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2008
Twenty-five feared dead in sandslide in Sulawesi
At least 25 sand miners were feared dead in a sandslide Thursday in Sulawesi Island, eastern Indonesia, said Indonesia's Health Ministry. Head of crisis center of the ministry Rustam Pakaya said the accident occurred when the miners were collecting sand in a local sand mine. "A huge amount of sand came down and buried the ... (
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2007
Court rejects Bali nine death penalty challenge
The Constitutional Court in Indonesia has rejected a challenge to the death penalty which was brought by three members of the so-called 'Bali Nine', who are on death row. Convicted drug trafficker Scott Rush and the ringleaders of the Bali Nine, Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran were the initiators. The Constitutional Court rejected the challenge ... (
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2006
Official: Indonesia is world's third largest energy producer
Indonesia is the world's third largest fossil energy producer after Saudi Arabia and Iran despite continued slump in oil production, an official said Monday. Indonesia's OPEC governor Maizar Rahman said at a news conference the country produces 4.19 million barrels of the equivalent of oil per day, compared with Saudi's 10.8 million barrels per day ... (
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2006
Suharto's son released from jail
Former Indonesian president Suharto's youngest son was conditionally released from jail on Monday, after serving a third of his original sentence for plotting the murder of a Supreme Court judge. Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra was sentenced to 15 years for paying a hitman to kill the judge and other offences, but that was reduced to ... (
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2006
Earthquake shakes West Java in the morning
An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.7 on the Richter Scale rocked parts of West Java this morning, in particular places like Bogor, Sukabumi and Cianjur. The head of the Bandung based branch of the State Meteorology and Geophysics Office (Badan Meteorologi dan Geofisika, BMG) told that the earthquake took place at eight o'clock in ... (
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2006
Russia sends 2 amphibious planes for fighting fire
Two Beriyev Be-200 amphibious planes of the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry have left from Khabarovsk for Indonesia for putting down forest fires. Their mission will last for over a month. According to updated reports, 27 million hectares of forests are on fire in Indonesia, while haze has spread onto over 550,000 square kilometers, the press ... (
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2005
Govt boosts security after girls beheaded
Police beefed up security patrols on Sunday in the Poso area, plagued by sectarian violence for years, after mysterious assailants in black beheaded three teenage Christian girls. Six machete-wielding men attacked the 16 to 19-year-old students as they were walking to their school on Saturday on Indonesia's eastern island of Sulawesi, police said.
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2004
Some railroad trips
On several different occasions, I travelled by train over Jawa. Some of the trips were made in the evening or at night, so there wasn’t much to see except some white lights from distant villages and every once in a while a train station where we made a short stop to let other trains pass, ... (
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2003
Indonesia arrests one of most wanted
Indonesian police have arrested one of the most wanted men in Southeast Asia, a key suspect in the August 5 bombing of the U.S.-run Marriott hotel in Jakarta, a senior officer says. The man, identified only as Tohir, was among two people arrested on Wednesday, national police chief General Da'i Bachtiar told reporters. He had ... (
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2002
Scetches of suspects
Police sketches of three possible suspects in the Bali bomb blasts are displayed in Denpasar, Bali on October 30. Indonesian police say the three could be part of a group comprising as many as 10 people involved in the attack on October 12.Indonesian police released sketches on Wednesday of possible suspects in the Bali ... (
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2002
Indonesia police find bomb at university
Indonesian police on Wednesday defused a bomb and were searching for two others at one of Jakarta's biggest Christian universities, security officials said. Police said the Universitas Kristen Indonesia (Indonesian Christian University) received a call from a man who said he had planted three bombs at the campus in East Jakarta."We are looking for the ... (
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2002
Police to release Bali suspect sketches today
In a signal of progress in the case of the Bali bomb blasts that killed at least 184 people, Indonesian police plan to release sketches on Wednesday of possible suspects. "We are going to issue the sketches today both in Bali and Jakarta," Edward Aritonang, deputy national police chief, said. He told Reuters by telephone ... (
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2000
Men sweep hotels in Surakarta
Not withstanding the government's efforts to ease tensions with the U.S. government, dozens of men clad in green military-style uniforms stormed into a number of international hotels in Surakarta, Central Java, on Sunday demanding that American guests leave the country. Hotel staff were reportedly warned that checks would be held at the hotels for American ... (
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Other events on this day
2000
Eurico Gutteres, the pro-Indonesia East Timorese militia leader, is transferred from his safe house at the city police HQ to the Salemba penitentiary in C. Jakarta, approaching the trial on his alleged role in last month's incident in Atambua, E. Timor.
1998
President B.J. Habibie vows to put an end to the mysterious killing spree in Java, which claimed the lives of more than 150 people.
1998
The 7th National Congress on Indonesian Language in Jakarta recommends forming a language advisory board to cope with rapid language developments.
1998
Thousands of Hindus in Jembrana, Bal, blast State Minister of Food and Horticulture A. M. Saefuddin for his remark about Megawati Soekarnoputri that a Hindu could never become a president of Indonesia.
1998
Widadi, a journalist of Detak tabloid, has his life threatened in Surabaya by the Chief of East Java's Regional Military Command Maj. Gen. Djoko Subroto for questioning the case of the shaman murders in the Banyuwangi area.
1997
The Asian Soccer Confederation (AFC) bans the All Indonesian Football Federation (PSSI) from staging international events in Senayan Main Stadium for six months.
1992
The Indonesian Navy's Chief of Staff announces the government's decision to buy more than 30 used war ships from Germany to enhance the Navy's fleets and to replace old war ships.
1991
A delegation of Chinese Moslems meets with President Soeharto in Jakarta after visiting various religious places and sites in Java.
1989
President Director of Garuda Indonesian Airways M. Soeparno is elected as president of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) for the 1989-1990 period at its 45th congress in Warsaw, Poland,, replacing Col. Jerzy Slowinski.
1989
Dr. Soelarso Sopater is reelected as the chairman of the Communion of Churches in Indonesia (PGI) for the 1989-1994 period at the 11th congress of the communion in Surabaya, East Java.
1988
Dutch PM Ruud Lubbers visits Jakarta for a four-day official visit to the country and meets with President Soeharto to strengthen bilateral economic, political and cultural relations.
1988
Mick Jagger and his Rolling Stones electrify 60,000 fans at the Senayan Stadium in Jakarta with 20 songs, while thousands of other angry fans outside the stadium smash dozens of cars.
1945
President Sukarno and Commander of the 23rd Indian Division Gen. Hawthorn agree in Surabaya to hold ceasefire and to form the joint Bureau of Contact, led respectively by Brig. Gen. AWS Mallaby and Resident R. Soedirman.
1945
President Sukarno arrives in Surabaya on the invitation of the Commander of the 23rd Indian Division Maj. Gen. DC Hawthorn to save Brig. Gen. Mallaby and his troops who are being besieged by local fighters.
1945
British Brig. Gen. A.W.S. Mallaby, who led the Allied Forces Netherlands East Indies (AFNEI)'s 49th Brigade, Indian Division, is killed in an incident in Jembatan Merah area, Surabaya, after British troops broke the ceasefire with the local fighters.
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