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Indonesia will name investment chief as new finance minister - media
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 ...
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Indonesia extends rainforest logging ban
Indonesia has extended a logging ban aimed at protecting rainforest despite fierce industry pressure, the government says, although green groups say the move still does not go far enough.Vast tracts of the sprawling Indonesian archipelago are covered in trees, including some of the world's most biodiverse tropical rainforest that is home to endangered animals such as orangutans, tigers and ...
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Indonesia Min 2014 Budget Assumes 6.4-6.9 Economic Growth
By Farida Husna JAKARTA--Indonesian government Monday proposed to the Parliament preliminary basic assumptions that will be used to calculate next year's budget, including a projection for 6.4%-6.9% economic growth, the Minister for National Development Planning Armida Alisjahbana said. Mrs. Alisjahbana told reporters the government predicts household consumption and investment will ...
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Freeport copper mine deaths climb to 13 in Indonesia
(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 ...
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Indonesian shuttlers gear up to face India in first match
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 ...
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Indonesia budget plan sees 2014 GDP growth rising to 6.4-6.9 pct
JAKARTA | Mon May 20, 2013 12:36am EDT JAKARTA May 20 (Reuters) - Indonesia's proposed 2014 budget puts GDP growth next year at 6.4-6.9 pct, above the latest Finance Ministry forecast for this year of 6.2 percent. In the proposed budget presented to parliament on Monday, the government said the budget deficit would be 1.7-2.3 percent of gross domestic product. Last month, the ...
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National scene ‘Jokowi doesn’t deserve to be president’
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 ...
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Tornadoes level homes in Oklahoma 21 injured
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 ...
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RI among least racially tolerant countries
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 ...
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Yudhoyono rakes over the muck of Lapindo mudflow
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 ...
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KPK overwhelmed as corruption cases pile up
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 ...
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Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai seeks Indian military aid amid Pakistan row
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." ...
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More bodies recovered in collapsed Indonesia mine
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 ...
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China halts imports of New Zealand meat
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 ...
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Jakarta Journal Suhartos Indonesian Legacy 15 Years Later
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Poisoned alcohol kills British tourist in Indonesia
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 ...
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MUI warns of the resurgence of PKI
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 ...
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Jokowi doesnt deserve to be president
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 ...
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Indonesias nationwide healthcare plan stumbles at first hurdle
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 ...
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Indonesia mine toll rises to nine
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 ...
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UMY students invent blood vessel-detecting device
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 ...
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Indonesia S. Korea mark 40 years of ties with pledge to further boost links
JAKARTA: To mark the 40th anniversary of diplomatic relations between South Korea and Indonesia, officials from both countries came together here on Thursday to pledge their commitment to further strengthening political, economic and social ties. Organised by Jakarta-based think tank Centre for Strategic and International Studies and The Korea Foundation in Seoul, the forum brought together ...
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Four more bodies recovered from collapsed tunnel
The bodies of four more victims of a tunnel collapse at the Big Gossan underground training facility at the PT Freeport Indonesia mine have been recovered by the company's Emergency Response Group (ERG).The victims were identified as Aris Tikupasang, Hengki Hendambo, Jhoni Tulak and Viktor Sanger.Jhoni's body was brought out at around 10 p.m. local time on Saturday; it was subsequently ...
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Police criticized for detaining cop with fat bank accounts
The National Police Commission (Kompolnas) has deplored the measures taken by the National Police (Polri) which has detained a low-ranking police officer Adj.First Insp. (Aiptu) Labora Sitorus with fat bank accounts. It is also considered by the commission that Polri has exaggerated the number of transactions Labora has made."There has been a public falsehood here. There is data, concerning ...
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Pakistan holds re-vote in Karachi despite killing
In this undated photo released by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI, Movement for Justice) party press office in Karachi, Zohra Shahid, center, a senior member of former Pakistani cricket star Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party in Sindh, poses with unidentified women at an unknown location in Pakistan. Police said gunmen on a motorcycle shot and killed Shahid outside her home on ...
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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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