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- Europe Table of Contents Vol. 173, No. 3
Chile's Atacama Desert has become an unlikely favorite of affluent travelers Walking the Talk with City Guides (Diversions) By STEVE MOLLMAN The best city guide is still flesh and blood and gets around on two feet Jakarta's Temple to Good Taste (After
- Indonesia quakes drive thousands into camps
Manokwari: Disaster relief officials say the number of people in tent camps more than doubled to 17,400 after a pair of powerful earthquakes in remote eastern Indonesia. Authorities warned many people who fled their homes already suffered from malaria or
- West Jakarta Opens New Methadone Clinic
TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: The West Jakarta City Government yesterday (7/1) opened a new special clinic for substituted methadone services, a medicine to prevent HIV/AIDS dissemination through hypodermic needle, at the Community Health Center
- Aid from Indonesia for Palestine Moving to Rafah
TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: The second phase of aid from Indonesia for victims in Gaza, Palestine, worth Rp2.1 billion, will move to Rafah, Egypt (on the border with Gaza) this morning. 'It is expected that the aid can be received by Palestine Red
- Concerns for 7yo asylum seeker forced back to Indonesia (ABC)
There are concerns for the health of a seven-year-old girl who was forced to return to Indonesia in November last year after being granted political asylum in Australia. Anike Wainggai was taken back to Papua Province by her father. She and her father,
- Powerful aftershock rocks Papua, Indonesia
The quake struck some 241 kilometers east of Sorong town near Manokwari and the epicenter was 50 kilometers deep, Rahma, an official of the agency told Xinhua. 'So far, there has been no serious new damage or casualty cased by the tremor,' George
- Indonesia plans to issue yen-dominated bonds in 2009
The director said that the plan aimed at raising funds in Japanese currency to pay Indonesia's debt to the country which was stood at 26.91 billion U.S. dollars. 'The finance ministry may issue the bonds in the middle of this year to get funds in yen
- Indonesia c.bank says to auction SBI on Jan 8
JAKARTA, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Indonesia's central bank said in a statement on Wednesday that it plans to auction its one-, three-, and six-month debt paper (SBI) on Jan. 8. (Reporting by Tyagita Silka and Sonya Angraini; Editing by Sara Webb) Keywords:
- Indonesian central bank cuts rate by 50 basis point to 8.75%
JAKARTA, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- The Indonesian central bank Wednesday slashed its benchmark interest rate by 50 basis points to 8.75 percent following the good outlook of inflation to spur growth, according to a statement by the bank. The 50 basis point cut
- Strong earthquake shakes Indonesia province
Jakarta: A 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck West Papua, Indonesia early on Wednesday, the US Geological Survey said, in what is the latest in a series of powerful tremors to hit the region. The latest quake struck just off the coast of West Papua, some 75
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The world's largest archipelago, Indonesia achieved independence from the Netherlands in 1949. Current issues include: implementing IMF-mandated reforms of the banking sector, effecting a transition to a popularly elected government after four decades of authoritarianism, addressing charges of cronyism and corruption, holding the military accountable for human rights violations, and resolving growing separatist pressures in Aceh and Irian Jaya. On 30 August 1999 a provincial referendum for independence was overwhelmingly approved by the people of Timor Timur. Concurrence followed by Indonesia's national legislature, and the name East Timor was provisionally adopted. The independent status of East Timor - now under UN administration - has yet to be formally established.
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