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2008
National tsunami alert system to be tested tomorrow
The National News Agency Antara reports that the country-wide tsunami early-warning system will be tested on the afternoon of Tuesday, November 11, 2008. Involving six separate siren-based systems operating in Bali, the alarms will be sounded at 4 p.m. West Indonesia Standard Time. (5 p.m. in Bali which operates on Indonesian Central Standard Time.)
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2007
Mount Anak Krakatau continues to be active
Dark clouds hang over the Mount Anak Krakatau volcano in the Sunda Strait yesterday after a densely clouded sky blocked the sight of the ongoing eruption of molten rock, toxic gas and lava. Meanwhile, volcanic tremors continued. The weather in the area however was so bad that the hot clouds originating from the volcano were ... (
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2007
Bird flu; situation in Indonesia, update 17
A man from Sumatra, western Indonesia, has died from bird flu, bringing the total death toll to 91 in Indonesia alone, told a top official from the Health Ministry on Saturday. The 31-year-old died yesterday after arriving at a government hospital in Pekanbaru, told Nyoman Kandun, the director general of communicable disease control at the ... (
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2006
Concerns over secrecy of Australia's security treaty with Indonesia
The Australia West Papua Association is expressing concern at the new security treaty with Indonesia claiming it's been veiled in secrecy in order to push it through. The first security treaty was scrapped after the Australian government agreed that it had not been subject to public debate.
But Joe Collins from the Association says there have ... (
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2006
Australian foreign minister to sign security pact in Indonesia next week
The Australian foreign minister will visit Indonesia next week to sign a security pact the government says signals an end to diplomatic rows over East Timor and Papuan asylum seekers, a statement said Friday. Foreign Minister Alexander Downer will visit the island of Lombok on Monday to sign the Australia-Indonesia Agreement on the Framework for ... (
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2006
Police discover detonators, 63 tons of explosive powder
ndonesian troops found detonators and 63 tons of explosive powder on a Chinese ship anchored off Batam island after it broke down in the Malacca Strait, a local police chief said.
"We are trying to find out if these explosives were legal and what they were intended for," said Brig. Gen. Sutarman, head of the Riau ... (
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2006
Official: 'Indonesia's bird flu cases far from a pandemic'
Indonesia, which has the highest number of human bird flu infections and fatalities, was unlikely to be hit by a pandemic of the disease in the immediate future, an official has said. "We are still far from a pandemic," said Bayu Krisnamurthi, the chief executive of the Indonesian National Committee for Avian Influenza Control and ... (
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2005
Major blazes hit South Jakarta
Two fires broke out in South Jakarta early Wednesday morning, causing billions of rupiah in losses and heavy traffic on the first day that offices opened after the Idul Fitri holiday. Hundreds of houses in densely populated Kebayoran Lama burned down in the first blaze, the cause of which the police and firefighters have yet ... (
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2005
Three officers charged with buying stolen car
The Jakarta Police announced on Wednesday there was sufficient evidence to charge three police officers with receiving a stolen vehicle. West Jakarta Police chief Sr. Comr. Safaruddin said Chief Brig. Samsi from the Semanan Police station in Tangerang and Chief Brig. Budi Utomo and Adj. First Insp. Endang from the Lebak Police precinct, also in ... (
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2005
Three recognized as national heroes in state ceremony
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono posthumously bestowed the title of National Hero on three Indonesians on Wednesday to mark National Heroes Day, which falls on Nov. 10. The three figures are the late Kiras Bangun from North Sumatra, the late Bagindo Azizchan from West Sumatra and the late Andi Abdullah Bau Masseppe from South Sulawesi.
The title, ... (
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2005
Terrorist bomb maker Azahari dead
Indonesian police have confirmed that the Jemaah Islamiyah bomb-making Azahari bin Husin killed himself during a fierce gunbattle yesterday with security forces in Batu, East Java. Azahari, a Malaysian, was the head of JI operations, and the mastermind of both Bali bombings and other suicide attacks in Indonesia.
Police chief General Sutanto said Azahari's body and ... (
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2004
Jakarta stock market hits new record high
Driven by optimism of higher economic growth next year and continuing macroeconomic stability, the Jakarta stock market soared on Tuesday to another record high. The Jakarta Composite Index closed 1.42 percent, or 12.642 points, higher at 901.380 on a trading volume of 873.35 million shares worth Rp 1 trillion (about US$111 million).
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2003
Flood-devastated resort closed for six months for renovation
The Bukit Lawang resort will be closed to tourists for six months so the local administration can rebuild the area after the devastating flood that killed more than 130 people. North Sumatra Governor Tengku Rizal Nurdin said on Sunday it would take at least six months to restore the resort, including an orangutan reserve, in ... (
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2003
Vietnam, Indonesia to scrap visas from December
Vietnam and Indonesia will scrap visa restrictions on citizens from each country visiting for 30 days or less from Dec. 4, the foreign ministry here said on Monday. The visa-waiver scheme was signed in June during a visit to Vietnam by Indonesian President Megawati Soekarnoputri.
Indonesia becomes the fifth member of the 10-nation Association of Southeast ... (
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2000
Lawyers and family to be summoned in search for Tommy
Attorney General Marzuki Darusman said on Friday that he had requested the National Police chief to summon the defense lawyers and family members of the fugitive son of former president Soeharto, Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra, and to start anationwide operation to track him down. "Our priority is his lawyers as they have stated that they ... (
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Other events on this day
2001
Philippines President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo arrives in Jakarta for a two-day state visit aimed at boosting bilateral ties between the two neighboring countries.
2001
Two people are killed and at least six others wounded in fresh gun battles between the two warring groups at two separate locations in Poso regency, Central Sulawesi. Poso has been restive for two years following clashes between Christians and Muslims.
2000
The United Front of Indonesian Muslim Students (KAMMI) ends its 2nd national congress in Yogyakarta with a recommendation that the People's Consultative Assembly hold a special session to ask for President Abdurrahman Wahid's accountability.
2000
4,000 members of police-sponsored civilian militia, known as Keamanan Rakyat or Kamra, stage a rally on the Yogyakarta's streets querying about their future as their working contract with then Ministry of Security and Defense will terminate on Dec. 31.
2000
A data collected by the directorate of geology and environment at the Ministry of Mine and Energy shows that as many as 800 landslides have taken place across the archipelago over the past decade, killing at least 735 people.
2000
President Abdurrahman Wahid dedicates the use of a new mosque named Al-Akbar Mosque, dubbed as the second largest mosque in the country after Jakarta's Istiqlal Mosque, and a new Catholic church named the Sakramen Maha Kudus Catholic Church in Surabaya.
2000
Presidential secretary Djoko Mulyono dies from a prolonged illness in Jakarta at 56.
1999
Jakarta Police detectives seize nearly 1.5 tons of marijuana worth about Rp 3 billion (US$428,571) hidden in 12 sealed oil drums in a single raid and apprehend four Acehnese in a housing complex in Sawangan area of Bogor, West Java.
1999
The Indonesian Consumers Association strongly protests the state-owned electric company plan to increase rates by 68 percent and suggests it would be better for the company to improve its efficiency rather than raise rates.
1998
Pro-democracy political leaders Amien Rais, Hamengkubuwono X, Megawati Sukarnoputri and Abdurrahman Wahid, meet at the latter's residence in the South Jakarta area of Ciganjur and issue the Ciganjur Declaration.
1997
Piet Haryono, former director of the state oil company Pertamina, dies of stroke in Jakarta at the age of 78.
1996
East Java's regional military discloses that seven people suspected of attempting to establish an Indonesian Islamic state have been arrested in three cities of the province.
1995
Minister of Defense and Security Gen. Edi Sudradjat honors 13 East Timorese for their service in the integration of the province with Indonesia in 1975.
1995
Veteran lawyer Harjono Tjitrosoebono is reelected to lead the Indonesian Bar Association for a third consecutive five-year term in its congress in Yogyakarta.
1995
Pope John Paul II accepts the resignation of Jakarta's Archbishop Monsignor Leo Sukoto.
1995
The Association of Intellectuals for Pancasila Development begins its first congress in Yogyakarta.
1995
Indonesia awards the Bintang Jaya Utama medal of honor to Sir Richard C. Kirby, a veteran Australian diplomat, for meritorious service to Indonesia.
1994
President Soeharto launches the US$1.6 billion commuter plane N-250 called Gatotkoco, produced by state-owned aircraft manufacturer PT IPTN in Bandung, West Java.
1993
Some 200 students rallied in front of the State Palace in Jakarta demanding the abolition of the SDSB lottery, marking the first rally in front of the State Palace since the New Order era began.
1992
President Soeharto opens the 17th Asia Pacific Regional Scout Conference at the State Palace in Jakarta, attended by 94 delegates and 144 observers.
1988
Armed Forces (ABRI) Commander Gen. Try Sutrisno forms the Coordinating Body for National Strategy following the elimination of the Operational Command for Security and Order.
1987
Information minister Harmoko announces that the private television station, PT Rajawali Citra Televisi Indonesia, will be allowed to broadcast cable TV programs for Jakarta that contain commercials.
1985
Executive chairman of the Indonesian Bar Association Harjono Tjitrosoebono is elected first general chairman of the newly formed Ikatan Advokat Indonesia with Albert Hasibuan becoming secretary general of the new sole organization of Indonesian lawyers.
1983
Two former student leaders of the University of Indonesia Hariman Siregar, 33, and Sjahrir, 37, appeal for clemency from President Soeharto, following the Supreme Court decision refusing their appeals for leniency.
1963
Forty-eight countries take part in the Games of the New Emerging Forces (Ganefo) in Jakarta staged after Indonesia withdrew from the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
1956
Members of the Constituent Assembly are sworn in, but fail to formulate a constitution to replace the 1950 provisional constitution. President Sukarno proposes to return to the 1945 Constitution.
1954
Airlangga University is established in Surabaya, East Java.
1948
Independence hero, East Java Governor R.M. Soerjo dies at 50. He is killed by communists on a visit to the village of Bago, Ngawi, East Java.
1946
The Arab League discusses Indonesia's status at its meeting in Cairo, while its secretary-general, Abdurrahman Azzam Pasha, states that Indonesians deserved their independence.
1946
President Sukarno and Vice President Moh. Hatta attend the Dutch-Indonesia negotiation in Linggajati, near Cirebon, West Java.
1946
Heroes Day is celebrated for the first time throughout the country.
1945
War erupts in Surabaya, East Java, after Indonesian freedom fighters refused to give up their weapons and surrender to the Allied Forces.
1945
Foreign minister Achmad Soebardjo protests to the Allied commander in Indonesia, Lt. Gen. Sir Philip Gen. Christison, against British aggression in Surabaya, East Java.
1945
Brig. Gen. Robert Loder-Symons is killed when Surabaya's freedom fighters shoot down his plane. He was the 2nd high-ranking British military officer killed there after Brig. Gen. AWS Mallaby.
1945
The Allied commander in Indonesia Lt. Gen. Sir Philip Gen. Christison denies the Reuters reports that thousands of people were killed in Surabaya, including women and children, saying the number of victims did not reach 1,000 people.
1945
President Sukarno opens the first congress of Indonesian Youths in Yogyakarta to unite 22 youth organizations.
1945
The Indonesian Christian Party (Parkindo) is formed in Jakarta to defend Indonesia and help the government to create world peace and justice.
1945
A Surabaya radio station calls on Indonesian people to form suicide squads to help fighters in Surabaya opposing British troops. People respond from everywhere in East Java, even in Yogyakarta.
1784
Dutch fleets, led by Adm. Yacob Pieter van Bram, conquer the Malay Kingdom after a 10-day war and force it to recognize Dutch authority and rights of trade monopoly in Riau Islands.
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