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2009
73 rivers in Bali have run dry
The prolonged dry season currently being experienced in Bali is having profound impact on the island's ecology. As reported by
Bali Post, of the 165 rivers found on the island, 73 have now run dry. Of the remaining 92 river still flowing, most of these are doing so with substantially reduced flow rates. Many ... (
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2009
7.3 magnitude earthquake hits Maluku
Residents of Saumlaki, and some other cities in the Maluku archipelago panicked and alarmed their traditional alarms when a 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck their area at 23:40 local time (GMT+9) last evening. Residents fled their houses and sounded the alarm to indicate to others that they had to flee to a safe place told Mouthy ... (
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2008
Parliamentary commission agrees Indover rescue
Indonesia's central bank may bail out a failed subsidiary in the Netherlands to avoid a possible sovereign credit rating downgrade, lawmakers said on Friday, in a deal that local media estimated could cost nearly $700 million. A Dutch court in early October froze assets and liabilities of Indonesische Overzeese Bank NV (Indover), a subsidiary of ... (
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2007
President visits Mount Kelud refugees
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and First Lady Ani Yudhoyono Wednesday visited some evacuees from the Mount Kelud danger zone in eastern Java. They are currently in emergency shelters. The president met with refugees in the village of Serangan in the district of Wates and Siman in the district of Kepung.
He was scheduled to spend one ... (
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2007
Mount Soputan volcano erupts
A volcano erupted on the island of Sulawesi on Thursday, shooting plumes of white smoke and sand more than 1 kilometer into the air. Villages nearby are covered in a thin layer of ash, officials said. Some violent tremors sent farmers away from their fields around the crater of Mount Soputan just before the ... (
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2007
Strong earthquake hits off Sumatra island
A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1 on the Richter Scale has struck off the island of Sumatra. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties. A tsunami-alert was issued briefly as well. The US Geological Survey said that the quake took place 135 kilometer southwest of Bengkulu, where people woke up from ... (
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2006
Sightseers in death plunge as bridge fails
A footbridge packed with local tourists broke at a mountain resort on Java island Wednesday, killing five people and injuring 29 others who plunged more than 60 feet to a rocky riverbed, police and tourist officials said. Surono, an employee at the Baturaden resort in Central Java province, said one of the steel cables holding ... (
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2005
Thousands of textile workers fired after fuel price hikes
Over 70,000 workers have been laid off since the government hiked fuel prices on Oct. 1, local media reported on Tuesday. "The workers are from Bandung, the capital of West Java province and Surakarta in Central Java province. I expect the number to reach 100,000 by the end of this year," Chairman of the Textile ... (
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2005
Police say baffled in Bali blast probe
The police chief in Bali on Tuesday expressed frustration at the lack of progress finding those behind triple suicide bombings on the resort island this month that killed 20 people. Made Mangku Pastika, who led the successful investigation of the 2002 Bali nightclub attacks, said national distribution of leaflets showing the decapitated heads of the ... (
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2005
Landslide death toll in Aceh hits 20
The death toll from crushing landslides that smashed into two villages in Indonesia's Aceh province last week has reached 20, with around 250 people injured, a rescue official said on Tuesday. Rochmali, chief of Aceh's search and rescue unit, said more than 3,000 people had been made homeless from the rain-triggered landslides that hit two ... (
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2005
Human bird flu cases confirmed in Indonesia, Thailand
One new case of human infection with bird flu was confirmed in Thailand and two additional cases were confirmed in Indonesia, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Monday. The patient in Thailand is a 7-year-old boy who developed symptoms on Oct. 16 and was hospitalized on Oct. 19, the WHO said in a statement, adding ... (
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2004
Constructing the Indonesian presidency
Presidency has been defined, among others, as the collective administrative and governmental entity operating in a presidential office. Presidency varies from one state to another and from one period to another in a single country. Sukarno's presidency differed from Soeharto's, B.J. Habibie's, Abdurrahman Wahid's and Megawati Soekarnoputri's.
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's presidency has been projected as ... (
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2003
BI upbeat on rupiah despite recent slide
The rupiah weakened on Friday against the U.S. dollar for the fourth consecutive day at Rp 8,490 per dollar, but the central bank said that the current movement was still "within range" and that intervention was unnecessary. Bank Indonesia senior deputy governor Anwar Nasution told reporters that the central bank had no plans so far ... (
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2003
Bomb kills three in Maluku Utara province
Three people including a child died when a homemade bomb stored in the ceiling of their home exploded as they slept in eastern Indonesia's Halmahera Island, police said.
Four other people were wounded, a hospital official said. It's true there was a bomb explosion at about 1:30 last night (1530 GMT)," said Inspector Irwan Nasution, chief ... (
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2003
Minister: 'Indonesia to import 2.3m tons rice, sugar this year'
Once hailed as a self-sufficient rice producing country, Indonesia this year has to import 2.3 million tons of rice, says a top official. Speaking in the cool mountain resort of Ambarawa in Central Java, Minister for the Economy Dorodjatun Kuntjoro-Jakti said that domestic production had failed to match the demand arising from population growth.
Indonesia ... (
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2002
Two wounded in Indonesia mall blast
An explosive device blew up at a shopping mall in the city of Bandung on Thursday, slightly wounding two people, and police safely removed two others at a different mall. The devices were small and apparently intended to frighten rather than kill, Police Lt. Col. Masguntur Loupe told Metro TV, an Indonesian television station.There was ... (
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2000
Strong quake shakes Jakarta and West Java
A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.5 on the Richter scale shook the western part of Java island, including the Indonesian capital on Wednesday, causing panic among residents.
The quake, centered in the Indian Ocean some 230 kilometers (142.6 miles) southwest of the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, hit at 4:32 p.m., according to the meteorology ... (
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2000
U.S. embassy in Jakarta to close section after threat
The public services section of the U.S. embassy here will be closed for the rest of the week after "credible information" was received of a possible attack, the U.S. State Department said on Tuesday. The embassy was closed anyway on Wednesday in observance of the Ascension Day of Prophet Muhammad. It has been decided that ... (
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2000
Military moves and the threat of coup d’etat
Reform is a process of dismantling and putting things back together. As such, the more unbending and unyielding an institution, the greater the pain it will feel when undergoing a process of reform. The Indonesian Military (TNI), like any other military organization in other parts of the world, is an organization that is intrinsically conservative. ... (
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Other events on this day
2000
Vice President Megawati Soekarnoputri opens the ninth International Symposium on Coral Reefs in Nusa Dua, Bali, calling on the international community to help save the nation's coral reefs through concrete but nonbinding assistance.
2000
An earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale jolts most of the western part of the island of Java, including the capital Jakarta, sending people running in panic from homes, office buildings, shopping centers, hotels and apartments.
2000
Legislator A. Effendy Choirie, a spokesman for the National Awakening Party founded by Abdurrahman Wahid, accuses noted economist Sjahrir of acting in the interests of former president Soeharto when he called on Pres. Abdurrahman Wahid to stand down.
2000
Foreign Minister Alwi Shihab summons U.S. Ambassador to Indonesia Robert Gelbard in Jakarta to clarify local media reports that the envoy had tried to influence President Abdurrahman Wahid over a recent Army chief appointment, but Gerbard denies it.
1999
President Abdurrahman Wahid meets with 16 Arab envoys, including Palestine Ambassador to Indonesia Ribhi Y. Awad in Jakarta and assures Arab nations that Indonesia would not open diplomatic ties with Israel until Palestinians gained independence.
1999
Thousands of student protesters in Makassar, South Sulawesi, force Governor HZB Palaguna to witness the lowering of the red-and-white national flag and the hoisting of a green flag of an independent Sulawesi state.
1999
Minister of Defense and Security/Indonesian Military (TNI) chief Gen. Wiranto apologizes and prays for casualties caused in the course of the General Session of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR).
1998
The Partai Kebangkitan Ummat (Ummat Awakening Party), the fourth party of Nahdlatul Ulama Muslim organization after SUNI party, PKB, and PNU, is launched in Jombang, West Java, and led by veteran politician KH Yusuf Hasyim.
1997
Six luxury villas in Puncak Hill Resort, Bogor, West Java, are demolished because they were located in conservation and water catchment areas, while the others did not have building permits, raising the total number of villas demolished this year to 123.
1997
Mohammad Saleh Latuconsina, 49, is elected as the new governor of Maluku for the 1997/2002 period, replacing M. Akib Latuconsina.
1996
Australia and Indonesia agrees to develop a zone of sub-regional economic cooperation linking Indonesia's eastern provinces and the Australian continent.
1995
President Soeharto, representing 75 heads of state and government, pledges to balance population growth with resources during a UN ceremony presided over by United Nations Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali.
1995
Minister of Religious Affairs Tarmizi Taher leaves for the Vatican to clarify the recent religious tension in East Timor and to ask for help to solve the problems, especially regarding the Dili diocese.
1993
Information Minister Harmoko is elected as the Chairman of the Golkar ruling party for the 1993-1998 period at the 5th party national congress in Jakarta.
1989
Zamzuri bin Muhrozi, 46, is sentenced to life imprisonment by the Bandar Lampung district court for his involvement in subversive activities led by Warsidi to establish an Islamic state.
1988
Lt. Gen. (ret.) Wahono is elected as new chairman of the Golkar ruling party in its congress in Jakarta, replacing Sudharmono, with Rachmat Witoelar as secretary general.
1987
Runner Mashudi, 23, from Samarinda, East Kalimantan, won the Bali Marathon in Nusa Dua, Bali, clocking 2:51:42.
1986
Indonesia's International Chess Master Utut Adianto becomes the country's second chess player after Ronny Gunawan to capture the Grandmaster title when he defeated Yugoslavian IGM Krusnalov Hulak in the second International Chess Tournament in Jakarta.
1983
President Soeharto presents awards to three farmer's groups, two from Bantul near Yogyakarta and one from Tuban in East Java, recently named as the winners of a government contest to improve productivity.
1983
State secretary Sudharmono is reelected to chair the Golkar ruling party in its 3rd national congress in Jakarta with Sarwono Kusumaatmadja as its secretary general for the 1983-1988 period.
1965
Some university students in Jakarta establish the Indonesian College Students's Action Front (KAMI).
1963
Chief of the Military Regional Command XV/Pattimura issues an order for a special operation to chase Moluccas rebel leader Dr. Soumokil.
1946
Government issues Law No. 19/1946 on the basis of the prevailing Japanese rupiah exchange rate where 50 Japanese rupiah was equal with Rp 1,- (ORI) in Java and Madura, outside of the two areas: 100 Japanese rupiah was equal with Rp 1,- (ORI).
1945
President Surkarno meets with the Chief of the Allied Forces Netherlands East Indies (AFNEI) Lt. Gen. Sir Philip Christison for the first time and states Indonesia's readiness to negotiate based on the recognition of the Indonesian sovereignty.
1945
British Brig. Gen. A.W.S. Mallaby, who leads the Allied Forces's 49th Brigade of Indian Division, enters Surabaya city, East Java, with 6,000 troops.
1945
Two British military officers, envoys of the Allied Forces's leader Brig. Gen. A.W.S. Mallaby, try to force East Java Governor Surjo when he is meeting with his staff at the governor's office in Surabaya to come to the Allied ship in Tanjung Perak harbor.
1944
National Movement hero K.H. Zaenal Mustafa dies in Jakarta at 37.
1843
Sultan Adam Alamsyah of the Pasir Kingdom in East Kalimantan is forced to sign a friendship agreement with the Dutch - known as Korte Verklaring, which caused serious conflict in the kingdom.
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