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Mon, 19 Sep 2005
Govt to cultivate 'jarak pagar' plant
Govt to cultivate 'jarak pagar' plant KEDIRI, East Java: The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources and the Ministry of Forestry are cooperating in developing farming land for the cultivation of jarak pagar (castor-oil plant) as a raw material alternative to produce biodiesel fuel.
Mon, 19 Sep 2005
Depok to increase its subdistricts
Depok to increase its subdistricts DEPOK: To enhance public service in the municipality, Depok officials are planning to increase the number of subdistricts from six to 11 in 2006.T.B. Erhan Faturrahman, the chief of autonomy development in the Depok municipality, said Depok subdistrict offices...
Mon, 19 Sep 2005
Indonesia and terrorists
Indonesia and terrorists On Another Embassy bomber gets death penalty, published Sept. 14, Chief Judge Achmad Sobari had tough words for Iwan Darmawan Mutho and his involvement in the embassy bombing.Using religion as a base of an inhumane action destroys the religion itself.
Mon, 19 Sep 2005
Thaksin at the UN
Thaksin at the UN Thaksin must have wished to portray himself as a senior international statesman who has earned the right to lecture his peers in ASEAN and among the UN leadership.What Thaksin says on the international stage will have far- reaching implications for Thai-UN cooperation in the...
Mon, 19 Sep 2005
Boatmakers stop production
Boatmakers stop productionNana Rukmana, The Jakarta Post, CirebonSkyrocketing prices of boatmaking materials and lack of orders over the last three months have forced fishing boat makers in Gebang village, Cirebon regency to stop production and return to their old profession, fishing.
Mon, 19 Sep 2005
1. TROOPS : 1 X 20
1. TROOPS : 1 X 20 TNI starts Aceh pullout 2. REAX: 4 X 10 Arabs condemn closer ties with Israel 3. TENNIS: 1 X 22 Davenport wins Bali title 4. BIRDFLU: 1 X 38 Ragunan closed after 19 birds get avian flu
Mon, 19 Sep 2005
SE Asian bloggers fear govt reprisal
SE Asian bloggers fear govt reprisalSean Yoong, Associated Press/Kuala LumpurBloggers, beware. Big Brother is watching.The recent arrest of three Singaporeans accused of making racial slurs on Internet message boards has sparked concerns of a cyberspace crackdown by authorities in Singapore and...
Mon, 19 Sep 2005
Davenport wins Bali tennis title
Davenport wins Bali tennis titleBruce Emond, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Top seeded Lindsay Davenport staved off a second set fightback from indomitable Italian Francesca Schiavone for a 6-2, 6-4 victory in the final of the US$225,000 Wismilak International hard court tennis tournament here on Sunday.
Mon, 19 Sep 2005
Career women and nature
Career women and natureFrom Republika Marriages between famous and non-famous people often end in divorce. They cite various reasons for their separation, including differences in profession, which is related to their earnings.
Mon, 19 Sep 2005
Fuel scarcity causes massive lay-offs
Fuel scarcity causes massive lay-offsOyos Saroso H.N., The Jakarta Post, BandarlampungYuswandi, 40, a shrimp farm worker, seems bewildered. He and his colleagues have been traveling back and forth between South Lampung and Bandarlampung for the past week expressing their grievances to Lampung...
Mon, 19 Sep 2005
New system hoped to stem oil smuggling
New system hoped to stem oil smugglingLeony Aurora, The Jakarta Post, BalikpapanAs the crude oil theft in Lawe Lawe unfolds, state oil and gas firm PT Pertamina is set to improve its oil monitoring by installing a real-time online system of automated tank gauges (ATGs).
Mon, 19 Sep 2005
Ashes, England and Indonesia
Ashes, England and Indonesia I do not know how many Indonesians have been paying attention to the just concluded Ashes Test cricket series between England and Australia but those who have will have witnessed a truly marvelous sporting spectacle.
Mon, 19 Sep 2005
TNI starts Aceh pullout
TNI starts Aceh pulloutNani Afrida, The Jakarta Post, LhokseumaweAround 800 Indonesian Military (TNI) soldiers left Aceh on Sunday as the mass withdrawal of reinforcement troops from the province agreed under the recent peace deal began.
Mon, 19 Sep 2005
Nine named suspects over Saturday's rioting in Painan
Nine named suspects over Saturday's rioting in PainanSyofiardi Bachyul Jb, The Jakarta Post, PadangPolice have declared nine people suspects in Saturday's rioting that followed a protest over the inauguration of Pesisir Selatan Regent Nasrul Abit and his deputy Syafrizal.
Mon, 19 Sep 2005
SE Asia embracing the future communication technology
SE Asia embracing the future communication technologyEricsson Southeast Asia held a three-day: Experience 3G with Ericsson, media workshop starting on Sept. 7 in Kuala Lumpur, where four Indonesian journalists, including The Jakarta Post's Hyginus Hardoyo, were invited to participate in.
Mon, 19 Sep 2005
13 teams to attend Equator Festival
13 teams to attend Equator FestivalPONTIANAK, West Kalimantan: Representatives from 13 regencies and municipalities in Kalimantan and Jakarta are slated to participate in the Equator Earth Cultural Festival to be held in Pontianak, West Kalimantan between Sept. 20 and Sept. 25.
Mon, 19 Sep 2005
Pertamina pins hopes on new system to stem smuggling
Pertamina pins hopes on new system to stem smugglingLeony Aurora The Jakarta Post/BalikpapanAs the crude oil theft in Lawe Lawe unfolds, state oil and gas firm PT Pertamina is set to improve its oil monitoring by installing a real-time online system of automated tank gauges (ATGs).
Mon, 19 Sep 2005
Top seeds face off in Bali Open beach volleyball final
Top seeds face off in Bali Open beach volleyball finalMoch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Sanur, Bali The Bali Open beach volleyball tournament has lived up to the script as the top two seeds -- both Brazilians -- marched to the final after they won their semifinal matches here on Saturday.
Mon, 19 Sep 2005
RI's 2005 tobacco demand to rise: USDA
RI's 2005 tobacco demand to rise: USDAClaire Leow, Bloomberg/Jakarta Indonesia's tobacco imports may rise by 9.5 percent this year because of increased demand and smaller acreage planted with tobacco, a report by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's foreign agricultural service said.
Mon, 19 Sep 2005
Probe of budget sales stepped up
Probe of budget sales stepped upThe Jakarta Post, JakartaThe House of Representatives disciplinary committee has sent nine members to various regions to investigate alleged corruption in the disbursement of disaster relief funds.
Mon, 19 Sep 2005
1. Police to deploy riot squads to secure Djarum League on Sept.
1. Police to deploy riot squads to secure Djarum League on Sept. 20 - Page 8 2. Peter Blecha holds a 1935 Audiovox lapsteel guitar - Page 19 3. Maria Hjorth starts the John Q. Hammons Classic second round as a leader - Page 22
Mon, 19 Sep 2005
Universities draft law on Aceh rule
Universities draft law on Aceh rule BANDA ACEH: Three Aceh-based universities are involved in revising the special autonomy law on Aceh's governance, which is a key item in the peace agreement signed by the government and the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) mid last month.
Mon, 19 Sep 2005
Go IP for reduced communication costs
Go IP for reduced communication costsZatni Arbi, Contributor, zatni@cbn.net.idThis year, the folks at Alcatel Indonesia have a truly strong reason to be upbeat: The company has successfully bolstered its enterprise solution business in Indonesia.From No.
Mon, 19 Sep 2005
Career day teaches students to be persistent
Career day teaches students to be persistentDyah Hapsari, The Jakarta Post, JakartaSeveral high school students enthusiastically raised their hands to ask questions of General Electric (GE) South Asia chief executive Ridha Wirakusumah after he finished lecturing the group about the meaning of...
Mon, 19 Sep 2005
BRR vows to speed up Aceh rebuilding
BRR vows to speed up Aceh rebuildingThe Jakarta Post, JakartaThe head of the Aceh and Nias Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Agency (BRR) agency has vowed to speed up reconstruction work, particularly the building of permanent houses for people left homeless by the Dec. 26 tsunami disaster.
Mon, 19 Sep 2005
Fatahillah clinches sprints in sixth stage
Fatahillah clinches sprints in sixth stageThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Fatahillah Abdullah became the first Indonesian rider to win a sprint during the Tour d'Indonesia after a strong ride in the sixth stage from Madiun to Malang on Sunday.
Mon, 19 Sep 2005
Guests enjoy the comfort and luxury provided by the Bali
Guests enjoy the comfort and luxury provided by the Bali Intercontinental Resort. Most of the hotels on Bali have seen increasing occupancy rates this year after suffering a business setback following the bomb attacks on the island in October, 2002.
Mon, 19 Sep 2005
Pakistan selects its new envoy to RI
Pakistan selects its new envoy to RIJAKARTA: Pakistan has selected Maj. Gen. (ret) Ali Baz as its new ambassador to Indonesia, Pakistani daily newspaper The International The News (Jong Group) reported from Karachi.Pakistan's present ambassador to Indonesia Maj. Gen.
Mon, 19 Sep 2005
RI wants more from overseas fishing boats
RI wants more from overseas fishing boatsWahyoe Boediwardhana, The Jakarta Post, DenpasarThe government plans to apply a new joint investment scheme to countries whose fishing firms are licensed to operate in the Indonesian Economic Exclusive Zone to set up processing and supporting firms in the...
Mon, 19 Sep 2005
Ragunan closed after 19 birds get avian flu
Ragunan closed after 19 birds get avian fluAbdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe government has decided to close down Ragunan Zoo in South Jakarta for 21 days starting Monday after they found 19 birds in the zoo had been infected with avian flu.
Mon, 19 Sep 2005
Javanese traditional puppet shows have to adapt to changes: Observer
Javanese traditional puppet shows have to adapt to changes: ObserverSlamet Susanto, The Jakarta Post, YogyakartaThe popularity of traditional Javanese puppet shows has been dwindling over the past two decades due to television, and unless something was done this ancient form of entertainment would...
Mon, 19 Sep 2005
Human Rights must be made official policy of RI govt
Human Rights must be made official policy of RI govt Indonesia is preparing for its first truth and reconciliation commission. Last week, an international conference on the subject included a speaker from Argentina, renowned for its "Nunca Mas" (Never Again) human rights movement.
Mon, 19 Sep 2005
JP/leisure/wwf
JP/leisure/wwfBajo people's fate throws spotlight on conservation debate In early September the Indonesian offices of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and The Nature Conservancy (TNC) invited a number of journalists to Wakatobi National Park, Southeast...
Mon, 19 Sep 2005
IOC donates US$2m for
IOC donates US$2m for Aceh sports program JAKARTA: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has allocated a donation of US$2 million to help renovate sports facilities in Aceh and North Sumatra after the devastating tsunami on Dec. 26, 2004, according to Indonesian Sports Council (KONI).
Mon, 19 Sep 2005
India cuts CPO import duties
India cuts CPO import dutiesIndia, Asia's second-biggest vegetable oil importer, cut benchmark import prices for crude palm oil and palmolein, in line with a fall in international prices of the commodity.
Mon, 19 Sep 2005
Becoming witness to peace in Aceh
Becoming witness to peace in AcehTiarma Siboro, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThis month is another historic moment for peace in Indonesia's province of Aceh.It has been identified by two opposing sides -- the Indonesian government and the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) -- as the starting point for the...
Mon, 19 Sep 2005
When the Indonesian President can do no right
When the Indonesian President can do no rightKornelius Purba, The Jakarta Post, New York At a gala dinner hosted on Thursday Sept. 15 by the American- Indonesian Chamber of Commerce at New York's Pierre Hotel, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono seemed to be in his element.
Mon, 19 Sep 2005
Four injured in fresh Poso blast
Four injured in fresh Poso blastRuslan Sangadji, The Jakarta Post, PosoThe peace was again shattered in the Central Sulawesi city of Poso on Saturday night when a homemade bomb exploded injuring four people.The bomb went off outside a house on Jl.
Mon, 19 Sep 2005
Govt gives green light for Cepu block
Govt gives green light for Cepu block Urip Hudiono, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe government signed a contract on Saturday with state oil and gas firm PT Pertamina and U.S.-based energy giant ExxonMobil to develop the oil-rich Cepu block in another significant step toward ending the four-year...
Mon, 19 Sep 2005
JP/18/WWF2
JP/18/WWF2Raci and apo in Bajo SampelaBajo people live in harmony with their surroundingsHasrul The Jakarta Post/KendariIt was very hot and the wind from the sea blew softly on the coastal areas of the Wakatobi islands late one morning when Nira, 40, fanned the flames on a stove in the space...
Mon, 19 Sep 2005
1. Discourse -- 48 pts 7 cols 1line (1x45)
1. Discourse -- 48 pts 7 cols 1line (1x45) Human Rights must be made official policy of RI govt 2. Padang -- 36 pts 3 cols 2lines (2x24)Nine named suspects over Saturday's rioting in Painan 3. Poso -- 36 pts 2 cols 2lines (2x16)Four people injured in fresh Poso blast 4.
Mon, 19 Sep 2005
Central Jakarta admin readies for floods
Central Jakarta admin readies for floods JAKARTA: The Central Jakarta municipality on Saturday held a flood drill involving 1,200 people on Saturday to anticipate possible flooding in the rainy season.Those who took part in the drill included public order officers, firefighters, police, soldiers,...
Mon, 19 Sep 2005
'Should we consult our neighbors?'
'Should we consult our neighbors?'Muslim hard-line groups have recently forced the closure of churches and other Christian places of worship in Jakarta, Bekasi, Bandung and Surakarta because they did not have the necessary permits to operate.
Mon, 19 Sep 2005
100 student ill will stomachaches, one dies
100 student ill will stomachaches, one diesAbdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post, JakartaA student of Ummul Quro Islamic Boarding School in Bogor died on Sunday after suffering from severe diarrhea symptoms, while dozens of other students were taken to nearby hospitals.
Mon, 19 Sep 2005
Burhanuddin Abe
Burhanuddin Abe Contributor/JakartaTransportation is vital to professionals in major cities like Jakarta but buying an automobile is not the only option. With a flourishing rental industry offering good service and affordable rates, renting a car is now an option.
Mon, 19 Sep 2005
UAE to build $4.5m Khalifa City in Aceh
UAE to build $4.5m Khalifa City in AcehVeeramalla Anjaiah, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe United Arab Emirates (UAE) -- a small but oil-rich Middle Eastern country of three million people -- is planning to build a new town called "Khalifa City" with modern facilities in Aceh province, the UAE's...
Mon, 19 Sep 2005
KPK criticized as 'discriminatory'
KPK criticized as 'discriminatory' JAKARTA: The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has been criticized as being "discriminatory" in investigating graft cases involving state officials and politicians."In the people's eyes, the KPK is beginning to appear discriminatory and selective.
Mon, 19 Sep 2005
City bans street vendors during Ramadhan
City bans street vendors during RamadhanDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Bad experiences with hawkers in the past means the city administration plans to ban hawkers from most public places during the fasting month of Ramadhan, Governor Sutiyoso says.
Mon, 19 Sep 2005
Arabs condemn closer ties with Israel
Arabs condemn closer ties with IsraelAssociated Press, BeirutWhile some Arab and Muslim governments may be ready to reward Israel with improved ties for its withdrawal from Gaza, the idea was met with scorn on Saturday by many in the Arab world.
Mon, 19 Sep 2005
City needs to abolish all its districts
City needs to abolish all its districtsDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe Jakarta administration should dissolve its 44 districts as their presence has no direct impact on the performance and the work of subdistricts, East Jakarta Mayor Koesnan Abdul Halim says.