ANT - LKBN ANTARA (Indonesia) back issues from July 2009:
INDODNESIAN AMONG YEMENIA PLANE CRASH VICTIMS.
Jul 01, 2009 ... Jakarta, July 1 (ANTARA): An Indonesian woman identified with her initials RM had been reported as among the dead victims of the Yemenia airlines Airbus A310-300 which went down in rough ocean near the Comoros in the Indian Ocean on June 30. She was one of the ill-fated aircraft's ...
PPI IN HOLLAND TO HOLD INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON INDONESIAN DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY.
Jul 01, 2009 ... London, Jul 1 (ANTARA): The Association of Indonesian Students (PPI) in the Netherlandsd and the Overseas Indonesian Students Association Alliance (OISAA) will hold an international symposium themed "Indonesian Overseas Intellectual Vision and Mission: Indonesian Development Strategy ...
INDONESIA ENCOURAGES DISARMAMENT EFFORTS IN ASIA.
Jul 01, 2009 ... London, July 1 (ANTARA): Indonesia encourges disarmament efforts in the Asian region, the director of international security and disarmament of the ministry of foreign affairs, Desra Percaya, said. He made the statement at the Berlin Conference on the Destruction of Cluster Munitions, ...
POLICE URGED TO INTENSIFY CONTROL IN RUN UP TO PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
Jul 01, 2009 ... Jakarta, July 1 (ANTARA): President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has asked the police to intensify control in the run up to the presidential election on July 8. 2009. In his address at a function to commemorate the 63th national police anniversary here on Wednesday, the head of state urged the ...
NEW MUD OUTPOURING MAY INCREASE.
Jul 01, 2009 ... Sidoarjo, Jul 1 (ANTARA) -- The new outpouring of mud at the yard of a house in Siring Barat village, Porong sub-district, Sidoarjo regency, has not subsided, and has even a tendency to grow. Spokesman for the Sidoarjo Mud Control Agency (BPLS) Achmad Zulkarnaen said Wednesday the flow of ...
MINISTRY DENIES SELLING STATE ASSETS.
Jul 01, 2009 ... Jakarta, July 1 (ANTARA): The Ministry of Finance has denied that it has sold state assets through issuing sharia-based state bonds (SBSN), the ministry spokesman said. Finance Ministry Spokesman Harry Z Soeratin in a press statement made available by ANTARA here on Saturday said that the ...
PRESIDENT ASKS POLICE TO MEET PEOPLE'S EXPECTATIONS.
Jul 01, 2009 ... Jakarta, July 1 (ANTARA): President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has asked National Police personnel to meet the people's expectations for better public services and more reliable as well as professional police's image. Speaking at a function to observe the 63rd Anniversary of the National ...
MINISTRY DENIES SELLING STATE ASSETS.
Jul 01, 2009 ... Jakarta, July 1 (ANTARA): The Finance Ministry has denied that it has sold state assets by issuing sharia-based state bonds (SBSN). Finance Ministry spokesman Harry Z Soeratin said in a press statement made available to ANTARA here on Wednesday, the issuance of sharia bonds was done ...
RI STUDENT FROM A'LIA SUSPECTED SUFFERING FROM SWINE FLU.
Jul 01, 2009 ... Jakarta, July 1 (ANTARA): An Indonesian student who just came back from Australia, is suspected of being infected with Influenza A (H1N1) or swine flu. "I will not mention a name, but the university student showed positive signs of suffering from swine flu after he came back from ...
WIRANTO : DON'T FORCE SINGLE-ROUND ELECTION IDEA ON PEOPLE.
Jul 01, 2009 ... Banjarmasin, S Kalimantan, July 1 (ANTARA): Vice presidential candidate Wiranto of the People's Conscience Party (HANURA) said that one should not force his or her idea to hold the presidential election in a single round. "What is important is that all people will cast their votes, no ...
JK-WIRANTO TO RESCHEDULE COUNTRY'S FOREIGN DEBTS.
Jul 01, 2009 ... Gorontalo, July 1 (ANTARA): Presidential candidate Jusuf Kalla and his running mate Wiranto (JK-Wiranto duo) have promised to reschedule the country's foreign debts. "How can development be pursued optimally if 50 percent of the state budget is used to pay the installments on our foreign ...
KPU TO CHANGE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE FORMAT.
Jul 01, 2009 ... Jakarta, July 1 (ANTARA): The General Election Commission (KPU) will change the format of presidential candidates' final round debate to create a more dynamic atmosphere. KPU member I Gusti Putu Artha said here on Wednesday that the format of the third session or the final round of ...
KPU: POLLING DAY (JULY 8) UNCHANGED.
Jul 01, 2009 ... Jakarta, July 1 (ANTARA): There is plan to change the date for polling in the presidential election, namely July 8, 2009, General Election Commission (KPU) chairman Hafiz Anshari said here on Wednesday. "The presidential election schedule for July 8, 2009 remains unchanged," the KPU ...
KPU NOT SERIOUS IN SOLVING VOTER'S LIST PROBLEMS : OBSERVER.
Jul 01, 2009 ... Jakarta, July 1 (ANTARA): Voter's list problems like those bugging the recent legislative elections still exist until now because the General Elections Commission (KPU) has not been serious in solving them, a political observer said. Indria Samego of the Indonesian Institute of Sciences ...
KPU PREPARING QUICK COUNT.
Jul 01, 2009 ... Jakarta, July 1 (ANTARA): The General Elections Commission (KPU) is preparing a mechanism to provide a quick count on the results of the upcoming presidential election on July 8, 2009, a KPU member said. KPU member Abdul Aziz said here on Wednesday that the election body would collect data ...
RI, CHINA SIGN EXTRADITION COOPERATION DOCUMENT.
Jul 01, 2009 ... Beijing, July 1 (ANTARA): Visiting Indonesian Foreign Affairs Minister Hassan Wirayuda and his Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi signed a document on extradition cooperation here on Wednesday. After being postponed for several times, the document was signed before Indonesian Ambassador to ...
CHINA SUPPORTS RI'S MALACCA STRAIT SECURITY EFFORTS.
Jul 01, 2009 ... Beijing, July 1 (ANTARA): China fully supports Indonesia in its efforts to create security in the Strait of Malacca especially for national and international shipping. "We support Indonesia in its efforts to create peace by eradicating pirates in the Malacca Strait," Chinese Foreign ...
PRABOWO APOLOGIZES TO FORMER EAST TIMORESE IN NTT.
Jul 01, 2009 ... Kupang, July 1 (ANTARA): Vice presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto apologized to former East Timor community members now living in East Nusa Tenggara for still being unable to meet them. "From far away, I can feel what they now feel living in the Indonesia-Timor Leste border. Due to ...
RI CALLS ON ARAB LEAGUE TO PROMOTE RECONCILIATION IN IRAQ.
Jul 01, 2009 ... Jakarta, July 1 (ANTARA): Indonesia has called on the Arab League to promote reconciliation in Iraq following the withdrawal of United States forces from the country. "Indonesia hopes that a reconciliation process will accompany the US troops withdrawal from the main cities in Iraq," ...
BEIJING THANKS JAKARTA FOR SUPPORTING ONE-CHINA POLICY.
Jul 01, 2009 ... Beijing, July 1 (ANTARA): The Chinese government through its Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi has expressed appreciation and gratitude to Indonesia for supporting the One China Policy with regard to Taiwan. "We hereby extend out sincere gratitude and appreciation to the Indonesian government ...
News Focus: BUSINESSES AWAITING CUTS IN LENDING RATES TO BOOST EXPORTS.
Jul 01, 2009 ... By Andi Abdussalam Jakarta, July 1 (ANTARA) - As the economies of Indonesia's export destination countries are improving, industries at home and the real sector are waiting for bank lending rate cuts in order to increase the competitive edge of their products and to respond to the ...
SAR TEAM LOCATES ILL-FATED AVIASTAR PLANE.
Jul 01, 2009 ... Jayapura, July 1 (ANTARA): A search and rescue team (SAR) has discovered the location of the crash of Aviastar plane in Papua. The chief of the Jayawijaya police resort, Adjunct Senior Commissioner Ritonga, said when contacted by phone by ANTARA on Wednesday the SAR team had already ...
PROFESSOR: DEBATE NOT TO CHANGE VOTE COMPOSITION.
Jul 01, 2009 ... Jakarta, July 1 (ANTARA): A professor from state Padjadjaran University in Bandung, West Java, said here on Wednesday that presidential and vice presidential debates would not change vote composition. "The debates ran flatly and therefore the results of polling done afterwards reflected ...
1,444 PEOPLE IN BANTEN HAVE HIV/AIDS.
Jul 01, 2009 ... Serang, June 1 (ANTARA): A total of 1,444 people in Banten province were infected with HIV/AIDS, and the rest of the society had been called on to take early preventive measures, so that this virtually fatal disease would not affect others. "Fifty four of the 1,444 sufferers had succumbed ...
PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO ATTENDS 63TH NATIONAL POLICE ANNIVERSARY.
Jul 01, 2009 ... Jakarta, Jul 1 (ANTARA): President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Vice President Jusuf Kalla attended the 63th anniversary of the National Police at the Police Headquarters in Jakarta Wednesday. The observance was started at 9 a.m, marked with the launching of public services for driving ...
ANTARA'S NEWS ADVISORY FOR Wednesday.
Jul 01, 2009 ... Jakarta, July 1 (ANTARA): The following stories are scheduled to be covered by ANTARA on Wednesday. General -- President leads function to observe National Police ...
NORTH SULAWESI JOLTED BY 5.9 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE.
Jul 02, 2009 ... Manado, July 2 (ANTARA): A tectonic earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale jolted the Indonesian province of North Sulawesi at 5:44 on Thursday morning. The epicenter of the earthquake was located at 1.12 degrees northern latitude and 126.10 degrees eastern longitude at a depth of ...
FINAL ROUND PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRANTS DEBATE ON THURSDAY NIGHT.
Jul 02, 2009 ... Jakarta, July 2 (ANTARA): The third and the final round of the presidential aspirants debate will be organized here on Thursday night. Themed "The Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia (NKRI), Democracy, and Regional Autonomy", the debate to be moderated by Pratikno and broadcast live ...
ANTARA'S NEWS ADVISORY FOR THURSDAY.
Jul 02, 2009 ... Jakarta, July 2 (ANTARA): The following stories are scheduled to be covered by ANTARA on Thursday. General -- Presidential candidate debate in Jakarta - ...
WIRANTO HOLDS DIALOG WITH PWKI.
Jul 02, 2009 ... Jakarta, July 2 (ANTARA): Presidential candidate Jusuf Kalla's running mate Wiranto held a dialog with members of Indonesian Christian Women's Association (PWKI) as part of his national campaign here on Thursday. In the interactive dialog with hundreds of PWKI members, the vice ...
WIRANTO CAMPAIGNING IN JAKARTA, PRABOWO IN WEST JAVA.
Jul 02, 2009 ... Jakarta, July 2 (ANTARA): Two days before the end of the electoral campaign period in the run up to the presidential election 2009, Vice Presidential Candidate Wiranto is scheduled to hold several campaign activities in Jakarta here on Thursday. Retired general Wiranto will hold a dialog ...
PRABOWO FAILS TO CAMPAIGN IN SUMENEP.
Jul 02, 2009 ... Sumenep, July 2 (ANTARA): Vice presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto failed to stage his electoral campaign in Sumenep district on Madura island in East Java on Thursday. Megawati Soekarnoputri-Prabowo Subianto campaign team spokesman Agus Bambang Sutrisno said here on Thursday that ...
HUNDREDS FROM PRO-SBY PARTIES DECLARE SUPPORT FOR JK-WIRANTO PAIR.
Jul 02, 2009 ... Jakarta, July 2 (ANTARA): Hundreds of people affiliated to three political parties officially supporting the SBY-Boediono ticket on Thursday declared their allegiance to the Jusuf Kalla-Wiranto pair. "We hereby declare our support for the JK-Wiranto pair in the July presidential election," ...
KALLA PROMISES FREE EDUCATION UP TO SENIOR HIGH-SCHOOL LEVEL.
Jul 02, 2009 ... Jakarta, July 2 (ANTARA): Vice Presidential Candidate M Jusuf Kalla has promised to implement free education program up to senior high-school level if he is elected in the upcoming presidential race. "Later, if I get the mandate, we will implement free education program up to senior high ...
PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE'S MODERATOR EXPECTED TO PLAY MORE ACTIVE ROLE.
Jul 02, 2009 ... Jakarta, July 2 (ANTARA): The moderator in Thursday night's final round of the presidential candidates' debate should play a more active role in enlivening the event, an observer said. "I hope the moderator will be able to motivate the presidential candidates to engage in a more ...
RI NEEDS TO IMPROVE PERFORMANCE IN INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMACY.
Jul 02, 2009 ... Jakarta, July 2 (ANTARA): Indonesia needs to prepare its human resources to improve its performance in international diplomacy, a senior diplomat said here on Thursday. "Indonesia should prepare its human resources to improve bilateral, regional, and international diplomacy," former ...
RI NEEDS TO STRENGTHEN ECONOMIC DIPLOMACY.
Jul 02, 2009 ... Jakarta, July 2 (ANTARA): Indonesia needs to strengthen its economic diplomacy which is based on the flow of financial and structural adjustment, a senior diplomat said here on Thursday. "Economic development in Indonesia should not rely on export and import value," former Indonesian ...
Correction - KALLA PROMISES FREE EDUCATION UP TO SENIOR HIGH-SCHOOL LEVEL.(Correction notice)
Jul 02, 2009 ... Jakarta, July 2 (ANTARA): Presidential Candidate M Jusuf Kalla has promised to implement free education program up to senior high-school level if he is elected in the upcoming presidential race. "Later, if I get the mandate, we will implement free education program up to senior high ...
GREENPEACE CALLS FOR SBY'S GREATER COMMITMENT TO FOREST PROTECTION.
Jul 02, 2009 ... Jakarta, July 2 (ANTARA): Greenpeace activists on Thursday rallied outside presidential candidate Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's Bravo Media Center to ask presidential hopefuls to take concrete actions to protect Indonesia's remaining forests. Joko Arif, a spokesman of Greenpeace Southeast ...
KALLA TO CAMPAIGN IN PAMEKASAN.
Jul 02, 2009 ... Pamekasan, July 2 (ANTARA): Presidential candidate Jusuf Kalla is scheduled to stage an electoral campaign rally in Pamekasan district, Madura, on Saturday, July 4, 2009. "According to a letter from the JK-Wiranto campaign team in East Java, Kalla will hold an electoral campaign rally here ...
PDIP EXECUTIVE: KPU HAS BECOME "ARROGANT, CONCEITED".
Jul 02, 2009 ... Jakarta, July 2 (ANTARA): Tjahjo Kumolo, an executive of the Indonesian Democratic Party-Struggle (PDIP), said the General Elections Commission (KPU) had become "arrogant and conceited in its attitudes." "In my view, the KPU has become disrespectful of the people, of other state ...
TWO EARTHQUAKES HIT INDONESIA ON THURSDAY.
Jul 02, 2009 ... Jakarta, July 2 (ANTARA): Two tectonic earthquakes with magnitudes of over five on the Richter Scale, hit Indonesia on Thursday up to 2.16 pm Western Indonesian Standard Time (WIB). The first temblor with a magnitude of 5.4 on the Richter Scale jolted Gunung Sitoli, North Sumatra province, ...
WORK, HOLIDAY VISA AVAILABLE FOR YOUNG INDONESIANS, AUSTRALIANS.
Jul 02, 2009 ... Jakarta, July 2 (ANTARA): From July 1, young Indonesians and Australians can apply for new work and holiday visa that allow extended stays in each country supplemented by short-term employment, an official report said, The new visas allow university-educated Indonesian and Australian ...
AUSTRALIA JAILS 11 RI PEOPLE SMUGGLERS.
Jul 02, 2009 ... Jakarta, July 2 (ANTARA): Two Australian ministers welcomed the jailing of 11 Indonesian skippers and boat crew involved in recent people smuggling activity, saying it sends a strong message that Australia will not tolerate such crimes. Home Affairs Minister Brendan O'Connor said the total ...
PRABOWO : UNDER NEO-LIBERAL SYSTEM ONLY RICH PEOPLE TO SURVIVE.
Jul 02, 2009 ... Sumedang, July 2 (ANTARA): Vice-presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto said if the neo-liberal economic system continued to be applied in Indonesia, only the rich would eventually survive. "If the neo-liberal system continues to be applied in Indonesia without government attention to the ...
QUAKE JOLTS W SUMATRA.
Jul 02, 2009 ... Padang, July 2 (ANTARA): An earthquake measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale rattled West Sumatra province on Thursday but there was no immediate report of casualties. The epicenter of the quake which struck at 3.51 p.m. was in the sea about 8 km southwest of the provincial capital of Padang ...
JK-WIN TEAM FINDS SEVEN MILLION FICTITIOUS VOTERS.
Jul 02, 2009 ... Jakarta, July 2 (ANTARA): A success team of the JK-WIN duo claimed it has found seven million fictitious voters in the fixed voter's list for the upcoming July 8, 2009 presidential elections. Choirul Anam, chairman of PKNU, a small party which becomes a success team of the JK-WIN ticket, ...
SIXTY INDONESIAN WORKERS DETAINED IN JORDAN.
Jul 02, 2009 ... Jakarta, July 2 (ANTARA): Sixty Indonesian migrant workers are being detained in Jordan for involvement in various cases, a diplomat said. The 60 were part of the 414 problematic Indonesian workers who were to be sent home soon, Indonesian Ambassador to Jordan Zainul Bahar Noor said here ...
KALLA DURING PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES: RACIALIST IDEA IS DANGEROUS.
Jul 02, 2009 ... Jakarta, July 2 (ANTARA): Presidential candidate Jusuf Kalla said racist ideas were dangerous to the country because the nation's strength lay in its unity and diversity. "Whoever of us may lead this nation. Therefore, the racist idea which said that a man of certain ethnicity in this ...
KPU BECOMES INCREASINGLY BIASED: GMNI.
Jul 02, 2009 ... Jakarta, July 2 (ANTARA): The General Elections Commission (KPU)'s familiarization banners instructing the public to tick presidential pair number two clearly indicates the commission is biased in organizing the upcoming election, a student association stated. The statement was made by ...
KPU SHOULD NOT ALLOW ELECTION FRAUD TO OCCUR : HMI.
Jul 02, 2009 ... Jakarta, July 2 (ANTARA): Former chairman of the Islamic Students Association (PB HMI) Hasanuddin called on the General Elections Commission (KPU) not to be biased or allow the occurrence of fraud in the 2009 presidential election. "Let us save Indonesia by not letting presidential ...
RELIGIOUS LEADERS CALL ON KPU TO BE TRANSPARENT.
Jul 02, 2009 ... Jakarta, July 2 (ANTARA): A number of religious leader called on the General Elections Commission (KPU) to be transparent in organizing the elections and not take sides with one of the presidential pairs. The appeal of 16 religious leaders led by Muhammadiyah Muslim organization chairman ...
PERTAMINA EYING MAURITANIA OIL BLOCK.
Jul 02, 2009 ... Jakarta, July 2 (ANTARA): State oil and gas company Pertamina is eying oil blocks in Mauritania and Iraq as part of its business expansion, its president director said. "We will enter Mauritania to engage in oil exploration," Karen Agustiawan said at the State Enterprises Ministry here on ...
KPU TO COMMUNICATE ITS QUICK COUNT PLAN WITH PUBLIC.
Jul 02, 2009 ... Jakarta, July 2 (ANTARA): The General Elections Commission (KPU) will communicate with the presidential candidate campaign teams over its plan to conduct a quick count on the election results through a short message service (SMS), a KPU member said. "We will communicate with the campaign ...
ACEH TO BUILD ACEH-MEDAN TOLL ROAD.
Jul 02, 2009 ... Banda Aceh, Jul 2 (ANTARA): The Aceh provincial administration will build an Aceh-Medan toll road (highway) for smooth land transportation in the area. "The construction of the toll road is a long-term program of the Aceh administration," head the infrastructure division of the Aceh ...
News Focus: ELECTION BODY CALLED ON TO BE TRANSPARENT AND UNBIASED.
Jul 02, 2009 ... By Andi Abdussalam Jakarta, July 3 (ANTARA) - In the runup to the presidential polls on Wednesday next week, the General Elections Commission (KPU) had been urged to immediately settle the problems of unregistered voters and voters' card duplications as well as organize the ...
RI STILL AWAITING CHINA'S ATTITUDE TOWARD NORTH KOREA.
Jul 03, 2009 ... Jakarta, July 3 (ANTARA): Spokesman for the Foreign Ministry Teuku Faizasyah said in Jakarta Friday Indonesia is still awaiting what attidude China would take toward North Korea in the upcoming Six Party Talks. "We will first see how China will play in its position as the region's key ...
PRESIDENT URGED TO ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR DPT PROBLEM.
Jul 03, 2009 ... Jakarta, July 3 (ANTARA): A senior Indonesian Democracy Party-Struggle (PDIP) politician has urged President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to assume responsibility for the fixed voters' list (DPT) problem and not to consider it as just a matter for the General Elections Commission (KPU) to fix ....
FOUR RIAU STUDENTS TORTURED BY EGYPTIAN POLICE.
Jul 03, 2009 ... Pekanbaru, July 3 (ANTARA): Four Al Azhar University students in Egypt hailing from Rokan Hulu regency, Riau province, had been allegedly tortured by Egyptian police after they had been detained for three days without any clear reasons. This was disclosed by Roudhatul Firdaus, a relative ...
PROSECUTION TO RECEIVE ANTASARI'S DOSSIERS MONDAY.
Jul 03, 2009 ... Jakarta, July 3 (ANTARA): The dossiers of currently non-active Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) chief Antasari Azhar, who has been declared suspect in a murder case will be submitted to the Attorney General's Office by police investigators on Monday (Jul 6). In the meantime, ...
ANTARA'S NEWS ADVISORY FOR FRIDAY.
Jul 03, 2009 ... Jakarta, July 3 (ANTARA): The following stories are scheduled to be covered by ANTARA on Friday. General -- comments on presidential candidates' debate - ...
WIRANTO: VOTE ONLY FOR QUALIFIED LEADER.
Jul 03, 2009 ... Jakarta, July 3 (ANTARA): Vice presidential aspirant Wiranto has called on the people to base their decision to vote for a leader on qualification rather than place of origin. "They should vote for a leader based on his or her qualifications, rather than their place of origin," Wiranto ...
WIRANTO COMMENTS ON PRESIDENTIAL FINAL DEBATE.
Jul 03, 2009 ... Jakarta, July 3 (ANTARA): Vice presidential candidate Wiranto has said the final round of the presidential aspirants debate on Thursday night was much better than the previous ones. Wiranto said the debate was much better because it led to the people's understanding about the aspirants' ...
BOEDIONO CAMPAIGNS IN PONTIANAK, PALEMBANG.
Jul 03, 2009 ... Jakarta, July 3 (ANTARA): Vice Presidential Candidate Boediono is scheduled to hold electoral campaign rallies in Pontianak (West Kalimantan) and Palembang (South Sumatra) on Friday. He departed from Halim Perdanakusuma airport, eastern Jakarta, on Friday at 7.30 am local time and was ...
BOEDIONO EXTOLS PARTNERSHIP WITH SBY.
Jul 03, 2009 ... Pontianak, July 3 (ANTARA): Vice presidential candidate Boediono said he and Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono were a cohesive team because they had known each other for a long time. In his dialogic campaign in the West Kalimantan city of Pontianak on Friday, Boediono said they had known and ...