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2009
72 TKW evacuated from Kuwait
The Agency for the Protection of Indonesians, the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Indonesian embassy in Kuwait have brought home 72 so-called
TKW ('female Indonesian workers abroad') that requested help from the embassy. All 72
TKW arrived with a Singapore Airlines flight. They are part of a group of 646
TKW which are currently ... (
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2009
Bali tourists robbed by airport staff
Staff at the international airport of Ngurah Rai on the resort island of Bali again have found a way to extort money for unknowing tourist that are leaving for home. This time it's fake tax duties that are filling up pockets of crooked employees at the airport. Where Indonesia does not see internet as a ... (
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2009
1,100 illegal buildings flattened in Jakarta
The number of buildings in Jakarta that is demolished because they are not built according to regulations now stands at 1,100. The head of the Building Supervision Office (P2B) in Jakarta, Hari Sasongko Kushadi, told that last year only some 700 buildings have been demolished. Most of the 1,100 buildings lack a proper building permit ... (
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2009
PDAM itself biggest user subterrain water in Bali
Despite repeated warnings from the government to conserve sub-terrain water reservoirs in Bali, the
Bali Post reports that the state water company
PDAM has little hesitation to tap into Bali's diminishing underground water reserves. According to the report, in every municipality and regency of Bali,
PDAM derives more water from sub-terrain reservoirs than it does ... (
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2008
Bali security on high alert for terrorism
The imminent execution of the men convicted for planning the 2002 Bali bombing and the Jakarta arrest in recent days of a network of terrorists preparing to blow up a major fuel depot have prompted Bali's security officials to go on high alert.
Police and counter-terrorist experts are now postulating that terrorist cells may be targeting ... (
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2007
Three volcanoes simmering in Indonesia
Indonesian scientists are closely monitoring three simmering volcanoes across the nation on Friday. These include the Mount Kelud volcano in eastern Java, the Mount Soputan volcano in Sulawesi and the infamous Krakatau in the Sunda Strait, between Sumatra and Java. This volcano as been spewing some ashes a few hundred meters into the air since ... (
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2006
Bus plunges into ravine in Indonesia, injuring 12
A bus plunged into a 25-meter-deep ravine in East Java province Thursday, injuring all the 12 people aboard. Police believed the driver lost control of the bus as he felt asleep, reported the national Antara news agency.
The bus, which plied between the provincial capital of Surabaya and nearby town of Banyuwangi, was damaged after it ... (
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2006
Death toll from bridge collapse rises to 7
The number of death toll from Wednesday's suspension bridge collapse in a mountainous tourist resort in Central Java province rose to seven on Thursday, a police officer said. "The fatality has become seven, two of those injured have died," Police chief of Baturaden district of the province named only Sudrajad told Xinhua by telephone.
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2005
Four dead in police clash with sect in Sulawesi
A clash between police and machete-wielding members of a shadowy Islamic sect on Indonesia's eastern Sulawesi island has killed four people, three of them officers, a senior policeman said on Wednesday. The fighting a day earlier on the rugged hills just outside the Central Sulawesi provincial capital of Palu broke out when police sought to ... (
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2005
Fights, frustration mar fuel cash handouts
It was billed as a way to cushion the blow for Indonesia's poorest of the poor. But efforts to compensate 15.5 million families with cash to offset steep hikes in fuel prices have instead triggered violence. Angry mobs have trashed homes of local officials. Old people have died standing in queues and a woman committed ... (
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2004
Indonesia to import Russian diesel fuel
State oil and gas company PT Pertamina will import diesel fuel from Russia as part of a three-year long term contract, a top company official said on Tuesday. "The import of Russian diesel fuel can save up Rp 1 trillion (US$109 million) per year as the price is cheaper," president director Widya Purnama said.
"We import ... (
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2004
SBY: Indonesia may ban al Qaeda linked group
Indonesia will outlaw an al Qaeda-linked group blamed for deadly bombings in Southeast Asia if its existence can be proved and if its members are involved in terrorist activities, the new president said. In an interview with Time magazine, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said he would review steps being taken to deal with terrorism and ... (
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2003
Violence between rival political parties kills 2 in Bali
Political violence has flared on Indonesia's Bali Island, leaving two dead. The deaths occurred in a clash between supporters of Indonesia's two largest parties. At least two people were killed and a number of others injured when supporters of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle, or PDIP, attacked the offices of rival political party Golkar ... (
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2000
U.S. warship, USS O'brien told to leave RI waters
U.S. Spurance Class type destroyer USS O'brein was told to leave Maluku waters by Indonesia's Rencong and Pandrong naval ships as its arrival raised suspicion. The warship was reportedly armed with Tomahawk cruise missiles. Commander of the Indonesian Navy Eastern Fleet, Rear Adm. Djoko Sumaryono, told Antara on Thursday that the warship was spotted in ... (
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Other events on this day
2000
Pontianak mayor Buchary A. Rahman declares a night curfew in the violence-stricken capital of West Kalimantan, following the renewal of interethnic community clashes which killing six people.
1999
President Abdurrahman Wahid forms his 35-member Cabinet, reflecting a compromise among the country's major political forces, including four ministers from the administration of former president B.J. Habibie and the powerful Indonesian Military (TNI).
1998
President B.J. Habibie opens the 7th National Congress on Indonesian Language and called on officials to stop sugarcoating unpleasant facts with euphemisms and to start speaking bluntly.
1997
Alvin Bahar, the son of former racing great Aswin Bahar, wins the National Formula Asia motor race at Sentul, near Bogor, West Java, scoring 75 points.
1996
German Chancellor Helmut Kohl arrives in Jakarta for a four-day visit and talks with President Soeharto on enhancing economic and trade ties between Germany and Indonesia as well as human rights issues and the question of East Timor.
1995
Freedom fighter and former minister Mrs. Supeni announces the creation of the Indonesian National Association (PNI) and promises the association would not become a political party.
1995
Celebrated composers from Asia-Pacific countries begin their meeting in Denpasar, Bali, to create new melodies.
1994
Foreign minister Ali Alatas opens the fifth workshop on managing potential conflicts in the South China Sea in Bukittinggi, West Sumatra.
1993
Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating arrives in Jakarta and briefs his host President Soeharto about the results of the just concluded summit of the Commonwealth states in Cyprus.
1989
Junior world champion Nanda Telambuana from West Sumatra breaks the national record of the men's 60 kg powerlifting competition in Jakarta at 262.5 kg from 260 kg.
1986
Floods hit Southern Lampung, killing 96 people.
1946
The Dutch-Indonesian negotiation with mediator Lord Killearn of Britain to seek a peaceful solution over the Dutch-Indonesian dispute begins. The Indonesian delegation is led by Sutan Sjahrir and the Dutch's is led by Prof. Schermerhorn.
1939
GRM Dorodjatun is elected new sultan of Yogyakarta to replace Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono VIII.
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