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The Ministry of Health of Indonesia has announced a new case of human infection of H5N1 avian influenza. A 45-year-old male from Grobogan district, Central Java Province developed symptoms on 17 May, was hospitalized on 26 May and died in hospital on 28 May. Initial investigations into the source of his infection indicate exposure to dead poultry.
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Indonesia's Supreme Court sentenced nine men, including Chinese, French and Dutch nationals, to death Tuesday for producing millions of pills of the illegal recreational drug Ecstasy. The punishment for the foreigners was harsher than that rendered by a lower court last year which had ordered the execution of just the two alleged Indonesian ringleaders.
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Indonesia is planning to introduce a law that will restrict new stores for hypermarket operators including Carrefour SA and PT Matahari Putra Prima as soon as next month in a bid to protect small retailers, said Mari Pangestu, Minister of Trade. Hypermarket operators will have to obtain clearance from the Ministry of Public Works before being allowed to open new stores, told Mari in an interview in Kuala Lumpur.
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Wild elephants have killed a woman and her three-year-old child when they entered a village on the island of Sumatra. This was reported by a conservationist. The elephants were searching for some food in the village itself which is located just inside the territory of Bukit Barisan National Park, told Nurchlois Fadli from the World Wildlife Fund.
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As reported on balidiscovery.com, total foreign arrivals during the first four months of 2007 totaled 472,082 - representing an improvement of +38.38% over the same four months in 2006 and the strongest start to any year on record. The graphics presented here in 'Bali by the Numbers' examining Bali's top four source markets for the first four months of each year from 2000 - 2007 show:
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A year ago today, the historic heartland of Java - Yogyakarta - was struck by a 6.3 magnitude earthquake. More than 6,000 people lost their lives and another 30,000 were injured in this densely populated part of Indonesia. The whole nation, just recovering from the onslaught of the Boxing Day tsunami in 2004, was again in tears. The international community responded with their generosity.
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One year on from the Yogyakarta earthquake, hundreds of thousands of people are rebuilding their lives, picking up the pieces that were so violently smashed. For a lot of survivors, the long road to recovery is compounded by feelings of grief and loss. Many people lost family members and friends in the earthquake. Some also lost the ability to walk. Nearly a thousand people suffered spinal injuries, a tragically common consequence of earthquakes, when collapsing buildings crushed occupants.
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Indonesia and Malaysia have agreed to make joint publicity efforts in defense of the palm oil industry in both countries. This comes in reaction to Western criticism. Activists in the United States and Europe have launched a massive anti-palm oil campaign, mentioning Indonesia and Malaysia as destroyers of the natural habitats of the orang-utan when opening palm oil estates. This was told by Malaysian Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Peter Chin Fah Kui.
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Indonesia announced today that a 5-year-old girl died of H5N1 avian influenza. Joko Suyono of the Indonesian health ministry's avian flu center said the young girl died on May 17, according to a Xinhua news report today. She was taken to a doctor on May 8 and was hospitalized May 15 in Solo, Central Java, the report said.
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The Attorney General's office in Indonesia said it will start questioning people towards filing a new civil case against Tommy Suharto as soon as next week. Tommy Suharto is the youngest son of former president Suharto. A court in Guernsey in the British Channel Islands has agreed to extend a current freeze of 59 million US dollar in funds held by a company controlled by Tommy Suharto. In this way they hope to unveil some of the paper trails left behind by the assumed ill-gotten gains.
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Over 70 pilots from Garuda Indonesia - Indonesia's national flag carrier - have resigned so far this year. They say poor working conditions and low salaries are the cause, according to the head of the airline's union. Most of the pilots have accepted more lucrative packages by other regional airlines, of which some are planning expansions of their fleets.
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A fire that razed through many houses on both side of a railroad track in Duri Angke, West Jakarta has even caused the railway track to melt. The fire started around 17:40 local time on Tuesday. "I received a report from the Kebayoran Railway Station that several points of the rail track in the area melted," a spokesman for the state railway company PT KAI, Ahmad Sujadi.
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A delegation of auto giant Volkswagen held a meeting with Minister of Industry Fahmi Idris for talks on the possibility of opening an assembly plant in Jakarta, as was reported by local press earlier today. Director General of Transportation Industry Budhi Dharmadi confirmed the meeting, telling that Volkswagen was assessing possibilities of opening a new plant in Asia outside China, which it's largest production base in the continent.
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Fishermen in Indonesia have captured a rare coelacanth fish in the waters off Sulawesi. The fish, which is about one meter long, was caught in the nets of fishermen just north of Manado. It died a few hours later. Coelacanth are known to be one of the oldest species of fish in the world.
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Researchers at the Indonesian Mosquito Control Association have discovered that 30 percent of male Aedes aegypti mosquito's have also become a vector for the dengue virus. This finding has changed the long-standing perception that only female Aedes aegypti mosquito's carried the virus. This finding also signals that the disease is becoming endemic in Indonesia, according to Dr. Tri Baskoro, secretary general of the association.
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A number of gas stations were forced to temporarily suspend operations when new supplies of premium gasoline failed to arrive in Bali. The shortage, which lasted for 3- 4 days during the second week of May 2007, was blamed for 30-40 minute lines at the gas stations that stayed open to distribute diminishing fuel supplies.
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High tidal waves - not tsunami's - that have damaged hundreds of houses along many of Indonesia's western coastlines continue to hit the area for a third day, forcing fishermen to stay on land and keeping tourist away from the beaches. Until now only one person is killed, dozens of fishing boats were destroyed as waves reached heights of seven meters in some areas.
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According to the Indonesian-language Bali Post, Bali's Governor has issued a circular memo (No. 556.2/1590/I/Dispara) addressing steps to give a clearer legal and business standing to the hundreds of villas operating commercially in Bali.
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After lagging behind with e-ticketing, 82 percent of all passengers in Indonesia now access websites or make a telephone call to have their tickets issued electronically, according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA). This percentage is higher than the global and regional averages.
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First time to have a drink. I looked in the direction of the only warung that I could find here at the moment. I didn't really want to look for another one. Fortunately there was someone to serve, in the form of a Javanese women which sat on a bench in front of the house. Probably waiting for a customer. A bemo passed. That stopped and the driver got out. Hopefully he didn't bring any passengers, otherwise they had to wait. I wasn't the only one there when I walked into that direction. The driver ordered an iced tea and sat down. I just had picked up the nice idea to drink a coffee here. It had been a long time that I drunk a kopi tubruk actually. That is nice for a change. I found a nice spot at the one big table available.
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High tidal waves - not tsunami's - have struck many coastlines across the western part of Indonesia, forcing hundreds out of their homes after water destroyed property. On the island of Bali, tourists were warned to stay away from main beaches in Kuta. In nearby Jimbaran, fishing boats were damaged.
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The Japanese will most likely provide a soft loan with a value of up to 1 trillion Rupiah (84 million euro) to help the country stopping the mud flow from the gas drilling site in East Java, which has been gushing mud for almost one year now. The loans were proposed to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono just last week. The Japanese government offered possible solution to stop the mud flow, according to Purnomo Yusgiantoro, Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources.
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However it wasn't Saturday for sure, but a Tuesday, still I had the feeling that I had to take my motorbike for a nice day of traveling. Where it would bring me? At least as far as Purworejo. To my amazement and some shame I had never been there before, so that became the primary target. I at least had to go there so I could honestly say that I had been there. Furthermore there were no plans, like usual. It was already late in the morning, so it was not really supposed to become a long trip. Maybe after Purworejo it was time to find my way back. That also depended on what I would find along the way of course. Seen the distance and the road conditions it was to take about one and a half hour to get there. My modest estimation.
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Indonesia's health minister announced today at the World Health Organization's (WHO's) annual meeting that the country has resumed sending H5N1 avian influenza virus samples to the WHO, appearing to end a 5-month standoff over developing countries' access to vaccines. "I am pleased to announce to all of you that Indonesia has resumed sending its H5N1 specimens to the WHO collaborating center in Tokyo," Siti Fadilah Supari said at the World Health Assembly in Geneva, according to a Reuters report.
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The government is planning to add several more state-owned companies, BUMN, SOEs) to the program for privatization this year in a bid to raise more cash to fill up the budget deficit, according to an official. "We will identify the SOEs that are ready to go public this year while taking a look at the market conditions," said State Minister for State Enterprises Sofyan Djalil. "If it is feasible, we'll ask for more divestment approvals from the House of Representatives."
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Heavy rain since last week has inundated at least 3,600 houses and forced 14,400 people from 10 sub-districts in the Indonesian province of central Sulawesi to leave their homes. The most affected areas are Talise (Palu Selatan), Kolaka (Palu Barat) and Maesa (Palu Utara).
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A women who tested positive in a preliminary test for bird fly has died yesterday, according to an official at the Health Ministry. It is required that the results of the first test are confirmed by a send one before any confirmation of bird flu can be given. This latest death can push the country's death toll to 76, if confirmed.
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Lawyers from the Indonesian government will be in a courtroom on the island of Guernsey, south of Great Britain, claiming that the family of former president Soeharto siphoned off billions of dollars in public money. The case is aimed at seizing 50 million US dollar from an account in on the island, belonging to Hutomo Mandala Putra (commonly known as Tommy) , the son of the former president.
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Indonesia has launched a program that sells quality medicines for prices as low as 1,000 Rupiah (8 eurocent) to benefit the poor people in the country. Health Minister Dr. Siti Fadilah Supari said that the medicines will be provided in adequate quantities throughout Indonesia.
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Indonesia's tourist industry is experiencing a boom as the nation has the highest number of foreign arrivals since 2001. This year around six million tourists are expected to visit the country. Thamrin Bachri, director-general of tourism at the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, said that the government is focusing on visitors from the Middle East as well. 60.000 tourists from that region visited Indonesia last year, while this number is expected to grow to 100.000 this year and to 150.000 in 2008.
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Yusril Ihza Mahendra, until last Tuesday State Secretary, has said he was ready to face investigators from the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) regarding the cases that are related to him. “I will face everything. I've never avoided legal problems,” he said
after he handed over his post as State Secretary to Hatta Rajasa two days ago. He oped that the KPK would carry out the investigation honestly, fairly and objectively. “It must be free from political interests,” he said.
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has launched a program to promote Indonesian provinces in other countries. The program, named 'Updates from the regions', is to promote the provinces periodically and it started last Tuesday with the promotion of Riau, as was told by Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hassan Wirajuda.
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Indonesia will seek the extradition of 15 businessmen believed to be hiding millions of dollars in stolen state funds in Singapore, according to the new Attorney General Hendarman Supanji. In his first statement since being appointed last Tuesday, Supanji said authorities had compiled a list of suspects. No names were released, but local media identified them as being Indonesian Chinese who owned commercial banks when the banking system collapsed in 1997.
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Indonesia's Minister of Culture and Tourism, Jero Wacik, recently told a business meeting in Bali that the construction of new accommodation in Badung and Denpasar must come to an end with current rooms on offer far exceeding market demand.
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The total number of domestic airline passengers nation-wide in Indonesia decreased -9.69% in the first three months of 2007, totaling 6.119 million as compared to the 6.775 million in the same period in 2006. The downturn in domestic passengers may be due to a collective fear of flying following the a series of air disasters during the first three months of the year and negative government safety warnings affecting all Indonesian domestic carriers.
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The Indonesian Central Bank has cut it's main interest rate by 25 basis points on Tuesday, in line with expectations. This is the 11th rate-cut in one year in response to falling inflation and a strong Indonesian currency.
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It was a Saturday afternoon as any other, but sometimes I just feel the need to get out for a while. This is not always possible, but when there is a possibility and there are no other appointments in the agenda, then it just might happen that after lunch I decide to grab my stuff for a trip on the motorbike. It's not too far away, within the borders of the province of Yogyakarta, but at least I can get away from the daily life for a while. Helmet, keys and a wallet is enough. To store some of the memories I have I also bring a camera with me and within a matter of minutes I leave the area. Where do I go then? Ooh, I felt like having a drink in Wonosari, so that became my first destination, knowing that most likely it would be something in that direction, but that doesn't really matter.
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The 10-member countries comprising the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have agreed to liberalize air traffic rights between the 10 ASEAN capital cities commencing in 2008.
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Bird flu has again claimed a victim in Indonesia; a 29-year old woman from Pekanbaru in the Riau province, died from the virus on 3 May. She was brought to a hospital on 1 May suffering from fever and respiratory problems, but died only two days later. According to the Health Ministry, two laboratory tests have confirmed the presence of the H5N1 virus, but the source of the infection is still unknown.
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Indonesia is to rehabilitate 59.2 million hectares of damaged forests throughout the country, according to Malam Sambat Kaban, Indonesia's Forestry Minister. The International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) reports that the country has set aside 330 million euro for 2007 to finance the planting of 2 billion seedlings on 2 million hectares of land along 318 rivers in all provinces in the country.
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President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono announced a cabinet reshuffle for six positions of ministers, while Attorney General Abdurahman Saleh was replaced by Hendarman Supandji, chairman of the Corruption Eradication Team. The President said that under his authority he conducted the reshuffle in an effort to improve the performance of the cabinet.
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The freighter ship M.V. Marta carrying thousands of sacks of cement on board, had reportedly capsized in waters near Sekala Island, in the Kangean island group, off the coast of Madura earlier today.
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The central bank in Indonesia will allow the market to determine the exchange rates for the Rupiah, even if the currency strengthens beyond 9,000 against the dollar, as was said by deputy governor Aslim Tadjuddin on Friday. Soon after his comments, the currency did indeed break the psychological mark and rose to 8,975 per dollar.
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Indonesia has almost 19 million micro-businesses which are good for a total of 83.2 percent of the total number of enterprises in Indonesia. This is the conclusion of a census conducted by the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) held in 2006. There were almost 3.6 million small businesses (15.8 percent), 153,000 medium-scale businesses (0.7 percent) and just over 44.000 large businesses (0.2 percent) according to Nursinah Amal Urai, a director at BPS.
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Greenpeace is using a novel marketing ploy to raise awareness about forest loss in Indonesia: the Guinness Book of World Records. The green group has convinced the publisher of to recognize Indonesia as the "country with the fastest rate of forest destruction on the planet." According to Greenpeace, the text will read:
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A Garuda Indonesia plane with almost 250 passengers aboard returned to the airport of Surabaya shortly after take-off because the pilot heard a "buzzing noise", according to a report. The plane had departed from the airport just 15 minutes earlier and was heading for Singapore when the pilot decided to turn around, as was told by a company official. "The pilot decided to return back as the buzzing noise disrupted his concentration," said Sudjoko Dalijo, a Garuda manager in Surabaya.
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Indonesia is to produce a record 17,4 million tonnes of palm oil this year, probably surpassing Malaysia as the worlds biggest producer, as higher yields and more acres offset the effect of a long dry season last year, as was told by an official in the industry. “This is because of higher productivity,” said Derom Bangun, the head of the Indonesian Palm Oil Association.
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The Discovery Shopping Mall in South Kuta recently saw its newest shop open - The Guard specializing only in condoms. Occupying a small 4 x 12 meter space, but painted bright red to help catch the attention of the shoppers visiting the busy mall, The Guard offers both male and female condoms in a mind-boggling array of styles imported from around the world.
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The number of foreign tourists arriving in Indonesia in the first quarter of 2007 was recorded at just over one million. That is a rise of over 14 percent from the same period last year when the figure stood at 877,000. The number of foreign tourists visiting Indonesia in March 2007 was 361,800 - an increase by more than 15 percent from March last year, told chairman Rusman Heriawan from the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) earlier today.
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Residents of the housing complex Tanggulangin Anggun Sejahtera I whose properties have been flooded by mud from the Lapindo drilling well in Sidoarjo, East Java, have agreed to accept the compensation payment arrangements as offered by the government. The residents initially demanded 100 percent payment of all costs in one payment, but now they accepted an initial 20 percent payment and the remaining 80 percent in April 2008.
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South Korea is interested in investing in a railway track for coal transportation in East Kalimantan, as was told by a cabinet member. "Their investment is significant," said Mari Pangestu, Minister of Trade, after signing the memorandum of understanding between representatives from South Korea and the state-owned railway company PT Kereta Api Indonesia (PT KAI).
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