Archive for the ‘General’ Category

Indonesia’s Economy May Expand 5% in 2009, Sri Mulyani Says (Bloomberg)

Monday, January 5th, 2009

Jan. 6 (Bloomberg) — Indonesia’s economy may expand about 5 percent in 2009 as the government’s stimulus package and election-year spending stokes demand, Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati said.

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Moderate quakes hit Irian in Indonesia (The Star)

Monday, January 5th, 2009

KUALA LUMPUR: Two moderate earthquakes rattled Indonesia’s west Irian region early Tuesday morning, one measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale and the other, 5.2.

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MODERATE EARTHQUAKE HIT INDONESIA’S WEST REGION TWICE (Bernama via Yahoo! Malaysia News)

Monday, January 5th, 2009

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 6 (Bernama) — Two moderate earthquakes rattled Indonesia’s west Irian region early this morning, one measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale and the other, 5.2.

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Indonesia: Four Countries To Help Indonesia Boost Sea Security (Sin Chew Jit Poh)

Monday, January 5th, 2009

JAKARTA, INDONESIA: Four countries namely China, the United States, Germany and Japan will help improve the capacity of Indonesia’s Sea Security Coordinating Agency (Bakorkamla) this year.

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PRESS DIGEST-Indonesian Newspapers - Jan 6 - Reuters

Monday, January 5th, 2009

Jakarta Post

PRESS DIGEST-Indonesian Newspapers - Jan 6Reuters - 3 hours agoIndonesia's Corruption Court sentenced former lawmaker Al Amien Nur Nasution to eight years in prison for bribery and blackmail. He said he would appeal the …Indonesian ex-MP gets 8 yrs jail for forest bribe Reuters IndiaJailed 8 years for bribery Straits TimesEx lawmaker gets 8 years for graft Jakarta PostRadio Netherlands - Jakarta Postall 33 news articles

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Indonesia finds $3.5bn in savings to bolster economy (Financial Times)

Monday, January 5th, 2009

Indonesia announced yesterday plans to spend rapidly $3.56bn saved from the 2008 budget on infrastructure projects and tax breaks to stimulate the economy and mitigate the impacts of the global economic crisis.

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Diplomatic appointment: Mali? I said Bali, you idiots! - Western Standard- Shotgun Blog

Monday, January 5th, 2009

Diplomatic appointment: Mali? I said Bali, you idiots!Western Standard- Shotgun Blog, Canada - 10 minutes agoLawrence Cannon, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today announced the appointment of Virginie Saint-Louis to Ambassador to the Republic of Mali. …

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Indonesia to spend savings to boost economy (Financial Times)

Monday, January 5th, 2009

Indonesia announced on Monday plans to spend rapidly $3.56bn saved from the 2008 budget on infrastructure projects and tax breaks to stimulate the economy and mitigate the impacts of the global economic crisis.

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President Yudhoyono calls for cooking oil and meat prices cut (Philippine News Agency)

Monday, January 5th, 2009

JAKARTA, Jan. 6 (PNA/Antara) — President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said that meat and cooking oil prices would decline following a drop of the prices of the commodities on the world market, and last December’s fuel price cut.

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President Yudhoyono says no need for investors to worry about security (Philippine News Agency)

Monday, January 5th, 2009

JAKARTA, Jan. 6 (PNA/Antara) — President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono guaranteed security during the general elections this year, and assured investors not to worry about their security.

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