Poverty lingers in East Kalimantan

Poverty lingers in East KalimantanRusman, The Jakarta Post, SamarindaIn spite of the unbearable heat, Hasan, 46, works with determination, picking up plastic bottles, cans and scrap metal strewn across a vacant lot behind Sempaja Sports Complex in Samarinda."I earn Rp 5,000 a day scavenging.

S'pore takes back disputed waste

S'pore takes back disputed waste SINGAPORE: A barge of waste material at the center of a 10- month dispute between Singapore and Indonesia is back in the city-state, a recycling company said on Wednesday.

Prayer in two languages

Prayer in two languages The recent arrest of a cleric in Malang who lead prayers in both Arabic and Indonesian shows that there is no tolerance of difference religious opinions in this country.Why should a man be charged with a criminal offense for merely praying unconventionally? By doing this,...

Sutiyoso to sanctions ignorant heads

Sutiyoso to sanctions ignorant headsDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, JakartaIn the wake of the bomb explosion in Pamulang, Tangerang, Jakarta Governor Sutiyoso told all subdistrict heads, community unit and neighborhood unit heads in his jurisdiction to keep a watchful eye in order to avert...

Ministry proposes Rp 1t budget for Aceh

Ministry proposes Rp 1t budget for AcehMAKASSAR: The Ministry of Health has proposed a Rp 1 trillion budget for the construction of health facilities in Aceh, which was devastated by a tsunami in December last year.

Umar Juoro

Umar Juoro Jakarta2. Arsana -- Ambalat: The way forward? 1 x 30 Ambalat revisited: The way forward? Clive Schofield and I Made Andi Arsana New South Wales, Australia

BP-Led Tangguh LNG project aims for early start to deliveries

BP-Led Tangguh LNG project aims for early start to deliveriesAngela Macdonald-Smith, Bloomberg/Sydney BP Plc and its partners in the A$6 billion liquefied natural gas project in Indonesia plan to begin production earlier than estimated, said Ngurah Kresnawan, deputy vice president of the venture.

1. GAM (45) - 65 pts 2 cols 3line (3x11)

1. GAM (45) - 65 pts 2 cols 3line (3x11)TNI rejects GAM demand for truce 2. Microsoft (45) - 36 pts 3 cols 2lines (2x21) Microsoft 'may legalize' illegal Windows for $13. Menlu (45) - 36 pts 4 cols 2lines (2x28)Minister says prisoner exchange deal with Australia possible4.

Shoppers can swap waste for vouchers

Shoppers can swap waste for vouchers JAKARTA: Starting June 18, shoppers will be able to swap their inorganic waste for point rewards, which later could be exchanged with vouchers at Carrefour retail outlets every day from Wednesday to Saturday between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m..

Antiterror agency to have regency offices

Antiterror agency to have regency officesRendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post, JakartaA planned new antiterror agency is expected to have branches in regencies throughout the country gathering crucial information for the agency's counterterrorism work.Minister of Home Affairs M.

Aceh monitor anxiety

Aceh monitor anxietyRavaged by nature, plundered by greed; the scars of suffering will be difficult to wipe from our national psyche.It is hard to get excited about suggested "breakthroughs" on resolving the conflict in Aceh.

The mystic legacy of Sukarno and Soeharto

The mystic legacy of Sukarno and SoehartoYustinianus SI, Bogor The birthdays of two of Indonesia's most prominent figures in history falls in June. They are Sukarno, born on June 6, 1901, and Soeharto, born on June 8, 1921.

Run out of toilet paper at the airport? Just SMS to 9900

Run out of toilet paper at the airport? Just SMS to 9900Multa Fidrus The Jakarta Post/TangerangTravelers at Jakarta's Soekarno-Hatta International Airport can take comfort in the fact that toilet paper, or any other service or request, is just an SMS away.