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2008
Petrol price to be cut by six percent next month
The Indonesian government says it is cutting petrol prices by more than six percent from the first of next month, in a bid to ease inflation and spur economic growth. The finance minister, Sri Mulyani Indrawati, says while the government is responding to public demand for cheaper fuel, diesel and kerosene prices will not be ... (
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2007
Lava island in Mount Kelud's crater growing
The Mount Kelud volcano in eastern Java is still active. As is reported by reporters at the scene, the lava island inside the crater lake of the volcano is still growing. This is measured by the number of tremors originating from the crater. Clouds of white steam and smoke are still exhausted by the central ... (
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2006
Indonesian police prepare 18,000 to anticipate anti-Bush rallies
The Indonesian police would deploy 18,000 personnel to the capital city to anticipate rallies against the visit by U.S. President George W. Bush scheduled for Nov. 20. Jakarta Police Chief Insp. Gen. Adang Firman said the number of personnel represents two-thirds of the strength of the Jakarta Police.
"No matter how big the rallies will be, ... (
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2005
Susilo starts selection of new Cabinet members
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has started interviewing several people as candidates for members of his new Cabinet team, a source at the State Palace said.
The source, who requested anonymity, was quoted by the online news service of Kompas daily on Sunday as saying that the interviews had been conducted over the past few days.
He declined ... (
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2004
Hobbit folk 'were just sick humans'
Trumpeted as a new species of human being, the 'hobbit' folk of Indonesia are really just sick members of Homo sapiens, it has been alleged. The claim - by Teuku Jacob, professor of paleoanthropology at Indonesia's Gadjah Mada university - threatens to trigger an academic row over the discovery of an extinct race of little ... (
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2003
Flash flood death toll in Langkat rises to 128
The devastating flash flood that swept through a resort town in Langkat district in Indonesia`s North Sumatera province rose to 128 till 18:00 hours, sources said on Friday. Rescuers searching for victims of the disaster found more 15 dead bodies. The latest victims in decomposed condition were six females and nine males.
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2003
123 people confirmed death in Langkat flood
The confirmed death toll from a flash flood blamed on illegal logging in Langkat, regency, North Sumatra province, stands at 123 as the search continues for 147 people still missing and feared dead, officials said Friday. As of late Friday afternoon rescue workers had recovered 123 bodies, 10 of them found earlier in the day, ... (
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2003
Three die in stampede, dozens injuries
What supposedly to become a graceful moment turned out to be a fatal mess when a charity distribution to the poor asking for alms, ended up in a stampede in which three people were died and dozens were injured on Friday morning on Jl. Raya Pasar Minggu, South Jakarta. The fatalities were all women Fatimah, ... (
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2003
Flood victims want justice, death for illegal loggers
Relatives of more than 100 people killed in the recent devastating flood in North Sumatra demanded the immediate arrests of illegal loggers on Thursday, as police moved to find those involved in the rampant deforestation blamed for the flood. The victims called the loggers who had encroached into the Mount Leuser National Park "terrorists" and ... (
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2003
Confirmed death toll in Langkat flood at 113, 147 people still missing
The confirmed death toll from a flash flood blamed on illegal logging in the North Sumatra resort area of Langkat stands at 113 as the search continues for 147 people still missing and feared dead, an official said Friday. "As of today 113 bodies have been recovered but we keep receiving reports of missing ... (
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2002
Plane crash in Indonesia kills seven
A commuter plane crashed early Thursday in the Indonesian province of Eastern Kalimantan, killing seven people and injuring three, an airport official said. The plane — an 8-seat Britten-Norman 2A owned by Dirgantara Air Service — went down minutes after takeoff from Tarakan in East Kalimantan, said the official, named Zainuddin.The plane was on a ... (
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2000
Tommy to be arrested Wednesday morning
Former president Soeharto's son Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra would be arrested at 5 a.m. on Wednesday, a reliable source said at midnight Tuesday. "Negotiations for Tommy's safety are ongoing. Tommy will probably either surrender or be arrested at 5 a.m. tomorrow (Wednesday)," an official closeto the prosecution said.
While city police officers and prosecutors were negotiating ... (
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Other events on this day
1998
A group of 159 rectors of state and private universities give their approval to students' battle for reform, calling on the Armed Forces to protect students and to ensure a fair and just general election.
1998
Seven 'ninja' suspects are killed by mobs in several cities of Central Java. Locals consider police to be ineffective in responding to rampant night murders in the area.
1998
The Indonesian Muslim Congress ends with a recommendation that Indonesia's president and vice president must be male Muslims.
1998
Sena A. Utoyo, a pioneer of pantomime in Indonesia, dies of a heart attack in Jakarta at 55.
1997
Four Indonesian maids in Singapore have been found dead of various causes in the past two weeks. They are Rita Kumalasari, 20, Syukriah, 40, Sri Lestari, 25, and Ninis Setioningsih, 26.
1997
The United Development Party (PPP) faction at the People's Consultative Assembly asks for exclusion of non-denominational faith from the state guidelines on the grounds that it could become a new religion.
1997
National Police Chief Gen. Dibyo Widodo says that approximately 11,000 Indonesians die in traffic accidents every year.
1995
Eight Timorese youths seek political asylum at the Dutch Embassy in Jakarta.
1994
Chairman of the outlawed Indonesian Prosperity Labor Union Muchatr Pakpahan, 41, is sentenced to three years imprisonment by the Medan district court in North Sumatra for inciting workers to demonstrate violently last April.
1993
Scores of furious villagers attack a pulp and paper factory owned by PT Inti Indorayon Utama, located in Sosorladang, 200 kilometers southwest of the North Sumatra capital of Medan, following a plant explosion that triggered panic yesterday.
1989
The government bans foreign medical practitioners from working at private hospitals in Jakarta and Bandung, West Java.
1989
Sugito bin Wiryoperwito, 30, is sentenced to life imprisonment for his role in an anti-government riot in Lampung. At least 34 people were killed in the incident.
1987
Minister of Health Suwardjono Suryaningrat launches Indonesia's first Hepatitis B immunization program in Praya, West Nusa Tenggara.
1986
Mrs. Nani Sudarsono, the Minister for Social Affairs, receives a Bintang Gerilya medal from the Armed Forces Commander Gen. L.B. Moerdani for her contribution during the national struggle against Dutch colonial rule.
1984
Three are killed and 10 others are injured when four trees fall on them in a heavy storm in Bogor, West Java.
1963
National movement hero Djuanda Kartawijaya dies at 52. He is buried at the Kalibata Heroes Cemetery in Jakarta.
1955
Col. A.H. Nasution is appointed Army Chief of Staff.
1948
Independence hero Lt. Gen. Urip Sumohardjo dies in Yogyakarta at 55.
1946
The National Army (TNI) Chief Gen. Sudirman states in his radio-broadcast in Yogyakarta that he has not ordered a cease-fire.
1945
E. Java Governor Soerjo denies delaying the evacuation of expatriates and British troops besieged in Surabaya.
1945
The Congress of Indonesian Islam is opened in Yogyakarta.
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