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  • Four officials dismissed over Nasir`s cell visit

    Mon, February 13 2012 00:02

    Law and Human Rights Minister Amir Syamsuddin has dismissed four officials of the Directorate General of Corrections over lawmaker Muhammad Nasir`s visit to the cell of graft suspect M. Nazaruddin outside visit hours at the Cipinang Penitentiary. The four were head of the East Jakarta ....

  • Diversity brings harmony in Indonesia: religious figures

    Sun, February 12 2012 21:18

    Thousands of religious congregation representatives in Indonesia gathered at Nusantara Hall of Parliamentary Building in Jakarta on Sunday to celebrate World Interfaith Harmony Week 2012 with the theme Diversity Creates Harmony in Indonesia..

  • Karunia Bhakti driver runs, afraid of being beaten up

    Sun, February 12 2012 00:26

    Lukman Iskandar (43), the driver of Karunia Bhakti passenger bus that plunged into a ravine killing 14 people on Friday said he had run because he was afraid he would be beaten up by people..

  • Crowd storms Cilik Riwut airport to bar FPI leader's entry

    Sun, February 12 2012 00:12

    Hundreds of people on Saturday forced their way on to the apron of Cilik Riwut airport to prevent the arrival of FPI (Islam Defenders Front) leader Habib Rizieq in Palangka Raya..

  • Thousands in Palangkaraya rally against FPI presence

    Sat, February 11 2012 20:47

    Thousands of Dayak tribal people here Saturday gathered in a rally at Palangka Raya's Besar Roundabout to reject an FPI (Islam Defenders' Front) presence in the city..

  • Earthquake hits Halmahera

    Sat, February 11 2012 17:08

    An earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale jolted South Halmahera, North Maluku Province, on Saturday at 2.06 pm Western Indonesian Standard Time (WIB)..

  • TNI chief visits his men in Lebanon

    Sat, February 11 2012 02:16

    Military (TNI) Chief Admiral Agus Suhartono paid a visit to his men grouped in the 23th-F mechanical battalion task force of UNIFIL in Adshid Al Qusayr, Southern Lebanon Thursday..

  • Presidential decree on migrant workers task force issued next week

    Sat, February 11 2012 01:57

    A presidential decree on the extension of the tenure of the Indonesian Migrant Workers Protection Task Force (Satgas TKI) is expected to be issued next week, a Satgas spokesman said..

  • RI must remain neutral about Syria : MP

    Sat, February 11 2012 01:55

    The Chairman of the House of Representatives` (DPR) Commission I, Mahfudz Siddiq, said Indonesia must remain neutral after a UN resolution on Syria was vetoed by Russia and China..

  • Bus plunges into ravine, 13 killed

    Fri, February 10 2012 23:31

    A bus plunged into a ravine in Cisarua subdistrict, Bogor district, West Java, on Friday night, killing at least 13 of its passengers.(*)..

International
Floods in urban areas said to increase poverty in East Asia-Pacific

Floods in urban areas said to increase poverty in East Asia-PacificThe World Bank has stated that flooding in urban areas and cities creates a higher risk of increasing poverty in the ...

Business
RI govt preparing three scenarios for fuel price hike

RI govt preparing three scenarios for fuel price hikeThe government is creating three scenarios to prepare for a hike to prices of subsidized fuel as part of efforts to ...

Sports
RI`s Uber Cup team wins first victory

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Entertainment
Japan to hold Pop Culture Festival in Jakarta

Japan to hold Pop Culture Festival in JakartaThe Japanese Embassy in Jakarta will present Japan Pop Culture Festival 2012 from February 25-26 at Plaza Senayan ...

Science/Tech
2 in 5 in Singapore not mentally ready for babies

2 in 5 in Singapore not mentally ready for babiesAbout two in five people aged between 21 and 39 in Singapore said they were not mentally ready for babies, a latest ...