ANT - LKBN ANTARA (Indonesia) back issues from December 2003:
ANGRY MOB DESTROY TENTENA POLICE HEADQUARTERS.
Dec 01, 2003 ... Palu, C Sulawesi, Nov 30 (ANTARA) - The North Pamona police headquarters and its chief's house in Tentena, Poso district, Central Sulawesi, were reportedly destroyed by an enraged mob, sources said. Reports gathered by ANTARA from Poso Sunday evening said the action took place on ...
POLICE WITHDRAWN FROM W SUMATERA CLASH SCENE.
Dec 01, 2003 ... Padang, Nov 30 (ANTARA) - The West Sumatera Police headquarters has begun withdrawing their members by stages from the conflict-stricken location where two opposing groups respectively from Muaro Kalaban and Padang Sibusuk villages, Sawahlunto Sijunjung district, had been fighting each ...
US JOURNALIST TO LECTURE, HOLD DISCCUSSION IN MEDAN.
Dec 01, 2003 ... Medan, Nov 30 (ANTARA) - Noted US journalist Bill Kovach is to visit Medan to give a lecture to and hold a discussion with journalists, media observers and acedemicians at the auditorium of the Yayasan Pengembangan Persahabatan Indonesia-Amerika (YPPIA) on Tuesday (Nov 2). According to ...
BRAWLS IN RIAU LEAVE ONE DEAD, TWO WOUNDED.
Dec 01, 2003 ... Pekanbaru, Riau, Nov 30 (ANTARA) - Brawls between two different groups occurred in Kuala Merbau village, Bengkalis district, Riau, on Wednesday evening, leaving one person dead and two others wounded, sources said.Information gathered by ANTARA from some young men on Sunday ...
MONDAY'S HEADLINES IN MAJOR INDONESIA DAILIES.
Dec 01, 2003 ... The Jakarta Post HIGH-RISK BEHAVIOR SPURS RI'S AIDS RATE As the globe commemorates World AIDS Day on Dec 1, Indonesia's response continues to remain dangerously slow while millions of its people continue to obliviously engage in high-risk behavior. Media Indonesia ...
OSSAA TEAM TO TREAT 30 LEPERS IN E NUSTENGGARA.
Dec 01, 2003 ... Atambua, Nov 30 (ANTARA) - Some 30 lepers in East Nusatenggara's Timor Tengah Utara (TTU) district are expecting to be treated by a medical team of the Overseas Specialist Surgical Association of Australia (OSSAA) next December 6-10, a social worker said here Sunday. Doctors ...
MONDAY'S EDITORIALS FROM INDONESIAN DAILIES: 1 DEC 2003.
Dec 01, 2003 ... Media Indonesia Editorial Summary: THE TURMOIL IN PAPUA Separatism seems to be an endless problem which this republic continues to face. With various reasons, certain groups from time to time always try to secede from the Unitary State of the Indonesian Republic. ...
MORNING STAR FLAG OF PAPUA SEPARATIST GROUP LOWERED.
Dec 01, 2003 ... Jayapura, Dec 1 (ANTARA) - After fluttering in the air for about three hours, the Papua separatist flag of "Bintang Kejora" (The Morning Star) was lowered by the local police at 8:50 a.m. local time, ANTARA reported here Monday. The police lowered the flag by cuting off its string ...
AMOUNT OF CGI LOAN TO RI TO BE BASED ON BUDGET NEED.
Dec 01, 2003 ... Jakarta, Dec 1 (ANTARA) - Finance Minister Boediono said here on Monday the amount of loans that the CGI would provide for Indonesia in 2004 would be based on the 2004 state budget need (APBN). "We would first refer to the state budget need in deciding the amount of loans Indonesia ...
HERU PURNOMO NEW INDON WESTERN FLEET COMMANDER.
Dec 01, 2003 ... Jakarta, Dec 1 (ANTARA) - Indonesia's Navy chief of staff Admiral Bernard Kent Sondakh here on Monday installed Commodore Y Didik Heru Purnomo as chief of the country's Western Fleet, replacing Rear Admiral Mualimin S, who has reached retiring age. Before he was promoted as the ...
MILY NOT TO TOLERATE HOLDING OF GAM ANNIVERSARY.
Dec 01, 2003 ... Banda Aceh, Dec 1 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian military said Monday it would not tolerate the commemoration of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) anniversary on December 4. Spokesman of the Regional Military Emergency Authority Let Col Firdaus Kumarno said the Indonesian Defence Force (TNI) ...
BALI'S NON-OIL EXPORTS WORTH US$405 MILLION.
Dec 01, 2003 ... Denpasar, Bali, Dec 1 (ANTARA) - Bali's non-oil commodity exports in the first ten months of 2003 were recorded at US$405.4 million, increasing by five percent compared with those in the corresponding period last year, an official said here on Monday. "Bali continues to increase the ...
GOVT MAY NOT FULFIL ITS TARGET T-BOND ISSUANCE.
Dec 01, 2003 ... Jakarta, Dec 1 (ANTARA) - The government may hold back its target to issue Rp3.2 trillion worth Treasury bonds (T-Bonds) by the end of this year if it considers unnecessary to do so, Finance Minister Boediono said here on Monday. The Rp3.2 trillion T-Bonds are part of the Rp11.7 ...
PRESIDENT MEGAWATI TO REVISE LAW NO.22/1999.
Dec 01, 2003 ... Jakarta, Dec 1 (ANTARA) - Indonesian President Megawati Soekarnoputry has promised to revise law no.22/1999 on regional government before 2004 general election, government official said here Monday. "Mademe president has promised to revise the law before next year election," chairman ...
RI DETERMINED TO WIN 70 GOLD MEDALS AT 22ND SEA GAMES.
Dec 01, 2003 ... Hanoi, Dec. 1 (ANTARA) - Indonesia plans to win 70 gold medals at the 22nd SEA Games. The country will participate in 28 out of 32 events at the Games, Vietnamese News Agency (VNA) reported here on Monday.At most SEA Games held since 1977, Indonesia took first place but it ...
PRESIDENT MEGAWATI TO SEND NANA SUTRESNA TO N KOREA.
Dec 01, 2003 ... Jakarta, Dec 1 (ANTARA) - Indonesian President Megawati Soekarnoputri is to send the country's special envoy Nana Sutresna to North Korea on December 9 to meet with President Kim Jong-Il in a bid to seeking the solution of nuclear issue. After meeting with Megawati at the state palace ...
GUS DUR CONVINCED E JAVA CLERICS' MURDERS POLITICALLY MOTIVATED.
Dec 01, 2003 ... Mataram, Dec 1 (ANTARA) - Former President Abdurrahman Wahid, who is popularly also named Gus Dur, said he was convinced the recent murders of two Islamic clerics in East Java were politically motivated. He said his conviction was based on the fact that the assassins in both ...
STUDENTS FALL OFF TRAIN, THREE DEAD, THREE OTHERS INJURED.
Dec 01, 2003 ... Bandung, W Java, Dec 1 (ANTARA) - Three senior high-school students were killed and three others sustained serious injuries after falling off a fast-moving train at Cicendo in West Bandung, on Sunday, police said. The six were part of a group of 18 students from PGRI Senior ...
VEEP'S EXPERT STAFF ON INDON SECURITY DEVELOPMENTS.
Dec 01, 2003 ... Jakarta, December 12 (ANTARA) - Increasing cases of violence during the last several weeks in Poso, Central Sulawesi, and the murder of an "ulema" ( Islamic clergyman) in East Java, have been conducted by those who do not wish to have Indonesia a safe country. This was stated by Prof ....
ANOTHER VILLAGE IN POSO ATTACKED.
Dec 01, 2003 ... Palu, Dec 1 (ANTARA) - A village in Poso, Central Sulawesi, was again attacked by unidentified gunmen on Sunday night but nobody was harmed, police confirmed here on Monday. The chief of the Poso police resort, Adjunct Senior Commissioner Abdi Dharma, said police were still trying to ...
SOME 20 POLITICAL PARTIES LIKELY TO CONTEST 2004 ELECTIONS.
Dec 02, 2003 ... Jakarta, Dec 1 (ANTARA) - Next year's general elections are likely to be contested by only 15 to 20 political parties as many parties aspiring to take part will not be able to meet the electoral requirements.Mulyana W Kusumah, chirman of the General Elections Comission ...
ROADS IN JAKARTA CROWDED AGAIN AFTER HOLIDAYS' QUIET.
Dec 02, 2003 ... Jakarta, Dec 1 (ANTARA) - Roads in capital city Jakarta were again crowded on Monday after being quiet for several days when its residents left them for Idul Fitri holiday. Government as well as private offices reopened again that day after closing for nine days for the Islamic ...
MANY COUNTRIES OFFER WARSHIPS TO RI, NAVY CHIEF SAYS.
Dec 02, 2003 ... Jakarta, Dec 1 (ANTARA) - China, the Netherlands and South Korea have offered warships to Indonesia, the country's navy commander Admiral Bernard Kent Sondakh said here on Monday. "Many countries have offered their products to Indonesia including China, the Netherlands and South ...
MILY TO INTENSIFY PATROLS AHEAD OF ACEH REBEL MOVEMENT'S ANNIVERSARY.
Dec 02, 2003 ... Banda Aceh, Dec 1 (ANTARA) - The military said here on Monday that they would intensify patrols ahead of the anniversary of Aceh separatist movement on December 4. "We will intensify patrols so that people will not be involved by them in the commemoration," the commander of the ...
MEGAWATI ORDERS PARTY IN NTT TO INVESTIGATE LARANTUKA INCIDENT.
Dec 02, 2003 ... Kupang, Dec 1 (ANTARA) - General Chairman of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) Megawati Soekarnoputri has asked the party's East Nusatenggara chapter to investigate the Larantuka incident which erupted on November 15, this year. She also instructed her party to ...
MINISTRY TO TAKE ACTION AGAINST PT GEMA WAHYU PRATAMA.
Dec 02, 2003 ... Jakarta, Dec 1 (ANTARA) - The Religious Affairs Ministry will take firm action against PT Gema Wahyu and Taruna AlQuran for making prospetive hajj pilgrims pay an illegal surcharge of about US$1,600 , a spokesman said. "We will take action against the two companies for their underhand ...
MINISTRY DENIES HAJJ QUOTA BEING TRADED.
Dec 02, 2003 ... Jakarta, Dec 1 (ANTARA) - Director General for Islamic Development and Haj Pilgrimage Affairs Taufik Kamil denied a report saying that there was trading of haj quota for special hajj pilgrimage package which had been closed since August 29. "The Religious Affairs Minister is currently ...
SPECIAL POLICE TEAMS PROBING POSO ATTACKS.
Dec 02, 2003 ... Palu, Dec 1 (ANTARA) - Central Sulawesi police have assigned detective and criminal investigation teams to investigate armed attacks in two different locations in Poso district, a spokesman said. One team was deployed to Kilotrans village in Poso Pesisir sub-district, and another to ...
TUESDAY'S HEADLINES OF INDONESIA'S MAJOR DAILIES.
Dec 02, 2003 ... The Jakarta Post STAY-HOME CIVIL SERVANTS FACE PAY CUT High absentee rates on Monday at government offices led to long queues for people wanting to pay their phone and water bills, and canceled meetings at the national legislature. Kompas 21 POLITICAL PARTIES MIGHT ...
TUESDAY'S EDITORIALS FROM INDONESIAN DAILIES: 2 DEC 2003.
Dec 02, 2003 ... Kompas Editorial Summary: MEASURING POLITICAL MATURITY On Tuesday, the National Election Commissions (KPU) is expected to announce the names of the political parties that have been cleared to contest the 2004 elections. From the announcement, we are going to see to what ...
MALAYSIAN MAN ARRESTED FOR ILLEGAL LOGGING IN PAPUA.
Dec 02, 2003 ... Jayapura, Papua, Dec 2 (ANTARA) - The local police in the Indonesian easternmost province of Papua said to have arrested Lee Kah Wai, a Malaysian man who engaged in illegal logging in the province. Local police chief Insp. Gen. Budi Utomo said here Tuesday that his side is hunting Lai Chee ...
THREE MORE REBELS KILLED IN ACEH.
Dec 02, 2003 ... Banda Aceh, Dec 2 (ANTARA) - Three more rebels were killed on Monday in the Indonesia's restive province of Aceh, where troops are in the seventh month of an offensive to crush separatist guerrillas, Indonesian military said Tuesday. Provincial military spokesman Ahmad Yani Basuki said ...
SOME 6,402 DISPLACED PEOPLE LIVING IN ACEH'S CAMPS.
Dec 02, 2003 ... Banda Aceh, Dec 2 (ANTARA) - Some 6,402 displaced people are still living in camps in five districts/towns in Nagroe Aceh Darussalam province, a spokesman has said. Burhanuddin, spokesman of the Humanitarian Center at the Aceh Social Affair office, said here Tuesday that the displaced ...
POSO REMAINS HEATING UP, SECURITY MINISTER SAYS.
Dec 02, 2003 ... Jakarta, Dec 2 (ANTARA) - The situation in Indonesian Central Sulawesi town of Poso remains heating up following the weekend killing of four people there, top security minister Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said here Tuesday. Since the situation in the religiously-divided Poso district ...
VP AGREES TO PLAN TO BUILD BALARAJA FLY-OVER.
Dec 02, 2003 ... Tangerang, December 2 (ANTARA) - Vice President Hamzah Haz has voiced agreement to the Tengerang district administration's plan to build a fly-over in Balaraja in Banten province, a spokesman said. When constructed, the fly-over is expected to ease chronic traffic jams in the ...
NU-MUHAMMADIYAH ALLIANCE OF ANTI-CORRUPTION HAILED.
Dec 02, 2003 ... Jakarta, December 2 (ANTARA) - The establishment of the Anti-Corruption Alliance between Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) and Muhammadiyah Islamic organizations has been hailed as the campaign of last resort against grafts in this country. This was stated Nadjih Ahjad, a Member of the Parliament ...
PIDIE POLICE GRILLING JAKARTA BOMBING SUSPECT.
Dec 02, 2003 ... Banda Aceh, Dec 2 (ANTARA) - Pidie district police have arrested a 34-year-old man suspected of involvement in two terror bombing incidents which occurred in Jakarta two to three years ago, a spokesman said."A police investigator from Jakarta is assisting us in interrogating ...
SWEDEN MUST NOT DISAPPOINT RI IN HASAN TIRO CASE, SAYS OBSERVER.
Dec 02, 2003 ... Medan, N Sumatra, Dec 2 (ANTARA) - The Swedish government should not dissappoint its Indonesian counterpart in the matter of separatist Free Aceh Movement (GAM) leader Hasan Tiro who is directing separatist activities in Nangroe Aceh Darussalam, an observer said. "Hasan Tiro's case ...
RI WANTS OPEC PRODUCTION CEILING MAINTAINED AT 24.5 MILLION BPD.
Dec 02, 2003 ... Jakarta, Dec 2 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian government wants the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to keep its oil production ceiling at 24.5 million barrels per day, a cabinet member said on Tuesday. Energy and Mines Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro told newsmen ...
BOMBING SUSPECTS AZAHARI, MOHD TOP POSSIBLY NO LONGER IN W JAVA.
Dec 02, 2003 ... Bandung, Dec 2 (ANTARA) - Police said here Tuesday the two most wanted suspects in the JW Marriott Hotel bombing in Jakarta, Dr Azahari and Noor Din Mohd Top, are probably no longer in West Java. However, "we are still monitoring a number of places (here) and coordinating with other ...
2004 EXPORTS PROJECTED TO INCREASE BY SEVEN PCT FROM 2003.
Dec 02, 2003 ... Jakarta, Dec 2 (ANTARA) - Indonesia's non-oil exports in 2004 had been projected to increase by seven percent compared to 2003, Industry and Trade Minister Rini MS Soewandi said. After attending a meeting of the Financial Sector Policy Committee (KKSK) in Jakarta Tuesday, Rini said...
MINISTER ON INDON GARMENT TRADE COMPETITION ABROAD.
Dec 02, 2003 ... Jakarta, December 2 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian garments and textile products might lose in the international market competition following the lifting of the commodities' export quota to the United States by the end of 2004. However, if Indonesia manages to improve the quality, price and ...
GOVT TAKES MEASURES TO PREVENT GAM ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS.
Dec 02, 2003 ... Jakarta, Dec 2 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian government has taken various anticipatory measures, including preparations to take repressive action, to prevent Aceh separatist rebels from celebraing their movement's anniversary on December 4, a spokesman said. "The Aceh martial law administrator ...
FOREX RESERVES US$ 35.06 B IN THIRD WEEK OF NOVEMBER.
Dec 02, 2003 ... Jakarta, Dec 2 (ANTARA) - Indonesia's foreign exchange reserves in the third week of 2003 reached 35.06 billion US dollars, up by 115.3 million dollars compared to a week earlier. The increase was especially thanks to non-oil export revenues and offshore loans, Bank Indonesia disclosed ...
TEN PEOPLE DETAINED OVER LARANTUKA RIOT.
Dec 02, 2003 ... Kupang, E Nusa Tenggara, Dec 2 (ANTARA) - Police have detained at least 10 people suspected of involvement in a violent riot that happened last Nov. 15 in the East Flores capital of Larantuka, East Nusa Tenggara, a spokesman said. "We have declared them suspects and they are now being ...
GOVT DEPLOYS PERSONNEL TO FACE FLOODS ACROSS INDONESIA.
Dec 02, 2003 ... Jakarta, Dec 2 (ANTARA) - The ministry of regional resettlement and infrastructure has deployed its personnel to flood-control projects in each province in view of the floods currently hitting many provinces in the country. "At least we have received reports on floods hitting Palembang ...
E JAVA MURDERS 'COMMON CRIMES', SAYS SENIOR MINISTER.
Dec 03, 2003 ... Jakarta, Dec 2 (ANTARA) - Police investigations into the recent murders of a Moslem cleric and businessman in East Java so far have established that the incidents were "pure common crimes", a senior minister in chargee of national security said here Tuesday. Coordinating Minister for ...
STILL NO NEED FOR INDONESIA TO IMPORT RICE.
Dec 03, 2003 ... Jakarta, DEC 2 (ANTARA) - Indonesia still has no need for rice imports as the existing supplies are still plenty to meet domestic consumption and in face of next year's harvest season. "Frankly speaking I have not checked the latest data, but as far as I know supplies are still adequate ...
RI-VIETNAM AIR LINK EXPECTED TO BOOST TRADE.
Dec 03, 2003 ... Jakarta, Dec 2 (ANTARA) - Indonesia-Vietnam trade in the coming years is expected to increase reaching 1 billion US dollars with Garuda and Lion Air flights starting in mid-December 2003. "Garuda's inaugural flights will be started on December 16 and Lion Air will start operating on ...
E JAVA EXPECTING TO EARN US$5 BILLION FROM 2003 EXPORTS.
Dec 03, 2003 ... Surabaya, Dec 2 (ANTARA) - East Java province expects to earn US$4.9 billion to US$5 billion from its non-oil/non-gas exports this year or slightly more than last year when the figure was US$4.8 billion, a leading provincial exporter said. "We predict the value of East Java's exports ...
ELEPHANTS RUN AMUCK, ONE VILLAGER KILLED.
Dec 03, 2003 ... Bandar Lampung, Dec 2 (ANTARA) - A villager died after seven "angry" wild elephants ran amuck in the Sumatran district of Tanggamus, Lampung, on Saturday, a park official confirmed here on Tuesday. Tamen Sitorus, the chief official of the South Bukit Barisan National Park, said Dassa, ...
TWELVE PARTIES CONFIRMED TO PARTICIPATE IN 2004 GENERAL ELECTIONS.
Dec 03, 2003 ... Jakarta, Dec 2 (ANTARA) - As many as 12 political parties were confirmed here on Tuesday to participate in next year's general elections. General Elections Commission (KPU Chairman Nazaruddin Syamsudin said the 12 parties had passed a factual verification test. He said the ...
TANAH KARO FARMERS STOP ORANGE EXPORTS.
Dec 03, 2003 ... Medan, North Sumatera, Dec 2 (ANTARA) - Farmers in Tanah Karo district, North Sumatera, have stopped export of oranges since early in 2003 due to lack of foreign demand, a spokesman said. "Oranges from Tanah Karo were usually exported to such countries as Singapore and Malaysia, but ...
WEDNESDAY'S HEADLINES OF INDONESIA'S MAJOR DAILIES.
Dec 03, 2003 ... The Jakarta Post SIX MORE PARTIES PASS SCREENING FOR 2004 ELECTIONS Six more of the 40 political parties undergoing factual verification have passed the final screening and are thus officially eligible for next year's elections, the National General Elections Commission (KPU) ...
U.S. JOURNALISTS TO VISIT INDONESIA'S W KALIMANTAN.
Dec 03, 2003 ... Pontianak, W Kalimantan, Dec 3 (ANTARA) - Two American journalists are slated to speak during a seminar on journalism ethics and investigative journalism, to be held here on Dec 5-7.They are Prof Ralph Barney of Brigham Young, Utah, who is the author of "The Journalism in Ethics" ...
WEDNESDAY'S EDITORIALS OF INDONESIA'S MAJOR DAILIES.
Dec 03, 2003 ... Editorial summary of Media Indonesia WAITING FOR POLITICAL PARTIES WHICH WON'T BURDEN THE PEOPLE The 2004 general elections bring the people hope and anxieties -- hope because for the first time, the people themselves will elect the president, vice president, and members of the ...
INDON VEEP HOPES POLICE COULD UNVEIL KILLING OF MOSLEM CLERIC.
Dec 03, 2003 ... Jakarta, Dec 12 (ANTARA) - Indonesian Vice President Hamzah Haz on Wednesday expressed hope that the police could soon unveil the mystery behind last Thursday's killing of a Moslem cleric in the East Java town of Lumajang. KH Asmuni Ishak, also an activist of the Nation's Awakening ...
INDON MILY TO PREVENT ACEHNESE REBEL GROUP FROM COMMEMORATING ANNIVERSARY.
Dec 03, 2003 ... Jakarta, Dec 3 (ANTARA) - Indonesian Defense Force chief, Gen Endriartono Sutarto, has said the military will prevent the separatist movement in Aceh province from commemorating its anniversary on Dec 4. "In principle, we do not want the movement's anniversary to be commemorated. We are ...
PAPUA GOVERNOR DEPLORES NEGATIVE INFO SPREADING ABROAD.
Dec 03, 2003 ... Jayapura, Papua, Dec 3 (ANTARA) - Papua Governor Jaap Solossa has expressed disappointment over the negative information about Papua spreading abroad, which he said has resulted in the reluctance of foreign tourists to visit Indonesia's easternmost province. "The negative information was ...
JAKARTA TO HOST INT'L KORAN READING COMPETITION.
Dec 03, 2003 ... Jakarta, Dec 3 (ANTARA) - Some 45 countries are expected to participate in the first-ever International Koran Reading Competition (MTQ) at Jakarta's Istiqlal Mosque on Dec 6-8, Religious Affairs Minister Said Agil Husin Almunawar said here Wednesday. "Although Indonesia is one of the ...
NATUNA'GAS SUPPLY TO SINGAPORE COMES TO A HALT.
Dec 03, 2003 ... Pekanbaru, Riau, Dec 3 (ANTARA) - The gas supply from Indonesia's Natuna district, Riau Islands, to Singapore came to a halt for temporary due to leakages of pipelines, a spokesman said. "We found the leakages of gas pipelines two weeks ago but we don't know whether or not they are already ...
ARMYMAN KILLED IN LUMAJANG.
Dec 03, 2003 ... Surabaya, Dec 3 (ANTARA) - An armyman was killed with sickles by three unidentified assilants in Sumeno village, Lumajang, East Java, early on Wednesday. "The village-based non-commissioned officer died on the spot from deep cuts on his neck and left thigh," East Java Military Command ...
PKPB NOMINATES SOEHARTO'S ELDEST DAUGHTER FOR PRESIDENT.
Dec 03, 2003 ... Jakarta, Dec 3 (ANTARA) - Former president Soeharto's eldest daughter, Siti Hardiyanti Rukmana or otherwise popularly called Mbak Tutut, has been named a presidential candidate by the Functional Care for the Nation Party (PKPB), the party's leader said here Wednesday.PKPB ...
E JAVA PKB DEPLOYS TASK FORCE TO PROTECT CLERICS, FUNCTIONARIES.
Dec 03, 2003 ... Surabaya, Dec 3 (ANTARA) - The Nation's Awakening Party (PKB)'s East Java chapter has assigned members of its task force to guard Moslem clerics and local party functionaries in view of an increasing threat to their safety, a spokesman said here Wednesday. "We don't provide them with ...
STRONG QUAKE SHAKES JAKARTA.
Dec 03, 2003 ... Jakarta, Dec 3 (ANTARA) - A tectonic earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter Scale shook the Jakarta area on Wednesday evening with its epicenter reported to be in Pelabuhan Ratu, some 145 km south of here. The temblor lasted about four minutes from 7.04 to 7.08 and was felt ...