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Fire guts a number of shops in South Jakarta Posted: 06 Apr 2008 01:14 PM CDT Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Fire gutted a number of shops and offices in Fatmawati shopping complex, South Jakarta at about 09.00 a.m. local time on Sunday, and there was no information on fatality and material losses made available so far. "The fire coming from an insurance office at D Best of shophousing complex, South Jakarta. Fire engines were stlll working to extinguish the fire, and there is

Indonesia releases former East Timor militia leader Posted: 06 Apr 2008 01:13 PM CDT Jakarta (ANTARA News)- Indonesia's Supreme Court has cleared the only person jailed over the violence surrounding East Timor's 1999 vote for independence, a judge said Saturday. Former East Timorese militia leader Eurico Guterres was sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment in May 2006 by a tribunal trying military officers and officials for atrocities in East Timor. The Supreme Court overturned the

Indonesian Internet providers start blocking Dutch film: report Posted: 06 Apr 2008 01:11 PM CDT Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Indonesian Internet providers have started blocking websites or blogs posting an anti-Islamic film that has sparked widespread protests, a report said Saturday. Internet Service Providers Association chairwoman Sylvia Sumarlin told news website detikcom that access to YouTube has been blocked but could not guarantee it would be totally unavailable for national viewing.

President asks people to help govt save state budget Posted: 06 Apr 2008 01:10 PM CDT Jakarta (ANTARA News) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Sunday asked the people to switch from kerosene to liquefied petroleum gas as part of efforts to save the state budget amidst surging global oil prices. The people who were willing to use LPG were "heroes", the president said at a dialog with residents of Cempaka Baru in Central Jakarta. "I told them that they are heroes," he said.

Al-Qaeda drive to recruit Westerners worries US Posted: 06 Apr 2008 01:09 PM CDT Washington (ANTARA News) - Attempts by Al-Qaeda to recruit Westerners has sparked deep concerns among US national security experts, who fear the country could be infiltrated by attackers with Caucasian looks and European or North American identification. Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Robert Mueller was quoted by AFP as telling a congressional hearing Tuesday that the Al-Qaeda terror

Twenty-one killed by HIV/AIDS in Badung district, Bali Posted: 06 Apr 2008 01:07 PM CDT Denpasar (ANTARA News) - As many as 21 people in Bali`s Badung district died of HIV/AIDS in 2008, a local HIV/AIDS eradication activist said here on Friday. Speaking at the closing of a "peer educators" training course for villagers concerned about the deadly disease, Adi Rukmini of Badung District`s AIDS Eradication Commission (KPA) said the district now had 373 HIV/AIDS sufferers who were

Pelarangan Situs YouTube Dikritik Posted: 06 Apr 2008 01:05 PM CDT Jakarta: Pelarangan situs YouTube oleh pemerintah menuai kritik. Asosiasi Warung Internet Indonesia (AWARI mempertanyakan maksud pemerintah yang melarang penayangan Film Fitna di YouTube dan rencana memblokir situs itu. Menurut Dewan Pengawas AWARI Judith MS Lubis, tindakan pemerintah itu salah satu wujud pembatasan informasi. "Lalu apa bedanya dengan Orde Baru?" katanya Jumat pekan lalu kepada

Pasokan Minyak Tanah ke Tangerang Tinggal 20 Persen Posted: 06 Apr 2008 01:03 PM CDT Tangerang:Pasokan minyak tanah untuk Kota Tangerang dikurangi hingga tinggal 20 persen. Saat ini, Pertamina hanya mengirim 1.690 liter dari pasokan normal 9.800 liter. Pengurangan itu berkaitan dengan program konversi minyak tanah ke gas. Kepala Dinas Perindustrian dan Perdagangan Kota Tangerang Dafiar Eliadi mengatakan, Kota Tangerang masih memerlukan pasokan minyak tanah karena belum semua

Pemerintah Siapkan Subsidi Pupuk Rp10 Triliun Posted: 06 Apr 2008 01:00 PM CDT Malang (ANTARA News) - Pemerintah pada 2008 menyiapkan dana subsidi pupuk sebesar Rp10 triliun guna mendukung peningkatan produksi dan swasembada pangan, kata Wakil Presiden Jusuf Kalla. "Pemerintah akan tetap memberikan subsidi itu," kata Kalla ketika berdialog dengan para petani tebu di Pabrik Gula Krebet Baru, Malang, Jatim, Minggu. Menurut Wapres, meskipun penambahan jumlah subsidi agak

Luna Maya, Candra dan Denny akan Bawa Obor Olimpiade 2008 Posted: 06 Apr 2008 12:59 PM CDT Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Seorang artis serta dua olahragawan dari tanah air berhasil terpilih sebagai pembawa obor olimpiade musim panas Beijing tahun 2008 yang melintasi Jakarta sebagai hasil pemilihan dari online "pengalaman sekali seumur hidup" setelah melalui seleksi tidak kurang dari 664.000 suara yang masuk. "Yang terpilih adalah adalah artis Luna Maya yang berhasil memperoleh suara

Jatuh di Depan Polisi, Pengendara Motor Ketahuan Bawa Ganja Posted: 06 Apr 2008 12:58 PM CDT Jakarta:Seorang pengendara sepeda motor dibekuk anggota satuan lalu lintas Kepolisian Daerah Metropolitran Jakarta Raya, Ahad (6/4). Ia ditangkap setelah secara tak sengaja polisi menemukan ganja dari sakunya, setelah jatuh dari sepeda motor tepat di depan pos polisi. Menurut Ajun Inspektur Satu Krishna, petugas Traffic Management Center (TMC) Polda Metro Jaya, awalnya lelaki berusia 38 tahun

Komnas HAM Tak Perlu Ikut Menyidik Pelanggaran HAM Posted: 06 Apr 2008 12:56 PM CDT Jakarta:Wakil ketua Komisi Hukum DPR Soeripto menyatakan Komisi Nasional Hak Asasi Manusia (Komnas Ham) tidak perlu ikut menyidik pelanggggaran HAM di Indonesia. Sebab yang lebih diperlukan adalah mengoptimalkan kineja dari lembaga penyidik yang ada. "Kalau mau melakukan penyidikan, Komnas HAM harus menggunakan tenaga ahli seperti dari kejaksaan dan kepolisian," kata politisi dari Fraksi Partai

Badawi determined to stay on as PM Posted: 06 Apr 2008 12:54 PM CDT Kuala Lumpur (ANTARA News/PTI) - Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has underlined that he will stay on as prime minister, despite calls for him to step down, saying that his "mandate is still very strong". "The mandate that we have is still very strong by any standards even though it is not a two-thirds majority," he was quoted as saying by the Malaysian New Straits Times newspaper.

Bentrokan Warnai Arak-arakan Obor Olimpiade di London Posted: 06 Apr 2008 12:53 PM CDT London (ANTARA News) - Para demonstran Pro-Tibet terlibat bentrok dengan polisi ketika mereka mencoba untuk memadamkan obor Olimpiade yang sedang diarak di ibukota Inggris, London, Minggu. Polisi kemudian berusaha keras memadamkan aksi protes yang terlihat diorganisir dengan rapi tersebut. Dua orang demonstran ditangkap saat mereka berusaha memadamkan api obor, sementara orang ketiga

13 Warga Sukabumi Tenggelam di Sungai Cimandiri Posted: 06 Apr 2008 12:51 PM CDT Sukabumi (ANTARA News) - Sedikitnya 13 orang warga Kampung Menteng Babakan RT 03 dan 04/RW 10 Kelurahan Benteng Kecamatan Warudoyong, Kota Sukabumi dilaporkan tenggelam di sungai Cimandiri, namun enam orang berhasil selamat. Informasi yang diperoleh ANTARA News, Minggu malam, menyebutkan, peristiwa itu terjadi ketika belasan karyawan pabrik krupuk `ADR` itu tengah menghadiri acara makan-makan di

Mahathir Dapat Serangan Balik dari Para Menteri Posted: 06 Apr 2008 12:50 PM CDT Kuala Lumpur (ANTARA News) - Mantan PM Malaysia Mahathir Mohamad mengaku mendapat serangan balik dari para menteri kabinet Abdullah Badawi. "Banyak sekali serangan balik kepada saya. Semua menteri menyerang saya. Semacam ada arahan untuk melakukan itu," kata Mahathir saat bertemu dengan sekitar 1.000 anggota UMNO (United Malays National Organisation) di sebuah hotel di Ampang, Selangor, Minggu.

Partai Pendukung Sutiyoso Akan Bergabung Posted: 06 Apr 2008 12:47 PM CDT Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Delapan partai politik pendukung Sutiyoso sebagai calon presiden 2009, yang tidak lolos verifikasi sebagai badan hukum, akan bergabung dengan empat partai pendukung Sutiyoso lainnya yang lolos verifikasi. "Mereka sudah sepakat untuk bergabung. Mereka sudah sering berkoordinasi," kata Sutiyoso, di Jakarta, Minggu, saat syukuran Partai Rebublik Nusantara (RepublikaN) lolos

Bawaslu not yet able to supervise election preparation stages Posted: 06 Apr 2008 12:46 PM CDT Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The General Elections Supervisory Board (Bawaslu) is not yet able to carry out its task of supervising election preparation stages which began on Saturday because its members have yet to be sworn in by the Supreme Court, a spokesman said. "We are ready to coordinate but we have not taken our official oaths yet so we cannot come to the function where the government is to

Six dead, 24 injured after truck hits car, bus in Beijing Posted: 06 Apr 2008 12:44 PM CDT Beijing (ANTARA News/Xinhua) - Six people were killed and 24 others injured after an ore-loaded truck collided with a car and a bus on the outskirts of Beijing Friday afternoon, The Beijing News reported on Saturday. The accident occurred around 2 p.m. in Zhuangtouyu village, Miyun County, about 100 meters north of the Zhuangtouyu checkpoint of National Highway 101 when the truck slid and

Pengawal Gus Dur dan Wartawan Jadi Korban Pencopetan Posted: 06 Apr 2008 12:42 PM CDT Tulungagung (ANTARA News) - Seorang pengawal pribadi Ketua Dewan Syura DPP Partai Kebangkitan Bangsa (PKB) Abdurrahman Wahid (Gus Dur) dan empat orang wartawan menjadi korban peconpetan dalam acara pengajian umum Majelis Silaturahmi Ulama-Rakyat (Masura) di Gedung Okabawes, Tulungagung, Jatim, Minggu. Pengawal Gus Dur bernama H Frans Faisal (45), warga Kedinding Lor Surabaya mengaku kehilangan

Badawi Tindak Anggotanya yang Lakukan Sabotase Posted: 06 Apr 2008 12:40 PM CDT Kuala Lumpur (ANTARA News) - Presiden UMNO (United Malays National Organisation) Abdullah Ahmad Badawi akan menindak anggota partainya yang melakukan sabotase Pemilu ke-12 pada 8 Maret lalu sehingga partai berkuasa itu gagal mempertahankan 14 kursi di parlemen dan 22 kursi di dewan undangan negeri "Kami akan ambil tindakan terhadap para anggota UMNO yang melakukan sabotase. Kami akan bicarakan

Pasien "Suspect" Flu Burung di Depok Akhirnya Meninggal Posted: 06 Apr 2008 12:37 PM CDT Depok (ANTARA News) - Setelah mendapat perawatan selama tiga hari di Rumah sakit Penyakit Infeksi Sulianti Soroso (RSPI-SS), di Jakarta Utara, Mulyanti (16) pasien suspect flu burung akhirnya menghembuskan nafas terakhirnya pada hari Sabtu (5/4) pukul 16.00 WIB. Jenazah Yanti, panggilan akrab Mulyanti tiba di rumah duka pada Sabtu malam, pukul 19.00 WIB, kemudian langsung dimakamkan malam itu

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