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2009
A real ambassador to Indonesia; charged with corruption
More people are pointed at as suspects in a corruption case at the Indonesian embassy in Bangkok, Thailand. After a team of investigators visited Thailand, they decided that the current ambassador to Thailand, Muhammad Hatta, also is a suspect in a case in which 2.5 billion Rupiah (176,000 euro) is 'misplaced'.
"During the investigation, there was ... (
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2009
Harvard 'Engrish' School
No, I am not perfect, but if you are pretending to be 'Harvard English School' then you should at least be able to write down your advertisements in English that is without any errors. But it is well-known that people in Asian countries have developed their own style of English, called 'Engrish'. In fact this ... (
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2009
New transport minister replaces station head and warns airport
The newly installed Minister of Transportation, Freddy Numberi, did not wait long before making some moves in order to straighten up his portfolio. Just a few days after he was inaugurated, he openly criticized the operator of Terminal 1 at the Soekarno-Hatta international airport. He also fired the head of the Jakartakota train station in ... (
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2009
Majapahit village discovered near Mojokerto
A joint archeology team for historical Majapahit (1293 to around 1500) sites has discovered a complete village from that age in one single area. The village is located near the city of Mojokerto in East Java. This is the first time that a complete village has been found. The village was most likely used by ... (
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2008
Bali bombers could die as early as Saturday
The three Bali bombers on death row in Indonesia may be executed as early as Saturday, as security is tightened around their island prison. According to the office of Indonesia's Attorney-General, after midnight this Friday is the earliest time Amrozi, Mukhlas and Imam Samudra could face the firing squad.
This possibility was boosted by Indonesia's Deputy ... (
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2007
Six Garuda B737-400s seized by customs officers
Asia aviation soared to new heights on Thursday, October 25, 2007, with the inaugural flight of the Airbus 380 from Singapore to Sydney, while in Indonesia aviation circles were reaping publicity of a less favorable kind when six Boeing 737-400 aircraft leased by national flag-carrier Garuda Indonesia were seized by Indonesian customs and excise officials ... (
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2007
Mount Kelud crater lake heats up even further
Mount Kelud, the 1,731-meter volcano with a history of deadly eruptions, is still about to erupt, keeping tens of thousands of residents in refugee shelters. A scientist at one of the monitoring posts around the volcano said that the water in the 15-meter deep crater lake reached 39.0° C on Saturday morning, that is just ... (
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2006
Diarrhea sweeps Nusa Tenggara, 43 children die
Forty-three children aged under five have died and thousands of people have been hospitalized because of suffering diarrhea since August in East Nusa Tenggara province in Indonesia, Kompas daily reported here Saturday. The cause of the disease was the poor water quality and sanitation during the long drought in the eastern part of the vast ... (
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2006
Motorcycle sales in Indonesia forecast to grow 5% in 2007
The sales of motorcycle in Indonesia is predicted to expand by 5 percent next year to 4.5 millions units, a dealer said here Friday. "Next year the demand of the motorcycle in the country will grow 5 percent," Vice Director of the Yamaha Kencana Indonesia Corp. Dyonisius Beti was quoted by the Antara news ... (
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2006
Power line breaks, causes accident on Cipularang highway
Traffic at the Cipularang toll road came to a grinding hold on Friday evening when a high-voltage power cable (Saluran Udara Tegangan Ekstra Tinggi, SUTET), which crossed the road here, broke of and came down in the Sadang area, district of Purwakarta. The cable just missed the cars on the road below. After the cable ... (
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2005
President: RI consuming energy inefficiently
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said here Friday Indonesia was consuming energy in less efficient ways than other countries and called on the people and state officials to help conserve energy. The government is trying its best to conserve energy and to find other alternative energy sources such as solar energy, coal and castor oil, he ... (
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2005
Megawati in hospital with suspected dengue fever
Former president of Indonesia Megawati Sukarnoputri was admitted to hospital late Tuesday with suspected dengue fever, a source close to her said. The former president was admitted in the MMC Hospital in South Jakarta at 4 p.m., the source was quoted by the Jakarta Post as saying Wednesday.
Dengue fever is an annual hazard in Indonesia, ... (
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2004
Little lady of Flores forces rethink of human evolution
A new human-like species - a dwarfed relative who lived just 18,000 years ago in the company of pygmy elephants and giant lizards - has been discovered in Indonesia. Skeletal remains show that the hominins, nicknamed 'hobbits' by some of their discoverers, were only one metre tall, had a brain one-third the size of that ... (
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2004
Bashir faces trial over Jakarta hotel bombing
Indonesian Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir, the alleged spiritual leader of Southeast Asian terrorist group Jemaah Islamiyah, faces trial today for criminal involvement in terrorist activities, the presiding judge said. The hearing will take place at 10 a.m. Jakarta time in a special compound at the Agriculture Ministry in South Jakarta, to accommodate anticipated crowds, ... (
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2003
Nationwide campaign for election system begins
President Megawati Soekarnoputri launched on Monday a joint nationwide campaign with the General Elections Commission (KPU) to introduce the new electoral system to ensure the success of the 2004 general elections. Saying that the country would hold its first ever direct presidential election in 2004, Megawati said it was important for the information dissemination process ... (
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2003
Jakarta - Soekarno-Hatta railway track to cost EUR 6.1 milion
The Transportation Ministry has predicted the construction of a 6-km railway track linking Soekarno-Hatta Airport to the capital Jakarta would cost at least EUR 6.1 million.
"The construction of each kilometer of the railway track will cost EUR 6.1 million so the total cost will be EUR 6.1 million," the ministry`s director general of land ... (
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2003
RI to give visa-on-arrival facility to 20 states
The government will provide a visa-on-arrival facility to 20 countries and one region, an immigration official said on Tuesday. The decision was made during a meeting on political and security affairs here last Sept 9, the immigration office's spokesman, Ade E Dachlan, said. "The visa-on-arrival facility will only last for 30 days but can be ... (
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2003
Eight parties thought to have failed screening
Eight political parties could be dismissed from the ongoing verification process being conducted by the General Elections Commission (KPU) for failing to submit the required documents. Dismissal would keep the parties -- the Glorious Marhaen Nationalist Party, Gotong Royong Party, Islamic Party, Pro-Republic Party, Republic of Indonesia Union Party, Catholic Party, Indonesian Workers Party and ... (
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2003
Executive train derails in Grobogan
Five carriages of an executive train running from Surabaya, East Java, to Jakarta, West Java, derailed and turned upside down in Godong, Central Java, on Monday. Nobody was killed in the accident but an unspecified number of people was injured, Grobogan traffic police chief First Inspector Made Kusuma said. He said the five carriages ... (
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2002
Indonesian cleric taken from hospital amid clash
Indonesian police removed a militant Muslim cleric suspected of regional terror links from his hospital bed in central Java on Monday as his supporters and security forces clashed outside. A police spokesman said Abu Bakar Bashir would be flown straight to Jakarta, where he faces questioning over several extremist acts in Indonesia, although not the ... (
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Other events on this day
2000
A U.S. warship, the "USS O'Brien", with 25 marines and 200 sailors on board, arrives in Dili to take part in an ongoing American humanitarian mission in E.Timor as W. Timor's military commander Maj. Gen. Kiki Syahnakri invited foreign aid workers.
2000
Noted politician Jailani Naro dies of health complications in Jakarta at the age of 71. In 1988, he surprised many by nominating himself as a candidate for vice president to compete against eventual winner Sudharmono.
2000
The House of Representatives and the International Monetary Fund agree to fully implement the fund-sponsored economic reform program in order to revive confidence in the economy and to reach a sustainable economic recovery.
2000
Hundreds of students from a number of universities and student organizations mark the 72nd Youth Pledge Day by staging rallies across the capital, some demanding Pres. Abdurrahman Wahid step down immediately for his failure to make significant changes.
2000
The third National Conference on Child Welfare in Jakarta ends with a call for the govt to give the utmost priority to the nation's children as more than 30 millions continue to suffer in increasing destitution.
1999
Nahdlatul Ulama Muslim organization executive Imam Syafii calls on the near blind Pres. Abdurrahman Wahid to accept an offer from a group of National Awakening Party supporters in Yogyakarta to donate their eyes to him.
1999
100 youths mark the celebration of Youth Pledge Day across the country by setting up the National Committee for a Federal State in Jakarta led by Abdul Hafid Paronda and call on the People's Consultative Assembly to amend the 1945 Constitution.
1998
Brig. Gen. Saleh Djasit, a legislator of the Armed Forces faction, is elected as Governor of Riau for the 1998-2003 term, replacing Soeripto.
1997
President Soeharto discloses that Singapore had offered US$10 billion in assistance to help restore confidence in the Indonesian economy.
1997
Australian PM John Howard arrives in Jakarta for a two-day visit and meets with President Soeharto to discuss economic and political issues, including the ongoing Southeast Asian currency crisis.
1995
US President Bill Clinton meets with President Soeharto at the White House, Washington DC, offering the sale of F-16 fighters to Indonesia.
1989
Host and defending overall champion Jakarta retains the National Games (PON) title at the 12th PON in Jakarta with 107 gold, 90 silver, and 76 bronze medals.
1986
Indonesia's "crack" rally driver Beng Suswanto and his navigator Adiguna Sutowo from Jakarta win the Trans-Sumatra car rally which covers a distance of 2,500 kilometers.
1985
Yayan Hendrayana, 29, a Muslim scholar, is sentenced to 20 years in jail by the North Jakarta district court on subversion charges for seditious sermons prior to the Tanjung Priok riots last year.
1983
Indonesia turns down Australia's offer for mediation between ASEAN and Vietnam over the Cambodian issue because they can communicate directly.
1983
Indonesia deplores the U.S. foreign intervention in Granada following a bloody coup d'etat in the island last week.
1948
The Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) troops are crushed by the National Armed Forces (TNI).
1948
Indonesia sends a mission, led by Mr. Sartono, to the East Indonesian State (NIT), which provokes the Dutch to launch the second military aggression in Dec. 1948. As a protest, the Cabinet of NIT resigned simultaneously.
1945
A bitter war between local people and British and Gurkha troops erupts in Surabaya, East Java.
1928
The 2nd Congress of Youths in Jakarta launches a commitment, better known as the Youth Pledge (Sumpah Pemuda), to have one language, one nation, and one fatherland: Indonesia!
1924
The East Indies administration establishes the College of Law (Rechthoogeschool) in Batavia to fill the posts for legal officers such as judge, prosecutor, and clerk of a court.
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