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CORRECTED-Indonesia offers 21 oil and gas blocks in tender

Reuters - Friday 17th May, 2013

Fri May 17, 2013 10:34pm EDT (Corrects number of unconventional gas blocks offered, removes references to coalbed methane blocks.) JAKARTA May 17 (Reuters) - Indonesia opened a rights tender for 21 oil and gas exploration blocks on Friday, two of which are for unconventional gas concessions on the islands of Borneo and Sumatra, as Southeast Asia's largest economy moves to shore up its energy ...
Atletico beats Real Madrid to win Copa del Rey as Ronaldo Mourinho ejected

The Globe and Mail - Friday 17th May, 2013

Atletico Madrid players hold their trophy as they celebrate their victory against Real Madrid, after their Spanish King's Cup final soccer match at Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid May 17, 2013. (SERGIO ...
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Indonesia and Singapore: model of inter-dependence?

Indonesia is a regional power in South East Asia, but lacks the development and economic wealth of smaller nations, such as the tiny state of Singapore. Hence, it makes sense for the two countries to cooperate closely with one another as Indonesia has natural resources Singapore needs and Singapore has the financial strength Indonesia needs.

Indonesia is the sleeping giant of South East Asia. With a population of 288 million, a land mass the size of Mexico and territorial waters that could fill half of China, it’s an immense country and a regional power within the geopolitical organization known as ASEAN (the Association of South East Asian Nations). Indonesia takes up almost half the area occupied by the ASEAN countries and accounts for one third of its GDP. Read more

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Indonesia is a vast and beautifully diverse country stretching for more than 5,000 kms across the equator. It would simply be impossible to see everything that this, the world's largest archipelago, has to offer in a short length of time.

Variety is the spice life and nowhere is this more true than in Indonesia. No two places are alike in unspoiled beauty, art, culture and people. The towering mountains and primitive cultures of Irian Jaya contrast sharply with the terraced hills, and highly sophisticated societies of Bali and Java and the animistic beliefs which still have a major influence on the way of life in South Sulawesi.

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Universal ideals camaraderie bind Indo-StarTrek

The Jakarta Post - Sunday 19th May, 2013

Growing up with the Cold War, the space race and watching men landing on the Moon, Berthold Sinaulan found himself captivated when he first saw Star Trek on television."I was a junior high school student when I saw the show, then aired by [government broadcast company] TVRI. It was on a black-and-white television, but it was very colorful to me," 54-year-old Berthold told The Jakarta ...
Tourist dies in Indonesia after drinking tainted alcohol

One News - Saturday 18th May, 2013

Supplied A British backpacker has died while trekking through the Indonesian jungle after she drank suspected tainted alcohol, police say. Cheznye Emmons, 23, was travelling with a fellow Briton 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 four ...
Government Officers Depart To UK And Indonesia

BruDirect - Saturday 18th May, 2013

Bandar Seri Begawan - Two senior officers from the office of the Malay Islamic Monarchy (MIB) Executive council Secretariat have left for Indonesia to attend an international seminar entitled 'Historical Awareness through Strengthening the National Pillars towards a Smart and Civilised ...
Gunmen seize elderly father of Syria’s deputy FM

Jakarta Informer - Saturday 18th May, 2013

The office of Syria’s deputy foreign minister says gunmen have abducted his elderly father in the southern Daraa province. The office says Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad’s … Full News here ...

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North Korea launches threatened missile

Indonesia News.Net - Saturday 18th May, 2013

North Korea has fired three short-range missiles from its east coast. South Korean officials have been carefully monitoring the missile firings as tensions rise again in the Korean Peninsula. The missiles were fired on Saturday morning and afternoon in a north-east direction. Analysts have said the missiles were not as dangerous as the intermediate-range missiles which Pyongyang had ...
Violence flares throughout Iraq

Indonesia News.Net - Saturday 18th May, 2013

Violence has erupted in many areas of Iraq. On Saturday morning eight people, including a police officer, his wife and children, were killed by gunmen who also kidnapped ten security force personnel in the Rashid area, south of Baghdad. The gunmen first broke into the home of the local administrator, killing one of his guards. They then moved on to the nearby house of Captain Adnan ...
Cell phone surveillance powers loosened in US

Indonesia News.Net - Saturday 18th May, 2013

A federal judge in the US has given law agents permission to track people's mobile phones without a warrant. New York judge Gary Brown has ruled that law enforcement agents can conduct cell phone surveillance against people who forget to turn their phones off. In a written ruling, he said: "Given the ubiquity and celebrity of geo-location technologies, an individual has no legitimate ...

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SUV passengers more likely to survive crashes

Indonesia News.Net - Saturday 18th May, 2013

Passengers in SUVs are now known to be more likely to survive a serious crash. A new study conducted by the University of Buffalo in the US has found the driver of the SUV is as much as 10 times more likely to survive in a head-on collision where a passenger car is involved. While automakers have taken steps to improve safety in normal passenger cars, such as changing bumper designs on ...
Spain sees rise in surplus

Indonesia News.Net - Saturday 18th May, 2013

Spain has reported a trade surplus, the first since 1971. With imports slumping due to austerity measures, the first monthly trade surplus for more than 40 years is being seen as a positive development. However, the country is still suffering from an economic downturn with unemployment in Spain now running at 26.7%. The surplus of 634.9 million euros in March reflects a 15% plunge in ...
Letta says perks will be stopped

Indonesia News.Net - Saturday 18th May, 2013

Italy's coalition government has promised to abolish some salaries and perks which are handed out to government ministers. A controversial property tax will also be abolished, or frozen, by the new government of Enrico Letta, who has also promised to do away with the double salary received by some parliamentarians. Before the election, it had been mooted by Letta's coalition partners that ...
Famous artists bring big money at auction

Indonesia News.Net - Saturday 18th May, 2013

Paintings by Jackson Pollock, Roy Lichtenstein and Jean-Michel Basquiat smashed all previous auction records at Christie's in New York during the week. In fact, several works by popular artists brought extraordinary prices. The items made $495 million for their owners at the valuable sale of postwar and contemporary art at Christie's. However, a single Andy Warhol Painting of Marilyn ...