ANT - LKBN ANTARA (Indonesia) back issues from January 2005:
INDONESIAN MIGRANT CONSTRUCTION WORKER KILLED IN BRUNEI.
Jan 01, 2005 ... Bojonegoro, Dec 12 (ANTARA) - An Indonesian migrant construction worker, Edy Mulyono (30), from Bojonegoro, East Java, was killed while working on a construction project in Brunei Darussalam last Sunday (Dec 26). His dead body was flown from Brunei to Indonesia and handed ...
NAVY TO START SEARCHING FOR DEAD BODIES IN RIVERS AND SEA.
Jan 01, 2005 ... Jakarta, Dec 31 (ANTARA) - After searching for and evacuating dead victims on land, a naval special force (Kopaska) began searching operations in rivers, the sea and small islands, a military spokesman said. The navy has despatched a number of its divers to find dead bodies ...
MEULABOH CITY IN STATE OF DEVASTATION, PRACTICALLY NO SIGN OF LIFE.
Jan 01, 2005 ... Jakarta, Dec 31 (ANTARA) - Many parts of Meulaboh, a coastal town in West Aceh, 80 pct of which had been totally devastated by last Sunday's strong earthquake and subsequent tsunamis, is still covered with thick mud. On Friday, an ANTARA journalist who observed the condition of the ...
PRESIDENT: MAKE 2005 A YEAR OF SOLIDARITY, TOGETHERNESS.
Jan 01, 2005 ... Jakarta, Dec 31 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has appealed to the entire nation to declare 2005 a year of solidarity and togetherness for the reconstruction of the natural disaster-stricken regions in the country. "Let us do it on humanitarian grounds," the president ...
JAKARTANS CELEBRATE NEW YEAR WHILE ACEHNESE MOURN.
Jan 01, 2005 ... Jakarta, Dec 31 (ANTARA) - Though many mass organizations and a number of members of the House of Representatives called on the people not to celebrate New Year, many in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta ignored the calls and converged at the National Monument in the heart of the city on ...
AFTERSHOCKS CONTINUE TO ROCK DEVASTATED ACEH.
Jan 01, 2005 ... Jakarta, Jan 1 (ANTARA) - An aftershock jolted heavily devastated Banda Aceh city in Indonesia's Aceh province early on Saturday, causing distressed people to seek safer places in the capital city of the predominantly Muslim province. "An aftershock rocked Banda Aceh again on Saturday ...
KOIZUMI-HOWARD TO ATTEND QUAKE RELIEF SUMMIT IN JAKARTA NEXT WEEK.
Jan 01, 2005 ... Tokyo, Jan. 1 (ANTARA/Kyodo/AFP) - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and Australian Prime Minister John Howard plan to join a meeting of world leaders next Thursday in Jakarta to discuss the massive earthquake in Indonesia and subsequent devastation by tsunamis in Southeast and ...
JAKARTA'S MEDICAL TEAM ACTIVATES EARTHQUAKE-HIT HOSPITALS IN BANDA ACEH.
Jan 01, 2005 ... Jakarta, Jan 1 (ANTARA)-- Medical team from the capital city of Jakarta deployed Wednesday to Banda Aceh, which was struck by a devastating earthquake and tsunami last Sunday, had activated two hospitals and several public health centers after being vacuum due to the natural disaster. ...
INDONESIAN PRESIDENT VISITS ACEH.
Jan 01, 2005 ... Banda Aceh, Aceh, Jan 1 (ANTARA) - Indonesian President Susilo BambangYudhoyono has instructed concerned agencies to distribute humanitarian assistance as soon as possible to victims of very powerful earthquake and tsunami in Aceh province. The head of state made the call in a dialog ...
PRESIDENT'S PLAN TO VISIT DEVASTATED TOWN DELAYED.
Jan 01, 2005 ... Banda Aceh, Aceh, Jan 1 (ANTARA) - Indonesian President Susilo BambangYudhoyono's plan to visit powerful earthquake-wrecked Meulaboh town, some 245 km southeast of here, at 11.00 a.m. Saturday was postponed due to heavy rains. ANTARA reported here Saturday the Superpuma helicopter ...
KOREA TO EXPLORE TWO MILLION TONS OF COAL IN INDONESIA'S JAMBI.
Jan 01, 2005 ... Sarolangun, Jambi, Jan 1 (ANTARA) - South Korean Government expressed its interest in exploring some two million tons of coal a year or an average of 120,000 tons per month in Sarolangun district in Indonesia's Jambi province.Sarolangun district head Muhammad Madel made the remark ...
ASIAN DISASTER SHOULD BRING LASTING PEACE, SAY WORLD LEADERS.
Jan 01, 2005 ... New York, Jan 1 (ANTARA) - United Nation Secretary General Kofi Annan and United State Secretary of State Colin Powell expressed hope that devastated natural disasters in Indonesia's Aceh province brought a lasting peace between the Indonesian government and the separatist Free Aceh ...
ACEHNESE BEGIN ACTIVITIES DESPITE AFTERSHOCKS.
Jan 01, 2005 ... Jakarta, Jan 1 (ANTARA) - Acehnese have begun their daily activities, although in small scale, a week after devastating earthquake and tsunami swept the region on last Sunday. Antara observed that some traders have begun transaction with buyers in Lambaro market, one of trade centers ...
RICE FOUND SAFE FROM TSUNAMI IN ACEH'S TOWN OF MEULABOH.
Jan 01, 2005 ... Jakarta, Jan 1 (ANTARA)-- Warehouse containing 817 tons of rice belongs to the state logistics agency Perum Bulog in West Aceh district capital of Meulaboh, which was struck by last Sunday's powerful earthquake and tsunami, was found safe from the calamity, an official said. ...
INDONESIAN CHURCHES IN NEW YORK SEEK FUND FOR DISASTER VICTIMS.
Jan 01, 2005 ... New York, Jan 1 (ANTARA)-- Indonesian Christian community here have been seeking fund for victims of a deadly earthquake in Indonesia's Aceh and North Sumatra provinces, a local church leader said. "The Indonesian community in New York who work in American companies have informed other ...
BRITAIN TO PROVIDE US$96 MILLION FOR ASIAN TSUNAMI VICTIMS.
Jan 01, 2005 ... Jakarta, Jan 1 (ANTARA) - The British government has promised to provide a fund of 50 million poundsterlings or about 96 million US dollars for the victims of the powerful earthquake and its subsequent tsunami that swept through the coastlines of Asian countries on Sunday, Dec 26, 2004....
RI TO HOST INT'L MEETING FOR POST-TSUNAMI RECONSTRUCTION.
Jan 01, 2005 ... Jakarta, Jan 1 (ANTARA) - Indonesia will host next Thursday a United Nations-sponsored convention of 23 countries to discuss reconstruction and rehabilitation of countries affected by Last December 26 earthquake and its subsequent tsunamis, Vice President Jusuf Kalla said here on Saturday ....
SINGAPORE RAISES HUMANITARIAN AID TO SD5 MILLION.
Jan 01, 2005 ... Jakarta, Jan 1 (ANTARA) - Singapore has increased its humanitarian aid to SD5 million for tsunami affected countries in South and Southeast Asia, after it previously announced SD2 million aid relief for the region. Singapore Foreign Affairs Ministry in its press release obtained here, ...
US DEPLOYS 17 HELICOPTERS TO ACEH.
Jan 01, 2005 ... Jakarta, Jan 1 (ANTARA) - The United States has deployed 17 helicopters to help humanitarian operation in the last Sunday's strong earthquake and tsunamis-hit province. Commander of Abraham Lincoln carrier ship, Admiral Doug Crowder told Indonesia's commander for Aceh disaster ...
U.S. RELIEF AID FLOWN FROM JAKARTA AIRPORT TO ACEH.
Jan 01, 2005 ... Jakarta, Jan. 1 (ANTARA) - The United States' relief aid, consisting of 3,000 tons of food, 40,000 liters of milk, 40 tons of biscuit and instant noodles, was flown from Halim Perdanakusumah aiport here Sunday to Nangroe Aceh Darussalam (NAD) province with three C-130 aircraft. ...
EARTHQUAKE AGAIN JOLTS SEA AREAS OF SUMATRA.
Jan 01, 2005 ... Medan, Jan 1 (ANTARA) - An earthquake with a magnitude 6,5 on the richter scale again jolted sea area of Sumatra island on Saturday afternoon, an information from Earthquake Monitoring Agencies in Strassbourg and Hong Kong. The state seismological bureau of China in Beijing as ...
BRITAIN PROMISES TO INCREASE HUMANITARIAN AID FOR QUAKE VICTIMS.
Jan 01, 2005 ... Jakarta, Jan 1 (ANTARA) - Britain has promised to give 50 million Pounsterling (USD 96 million) of humanitarian aid to victims of earthquake and tsunamis which hit Indonesia and other countries in South and Southeast Asian region last Sunday (Dec 26, 2004). The total of aid has been ...
ROAD NETWORK TO MEULABOH SHOULD BE IMMEDIATELY OPENED, PRESIDENT SAYS.
Jan 01, 2005 ... Banda Aceh, Jan 1 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said road network to Meulaboh should be immediately opened to ease the flow of logistics to quake and tsunami victims optimally. "The condition of Meulaboh has begun to get better, but it still needs a prompt and ...
QUAKE VICTIMS IN ACEH NEEDS MORE MEDICAL AID.
Jan 01, 2005 ... Banda Aceh, Jan 1 (ANTARA) - Victims of the earthquake and deadly tsunami which had devastated coastal areas in the province of Nangro Aceh Darusalam needed medical aid, rehabilitation and reconstruction of various physical infrastructure, while food aid was quite enough for the time ...
MOROCCO SENDS MEDICAL AID TO QUAKE VICTIMS IN ACEH.
Jan 01, 2005 ... Jakarta, Jan 1 (ANTARA) - The Kingdom of Morocco sent humanitarian aid in form of health equipments, vaccines and blankets for disaster victims in the wake of last Sunday's techtonic earthquake and its subsequently tsunamis which battered coastal areas in Nanggroe Aceh Darusalam province. ...
SHIP CARRIER USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN LAYS ANCHOR IN SABANG.
Jan 02, 2005 ... Sabang, Jan 1 (ANTARA) - United States ship carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, which is carrying eleven Sea Hawk helicopter to distribute humanitarian aid to victims in the natural disaster-hit Nangro Aceh Darussalam, laid its anchor at Malahayati port in Sabang. The sending of 11 ...
JAKARTA AID SUMMIT TO PRODUCE TWO BILLION US DOLLAR.
Jan 02, 2005 ... Jakarta, Jan 2 (ANTARA) - The Jakarta Aid Summit to be participated in by some donor countries which will take place in Indonesia next week will be able to produce at least two billion US dollar worth of rehabilitation fund. The reports obtained by Antara from many resources till ...
SUNDAY'S HEADLINES OF MAJOR INDONESIAN DAILIES.
Jan 02, 2005 ... Jakarta, Jan 2 (ANTARA) - Following are the headlines of major Indonesian dailies on Sunday: The Jakarta Post BANDA ACEH ROUSES FROM DISASTER As President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono visited the ravaged west coast Aceh town of Meulaboh on Saturday, life in the provincial ...
WORLD LEADERS, INT'S ORGANIZATIONS TO HOLD EMERGENCY TSUNAMI MEETING.
Jan 02, 2005 ... Singapore, Jan, 2 (Kyodo/ANTARA) - World leaders and officials from international organizations will gather for an emergency meeting in Jakarta on Thursday to discuss the earthquake and tsunami disaster in southern Asia that is estimated to have killed around 150,000 people, Singapore's ...
PENANG TO LET INDONESIANS FROM TSUNAMI-HIT SUMATRA REMAIN.
Jan 02, 2005 ... Penang, Jan 2 (Bernama/ANTARA) - Penang is prepared to let Indonesians from the earthquake and tsunami-devastated north Sumatra, whose work or student permits have expired, to remain in the state temporarily, Chief Minister Dr Koh Tsu Koon said. He said the state government was ...
KOFI ANNAN TO MEET REGIONAL LEADERS IN INDONESIA OVER TSUNAMI.
Jan 02, 2005 ... New York, Jan 2 (Itar-Tass/ANTARA) - U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan is expected to visit Indonesia next week to meet the leadership of regional countries and discuss efforts to coordinate relief and liquidate the aftermath of the deadly tsunamis. In an interview with ABC television, ...
MINISTRY TO REVIEW PREVIOUS GOVT'S DRAFT LAW ON TRADE.
Jan 02, 2005 ... Jakarta, Jan 2 (ANTARA) - The Trade Ministry is to withdraw and review a draft law on trade which former industry and trade minister Rini MS Suwandi had planned to submit to the House of Representatives (DPR), Trade Minister Mari Elka Pangestu said here Sunday. "We will review the draft ...
GOVT TO INCREASE BODY-EVACUATIOB CAPACITY IN ACEH TO 6,000 DAILY.
Jan 02, 2005 ... Banda Aceh, Jan 2 (ANTARA) - Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare Alwi Shihab said here Sunday the governemnt intends to increase its capaciy to evacuate dead bodies in disaster-stricken Aceh province from 4,000 to at least 6,000 per day. "We wish to make optimum efforts so that ...
HOWARD CONFIRMS PLAN TO ATTEND EMERGENCY SUMMIT ON TSUNAMI.
Jan 02, 2005 ... Jakarta, Jan 2 (ANTARA) - Australian Prime Minister John Howard is the fourth world leader who has confirmed his plan to attend an international emergency summit in Jakarta on Thursday to discuss the earthquake and tsunami disaster in southern Asia, The Australian daily reported on ...
LGEIN PLEDGES RP2.5 BILLION IN RELIEF AID FOR TSUNAMI VICTIMS.
Jan 02, 2005 ... Jakarta, Jan 2 (ANTARA) - PT LG Electronics Indonesia (LGEIN) has pledged to provide relief aid worth Rp2.5 billion for victims of a powerful earthquake and its subsequent tsunami that devastated parts of Aceh and North Sumatra provinces on Dec 26 last year. The aid consists of Rp2 ...
ANOTHER INDONESIAN HAJJ PILGRIM DIES IN MECCA.
Jan 02, 2005 ... Meccah, Jan 2 (ANTARA) - Another Indonesian hajj pilgrim died of respiratory infection in Mecca on Sunday morning, bringing to 14 the number of Indonesian hajj pilgrims who have died in the Holy Land during this hajj season. The hajj pilgrim identied as Maryam binti Paiman (73) died ...
PRESIDENT YET TO PERMIT QUESTIONING OF E FLORES DISTRICT HEAD.
Jan 02, 2005 ... Kupang, E Nusa Tenggara, Jan 2 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has yet to give permission to the East Nusa Tenggara High Prosecutor's Office to investigate East Flores district head Feliks Fernandez as a key witness in a number of graft cases in the district. ...
SENDING OF HEAVY EQUIPMENT TO MEULABOH STILL HARD, SAYS MINISTER.
Jan 02, 2005 ... Jakarta, Jan 2 (ANTARA) - The Public Works Ministry is finding it difficult to send heavy equipment to Meulaboh in Aceh province as the roads leading to the town have been badly damaged by the Dec 26, 2004 gigantic earthquake and tsunami, a spokesman said. "The government has so far ...
INDONESIAN CITIZENS IN HONG KONG RAISING AID FOR ACEH.
Jan 02, 2005 ... Hong Kong, Jan 2 (ANTARA) - Indonesian citizens in Hong Kong have been busy holding various charitable activities to raise funds and other forms of relief aid for victims of the tsunami disaster in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam (NAD) and a part of North Sumatra provinces. "At the ...
PAPUA SENDING CESSNA PLANE TO TSUNAMI-HIT ACEH.
Jan 02, 2005 ... Jayapura, Jan 2 (ANTARA) - The Papua provincial administration is sending a Cessna aircraft to tsunami-stricken Aceh and North Sumatra to help carry relief aid to victims in isolated places in the two provinces. Papua Deputy Governor Constan Karma, in a statement to ANTARA ...
TWO BULOG RICE WAREHOUSES FOUND INTACT IN MEULABOH.
Jan 02, 2005 ... Jakarta, Jan 2 (ANTARA) - Two warehouses containing 817 tons of rice owned by state logistics firm Perum Bulog in Meulaboh, one of the worst tsunami-hit towns in Aceh province, were found intact with the rice still consumable last Dec 26, a Bulog spokesman said. "We were informed by ...
ANOTHER INDONESIAN WARSHIP UNLOADS RELIEF AID IN MEULABOH.
Jan 02, 2005 ... Jakarta, Jan 2 (ANTARA) - An Indonesian warship, the KRI Teluk Sabang, unloaded relief aid for tsunami victims in the ravaged western coastal town of Meulaboh in Aceh province on Sunday. KRI Teluk Sabang was the sixth Indonesian warship to unload relief aid in Meulaboh since the ...
PHONE LINES TO AND FROM MEULABOH RESTORED, SAYS MINISTER.
Jan 02, 2005 ... Medan, N Sumatra, Jan 2 (ANTARA) - Telephone lines, to and from Meulaboh, one of the worst-hit areas in Aceh province by very strong earthquake and subsequent tsunami in the morning of on Dec. 26, 2004, have practically been restored except at houses, since Sunday afternoon, a minister has ...
HUMANITARIAN AID FROM BOGOR RESIDENTS OFF TO ACEH.
Jan 02, 2005 ... Bogor, W Java, Jan 2 (ANTARA)- Humanitarian assistance from Bogor residents in West Java province will be flown to Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam and North Sumatra provinces by a "Celebes Air" charter flight on Sunday to help victims of earthquake and tsunami disaster.The humanitarian ...
MUI APPEALS TO GENERAL PUBLIC TO ADOPT ORPHANED CHILDREN IN ACEH.
Jan 02, 2005 ... Jakarta, Jan 2 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian Clerics Council (MUI) in Jakarta, including its chapters in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam and North Sumatera, has called on the Indonesian people to adopt children orphaned by the earthquake-triggered gigantic tidal waves (tsunamis) in the NaNgroe Aceh ...
MILY INTENSIFYING RELIEF AID AIRLIFTS.
Jan 02, 2005 ... Banda Aceh, Jan 2 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian military (TNI), assisted by the Singaporean Air Force and the United States Navy, is intensifying flights to various regions in Aceh airlifting humanitarian assistance. Colonel Ahmad Yani, in charge of the information taskforce, ...
FOREIGN VOLUNTEERS ARE STILL COMING IN TO ASSIST EVACUATION OF TSUNAMI VICTIMS.
Jan 02, 2005 ... Medan, N Sumatera, Jan 2 (ANTARA) - Foreign volunteers are still coming in to assist in the recovery and evacuation of earthquake-triggered gigantic tidal waves (tsunami) victims in Aceh province, but in view of the lack of transportation, they had difficulties to reach the worst-hit ...
PT SUMMARECON SETS ITS GR0WTH TARGET AT 25 PCT IN 2005.
Jan 02, 2005 ... Jakarta, Jan 2 (ANTARA) - Publicly-listed company PT Summarecon Agung Tbk sets its growth target for 2005 at 25 percent, higher than last year's 10 percent, as the property business in the country has now become very encouraging, the company's director said. "The property business in the ...
PRESIDENT CHAIRS LIMITED CABINET SESSION IN CIKEAS.
Jan 03, 2005 ... Jakarta, Jan 1 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono chaired a limited cabinet session at his residence in Puri Cikeas Indah housing estate, Gunung Putri subdistrict, Bogor regency, Sunday night, a government spokesman said. As the cabinet session was held behind ...
US PLEDGES RELIEF AID WORTH $15 MILLION.
Jan 03, 2005 ... Jakarta, Jan 2 (ANTARA) - The US government pledged nearly US$15 million in humanitarian assistance to Indonesia for the earthquake-triggered tsunamis victims in Aceh and North Sumatera, the US Embassy's press release made available to ANTARA here on Sunday. "To date, the US government has ...
US OFFERS ITS AIRCRAFT CARRIER TO HELP TSUNAMI VICTIMS.
Jan 03, 2005 ... Medan, Jan 2 (ANTARA) - The US government has offered its aircraft carrier currently in Southeast Asian waters equipped with sophisticated equipment and ten helicopters to assist in tackling the aftermath of the strong earthquake-triggered tidal waves (tsunami) which had killed thousands ...
NO NEED FOR ACEHNESE TO WORRY ABOUT OUTBREAK OF DISEASES, SAYS DOCTOR.
Jan 03, 2005 ... Banda Aceh, Jan 2 (ANTARA) - The people of Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam (NAD) should not worry about an outbreak of several diseases in the wake of the strong earthquake and subsequent trunamis, as long as they maintain a clean and heavy environment, deputy chief of the Military Headquarters' ...
YUDHOYONO PRAISES INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE.
Jan 03, 2005 ... Jakarta, Jan 2 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono praised on Sunday night international assistance to eartquake-triggered tsunamis victims in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam. "The international relief aid reflects a global solidarity," the President told reporters at his ...
MONDAY'S HEADLINES IN MAJOR INDONESIAN DAILIES.
Jan 03, 2005 ... Jakarta, Jan 3 (ANTARA) - Following are the headlines of major Indonesian dailies on Monday. The Jakarta Post: OXYGEN SHORTAGE KILLS SOME SURVIVORS Although massive operations to distribute aid for victims trapped alive continued on Sunday in Aceh and North Sumatra, ...
GOVERNMENT CONTINUES TO SUPPORT CAPITAL MARKET INDUSTRY, PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO SAYS.
Jan 03, 2005 ... Jakarta, Jan 3 (ANTARA) - Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has said the government will continue to support the capital market industry."Since the capital market industry plays an important role in the national economic growth, the government will continue to support it," ...
85 PCT OF ELECTRICITY SYSTEMS IN ACEH BEGIN TO FUNCTION.
Jan 03, 2005 ... Jakarta, Jan 3 (ANTARA) - About 85 percent of the electricity systems that were cut off by the recent earthquake and tsunami in Nangroe Aceh Darussalam (NAD) have begun to function, Herman Darnel Ibrahim, distribution and transmission director of the state-owned electricity company PLN, ...
TERROR ACT REMAINS A THREAT, PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO SAYS.
Jan 03, 2005 ... Jakarta, Jan 3 (ANTARA) - Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has said the terror act remains posing a major threat to the government and the people in 2005."Since the terrorists are still posing their major threat, the government will continue to take aticipative and ...
RI SHOULD NO LONGER SERVE AS 'PARADISE' FOR CORRUPTORS: PRESIDENT.
Jan 03, 2005 ... Jakarta, Jan 3 (ANTARA) - Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has said that Indonesia should no longer serve as a 'paradise' country for corruptors. "I have ordered Police Chief Gen. Da'i Bachtiar and Attorney General Abdurrahman Saleh to hunt down those (alleged corruptors) ...
US PRAISES RI PERFORMANCE IN DEALING WITH ACEH'S TSUNAMI VICTIMS.
Jan 03, 2005 ... Jakarta, Jan 3 (ANTARA) - Indonesia has been doing as good job as one can possibly expect in dealing with the victims of tsunami disaster in its westernmost province of Aceh, the United States Ambassador to Indonesia, B. Lynn Pascoe said in a press statement here Saturday. ...
GOVT ASSIGNS 230 IPDN CADETS TO REEVIVE NAD ADMINISTRATION.
Jan 03, 2005 ... Jakarta, Jan 03 (ANTARA) - The central government has assigned 230 cadets of the State Administration Institute (IPDN) to Naggroe Aceh Darussalam (NAD) to revive the regional administration at distict and municipal level which was paralyzed by the recent devastating earthquake and ...
PROSECUTOR REJECTS EXCEPTION PLEA BY PUTEH'S LAWYERS.
Jan 03, 2005 ... Jakarta, Jan 03 (ANTARA) - Prosecutor Khaidir Ramli rejected the entire exception plea made by the lawyers of suspended Aceh Govenor Abdullah Puteh in a court session here Monday to hear his case of alleegd corruption in the purchase of a Russian made helicopter. "We ask the ...
UN SECRETARY GENERAL TO VISIT INDONESIA.
Jan 03, 2005 ... Jakarta, 3/1 (ANTARA)- The United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan will visit Indonesia from 5 to 8 January to attend the special ASEAN leaders meeting on the aftermath of the earthquake and the tsunami, which Indonesia is hosting. Annan is also scheduled to meet with President ...
RI GOVT HAS BEEN DOING GOOD JOBS OVER ACEH DISASTER, US ENVOY SAYS.
Jan 03, 2005 ... Jakarta, Jan 3 (ANTARA) - The U.S. Ambassador to Indonesia B Lyn Pascoe has said that the Indonesian government has done a good job in responding to the aftermath of the earthquake and its subsequent tsunami that swept through the province of Nangroe Aceh Darussalam (NAD) and other part of ...
TELKOM REPAIRS 71,512 DAMAGED TELEPHONE LINES IN ACEH.
Jan 03, 2005 ... Jakarta, Jan 3 (ANTARA)-- State-owned telecommunication company PT Telkom repaired some 71,512 of Aceh's 94,895 fixed telephone lines, a week after a devastating earthquake and tsunami struck the western-most province of Indonesia last Sunday (Dec 26). "Telkom still has to repair ...
US TO DO ALL IT CAN IN RELIEF EFFORTS, POWELL SAYS.
Jan 03, 2005 ... Jakarta, Jan 3 (ANTARA) - Bound for a visit to several nations ravaged by the December 26 earthquake and tsunami in the Indian Ocean, US Secretary of State Colin Powell stressed America's determination to do all it can in the relief efforts. During a pre-departure round of appearances ...