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Lim Kit Siang (Free subscription) | yesterday
by Tim Lindsey The Australian November 20, 2009 (extract) Instead, the nation is riveted by televised Constitutional Court hearings, explosive press conferences and a daily diet of rolling media revelations uncovering what may be the country’s biggest political crisis since the fall of Suharto in 1998. At the heart of it all is Indonesia’s popular anti-corruption commission [...]
H5N1 (Free subscription) | yesterday
Via the Jakarta Post: KPK grills former health minister as witness. Excerpt:Antigraft officials questioned former health minister Siti Fadilah Supari on Thursday as a witness in graft cases related to the 2006 procurement of health equipment for bird flu patients....
The Age (Free subscription) | yesterday
Indonesia begins negotiating a new arrangement to handle asylum seekers with the Rudd Government.
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
Unlike the noxious gases pumped into the atmosphere by gas-guzzling sport-utility vehicles in the United States and smoke-belching factories in China, danger in the heart of Borneo rises from the ground.
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is days away from a decision on a corruption scandal that will test his election pledge to fight graft.
Orangutan Outreach (Free subscription) | yesterday
Source: The Jakarta Globe Orangutans may find a new home once the Forestry Ministry grants private companies and nongovernmental organizations forest concessions covering over two million hectares for ecosystem restoration purposes. The Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation aims to reserve 106,000 hectares of those areas for their orangutans. “We have 638 orangutans in our conservation area in...
Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | yesterday
Many young Indonesians are expressing their nationalism through art.
Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | yesterday
Several regional branches of the Indonesian Ulema Council want to ban the movie ‘2012′ claiming the film's content is “unsuitable to be viewed by Muslims because only Allah knew when the world would end, not heathens like the Mayans.”
People Daily (Free subscription) | yesterday
A shallow earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale struck West Papua in easternmost of Indonesia on Friday morning, but there was no report of damage or casualty, the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency said. The intensity of the quake was felt at 2 to 3 MMI (Modified Mercally Intensity) at Manokwari town of West Papua, an official of the agency named only Yusuf told Xinhua over phone. The quake...
360 Cities (Free subscription) | yesterday
Panoramic photo by Min Heo . This Museum was officially opened in 1868 and became known as Gedung Gajah (Elephant House) or Gedung Arca (House of Statues). It was called Gedung Gajah on account of the bronze elephant statue in the front yard donated by King Chulalongkorn from Thailand in 1871. (You can see the statue in this picture) It was also called Gedung Arca because a great variety of statues...
360 Cities (Free subscription) | yesterday
Panoramic photo by Min Heo . The National Monument (Indonesian: Monumen Nasional (Monas)) is a 422 ft (128.7 m) tower in Central Jakarta, symbolizing the fight for Indonesia's independence. Construction began in 1961 under the direction of President Sukarno and the monument was opened to the public in 1975. It is topped by a flame covered with gold foil. A lift inside carries visitors to the 11m by...
360 Cities (Free subscription) | yesterday
Panoramic photo by Min Heo . The National Monument (Indonesian: Monumen Nasional (Monas)) is a 422 ft (128.7 m) tower in Central Jakarta, symbolizing the fight for Indonesia's independence. Construction began in 1961 under the direction of President Sukarno and the monument was opened to the public in 1975. It is topped by a flame covered with gold foil. A lift inside carries visitors to the 11m by...
Daily Star (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Indonesia bolsters UNIFIL contingentFriday, November 20, 2009- Powered by JAKARTA: Indonesia is deploying more peacekeepers to Lebanon to join the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). Some 1,125 army, navy and air force personnel will arrive next week, replacing the current 1,000-strong contingent. The first group of 225 replacements left Indonesia on Thursday and will join roughly 13,000...
Click World News (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Homo floresiensis was a kind of adorably tiny human being that lived on the island of Flores up until 18,000 years ago. Nature says "These astonishing little people, nicknamed 'hobbits', made tools, hunted tiny elephants and lived at the same time as modern humans who were colonizing the area." There has been some debate as to whether or not the Flores Man was just descendants of Homo Sapiens...
Click World News (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Homo floresiensis was a kind of adorably tiny human being that lived on the island of Flores up until 18,000 years ago. Nature says "These astonishing little people, nicknamed 'hobbits', made tools, hunted tiny elephants and lived at the same time as modern humans who were colonizing the area." There has been some debate as to whether or not the Flores Man was just descendants of Homo Sapiens...
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ripon | 20/07/2009
Watch and enjoy Indonesia vs Manchester United live stream football match in international friendly matches Indonesia vs Manchester United Monday,20th July, 2009, Time:9:00am live online link
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