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  • Garuda Indonesia workers mulling strike

    Thu, February 2 2012 20:36

    PT Garuda Indonesia workers are considering to go on strike because of mounting resentment at and dissatisfaction about the management`s actions and attitudes in matters related to their interests..

  • Merpati plane fails to land at Kalabahi airport

    Thu, February 2 2012 19:21

    Bad weather prevented a Merrpati plane with 30 passengers on board from landing at Malli Alor Airport in Kalabahi, East Nusa Tenggara, on Thursday, a passenger said..

  • Eleven die after bus plunges into ravine

    Thu, February 2 2012 14:58

    Eleven passengers were killed and 22 injured after a bus plunged into a ravine in Wado, Sumedang, West Java, on Wednesday night..

  • Stray dogs in Mukomuko district to be culled

    Thu, February 2 2012 14:57

    Mukomuko district`s animal husbandry office is planning to exterminate 2,000 stray dogs in the region to prevent the spreading of a rabies outbreak, a spokesman said,"The extermination will be conducted gradually, starting in the first quarter and lasting until the fourth quarter of the year," ....

  • Foreign role in safeguarding territorial borders "improper" : PDIP

    Wed, February 1 2012 23:59

    An opposition Indonesian Democracy Party-Struggle (PDIP) legislator has dismissed as "improper" any government intention to cooperate with a foreign power in safeguarding the country`s territorial borders..

  • Swedish King impressed by Bantul scouts' work

    Wed, February 1 2012 20:19

    Visiting Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf said he was impressed by the social awareness of boy scouts in Bantul district who had built a training center for the local community..

  • Labor disputes settlement must be free of political interests: president

    Wed, February 1 2012 18:56

    President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said disputes over workers` demand for pay raises must be settled free from political interests..

  • Two Indonesian mothers die during delivery every hour

    Wed, February 1 2012 18:55

    Indonesia`s maternal mortality rate is still high as it is believed that almost every hour two Indonesian women die while giving birth, a senior family planning official said, "If we add up the numbers, one can imagine how many Indonesian mothers die every day during delivery," Sudibyo, ....

  • Islamic organization to hold underwater prayer service

    Wed, February 1 2012 18:54

    The North Maluku Islamic organization Al Munawar Mosque Welfare Agency is cooperating with the Indonesian Navy and diving community to hold an underwater noon prayer service on February 5, 2012..

  • Swedish king in Indonesia for four-day visit

    Tue, January 31 2012 23:33

    President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono welcomed Swedish King Carl Gustaf Folke Hubertus who arrived here for a four day visit here on Tuesday..

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