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2008
Indonesian central bank keeps benchmark rate at 9.5%
Indonesian central bank kept on hold its benchmark interest rate at 9.5 percent on Thursday, the bank said. "Amid the current global financial upheaval and slowing of the world economy, the Bank Indonesia (the central bank) thinks that it is necessary to keep a right monetary policy so that it can achieve a balance between ... (
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2007
Intensity of eruptions Mount Semeru decreases
Eruptions still take place at the Mount Semeru volcano in the district Lumajang in eastern Java, but it's intensity is going down. Seismic data from the observation post Gunung Sawur in Lumajang shows that there are some 40 eruptions every day. Earlier this was somewhere between 55 and 130 times a day.
The downturn of the ... (
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2007
New crater of Mount Krakatau gets bigger
The volcanic activity of the Krakatau volcano in the Sunda Strait is still rising. The new crater on the volcano is getting bigger as well. At the observation post of the volcano, in the village of Pasauran in the district of Serang, they recorded 143 eruptions, 28 volcanic tremors and 31 other tremors. The new ... (
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2007
New island in Mount Kelud crater lake closely observed
The new island in the crater lake of the Mount Kelud volcano has been identified as being remaining lava from it's latest eruption in 1990. There are now three different scenarios for a likely eruption of the 1,731 meter high volcano. According to the Center for Volcanology and Geophysics in Bandung, there are three scenarios ... (
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2006
General, rebel among candidates in Aceh
A former Indonesian general and a separatist rebel are among eight candidates running for governor in the once-volatile province of Aceh next month, an election official said on Monday. The poll, the first ever direct vote for top posts in the province, are a key stage in efforts to permanently end a conflict that has ... (
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2006
Indonesian gov't not to nationalize foreign firms
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said here Thursday that the Indonesian government did not have any plan or wish to take over or nationalize foreign companies in Indonesia and he asked foreign firms to continue doing business in the country without any worry.
"I guarantee that there will be no nationalization of foreign companies," the head ... (
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2006
Bank Indonesia may cut key policy rate for sixth time since May
Indonesia's central bank will probably cut its benchmark interest rate by half a percentage point, the sixth reduction since May, to help revive consumer spending after inflation slowed to a two-year low. Bank Indonesia Governor Burhanuddin Abdullah and his fellow policy makers will cut the rate used as a reference for bills sales to 10.25 ... (
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2006
French railway in Indonesia may rise again after tsunami
A colonial-era railway that was once the lifeblood of Indonesia's Aceh could paradoxically be revived in the wake of the Indian Ocean tsunami, which obliterated the coastline of the province. Built in 1876 by the Dutch, the 600km single-gauge railway in the north of Sumatra island, linking the provincial capital, Banda Aceh, to the city ... (
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2005
Fires dash hopes in Jakarta during Idul Fitri
The Idul Fitri celebration was over for Parlan, 36, as he stared at what was left of his house on Jl. Kampung Muka in Lodan, North Jakarta, after a massive fire early on Saturday. "I don't know what all this means. We had just bought the house after saving little by little for years. Now ... (
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2004
Sulawesi: Pit stop in Sengkang
On a usual early morning, around seven, I woke up from my last night in Bira, a small coastal town on the lifted coral sediments of the south-western tip of Sulawesi. It was time to get dressed, have some breakfast, which isn’t much choice here, but well, it’s Bira, a place with only a handful ... (
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2003
Indonesia to lift telephone charges
After a delay of about 10 months, the Indonesian government said it would raise telephone rates by an average 15 percent before the year end, The Jakarta Post reported Thursday. The Ministry of Communications' post and telecommunications Director-General Djamhari Sirat said Wednesday a similar hike, thethird 15 percent increase, would also be implemented next ... (
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2003
Minister calls illegal loggers 'terrorists' after flood disaster
Indonesia's environment minister on Wednesday branded illegal loggers as terrorists after a flood disaster blamed on tree-felling killed an estimated 200 or more people in North Sumatra. Nabiel Makarim criticised the army and police for involvement in the practice, which is rampant across much of the huge archipelago.
``I insist that based on the criteria ... (
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2003
Lebaran transportation team to alter traffic routes
The Lebaran Transportation Team 2003, decided that on November 21, 2003, or minus 4 days (4 days before Idul Fitri), all means of public passenger and cargo transportation from the East to Pantura (northern coastal route) in W.Java, will have to use the southern route.
The Director General of Regional Resettlement and Infrastructure Hendrianto Notosoegondo ... (
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2003
Clashes kill 12 in Papua province
At least 12 people have been killed in clashes between security forces and separatist fighters in Indonesia's troubled Papua province. Eight separatists were killed and several injured after troops raided a camp in the Wamena region on Wednesday morning, an army officer told El-Shinta radio. "We launched the raid at 5am and confiscated weapons from ... (
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2003
At least 101 confirmed dead in Langkat flood, 117 missing
The confirmed death toll from a flash flood blamed on illegal logging in North Sumatra province stands at 101 while 117 people are still missing and feared dead, a rescue official said Thursday. "As of last night 101 bodies have been found while 117 are still missing," said Johnny Sitorus of the search and rescue ... (
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2002
Indonesia detains 4 in Bali bombings case
Indonesian authorities detained four people in connection with the Bali bombings that killed nearly 200 people last month, police said Wednesday. Two men were picked up in Surabaya, the capital of East Java province, on Tuesday, another was detained in the capital, Jakarta, and the fourth in the city of Medan on Sumatra island. Maj. ... (
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2000
Death toll increases to 53 in Central Java landslides
The fatalities from the rain-triggeredlandslides which hit the Central Javanese town of Purworejo increased to 53 people on Monday with 18 other people being reported missing.
The landslides and floods also struck the nearby towns of Purbalingga and Kebumen following three days of rain. A local official, Anik, said that intensive searches had been going on ... (
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2000
What's the appeal of dating a foreigner?
Let's just use the word "foreigner" in discussing mixed marriages as some people get so upset with the use of bule (it can be either a blatant insult or a harmless naive term) The "f" word also carriesmore general meanings; it embraces all types of non-Indonesians -- Caucasians, Africans, Chinese and other races. If you ... (
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Other events on this day
2000
Hasyim Muzadi, chairman of Nadhlatul Ulama (NU), calls on President Abdurrahman Wahid and People's Consultative Assembly Speaker Amien Rais to end their personal row to help calm their supporters at the grassroots level.
2000
The House of Representatives passes a law on human rights tribunals which makes it possible to try past abuses.
2000
Some 200 people protesting a ban on the turtle trade ransack the office of the WWF in Denpasar, Bali. Environmentalists have expressed concern over the declining number of turtles around the island, caused by illegal trading of turtles.
2000
A group of 30 protesting farmers set fire to four of oil and gas company PT Caltex Pasific Indonesia's oil wells in Rokan Hilir regency, Riau. Most of them are demanding higher compensation for land acquired by the company during Soeharto's era.
1998
Thousands of students in Jakarta, Bandung, Semarang, Yogyakarta, Bengkulu and other cities stage peaceful rallies to demand the upcoming Special Session of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) arrange for the prosecution of former president Soeharto.
1996
President Soeharto congratulates U.S. President Bill Clinton on his re-election, and expresses his confidence that the two countries, as sovereign states and friends, will overcome any differences that may exist.
1996
Minister of Health Sujudi says that Indonesia would not promote the use of condoms to prevent the spread of the killer HIV because they are unsuitable for national culture, adding that the most suitable method for the country is counseling, not condom.
1996
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) approves a $960 million loan payment to Indonesia from a global rescue package of $42 billion and urges the government to speed up the pace of banking reform and debt restructuring.
1995
President Soeharto opens the 19th Asian Advertising Congress in Nusa Dua, Bali, suggesting that advertisers review their practices and consolidate the ethical foundations of advertising.
1995
The international conference on biodiversity in Jakarta appeals to the U.S. and 34 other countries to ratify the Convention on Biodiversity.
1995
President Soeharto sends a personal letter to Israel's Acting Prime Minister Shimon Peres offering condolences for the death of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.
1991
Commander of the Indonesian Armed Forces Gen. Try Sutrisno and Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke meet in Canberra to discuss changing developments affecting the Asia-Pacific strategic landscape.
1989
Herianto bin Yusuf, 25, is sentenced to life in prison for his involvement in the Lampung riot, last February.
1988
Two villages in the regency of Ende, East Nusa Tenggara, are devastated by floods and landslides that leave 12 people dead and 31 others missing.
1984
Nyoman Yasa, 28, a Garuda Indonesia Airways ground crewman, is killed when a Garuda DC-10 plane crashes in an accident at Ngurah Rai airport in Bali.
1983
Foreign ministers from Thailand, Singapore, the Philippines, and Malaysia fly to Jakarta to talk about new initiatives on Cambodia.
1946
British diplomat Lord Killean reports to the British Foreign Ministry on the difficulty of the Dutch-Indonesia negotiation.
1945
Freedom fighters in Sekayu, South Sumatra attack Japanese troops attempting to recapture oil fields in Pendopo killing 160 Japanese soldiers.
1945
All Dutch tin mining companies on Bangka island fall to Indonesia's authority.
1945
The first group of 800 Indonesians arrive at Tanjung Priok harbor aboard Esperance Bay but they refuse to land before their 19 colleagues, arrested in Australia, are released. They were among 1,400 Indonesians forced to live in Australia during the war.
1908
Independence struggle hero Cut Nyak Dhien of Aceh dies at 58 in exile in Sumedang, West Java.
1864
Independence struggle hero Tuanku Imam Bonjol of West Sumatra dies at 92 in exile in Manado, North Sulawesi.
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