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2008
Jakarta withdraws it's support for the Bali toll road
Efforts to construct a toll bridge connecting Sanur and Nusa Dua via Serangan Island have just been complicated further by the withdrawal of financial support by the central government, leaving the people of Bali to find their own funding for a project estimated to eventually cost about 117 million euro.
According to NusaBali, an initial commitment ... (
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2007
Mount Kelud spills boiling water from it's crater
The Mount Kelud volcano is dangerously close to an eruption on Monday as magma was pushing upwards through the blocked crater, causing boiling water to spill down it's slopes, according a volcanologist. The water level in the crater lake has fallen because of cracks in it's surface. This also caused damage to essential equipment used ... (
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2007
Mount Krakatau ejects hot stones and debris
Volcanic activity at the Mount Anak Krakatau is still rising. Until 06:00 (GMT+7) there were 52 eruptions in which hot stones and debris was ejected from the volcano. Until this moment, the status of the volcano just off the western tip of Java, in the Sunda Strait is still 'on watch'. Between 00:00 and 06:00 ... (
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2007
Situation Mount Kelud volcano gets worse by the moment
The condition of the Mount Kelud volcano in the district of Kediri in eastern Java gets more critical by the moment. Outside small tremors in the earth there are also tremors caused by escaping gases which escape from the center of the crater. Based on the information from the observation post near the volcano, until ... (
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2007
Bird flu; situation in Indonesia, update 16
Bird flu has claimed another life in Indonesia. Et, a 30-year old woman from Cipete in the city of Tangerang, died last Saturday. The husband of the victim, Zaidi, said on Sunday that his wife received treatment in the Persahabatan Hospital in Jakarta, where she died at 12:30 (GMT+7). She was later buried at the ... (
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2007
Garuda Indonesia turns a profit again
Tempo Interaktif reports that Garuda Indonesia created a profit of Rp. 218 billion (16.8 million euro) in the period January-September 2007, an increase of 150% over the same period in the preceding year. Garuda suffered a loss of Rp. 436 billion (33.5 million euro) in 2006. "Current results are a good step, while over the ... (
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2006
Hundreds of hardline Muslims rally against Bush’s planned visit
Hundreds of Islamic hard-liners rallied in front of the American Embassy in Jakarta on Saturday, denouncing President Bush’s planned trip to the world’s most populous Muslim nation. “Bush should not come to Indonesia,” shouted Muhammad Ismail Yusanto, saying Bush was responsible for the violence in the Palestinian territories, Iraq and Afghanistan.
Bush is scheduled to visit ... (
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2006
Indonesia peacekeepers head for Lebanon this month
Indonesian troops are set to join a U.N. peacekeeping mission in Lebanon this month, the country's ambassador to the United Nations said on Friday. The Indonesian military has said a 125-member advance team will leave on Nov. 5, Rezlan Jenie, head of the Indonesian mission to the United Nations in New York, told reporters. The ... (
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2006
Anarchy reigns in West Lombok
Back to Lombok after almost two years - my last visit to this beautiful and quiet island east of the messy Bali dates back to January 2005 - I noticed that certain things had changed, and too bad not only for the good of the island. It has nothing to do with increased tourist numbers ... (
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2005
Soeharto admitted to hospital
Former president Soeharto was admitted to the Pertamina Hospital in South Jakarta on Friday suffering from an identified illness. The RCTI television broadcaster said the former strongman was admitted to the hospital at about 4:30 p.m. Friday but it was not clear what he was suffering from.
On the first day of the Idul Fitri holiday ... (
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2005
Security high after suspected top al-Qaida operative escapes
Indonesia will raise security measures across the country to anticipate potential terror attacks following the escape of a suspected al-Qaida leader from a U.S. military prison in Afghanistan, local media reported Saturday. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, said that top al-Qaida operative Omar al-Farouq could be preparing a plot against Indonesia because he had been apprehended ... (
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2005
Fifth death from bird flu confirmed
Indonesia's Health Ministry today confirmed the country's fifth human death from avian influenza after receiving test reports from the World Health Organization's laboratory in Hong Kong. It would be the 63rd such death reported in Asia since 2004.
"We have had a total of nine cases of bird flu infections in humans, five of whom have ... (
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2003
Garuda skids in Balikpapan airport, causes delays
Eight flights at an airport in East Kalimantan province were delayed Wednesday afternoon after a plane overshot the taxiway and became stuck, an airport official said.
The official at Balikpapan airport said takeoffs and landings continued but one takeoff and seven arrivals were delayed because the Garuda Indonesia 737 could not be moved from the ... (
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2003
Quake jolts Bengkulu
An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale jolted Bengkulu province on Sumatra Island at 1:45 p.m. on Wednesday but there were no immediate reports of casualties. Head of the Kehahyang geophysics office in Bengkulu, Armien Paimin, said on Wednesday that the tremor's epicenter was located in the Indian Ocean 105 kilometers southwest of Bengkulu ... (
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2003
Snake catchers, killers to be fined in Yogyakarta village
Anyone who is caught catching or killing any of the snakes released to attack rats in rice fields in a village in the sultanate of Yogyakarta, will face a fine of Rp 750,000, head of a farmer-group said here Tuesday.
Rats have plagued 64 hectares of rice field in Sidoluhur village, Sleman district, preventing the ... (
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2003
200 feared dead in Sumatra flood
Rescuers were desperately searching Tuesday for survivors after flash floods swept through a resort village near a reserve for endangered orangutans on Indonesia ’s Sumatra island, leaving more than 200 people either dead or missing. Local officials said 85 bodies had been recovered. With 123 people still missing and feared dead, the death toll was ... (
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2002
Boat sinks off Ambon; upto 65 die
Some 70 people were feared to have drowned after an overloaded boat carrying more than 200 passengers sank in eastern Indonesia, officials said yesterday. The Masohi Star went down on Sunday night after travelling just 500 metres from the shore of Ambon Island, said Lieutenant-Colonel Marten Luther Djari, an adviser to the provincial governor.Five bodies ... (
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2000
Seven die in Central Java landslide
At least villagers died and hundreds of houses were damaged in a landslide that occurred Sunday in Purworejo regency in Central Java. Six of the victims were buried in a landslide while the seventh victim, an elementary school student, wasdrowned in a flash flood that followed incessant rain,Antara reported.
Officials said they feared the number of ... (
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2000
Opposites attract in mixed marriages
A visit to a shopping mall always has the potential to become ugly for "Bill" and his wife, "Sita". There are the stares, the double-takes and, frequently, the hurtful comments, spoken in a stage whisper so the American and his younger Indonesian wife will be sure to hear.
"It gets very tiresome when ... (
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Other events on this day
2000
Indonesian shuttler Taufik Hidayat and new Chinese star Xie Xinfang grab the men's and women's singles titles at the US$150,000 Asian Badminton Championships at the Senayan Indoor Stadium, Jakarta.
2000
President Abdurrahman Wahid expresses his deep concern over the current conflict between religious communities, saying religions in the country is undergoing trivialization, a process in which religion is reduced into superficial elements and slogans.
2000
The Indonesian Muslim Students Action Front (KAMMI) opens its second congress in Yogyakarta, which is participated in by some 250 of its activists from throughout the country.
1998
Norway provides US$17.99 million in soft loans to Indonesia to finance various activities, including training of teachers and a campaign to raise awareness of the plight of the blind.
1998
Chairman of the Indonesian Mandate Party Amien Rais alleges that former president Soeharto was involved in the murder of 200 Muslim preachers and people accused of practicing black magic in Java.
1998
The Yogyakarta High Prosecutor's Office announces it had identified 150 hectares of land belonging to former president Soeharto's children and friends in Sleman and Bantul regencies.
1998
Twenty-three people are killed in Waikabubak, West Sumba, by angry demonstrators following rumors that recruitment for jobs in the bureaucracy was rigged.
1998
Some 70,000 Muslims gather at the Senayan Stadium in Jakarta to pray for the success of the Special Session of the People's Consultative Assembly on Nov. 10 to 13.
1998
National Mandate Party chairman Amien Rais alleges that former president Soeharto was involved in the murder of 200 Muslim preachers and people accused of practicing black magic in Java.
1997
President Soeharto, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and President Hosni Mubarak, after the G-5 Summit in Kuala Lumpur, announce plans to prevent the emergence monetary turmoil that has been rocking South East Asia's economy.
1996
Notorious fugitive, Zarima, who escaped detention in August for possession of ecstasy, is nabbed by Jakarta police detectives while shopping at a supermarket in Houston, Texas, USA.
1995
World champion Heryanto Arbi successfully defends his Hong Kong Open title beating compatriot and practice partner Alan Budikusuma 13-18 15-13 15-4.
1994
Chairman of the Nahdlatul Ulama Muslim organization Abdurrahman Wahid urges the government to consider diplomatic relations with Israel because several Arab countries have signed peace accords with the Jewish state.
1993
Indonesia's master painter Basuki Abdullah, 78, is killed at his home in Cilandak area, South Jakarta. He is buried in Yogyakarta.
1991
The National Statistics Agency (BPS) reveals that the number of people living below the poverty line is down from 30 million in 1987 to 27.2 million in 1990.
1991
Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) withdraws its request for financial aid to the Foundation of the Social Welfare Services Fund following protests from its members.
1987
Didiet Haryadi, 32, is elected as chairman of the Indonesian National Youth Committee (KNPI) for the 1987-1990 term, replacing Abdullah Puteh.
1986
South Korea decides to stop offshore oil development projects near Madura Island, East Java, due to economic reasons.
1985
Pertamina discloses that PT Caltex Pacific Indonesia had fired 637 oil workers for joining the Association of Oil Laborers affiliated with the outlawed Indonesian Communist Party.
1985
Sabariah, a 65-year-old grandmother and former secondary school teacher from Medan, achieved her ambition after trekking the archipelago on foot for 16 years, experiencing seven robberies and wearing out 71 pairs of shoes.
1985
Muslim preacher H. Sulaiman is sentenced to five years imprisonment by the Surabaya District Court in East Java for subversive activities.
1984
East Java's men's and women's table tennis teams retain their titles at the National Table Tennis Championships in Jakarta after beating the favorites West Java and Jakarta.
1946
The People's Security Body (TKR)'s Chief of General Affairs Lt. Gen. Urip Sumohardjo orders a cease-fire against occupying forces.
1945
Information Minister Amir Sjarifuddin tells Surabaya's freedom fighters not to be provoked by rumors of the arrival of more Allied troops at Tanjung Perak port.
1945
Sri Lanka's Moslem Association of Colombo, in a grand rally, accuses the British Labor Party's government of enacting repressive policies toward Indonesians, whose struggles against the Dutch are inspired by Islamic teachings and democratic values.
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