Latest Stories from ANTARA News http://www.antaranews.com Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:00:02 +0700 http://www.antaranews.com/en/news/1268771653/edict-on-smoking-to-affect-excise-receipts-official The edict (Fatwa) issued by the country`s Muslim organization Muhammadiyah that smoking is haram (banned by religion) is expected to affect the government`s excise receipts in 2010, a senor official said. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 03:34:13 +0700 http://www.antaranews.com/en/news/1268771548/tobacco-farmers-association-against-muhammadiyahs-no-smoking-edict The Indonesian Tobacco Farmers Association (APTI) opposes Muhammadiyah`s non-smoking edict issued last Tuesday (March 9), a source said. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 03:32:28 +0700 http://www.antaranews.com/en/news/1268771372/garbage-slide-kills-four-in-bogor A garbage slide triggered by heavy rains at the Galuga dump site in Bogor, West Java, on Tuesday killed four people and injured seven others. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 03:29:32 +0700 http://www.antaranews.com/en/news/1268767983/60-ton-illegal-explosives-shipped-from-malaysia-to-kendari-cought A Riau Islands customs patrol boat caught a sail motor boat KLM Pratama carrying 60 tons of allegedly illegal ammonium nitrate explosives not far from the South China Sea in the small hours of Monday. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:33:03 +0700 http://www.antaranews.com/en/news/1268765464/pakistani-embassy-holding-art-exhibition The Pakistani Embassy in Jakarta in cooperation with the Ciputat Gallery opened a week-long Indonesia-Pakistan art exhibition on Tuesday. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 01:51:04 +0700 http://www.antaranews.com/en/news/1268751651/purwakarta-student-rally-against-obamas-visit Tens of students in Purwakarta district, West Java, took to the streets on Tuesday to reject US President Barack Obama`s visit to Indonesia later this month. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:00:51 +0700 http://www.antaranews.com/en/news/1268751387/mily-ready-to-help-police-catch-terror-suspects-in-aceh Iskandar Muda military commander Maj Gen Hambali Hanafiah said the military (TNI) had prepared one company of its anti-terror forces to assist the police in hunting terror suspects in Aceh. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:56:27 +0700 http://www.antaranews.com/en/news/1268751067/muhammadiyah-straightens-out-foreign-funds-smoking-fatwa-issue Indonesia`s Muslim organization Muhammadiyah straightened out Tuesday reports that it had received billions of rupiah from a foreign non-governmental organization (NGO) for its decision to issue a `haram` (religiously banned) edict (fatwa) on smoking. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:51:07 +0700 http://www.antaranews.com/en/news/1268744764/terror-suspects-in-aceh-wanted-by-police-for-long-time National Police Chief General Bambang Hendarso Danuri said the terror suspects now being pursued in Aceh province had been on the police`s wanted list for a long time. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:06:04 +0700 http://www.antaranews.com/en/news/1268744636/all-quiet-in-bali-on-day-of-silence All human activity on Bali island came to a standstill to avoid making any sound on Tuesday in observance of the Hindu New Year or locally known as Nyepi. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:03:56 +0700 http://www.antaranews.com/en/news/1268744527/hundreds-of-inmates-granted-sentence-reductions A total of 344 inmates throughout the country were granted a special sentence reduction on the occasion of the Hindu Day of Seclusion and New Year 1932, an official said. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:02:07 +0700 http://www.antaranews.com/en/news/1268744337/america-considers-ri-only-as-a-friend Member of Commission I of the House of Representatives in charge of defense and foreign policy Fayakhun Andriadi of the Golkar faction said it appeared that the United States regarded Indonesia just a friend. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:58:57 +0700 http://www.antaranews.com/en/news/1268744168/anti-graft-body-urged-to-recruit-independent-investigators The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has been urged to recruit independent investigators, namely those who do not come from public prosecutor`s offices or the police. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:56:08 +0700 http://www.antaranews.com/en/news/1268744066/religious-organizations-asked-to-be-wise-in-issuing-fatwas Religious Affairs Minister Suryadharma Ali has asked religious organizations to be wise in issuing fatwas (religious edicts) that could affect the people`s life, particularly their livelihoods. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:54:26 +0700 http://www.antaranews.com/en/news/1268743939/modest-quake-shakes-padang-city An earthquake measuring 4.8 on the Richter scale shook Padang city on Monday at 2.30 am local time. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:52:19 +0700 http://www.antaranews.com/en/news/1268687934/ministry-deports-18-foreigners-working-in-ri-illegally The manpower ministry recently deported 18 foreigners who had been working in Indonesia illegally while intensifying its watch over the possible influx of foreign workers under the Asean-China Free Trade agreement, a spokesman said. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:18:54 +0700 http://www.antaranews.com/en/news/1268687389/obamas-agenda-in-jakarta-unchanged-presidential-spokesman US President Barack Obama`s agenda during his visit to Indonesia will be unchanged although the schedule of the visit has been altered, presidential spokesman Dino Pati Djalal said here on Monday. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:09:49 +0700 http://www.antaranews.com/en/news/1268687291/house-okays-nuke-plants The House of Representatives (DPR) has given the green light to the government`s intention to go ahead with its plan to build nuclear power plants (PLTNs). Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:08:11 +0700 http://www.antaranews.com/en/news/1268687180/liquor-free-from-luxury-sales-tax-starting-april-1 Under a newly enacted fiscal law, alcoholic beverages will no longer be subject to luxury good sales tax effective next April 1, Finance Minister Sri Mulyani announced here Monday. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:06:20 +0700 http://www.antaranews.com/en/news/1268687061/police-still-seeking-14-terror-suspects-in-aceh Police General Bambang Hendarso Danuri has appealed to various parties in Aceh from clerics to village heads to give information in case they know about the 14 alleged terrorists now being pursued by police. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:04:21 +0700