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Good news from villagers for Susilo

Good news from villagers for SusiloJhon Tafbu Ritonga and Mara Untung Ritonga, Medan It is perhaps surprising to see the results of some polling that shows that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono still remains popular after one year in office, despite the impact of the drastic increase in fuel...

JP/13/Banti

JP/13/BantiBantimurung, The Kingdom of Butterflies Andi Hajramurni Correspondent/Ujung Pandang British zoologist Alfred Russel Wallace once called Bantimurung National Recreation Park the Kingdom of Butterflies. The park is home to butterflies of numerous colors, patterns and sizes.

Tune Air sells shares in AirAsia

Tune Air sells shares in AirAsia KUALA LUMPUR: AirAsia Bhd. said its biggest shareholder, Tune Air Sdn., sold 20 million shares in Southeast Asia's largest discount carrier to an existing shareholder, trimming its stake to 43 percent.

Nov.14, 2005

Nov.14, 2005Cutting port handling costs The government should deal firmly with foreign liners and their local agents that refuse to abide by Minister of Transportation Hatta Rajasa's ruling early this month, which slashed the terminal handling charges (THC) of containers and the costs of processing...

Agung opposes House reshuffle

Agung opposes House reshuffle JAKARTA: Speaker of the House of Representatives Agung Laksono opposed calls for an immediate reshuffle of House speakers saying that it would be difficult to realize.Agung, who is also deputy head of the Golkar Party, said on Friday that to reshuffle the House...

Orange out of fashion, but still evokes warm memories in Ukraine

Orange out of fashion, but still evokes warm memories in Ukraine one year later[ Eds: Anniversary is Nov. 21, Ukraine plans to mark it Sunday, Nov. 20[ With BC-EU-FEA-GEN--Ukraine-Orange Revolution-Timeline[ AP Photos NY122-124[ By MARA D.

Australia welcomes Azahari's reported death in gunfight

Australia welcomes Azahari's reported death in gunfightAgence France-Presse, Sydney, AustraliaAustralia on Thursday welcomed a report that one of Asia's top terror suspects, Azahari Husin, was believed to have blown himself up after being cornered by Indonesian police.

Stock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Nov.10, 2005

Stock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in rupiah) on Nov.10, 2005 _____________________________________________________________________________ Shares Close Change Trading volume ______________________________________________________________________________ Abdi Bangsa Tbk 275 0 0 Ades Waters...

WHO helps with bird flu tests

WHO helps with bird flu testsDENPASAR: The World Health Organization has provided around Rp 300 million (about US$30,000) in cash assistance to the Bali provincial administration to take blood samples from people living in 42 villages on the island that could be susceptible to the avian influenza...

Death of Azahari confirmed by tests

Death of Azahari confirmed by testsThe Jakarta Post, Malang/Semarang/Surakarta/JakartaFingerprinting has confirmed the death of Azahari bin Husin, a bombmaker blamed for the deadliest terror attacks in the region, during a gun battle with police.National Police chief Gen.

SBY's 1.8 million hectare disaster?

SBY's 1.8 million hectare disaster? We all remember Soeharto's disastrous 1 million hectare sawah (rice field) project in Central Kalimantan, the consequences of which still affect the province.Will President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) attach his name to an even bigger ecological, sociological,...

Rupiah Rates Nov. 10

Rupiah Rates Nov. 10 Banknote rates TT rates Selling Buying Selling Buying Australian dollar 1 7,688.13 6,950.74 7,358.01 7,280.68 Brunei dollar 1 6,161.08 5,569.92 5,896.53 5,834.31 Canadian dollar 1 8,835.68 7,989.21 8,456.29 8,368.45 Swiss franc 1 8,000.00 7,235.54 7,656.49 7,579.

Govt to prioritize issuing rupiah bonds

Govt to prioritize issuing rupiah bondsThe Jakarta Post, JakartaThe government will prioritize issuing bonds in the local rupiah currency as part of a more prudent debt management strategy, a finance ministry official said, hinting at the possibility that it might offer global bonds less frequently...

President allows probe into regents

President allows probe into regents JAKARTA: President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has given his consent for the police to investigate and detain two regents for alleged corruption of public funds, making them likely to become the first serving regents to be detained in the country.

UN constructing temporary schools

UN constructing temporary schoolsBANDA ACEH, Aceh: The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) will complete construction of some 100 temporary school buildings by the end of this year, the UN body's spokeswoman said on Thursday.

1. REAX -- 3 x 15

1. REAX -- 3 x 15Global community condemns Amman hotel bombings 2. Canada -- 2 x 19Canada urges Indonesia to ratify Ottawa Convention3. RI -- 1 x 26Indonesian killed in Jordan attacks4. Iraq -- 4 x 9Suicide bombs in Baghdad kill 35

Inquisition in Indonesia

Inquisition in Indonesia Civilians rampaging like wild elephants in the jungle, trampling on the rights of the people; making kangaroo court judgments on what people can think or say or do; condemning the populace if they don't conform to narrow self-righteous mind think; issuing dictums, or fatwas...

West Nusa Tenggara misses tourist target

West Nusa Tenggara misses tourist targetMATARAM, West Nusa Tenggara: A government official said on Thursday West Nusa Tenggara would likely miss this year's tourist target, with only 185,000 visitors arriving in the province between January and October.

Fences around MPR/DPR improper

Fences around MPR/DPR improperFrom KompasThe construction of fences four-meters high around the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR)/House of Representatives (DPR) building as reported in Kompas (October 25) is in my view questionable.

City remains on full alert after Azahari's death

City remains on full alert after Azahari's deathAbdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post, JakartaJakarta Police said on Thursday that they would remain on full alert until after the New Year in anticipation of any possibility of terror attacks after the death of fugitive terrorist Azahari bin Husin in Batu,...

Forgive convicted Australians

Forgive convicted Australians Indonesia should have mercy on the nine Australians arrested for attempting to traffic heroin from Bali to Australia.These young people have made a mistake in their lives and now they face the consequences of their deed. However, these young lives should be spared.

1. ROUNDUP: 2 x 16

1. ROUNDUP: 2 x 16 Confirmation comes of bombmakers' death Fingerprinting confirms Azahari's deathor Death of Azahari confirmed by testsor Death of bombmaker confirmed by fingerprinting 2. WITNESS: 2 X 11 Azahari raid shocks locals 3. BLAST: 1 X 24 RI musician killed in Amman

Arema, PSMS win Copa semifinals

Arema, PSMS win Copa semifinals YOGYAKARTA: Striker Emalev Serge scored twice as Arema Malang inflicted a 2-0 defeat on host PSS Sleman in the first leg of their semifinal in the 2005 Copa Indonesia soccer competition on Thursday.

Indonesia raises ante in the war on terrorism

Indonesia raises ante in the war on terrorismEndy M. Bayuni, Jakarta The death of Malaysian terror master Azahari bin Husin in a gun battle with police outside a bungalow in the East Java hill resort of Batu on Wednesday marks a new phase in the war against terror that Indonesia began three years...

Building a civil society, U.S.-style

Building a civil society, U.S.-styleThe U.S. State Department's Foreign Press Center and the Meridian International Center, an international cultural exchange institution, invited 10 Indonesian journalists to the U.S. in late September to learn about civil society and volunteering.

Casuarina trees create hope for coastal villagers

Casuarina trees create hope for coastal villagersSri Wahyuni and Slamet Susanto, The Jakarta Post, YogyakartaUntil some five years ago, the coastal areas along the southern beaches of Bantul Regency looked so dry and infertile. No plants seemed to be able to survive the strong and dry wind.

Malaysian palm oil futures rise on yields report

Malaysian palm oil futures rise on yields reportClaire Leow, Bloomberg, Kuala Lumpur Palm oil futures rose in Malaysia after a report showed yields will decline next year in the country, the world's largest supplier.Average palm oil yields in Malaysia may decline to 4.

Casuarina trees create hope for coastal villagers

Casuarina trees create hope for coastal villagersSri Wahyuni and Slamet Susanto, The Jakarta Post, YogyakartaUntil five years ago, the coastal areas along the southern beaches of Bantul Regency were dry and infertile.

Canada urges Indonesia to ratify Ottawa Convention

Canada urges Indonesia to ratify Ottawa ConventionAdianto P. Simamora and Veeramalla Anjaiah, The Jakarta Post, JakartaA Canadian delegation, led by Gen. (ret) Maurice Baril, a Special Advisor to Canada's Ambassador for Mine Action, is in town to encourage Indonesia to ratify the Ottawa Convention...

Nation made lazy by overreliance on maids

Nation made lazy by overreliance on maidsThe Jakarta Post, JakartaTo guarantee her new housemaid, Lilis, 18, would come back to work after the Idul Fitri exodus, housewife Fifin Yuliati, 27, had to shell out more money for Lilis, who earned Rp 300,000 (US$30) a month on top of free meals and...

UGM among world's top 100 colleges

UGM among world's top 100 collegesYOGYAKARTA: Gadjah Mada University (UGM) was among the world's top 100 universities in the field of arts and humanities studies according to a survey conducted by the UK's The Times daily, Rector Sofian Effendi announced here on Wednesday.

Drivers demand permanent status

Drivers demand permanent status JAKARTA: Around 80 truck drivers working for the Jakarta International Container Terminal at Tanjung Priok Port, North Jakarta, staged a rally at the City Council on Thursday to ask for support from the councillors for their demand that they be made permanent...

Lampung park criticized for poor wildlife treatment

Lampung park criticized for poor wildlife treatmentOyos Saroso H.N., The Jakarta Post, BandarlampungEnvironmentalists in Lampung lashed out at the Bumi Kedaton Safari Park (TWABK) management for treating animals under its care poorly.

Lampung national park under threat

Lampung national park under threatBANDAR LAMPUNG, Lampung: About 16 percent of the 356,800 total hectares of the Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park, or some 57,000 hectares, has been deforested since 2002, a government official said on Thursday, citing satellite photos.

'Rain Repertoire' to go to Tokyo

'Rain Repertoire' to go to TokyoYOGYAKARTA: After its success in performing Waktu Batu at the In Transit Festival in Berlin, Germany, in June this year, Yogyakarta-based Teater Garasi has been invited to perform Rain Repertoire during the Physical Theater Festival in Tokyo, Japan, this month.

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Toward a virtual caliphate

Toward a virtual caliphate Peter Mandaville Yale Center for the Study of Globalization Arlington, Virginia The recent Zawahiri- Zarqawi Letter -- purportedly a missive on strategy and tactics from al-Qaeda's to their man in Iraq -- once again raises the question of bin Laden's capacity to inspire...

Regent urges press not to overly expose Poso cases

Regent urges press not to overly expose Poso casesTiarma Siboro, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Poso Regent Piet Inkiriwang asked the press not to give too much coverage to the latest violence in the area for fear it could harm the hard-gained peace in the religiously divided Central Sulawesi town.

Jakarta opts for selective bird cull

Jakarta opts for selective bird cullThe Jakarta Post, JakartaThe Jakarta administration plans to introduce selective culls of birds and chickens in areas where bird flu is detected, an official said on Thursday.

Wildlife groups urge unified force to save Borneo's orangutans

Wildlife groups urge unified force to save Borneo's orangutans Sebastien Blanc Agence France Presse/Pontianak Leading environmental and wildlife agencies called Friday for a united effort to protect the habitats of Borneo's orangutans whose survival is threatened by mass deforestation.

Vendors cash in on Azahari raid

Vendors cash in on Azahari raidAntara News Agency, JakartaThe police raid on a house being rented by alleged terror mastermind Azahari in Batu, Malang, East Java, has been a financial boon for residents and food vendors.

Understanding the sociology of religious terrorism

Understanding the sociology of religious terrorismAhmad Najib Burhani, Jakarta A number of religious leaders in Indonesia, such as those in the National Movement against Terrorism (GNAT), have claimed that the Bali bomb blasts and religion are two totally separate issues.

Astra, LG to up investment for business expansion

Astra, LG to up investment for business expansionThe Jakarta Post, JakartaJapanese car manufacturers Toyota Motor Corp. and Daihatsu Motor Co. Ltd. and Korean electronics producer LG Electronics Inc. plan to increase the production capacity of their Indonesian plants by upgrading their investments,...

Telkom to speed up payment of $850m foreign debt

Telkom to speed up payment of $850m foreign debtThe Jakarta Post, JakartaIndonesia's largest telecommunications company, PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom), plans to repay about US$150 million of its $850 million in foreign debt by the end of the year, about five years before the debt falls due.

Raunchy ads

Raunchy ads As a regular reader of your paper, I find the recent ads for Contiki Resort Bali (e.g. page 3 of the Nov. 10 issue) to be in very poor taste.For a professional paper like yours to accept such raunchy advertisements lowers your status to that of a tabloid looking for a quick buck.

1. Grasi (2x24)

1. Grasi (2x24) No mercy from Susilo for three Poso murderers 2. Susul (2x24) Police link Azahari to Bali backpack bombs 3. Religi (3x18) Suspicion keeps Muslim-Christian tension intact 4. Poso (2x24) Regent urges press not to overly expose Poso cases

Adisucipto aims to be Java cargo service hub

Adisucipto aims to be Java cargo service hubSlamet Susanto, The Jakarta Post, YogyakartaYogyakarta's Adisucipto Airport starts to prepare itself to become the hub of cargo services for Java region, especially that of the southern parts of the island.

Basketball in doubt for SEAG

Basketball in doubt for SEAGThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Basketball-crazy Philippines is ready to yank the sport from the upcoming 23rd Southeast Asian Games for the first time in the history of the regional multisports event amid a bitter dispute for control of the game at home.

Bus drivers slow to use seat belts

Bus drivers slow to use seat beltsJEMBER, East Java: A government official said on Thursday that despite a public campaign, many public transportation drivers in Jember regency still did not use their seat belts.

'Give the migrants some skills'

'Give the migrants some skills'Starting next week the Jakarta administration will launch a crackdown on unskilled migrant workers coming to the city, a move which critics say is a violation of their constitutional right to freedom of movement.