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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Jakarta News.net http://www.jakartanews.net/index.php/cat/3b16857a51cb629f/ en-us Sat, 18 May 2013 03:39:14 -0400 Sat, 18 May 2013 03:39:14 -0400 30 JAKARTA (AFP) - A British woman could face the death penalty in Indonesia after being arrested for allegedly smuggling crystal methamphetamine into the country from China, an official said on Saturday.The woman, identified only by her initials AR, was arrested at a hotel in the city of Surabaya, East Java province, last month with 1.47 kilograms (three pounds, four ounces) of the drug, the ... http://www.jakartanews.net/index.php/sid/214597677/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Sat, 18 May 2013 02:24:12 -0400 http://www.jakartanews.net/index.php/sid/214597677/scat/3b16857a51cb629f The coalition says the federal government's decision to cut two people-smuggling related federal police positions in Jakarta is ... http://www.jakartanews.net/index.php/sid/214597042/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Sat, 18 May 2013 01:17:09 -0400 http://www.jakartanews.net/index.php/sid/214597042/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Paper Edition | Page: 4 A presidential spokesman said on Friday that howls of protest against a plan by the US-based Appeal of Conscience Foundation (ACF) to honor President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono for upholding religious freedom would not change the fact that the President deserved the award. "The ACF is a credible organization. Thus, the statements from certain people claiming themselves ... http://www.jakartanews.net/index.php/sid/214596306/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Sat, 18 May 2013 00:13:07 -0400 http://www.jakartanews.net/index.php/sid/214596306/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Paper Edition | Page: 4 A tax official recently named suspect for accepting bribes from a steel company said on Friday that he wanted to be a justice collaborator and expose graft at the tax office.Eko Darmayanto, the taxman, said after being questioned by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) that he knew of top officials at the tax directorate general embroiled in graft."I will ... http://www.jakartanews.net/index.php/sid/214596307/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Sat, 18 May 2013 00:13:05 -0400 http://www.jakartanews.net/index.php/sid/214596307/scat/3b16857a51cb629f The Chinese Ministry of Civil Affairs website says at least nine provinces have had storms and some flooding and landslides since Tuesday. It says Guangdong province has been hit the hardest, with 36 deaths and 10 missing people, followed by Jiangxi province, where six people are reported dead and four more ... http://www.jakartanews.net/index.php/sid/214596256/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Fri, 17 May 2013 23:32:06 -0400 http://www.jakartanews.net/index.php/sid/214596256/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Cheznye Emmons, from Great Wakering, Essex, was travelling through Indonesia with her boyfriend Joe Cook, 21, when she started feeling ill after drinking from a bottle marked as gin from a local ... http://www.jakartanews.net/index.php/sid/214595589/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Fri, 17 May 2013 23:09:16 -0400 http://www.jakartanews.net/index.php/sid/214595589/scat/3b16857a51cb629f http://www.youtube.com/CompleteNews Complete News Plz Subscrib for Latest News A man believed to be Indonesia’s most active people-smuggler is facing an ... http://www.jakartanews.net/index.php/sid/214595651/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Fri, 17 May 2013 22:38:23 -0400 http://www.jakartanews.net/index.php/sid/214595651/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Fri May 17, 2013 10:34pm EDT (Corrects number of unconventional gas blocks offered, removes references to coalbed methane blocks.) JAKARTA May 17 (Reuters) - Indonesia opened a rights tender for 21 oil and gas exploration blocks on Friday, two of which are for unconventional gas concessions on the islands of Borneo and Sumatra, as Southeast Asia's largest economy moves to shore up its energy ... http://www.jakartanews.net/index.php/sid/214596312/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Fri, 17 May 2013 22:34:36 -0400 http://www.jakartanews.net/index.php/sid/214596312/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Atletico Madrid players hold their trophy as they celebrate their victory against Real Madrid, after their Spanish King's Cup final soccer match at Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid May 17, 2013. (SERGIO ... http://www.jakartanews.net/index.php/sid/214594289/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Fri, 17 May 2013 20:50:18 -0400 http://www.jakartanews.net/index.php/sid/214594289/scat/3b16857a51cb629f The Education and Culture Ministry's director general for secondary education, Hamid Muhammad, said the implementation of the new national curriculum, which is scheduled to begin on July 15, may be postponed.He said House of Representatives' Commission X overseeing education and sports had not approved the revised budget allocated for the new curriculum."We hope that the House will ... http://www.jakartanews.net/index.php/sid/214593373/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Fri, 17 May 2013 19:40:59 -0400 http://www.jakartanews.net/index.php/sid/214593373/scat/3b16857a51cb629f More than a dozen people, claiming to be students, staged a protest in front of the Defense Ministry in Jakarta on Friday afternoon demanding the government investigate unresolved cases of human rights violations.The demonstrators highlighted the fact that many cases, particularly the 1998 kidnappings, remain unsolved despite Yudhoyono's repeated pledges to settle them.The demonstration, ... http://www.jakartanews.net/index.php/sid/214593192/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Fri, 17 May 2013 19:40:58 -0400 http://www.jakartanews.net/index.php/sid/214593192/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Catholic leaders in Indonesia are protesting the decision of an American foundation to honor the country's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono for his contributions to inter-religious dialogue. The New York-based Appeal to Conscience Foundation named Yudhoyono as this year's recipient of the World Statesman Award. Father Franz Magnis Suseno, has led protests, observing that the ... http://www.jakartanews.net/index.php/sid/214592022/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Fri, 17 May 2013 18:03:46 -0400 http://www.jakartanews.net/index.php/sid/214592022/scat/3b16857a51cb629f FILE - In this May 18, 2012, file photo, provided by Facebook, Facebook founder, Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, center, rings the opening bell of the Nasdaq stock market, from Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. Amid the hype and excitement surrounding Facebook's initial public offering, there were looming doubts. Potential investors wondered whether the social network could ... http://www.jakartanews.net/index.php/sid/214590055/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Fri, 17 May 2013 16:08:05 -0400 http://www.jakartanews.net/index.php/sid/214590055/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Manchester United's Alex Ferguson, centre right, lifts the Premier League trophy with Patrice Evra, centre left, during their premiership trophy parade, after winning the English Premier League, in Manchester, England, Monday May 13, 2013. Manager Alex Ferguson has retired after more than 26 years in charge at the club. (AP Photo/Clint ... http://www.jakartanews.net/index.php/sid/214587474/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Fri, 17 May 2013 13:47:34 -0400 http://www.jakartanews.net/index.php/sid/214587474/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Two Danish men have been sentenced to prison after confessing to stealing World War II documents from Denmark's national archives. The Copenhagen City Court on Friday gave sentences of two years to one man and 21 months to the other for stealing 1,045 documents between 2009 and their arrests in late 2012. The men told the court how they used, among other items, a carved-out notepad to ... http://www.jakartanews.net/index.php/sid/214585028/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Fri, 17 May 2013 12:24:09 -0400 http://www.jakartanews.net/index.php/sid/214585028/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Iraqis gather at the scene of a bomb attack in Baqouba, northeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, May 17, 2013. A bomb killed dozens of people at a Sunni mosque in central Iraq, hitting worshippers as they were emerging from Friday prayers, security officials said. The attack in Baqouba comes after two days of attacks, many in Shiite districts, left tens of people dead. Attacks against Sunni mosques ... http://www.jakartanews.net/index.php/sid/214584880/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Fri, 17 May 2013 12:22:26 -0400 http://www.jakartanews.net/index.php/sid/214584880/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Rescue workers gather Friday during the fourth day of efforts to rescue 23 workers trapped in a collapsed tunnel at a U.S. owned gold and copper mine in Indonesia. (PT Freeport Indonesia/Associated ... http://www.jakartanews.net/index.php/sid/214584895/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Fri, 17 May 2013 12:01:51 -0400 http://www.jakartanews.net/index.php/sid/214584895/scat/3b16857a51cb629f JAKARTA, Indonesia -; Rescuers are working for a fourth day to dig through a caved-in tunnel at a giant U.S.-owned gold and copper mine in Indonesia to try to reach 23 trapped ... http://www.jakartanews.net/index.php/sid/214583566/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Fri, 17 May 2013 11:02:22 -0400 http://www.jakartanews.net/index.php/sid/214583566/scat/3b16857a51cb629f The European Commission, the EU's executive, said Friday that restaurants will only by allowed to serve oil in non-refillable bottles with proper content labeling as of next ... http://www.jakartanews.net/index.php/sid/214581827/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Fri, 17 May 2013 09:45:46 -0400 http://www.jakartanews.net/index.php/sid/214581827/scat/3b16857a51cb629f JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesia has executed three death row inmates who were convicted of mutilating a man and murdering a family. Attorney General Office spokesman Untung Arimuladi says the three Indonesian men were executed by firing squad Friday at a high-security prison on Nusakambangan island. A court in South Sumatra province had sentenced 48-year-old Jurit bin Abdullah and 52-year-old ... http://www.jakartanews.net/index.php/sid/214581982/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Fri, 17 May 2013 09:14:59 -0400 http://www.jakartanews.net/index.php/sid/214581982/scat/3b16857a51cb629f PARIS, May 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --Sanofi (EURONEXT: SANand NYSE: SNY) announced today that the pivotal study, JAKARTA, examining the selective JAK2 inhibitor SAR302503 for myelofibrosis (MF), met its primary endpoint in both dose groups. The primary endpoint assessed the proportion of patients achieving >/=35% reduction of spleen volume. Consistent with data reported in previous trials, the ... http://www.jakartanews.net/index.php/sid/214581027/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Fri, 17 May 2013 08:12:21 -0400 http://www.jakartanews.net/index.php/sid/214581027/scat/3b16857a51cb629f TOKYO -; An emerging nationalist Japanese political party whose co-leader outraged many with remarks about Japan's wartime and modern sexual services has expelled a lawmaker for accusing ethnic Koreans of involvement in ... http://www.jakartanews.net/index.php/sid/214579561/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Fri, 17 May 2013 07:22:15 -0400 http://www.jakartanews.net/index.php/sid/214579561/scat/3b16857a51cb629f JAKARTA- Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc's Indonesian copper mine should remain closed for an investigation into a tunnel collapse that has left five dead and 23 missing, a trade union leader said on Friday. Thirty-nine workers were attending an underground training class away from the main operations at the world's No.2 copper mine when a tunnel fell in on them on Tuesday. ... http://www.jakartanews.net/index.php/sid/214578469/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Fri, 17 May 2013 06:10:15 -0400 http://www.jakartanews.net/index.php/sid/214578469/scat/3b16857a51cb629f JERUSALEM -- An Israeli defense official says the head of the American CIA spy agency has made an unannounced visit to Israel.The official says CIA chief John Brennan met Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon. He did not disclose other details.The official spoke Friday on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the visit with reporters. Brennan's trip comes amid ... http://www.jakartanews.net/index.php/sid/214578668/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Fri, 17 May 2013 06:10:09 -0400 http://www.jakartanews.net/index.php/sid/214578668/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Indonesian central bank recorded the result of country's export revenue parked at domestic banks at the first quarter rose to 84 percent from 80.6 percent in the same period of last year, a senior official of the bank said here Friday.Doddy Zulverdi, director at the balance of payment group of economic and monetary statistic of the bank said that the amount of the export revenue at the first ... http://www.jakartanews.net/index.php/sid/214578444/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Fri, 17 May 2013 06:06:50 -0400 http://www.jakartanews.net/index.php/sid/214578444/scat/3b16857a51cb629f (RTTNews.com) - French drugmaker Sanofi (SNY, SNYNF.PK) announced that the pivotal study, JAKARTA, examining the selective JAK2 inhibitor SAR302503 for myelofibrosis or MF, met its primary endpoint in both dose groups. Conducted in 24 countries, the randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase III JAKARTA study evaluated once-daily oral SAR302503 versus placebo in 289 patients with ... http://www.jakartanews.net/index.php/sid/214578022/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Fri, 17 May 2013 04:47:12 -0400 http://www.jakartanews.net/index.php/sid/214578022/scat/3b16857a51cb629f The Attorney General has announced that three convicted murderers were executed at Nusakambangan Island in Cilacap, Central Java, early on Friday morning."The executions were carried out at 0:00 a.m.," Junior Attorney for General Crimes Mahfud Manan said in Jakarta on Friday, as quoted by Antara news agency.Suryadi, one of the convicts, who hailed from Palembang, South Sumatra, was ... http://www.jakartanews.net/index.php/sid/214576906/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Fri, 17 May 2013 04:00:21 -0400 http://www.jakartanews.net/index.php/sid/214576906/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Indonesia is ready for a sudden withdrawal of foreign funds from the country once major central banks around the world start unwinding the aggressive monetary stimulus that has helped boost inflows into Asian assets, a senior Indonesian government official said on Friday. Talk about when the U.S. Federal Reserve will start unwinding its hefty monetary stimulus has dominated markets this week, ... http://www.jakartanews.net/index.php/sid/214576569/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Fri, 17 May 2013 03:48:54 -0400 http://www.jakartanews.net/index.php/sid/214576569/scat/3b16857a51cb629f A senior official at Indonesia's environment ministry said on Thursday that the extension of forest business moratorium demonstrates the government's strong commitment to forest ... http://www.jakartanews.net/index.php/sid/214576824/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Fri, 17 May 2013 03:48:09 -0400 http://www.jakartanews.net/index.php/sid/214576824/scat/3b16857a51cb629f INDONESIA executed three convicted murderers today, an official said, the second time that the country has done so since 2008 in a move that drew condemnation from rights ... http://www.jakartanews.net/index.php/sid/214576710/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Fri, 17 May 2013 03:34:21 -0400 http://www.jakartanews.net/index.php/sid/214576710/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Bank Indonesia survey showed on Friday. The growth rate was slower than a revised 13.5 percent in the previous month, due to a slowdown in food, beverages and tobacco purchases. The survey also showed sales in culture and recreation dropped 4.9 percent on an annual basis. The survey of 600 retailers in 10 major cities across the archipelago expected sales in April to rise 13.1 percent, again ... http://www.jakartanews.net/index.php/sid/214575759/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Fri, 17 May 2013 02:20:26 -0400 http://www.jakartanews.net/index.php/sid/214575759/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Paper Edition | Page: 28 JAKARTA: During the filming process for 308, which tells the story of Nyai Roro Kidul (the legendary queen of the South Sea), actress Shandy Aulia got sick."I got sick because I was exhausted after a very long filming process," she said as quoted by kapanlagi.com.Shandy said she did not do any rituals during the filming despite many mystical stories related to ... http://www.jakartanews.net/index.php/sid/214574102/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Fri, 17 May 2013 00:36:39 -0400 http://www.jakartanews.net/index.php/sid/214574102/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Paper Edition | Page: 5 The East Kalimantan provincial administration initiated a variety of programs to support poverty alleviation in the province including by encouraging the public to become entrepreneurs at a young age."The provincial administration will further spur the East Kalimantan community to become entrepreneurs to create jobs and improve people's welfare," Governor ... http://www.jakartanews.net/index.php/sid/214572395/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Thu, 16 May 2013 22:19:11 -0400 http://www.jakartanews.net/index.php/sid/214572395/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Paper Edition | Page: 4 Activists are applauding the extension of a government moratorium on issuing forest exploitation permits, while saying that the Forestry Ministry must ensure the policy is implemented regionally.Zenzi Suhadi, a representative of the Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi), said that three things were needed to implement the moratorium: a resolution for prolonged ... http://www.jakartanews.net/index.php/sid/214572398/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Thu, 16 May 2013 22:19:07 -0400 http://www.jakartanews.net/index.php/sid/214572398/scat/3b16857a51cb629f A proposed bill regulating the state apparatus would allow the government to fire poorly performing civil servants after four years, an Indonesian deputy minister has said. Deputy Administrative Reforms Minister Eko Prasojo said on Thursday that civil servants would receive warnings if they failed their annual performance assessments for three consecutive years. "If they still fail in the ... http://www.jakartanews.net/index.php/sid/214572479/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Thu, 16 May 2013 22:05:29 -0400 http://www.jakartanews.net/index.php/sid/214572479/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Wayne Swan presented the Budget as if he were announcing a death in the family. Here's the report Ben Eltham filed on Tuesday from the media ... http://www.jakartanews.net/index.php/sid/214572410/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Thu, 16 May 2013 21:56:06 -0400 http://www.jakartanews.net/index.php/sid/214572410/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Paper Edition | Page: 4 For Taufiq Amrullah and Bintang Prabowo, who don't have a lot of money, finding a way into the House of Representatives is a daunting -- but not impossible -- task.Both agreed that becoming a House member and creating pro-people regulations was the only way they could accomplish social change, which is why they are trying to find an alternative to money politics to ... http://www.jakartanews.net/index.php/sid/214571489/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Thu, 16 May 2013 21:08:05 -0400 http://www.jakartanews.net/index.php/sid/214571489/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Graft suspect Mohammad Dian Irwan is paraded after questioning by the KPK on Thursday. Dian and colleague Eko Darmayanto, both tax officials at the East Jakarta tax office, were allegedly caught red-handed while accepting S$300,000 (US$240,800) from an employee of PT The Master ... http://www.jakartanews.net/index.php/sid/214571491/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Thu, 16 May 2013 21:08:03 -0400 http://www.jakartanews.net/index.php/sid/214571491/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Ready or not, the warm-up for next year’s World Cup -- the Confederations Cup -- begins in a month at six stadiums across Brazil.It will be the first major international football tournament in this … Full News here ... http://www.jakartanews.net/index.php/sid/214571674/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Thu, 16 May 2013 20:40:02 -0400 http://www.jakartanews.net/index.php/sid/214571674/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Indonesia has approved a two-year extension to a landmark ban on clearing primary rain forests and peatlands, an official said Thursday. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono signed the decree to continue the 2011 moratorium, which barred new logging and palm oil plantation permits under a $1 billion deal with Norway and would preserve 158 million acres, said his environmental adviser, Pungki Agus ... http://www.jakartanews.net/index.php/sid/214572202/scat/3b16857a51cb629f Thu, 16 May 2013 20:33:26 -0400 http://www.jakartanews.net/index.php/sid/214572202/scat/3b16857a51cb629f