Provides the latest RSS feeds for Jakarta News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Indonesia News.net http://www.indonesianews.net/index.php/cat/3b16857a51cb629f/ en-us Mon, 20 May 2013 18:12:35 -0400 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:12:35 -0400 30 Indian shuttlers Monday lost their second and final Group A tie to Indonesia 1-4 to exit the Sudirman Cup on the second day of competitions at the Putra Stadium here After suffering a humiliating 0-5 loss Sunday to four-time defending champions China in the biennial tournament, India only managed to win one match out of five as Parupalli Kashyap was the lone bright spot. In the first match of ... http://www.indonesianews.net/index.php/sid/214628366/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Mon, 20 May 2013 05:20:02 -0400 http://www.indonesianews.net/index.php/sid/214628366/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Since childhood, being born in a North Indian Punjabi family, I have been fond of curries - spicy chicken curry or tangy vegetable tangy curry accompanied with rice or a crisp tandoori roti oozing with white butter. Then, there are a plethora of exotic curries such as Kerala's raw mango curry, green or red Thai curry, Indonesian curry or Burmese curry What, then, is a curry? It is a generic term ... http://www.indonesianews.net/index.php/sid/214626028/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Mon, 20 May 2013 04:00:02 -0400 http://www.indonesianews.net/index.php/sid/214626028/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Daddy & The Hot Tea ';Lekat'; live @borneobeerhouse Jakarta 17/05/1313 @daddyNthehottea @diditsaad @MorrisOrah @araydaulay @ipanglazuardi uploaded by ... http://www.indonesianews.net/index.php/sid/214642944/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Mon, 20 May 2013 16:56:07 -0400 http://www.indonesianews.net/index.php/sid/214642944/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Our Geo Quiz comes in at number 6. We’re looking for the 6th largest island in the world. Greenland tops the list of big islands, followed by New Guinea, Borneo, Madagascar, and Canada’s Baffin Island. Next, at number 6, is the island we’re looking for, in western Indonesia. So, can you name this large island that’s known for active volcanoes and tropical rainforests. ... http://www.indonesianews.net/index.php/sid/214641737/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Mon, 20 May 2013 16:19:57 -0400 http://www.indonesianews.net/index.php/sid/214641737/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Indonesian police have arrested an Australian resident they are treating as a major people-smuggling suspect.Mohammad Abdi, 36, was arrested at an apartment in West Jakarta early on Monday, along with two other Iranians, The Australian newspaper says.Abdi has denied being involved in smuggling asylum-seekers to Australia.However, he is also known as Said Ali and is a major people smuggler, a ... http://www.indonesianews.net/index.php/sid/214638956/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Mon, 20 May 2013 13:57:55 -0400 http://www.indonesianews.net/index.php/sid/214638956/scat/3b16857a51cb629f An activist says that new Health Minister Regulation No. 21/2013 on HIV/AIDS control has brought a fresh breeze in fulfilling the rights of people with HIV/AIDS to get a guarantee of private insurance coverage.Article 47 (1) of the 2013 regulation requires every health insurance provider to cover partly or overall the medication and health treatment costs of HIV policyholders, based on the amount ... http://www.indonesianews.net/index.php/sid/214637655/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Mon, 20 May 2013 12:52:50 -0400 http://www.indonesianews.net/index.php/sid/214637655/scat/3b16857a51cb629f (MENAFN) Indonesia's gross domestic product (GDP) growth for 2014 would be between 6.4 percent and 6.9 percent according to the government's proposed budget plan, reported Reuters.The new figure is up from the 6.2-percent estimated by the Finance Ministry earlier.Furthermore, the budget gap would average between 1.7 and 2.3 percent of GDP.As for crude production, the government expects ... http://www.indonesianews.net/index.php/sid/214637569/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Mon, 20 May 2013 12:47:10 -0400 http://www.indonesianews.net/index.php/sid/214637569/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Former champions Indonesia reached the quarterfinals of the Sudirman Cup on Monday with a comprehensive 4-1 victory over India in Group A.Indonesia have been joined by China, Japan and Denmark in the last eight.Japan crushed Singapore 5-0 on Monday, a result that ensured Denmark also qualified from Group D as the Singaporeans were eliminated.Indonesia will meet eight-time champions China to ... http://www.indonesianews.net/index.php/sid/214637571/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Mon, 20 May 2013 12:44:23 -0400 http://www.indonesianews.net/index.php/sid/214637571/scat/3b16857a51cb629f MAKHACHKALA, Russia – Two people are dead and at least 20 are injured after two car bombs exploded Monday in Dagestan, in Russia's North Caucasus region, where armed militias are leading an Islamist insurgency. Both blasts were near the headquarters of the court bailiffs and appeared to have been detonated by remote control, a Russian state agency told Reuters. Police cordoned ... http://www.indonesianews.net/index.php/sid/214637429/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Mon, 20 May 2013 12:26:14 -0400 http://www.indonesianews.net/index.php/sid/214637429/scat/3b16857a51cb629f The Football Association of Indonesia (PSSI) have been hit with a 15,000-dollar (9,900 pounds) fine for repeated crowd infringements.The PSSI were handed a penalty of 10,000 dollars (6,600 pounds) when fans lit firecrackers and threw water bottles when Indonesia hosted Saudi Arabia in an Asian Cup qualifier on March ... http://www.indonesianews.net/index.php/sid/214636001/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Mon, 20 May 2013 11:16:10 -0400 http://www.indonesianews.net/index.php/sid/214636001/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Quantum Pacific Investment Ltd. believes with a new leadership team it can recover some of Intrepid's stake in the Tujuh Bukit copper-gold ... http://www.indonesianews.net/index.php/sid/214634625/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Mon, 20 May 2013 10:39:47 -0400 http://www.indonesianews.net/index.php/sid/214634625/scat/3b16857a51cb629f 10 have been rescued after last week's tunnel collapse, the mining company says Crews have been combing the rubble since the accident A company executive says he is "deeply saddened and disturbed" by the ... http://www.indonesianews.net/index.php/sid/214634627/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Mon, 20 May 2013 10:27:08 -0400 http://www.indonesianews.net/index.php/sid/214634627/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Marking National Awakening Day on Monday, the Research and Technology Ministry and the Yogyakarta city administration launched an electric minibus made by the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) at the city's Taman Pintar [Pintar Park].The 12-seated electric minibus will be used to transport visitors free of charge to Taman Pintar and its surrounding areas, including Malioboro, Alun-Alun ... http://www.indonesianews.net/index.php/sid/214632309/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Mon, 20 May 2013 08:41:35 -0400 http://www.indonesianews.net/index.php/sid/214632309/scat/3b16857a51cb629f JAKARTA - PT Pertamina's Chief Executive Karen Agustiawan is the front-runner to head Indonesia's Coordinating Board for Investment after President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono Monday made the current chief the country's new finance minister, two people familiar with the matter said. "It's Karen who [likely] will be appointed as the new investment board chief," one of ... http://www.indonesianews.net/index.php/sid/214632013/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Mon, 20 May 2013 08:39:01 -0400 http://www.indonesianews.net/index.php/sid/214632013/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Mon May 20, 2013 6:44am EDT * Former investment chief named finance minister * Economists praise choice * Slowing growth, bloated subsidy bill big challenges * Basri is protege of former finance minister (Updates with reaction, context) By Rieka Rahadiana and Andjarsari Paramaditha JAKARTA, May 20 (Reuters) - Indonesia named its respected investment chief as finance minister on Monday as ... http://www.indonesianews.net/index.php/sid/214630874/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Mon, 20 May 2013 06:44:31 -0400 http://www.indonesianews.net/index.php/sid/214630874/scat/3b16857a51cb629f BANGKOK, May 20 (Reuters) - Southeast Asian stock markets gained on Monday as optimism about global growth lifted sentiment in overseas markets while Indonesia's main index rose to a new all-time closing high, after the appointment of a new finance minister. Jakarta's Composite Index ended up 1.4 percent at 5,214.97, pushing up its year-to-date gain to 21 percent, Southeast Asia's ... http://www.indonesianews.net/index.php/sid/214631214/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Mon, 20 May 2013 06:40:26 -0400 http://www.indonesianews.net/index.php/sid/214631214/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Adj. First Insp. Labora Sitorus, a Papua cop with a suspicious amount of money in his bank accounts, was taken to the Papua Police's detention center on Monday.National Police spokesperson Brig. Gen. Boy Rafli Amar said that Labora was flown back to Papua two days after he filed a report to the National Police Commission (Kompolnas) in Jakarta.The Papua Police have named Labora a suspect in ... http://www.indonesianews.net/index.php/sid/214628768/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Mon, 20 May 2013 05:49:30 -0400 http://www.indonesianews.net/index.php/sid/214628768/scat/3b16857a51cb629f PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (TLKM) , the nation's biggest phone operator, rose to a five-year high in Jakarta stock trading as Credit Suisse Group AG said it expects the company to post "double-digit" profit growth in 2013. ... http://www.indonesianews.net/index.php/sid/214628949/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Mon, 20 May 2013 05:32:31 -0400 http://www.indonesianews.net/index.php/sid/214628949/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Rescue workers in a remote region of West Papua, in eastern Indonesia, have recovered five more bodies from a collapsed tunnel in a gold and copper mine, bringing the death toll to 14, with 14 others still missing and feared ... http://www.indonesianews.net/index.php/sid/214627225/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Mon, 20 May 2013 04:56:43 -0400 http://www.indonesianews.net/index.php/sid/214627225/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Newly-appointed Finance Minister Chatib Basri will take the oath of office, on Tuesday.President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono appointed the Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) chairman to take the Finance Minister position on Monday after he passed a fit-and-proper test at the Presidential Palace."After considering various aspects, I place my confidence in Chatib Basri," Yudhoyono told a ... http://www.indonesianews.net/index.php/sid/214627523/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Mon, 20 May 2013 04:54:50 -0400 http://www.indonesianews.net/index.php/sid/214627523/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Mon May 20, 2013 4:53am EDT (Corrects budget year in headline and paragraph 3 to 2013) JAKARTA May 20 (Reuters) - Indonesia's government is assuming there will be a 45 percent rise in the price of subsidised petrol, a move widely seen as essential to relieve mounting pressure on the state finances. The government has been agonising for months over how and when to hike prices of heavily ... http://www.indonesianews.net/index.php/sid/214628694/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Mon, 20 May 2013 04:53:49 -0400 http://www.indonesianews.net/index.php/sid/214628694/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Hundreds of pilots of leading carrier Garuda Indonesia staged a strike on Thursday that cause flight delays and cancellations in several airports in the country.The strike started since midnight Thursday after the president of Garuda Pilot Association Stephanus Gerardus told his colleagues to stop flight."This morning (Thursday) at 03:15 a.m. Jakarta time we instructed (the pilots) not to ... http://www.indonesianews.net/index.php/sid/214627532/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Mon, 20 May 2013 04:16:39 -0400 http://www.indonesianews.net/index.php/sid/214627532/scat/3b16857a51cb629f KABUL, Afghanistan -; Afghan officials say a suicide bomber has struck outside a provincial council building in the country's north. A lawmaker says the council chief and at least seven others were ... http://www.indonesianews.net/index.php/sid/214626162/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Mon, 20 May 2013 03:59:03 -0400 http://www.indonesianews.net/index.php/sid/214626162/scat/3b16857a51cb629f JAKARTA | Mon May 20, 2013 3:03am EDT JAKARTA May 20 (Reuters) - Indonesia's investment board chief Chatib Basri will be named the country's new finance minister, the Jakarta Globe daily quoted the industry minister as saying on Monday. There was no immediate comment from the presidential palace or Basri. Basri, 47, will be inaugurated on Tuesday to become the third finance ... http://www.indonesianews.net/index.php/sid/214626071/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Mon, 20 May 2013 03:03:59 -0400 http://www.indonesianews.net/index.php/sid/214626071/scat/3b16857a51cb629f (8 mins ago) Rescuers recovered four more bodies from a collapsed underground room at a massive US-owned gold and copper mine in Indonesia, bringing the confirmed death toll to 13, police said. Fifteen other workers were still missing and feared dead. The Big Gossan underground training facility at the PT Freeport Indonesia mine collapsed last Tuesday when 38 workers were undergoing safety ... http://www.indonesianews.net/index.php/sid/214624643/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Mon, 20 May 2013 01:57:12 -0400 http://www.indonesianews.net/index.php/sid/214624643/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Paper Edition | Page: 20 Prior to facing India in the group A qualification round of the 2013 Sudirman Cup badminton mixed team championship, Indonesian shuttlers attended their rivals' first match to get a glimpse of their upcoming opponents.In Sunday's match at the Putra Stadium in Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur, India had to bow down to defending champion China 5-0.According to ... http://www.indonesianews.net/index.php/sid/214624004/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Mon, 20 May 2013 01:23:29 -0400 http://www.indonesianews.net/index.php/sid/214624004/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Paper Edition | Page: 4 JAKARTA: Senior Democratic Party politician Ruhut Sitompul said that the background of Jakarta Governor Joko "Jokowi" Widodo as a furniture businessman and mayor of a small town would barely make him a qualified presidential candidate.Ruhut, who is known for his controversial statements, said that Jokowi did not deserve to be a candidate for the 2014 ... http://www.indonesianews.net/index.php/sid/214623455/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Mon, 20 May 2013 00:31:43 -0400 http://www.indonesianews.net/index.php/sid/214623455/scat/3b16857a51cb629f One of several tornadoes that touched down Sunday in Oklahoma turned homes in a trailer park near into splinters and rubble and sent frightened residents scurrying for shelter. At least 21 people were injured across the state.The tornadoes that touched down in Oklahoma, Kansas and Iowa were part of a massive, northeastward-moving storm system that stretched from Texas to Minnesota.At least four ... http://www.indonesianews.net/index.php/sid/214622851/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Sun, 19 May 2013 23:40:21 -0400 http://www.indonesianews.net/index.php/sid/214622851/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Paper Edition | Page: 4 Indonesia, a country that has been recognized for nurturing hostility against religious minorities, has now also been acknowledged for its low tolerance of people of different races.A report released by the World Values Survey, a global study of social attitudes carried out by Swedish economists, shows that Indonesia is skeptical about diversity and is racially ... http://www.indonesianews.net/index.php/sid/214622854/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Sun, 19 May 2013 23:40:15 -0400 http://www.indonesianews.net/index.php/sid/214622854/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Paper Edition | Page: 4 President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has made a scathing criticism of the poor handling of the Sidoarjo mudflow by the gas exploration firm PT Minarak Lapindo Jaya, partly owned by the family of Golkar Party chairman Aburizal Bakrie.Andi Arief, special assistant to the President for disaster mitigation and social assistance disclosed that Yudhoyono had criticized Lapindo ... http://www.indonesianews.net/index.php/sid/214622853/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Sun, 19 May 2013 23:40:14 -0400 http://www.indonesianews.net/index.php/sid/214622853/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Paper Edition | Page: 4 With the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) appearing to be preoccupied with the beef importation scandal involving the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) politicians, many have overlooked the fact that with 32 reports on graft being received every day, the anti-graft body is now struggling to handle other cases.Among cases that have been sidelined is a bribery case ... http://www.indonesianews.net/index.php/sid/214622852/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Sun, 19 May 2013 23:40:13 -0400 http://www.indonesianews.net/index.php/sid/214622852/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Kabul: Afghan President Hamid Karzai will seek increased military aid from India during a three-day visit starting Monday and will discuss recent cross-border clashes with Pakistan, India's archrival, an aide said.The comments follow a weekend report that said Afghanistan's ambassador to India had said the country needs India's help with "equipment and weapons to fight." ... http://www.indonesianews.net/index.php/sid/214622862/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Sun, 19 May 2013 23:19:45 -0400 http://www.indonesianews.net/index.php/sid/214622862/scat/3b16857a51cb629f TIMIKA, Indonesia (AP) -- Rescuers recovered four more bodies from a collapsed underground room at a giant U.S.-owned gold and copper mine in Indonesia, bringing the confirmed death toll to 13, police said Monday. Fifteen other workers were still missing and feared ... http://www.indonesianews.net/index.php/sid/214622814/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Sun, 19 May 2013 23:02:14 -0400 http://www.indonesianews.net/index.php/sid/214622814/scat/3b16857a51cb629f WELLINGTON, New Zealand -; Hundreds of tons of frozen mutton, lamb and beef from New Zealand have been stranded on Chinese docks after China halted imports from the country due to a certification ... http://www.indonesianews.net/index.php/sid/214622305/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Sun, 19 May 2013 22:44:31 -0400 http://www.indonesianews.net/index.php/sid/214622305/scat/3b16857a51cb629f JAKARTA, Indonesia ... http://www.indonesianews.net/index.php/sid/214621753/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Sun, 19 May 2013 20:57:21 -0400 http://www.indonesianews.net/index.php/sid/214621753/scat/3b16857a51cb629f A British backpacker has died while trekking through the Indonesian jungle after she drank suspected tainted alcohol, police say. Cheznye Emmons, 23, was traveling with fellow Briton Joseph Cook, 21, through lush rainforest on Sumatra island, where many tourists go to see endangered orangutans, according to a police report into the incident. The pair, accompanied by a third tourist, drank ... http://www.indonesianews.net/index.php/sid/214621292/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Sun, 19 May 2013 20:38:13 -0400 http://www.indonesianews.net/index.php/sid/214621292/scat/3b16857a51cb629f The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) warned Muslims against the resurgence of the Indonesian Communist Party, disbanded by the New Order government in 1966.Chairman of the MUI's fatwa council Maruf Amin said that an indication of the return of the PKI was the proposal for the government to apologize for blaming the 1965 coup attempt on the communist party."It's obvious. Many have ... http://www.indonesianews.net/index.php/sid/214620303/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Sun, 19 May 2013 19:20:43 -0400 http://www.indonesianews.net/index.php/sid/214620303/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Senior Democratic Party politician Ruhut Sitompul said that the background of Jakarta Governor Joko "Jokowi" Widodo as a furniture businessman and mayor of a small town would barely make him a qualified presidential candidate.Ruhut, who is known for his controversial statements, said that Jokowi did not deserve to be a candidate for the 2014 presidential election, because he is only a ... http://www.indonesianews.net/index.php/sid/214620222/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Sun, 19 May 2013 19:20:42 -0400 http://www.indonesianews.net/index.php/sid/214620222/scat/3b16857a51cb629f public hospitals . The program, introduced in November, gave health insurance to around 5 million people in Jakarta categorized as poor. Long queues quickly formed at already stretched hospital emergency rooms as many patients, some who were not even ill, sought to take advantage of being covered for the first time. Some health experts said it was a sign of the chaos to come when the ... http://www.indonesianews.net/index.php/sid/214619170/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Sun, 19 May 2013 17:26:54 -0400 http://www.indonesianews.net/index.php/sid/214619170/scat/3b16857a51cb629f RESCUERS have recovered the bodies of four more workers from a collapsed underground room at a giant gold and copper mine in Indonesia, bringing the confirmed death toll to nine. Nineteen other workers were missing and feared dead. The Big Gossan underground training facility at the PT Freeport Indonesia mine collapsed last Tuesday when 38 workers were undergoing safety training. Ten injured ... http://www.indonesianews.net/index.php/sid/214617670/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Sun, 19 May 2013 14:38:13 -0400 http://www.indonesianews.net/index.php/sid/214617670/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Three students of Yogyakarta Muhammadiyah University (UMY) have invented a device that can help detect blood vessels on children under five and reduce the risk of inaccurate needle insertion which can damage blood vessels."Children's blood vessels are very fragile and they can be damaged by failure in inserting the injection needle," said Ade Pajar Pirdianto, a student of the ... http://www.indonesianews.net/index.php/sid/214616085/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Sun, 19 May 2013 12:37:15 -0400 http://www.indonesianews.net/index.php/sid/214616085/scat/3b16857a51cb629f