Archive for December, 2007

Tens of thousands celebrate New Year in Jakarta, Indonesia (People’s Daily)

Monday, December 31st, 2007

Tens of thousands of people thronged the area of the Monas Monument in central Jakarta, capital of Indonesia, to celebrate the New Year, which was also highlighted by spectacular fireworks. After enjoying various forms of fireworks …

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Views from Auckland: CHANGE OF CLIMATE FOR PACIFIC ISLANDS - Island Business

Monday, December 31st, 2007

Views from Auckland: CHANGE OF CLIMATE FOR PACIFIC ISLANDSIsland Business, Fiji - 1 hour agoPerhaps the most significant outcome of the Bali Conference for small islands nations is the formation of the Adaptation Fund. It would be naïve to expect …Environment: STARTING OUR NEW YEAR VOYAGE Island BusinessEnvironment: LIFTING THE REGION’S VOICE ON CLIMATE CHANGE Island Businessall 3 news articles

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Moderate earthquake hits Indonesia’s Java (People’s Daily)

Monday, December 31st, 2007

An earthquake with magnitude of 5.0 rocked Java Island of Indonesia on Monday, but there was no report of damages or casualty, Indonesia’s meteorology agency said. The quake rattled at 16:36 Jakarta time (0936 GMT) with epicenter at …

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Tens of thousands celebrate New Year in Jakarta, Indonesia - People’s Daily Online

Monday, December 31st, 2007

Tens of thousands celebrate New Year in Jakarta, IndonesiaPeople’s Daily Online, China - 1 hour agoTens of thousands of people thronged the area of the Monas Monument in central Jakarta, capital of Indonesia, to celebrate the New Year, which was also …

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Indonesia marks new year with fire crackers, religious prayers (EARTHtimes.org)

Monday, December 31st, 2007

Jakarta - Indonesians lit fire crackers, held religious ceremonies and musical events to mark the dawn of the New Year as the country’s president urged nations to draw a lesson from past experience to start 2008. Hundreds of thousands of people packe…

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Indonesia marks new year with fire crackers, religious prayers - Earthtimes

Monday, December 31st, 2007

Indonesia marks new year with fire crackers, religious prayersEarthtimes, UK - 1 hour ago… Java and East Java last week, while floods waters cut off roads and paralyzed land communications to a number of cities on Indonesia's crowded island. …

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Bowling: Alex caps achievement by winning Selangor Super Classic (The Star)

Monday, December 31st, 2007

PETALING JAYA: Bowler Alex Liew started the year with a bang by becoming the first Malaysian male bowler to win the Asian Bowling Federation (ABF) Tour Grand Finals title in Jakarta last January.

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Changing the climate in ’08 - Indian Express

Monday, December 31st, 2007

Changing the climate in ’08Indian Express, India - 37 minutes agoThen there was the two-week jamboree in Bali, which ended with the world’s countries wrangling to arrive at a formula to ‘save the earth’ from climate …

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Indonesia: Search continues for landslide victims in Java - ReliefWeb (press release)

Monday, December 31st, 2007

Indonesia: Search continues for landslide victims in JavaReliefWeb (press release), Switzerland - 51 minutes agoThe landslides hit central Java on December 26, exactly three years after the catastrophic Indian Ocean tsunami struck Indonesia and 13 other countries. …

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Indonesia pushes to meet oil targets (EARTHtimes.org)

Monday, December 31st, 2007

Indonesia is working to meet oil production targets in the New Year. Upstream oil and gas regulator BPMigas says it is upbeat about meeting nest year’s goals, though output expectations for 2007 will not be achieved, the Jakarta Post reported. BPMigas Dep…

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