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Indonesia mogul ready to discuss deal on Intrepid project -letter
MELBOURNE | Tue May 21, 2013 12:50am EDT MELBOURNE May 21 (Reuters) - An Indonesian tycoon who owns a big stake in a huge copper and gold prospect taken from Australia's Intrepid Mines last year is willing to resolve the ownership dispute, he said in a letter to an investor looking to oust the company's board. The dispute is over the Tujuh Bukit project, potentially holding 30 ...
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Sri Lankan tour operators explore Bali with eye on joint ventures
With the picturesque Bali Island in Indonesia, launching a massive tourism promotion, Sri Lankan tour operators were exploring the hitherto largely unexplored market, with a focus on joint ventures.A Business Seminar entitled "Bali Tourism Prospects Reaching Out To South and Central Asian Market", held at the Grand Kuta Bali Hotel last week, revealed that over 1300 Lankans had visited ...
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Indonesia Expects More Coop With New Zealand
JAKARTA, May 21 (Bernama) -- Vice Trade Minister Bayu Krisnamurthi said Indonesia is expecting to increase cooperation with New Zealand without turning itself only as a market destination, reports Indonesia's Antara news agency. "I hope we can make economic cooperation with New Zealand stronger in that we are not only used as a market destination," said Krisnamurthi after ...
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Land owners stall toll road bid in Depok
Land owners in Depok, West Java, want more money for their land, wanted by the government for the Cinere-Jagorawi toll road that was scheduled to have been finished last year.While the government-sanctioned Land Acquisition Committee for Depok divided 225 plots in Beji district into six different zones for compensation, land owners are holding out for the same price."We want compensation of ...
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Huawei showcases its LTE-TDD solutions in Indonesia
Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd, the world's No. 2 telecoms equipment maker showcased its latest solutions of LTE-TDD, China's fourth-generation (4G) telecommunications technology here Monday to further enhance its commitment to growing Indonesia's information and communications technology (ICT) landscape.LTE-TDD will bring great benefits to the Indonesian telecommunications landscape ...
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Preschooler Kalan fundraises for orang-utans in Indonesia
PRESCHOOLER Kalan is getting up to some monkey business. The four year old hopes to raise $1000 to help orang-utans in Indonesia. He says he decided to help after seeing a documentary about the orang-utans plight earlier this month. "I saw on TV that some people are chopping down the trees where the orang-utans live," Kalan says. "I was very cross with these people (and thought) ...
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British school takes lecture classes to new depths -- 60 feet down
Britain's University of Exeter says it has taken its marine biology lecture classes to a new level -- 60 feet beneath the sea off Indonesia, to be exact. The lectures were held during dives on tropical coral reef systems during the annual field trip to the Wakatobi Marine National Park in Indonesia for the school's School of Biological Sciences students, a university release said ...
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Jokowi rebuffs Ruhuts statement
Popular Jakarta Governor Joko "Jokowi" Widodo defended himself from a verbal attack by senior Democratic Party politician Ruhut Sitompul, who said that Jokowi did not deserve to be president due to his humble background.Ruhut said on Sunday that Jokowi's background as a furniture businessman and mayor of a small town would barely make him a qualified presidential ...
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Angelina sacked from House
The House of Representatives has officially sacked Democratic Party lawmaker Angelina Sondakh from her legislative position.The House leadership on Monday swore in Angelina's replacement, Surya Kusumanegara."I hope you focus on your job as a lawmaker and abide by the code of ethics for House members," House Speaker Marzuki Alie said in his speech during the swearing-in ...
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Dems to have convention in June
The Democratic Party said on Monday that it would hold a convention to select its presidential candidates next month."We haven't set the date but it will definitely be in June," chairperson of the party's political faction at the House of Representatives, Nurhayati Assegaf, said.Nurhayati said the party's central board was working to create rules for the ...
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Daddy The Hot Tea “Lekat” live borneobeerhouse Jakarta 170513 – Jakarta Video
Daddy & The Hot Tea ';Lekat'; live @borneobeerhouse Jakarta 17/05/1313 @daddyNthehottea @diditsaad @MorrisOrah @araydaulay @ipanglazuardi uploaded by ...
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With an Aroma of Rotting Flesh Indonesian Corpse Flower Blooms in Ohio
Our Geo Quiz comes in at number 6. We’re looking for the 6th largest island in the world. Greenland tops the list of big islands, followed by New Guinea, Borneo, Madagascar, and Canada’s Baffin Island. Next, at number 6, is the island we’re looking for, in western Indonesia. So, can you name this large island that’s known for active volcanoes and tropical ...
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Aust resident Abdi arrested in Jakarta
Indonesian police have arrested an Australian resident they are treating as a major people-smuggling suspect.Mohammad Abdi, 36, was arrested at an apartment in West Jakarta early on Monday, along with two other Iranians, The Australian newspaper says.Abdi has denied being involved in smuggling asylum-seekers to Australia.However, he is also known as Said Ali and is a major people smuggler, a ...
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RI expects growth at 6.4 to 6.9 percent in 2014
National Development Planning Minister Armida Alisjahbana said on Monday that Indonesia's economic growth in 2014 was set at between 6.4 and 6.9 percent."The projection of national economic growth in 2014 will be very much influenced by the dynamics of the global economy," said Armida during a plenary meeting at the House of Representatives, on Monday, as quoted by Antara news ...
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Insurance schemes must cover AIDS treatment Activist
An activist says that new Health Minister Regulation No. 21/2013 on HIV/AIDS control has brought a fresh breeze in fulfilling the rights of people with HIV/AIDS to get a guarantee of private insurance coverage.Article 47 (1) of the 2013 regulation requires every health insurance provider to cover partly or overall the medication and health treatment costs of HIV policyholders, based on the ...
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Indonesias 2014 budget plan puts GDP growth at 6.4-6.9
(MENAFN) Indonesia's gross domestic product (GDP) growth for 2014 would be between 6.4 percent and 6.9 percent according to the government's proposed budget plan, reported Reuters.The new figure is up from the 6.2-percent estimated by the Finance Ministry earlier.Furthermore, the budget gap would average between 1.7 and 2.3 percent of GDP.As for crude production, the government expects ...
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Indonesia into Sudirman cup last 8 after win
Former champions Indonesia reached the quarterfinals of the Sudirman Cup on Monday with a comprehensive 4-1 victory over India in Group A.Indonesia have been joined by China, Japan and Denmark in the last eight.Japan crushed Singapore 5-0 on Monday, a result that ensured Denmark also qualified from Group D as the Singaporeans were eliminated.Indonesia will meet eight-time champions China to ...
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2 dead 20 injured after explosions in Dagestan- Wave of violent attacks kills at least 86 in Iraq
MAKHACHKALA, Russia – Two people are dead and at least 20 are injured after two car bombs exploded Monday in Dagestan, in Russia's North Caucasus region, where armed militias are leading an Islamist insurgency. Both blasts were near the headquarters of the court bailiffs and appeared to have been detonated by remote control, a Russian state agency told Reuters. Police cordoned ...
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Indonesia fined for crowd trouble
The Football Association of Indonesia (PSSI) have been hit with a 15,000-dollar (9,900 pounds) fine for repeated crowd infringements.The PSSI were handed a penalty of 10,000 dollars (6,600 pounds) when fans lit firecrackers and threw water bottles when Indonesia hosted Saudi Arabia in an Asian Cup qualifier on March ...
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Quantum says new team could recover Intrepid’s Indonesia stake
Quantum Pacific Investment Ltd. believes with a new leadership team it can recover some of Intrepid's stake in the Tujuh Bukit copper-gold ...
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Indonesia beats India 4-1 at Sudirman Cup
Indonesia defeated India 4-1 in their opening match at the 2013 Sudirman Cup team badminton championships on Monday in Kuala Lumpur to secure a place in the quarterfinals.The Indians found themselves 0-1 down after losing the men's doubles to Indonesia, but still expecting Sindhu P.V. to get the better of Lindaweni Fanetri in women's singles. Sindhu had a 2-1 head-to-head record going ...
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Electric minibus launched in Yogyakarta
Marking National Awakening Day on Monday, the Research and Technology Ministry and the Yogyakarta city administration launched an electric minibus made by the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) at the city's Taman Pintar [Pintar Park].The 12-seated electric minibus will be used to transport visitors free of charge to Taman Pintar and its surrounding areas, including Malioboro, ...
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Pertamina CEO Most Likely to Head Indonesia Investment Body
JAKARTA - PT Pertamina's Chief Executive Karen Agustiawan is the front-runner to head Indonesia's Coordinating Board for Investment after President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono Monday made the current chief the country's new finance minister, two people familiar with the matter said. "It's Karen who [likely] will be appointed as the new investment board chief," one of ...
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AWE upgrades AAL Gross 2P Reserves to over 100 million barrels of recoverable oil with potential for future significant reserves growth
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Bank Indonesia Sets Debut Rupiah Fix Stronger Than Singapore
Indonesia set its first fixing for the rupiah 0.2 percent stronger than an equivalent rate in Singapore, where the central bank has started a probe to ascertain whether onshore rates were manipulated. Indonesia's monetary authority will require local lenders to use its Jakarta Interbank Spot Dollar Rate, which it fixed at 9,760 per dollar today, to settle currency derivatives, Difi ...
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Jakarta water issues a reflection of bad planning.
Jakarta residents have little access to fresh water from the city’s water system, a reflection of bad planning on the part of city management rather than a lack of funds.
An article posted on the Jakarta-Indonesia-Urban blog reflects a serious situation facing the capital city of the country, “Already there is more waste water generated and dispersed today than at any other time in the history of our planet: more than one out of six people lack access to safe drinking water, namely 1.1 billion people, and more than two out of six lack adequate sanitation, namely 2.6 billion people.” This is a statement on the world situation, but it hits uncomfortable close to home for many Jakartans, in fact, almost a majority of them. Read more
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