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Pakistani plane forced to land in Indonesia
JAKARTA - A Pakistani charter plane headed for Malaysia was reportedly forced to land in Sulawesi on Monday for flying over Indonesia without prior permission from authorities concerned. Per reports, the plane carrying army personnel was forced to land at the Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport in Makassar, South Sulawesi, at 1.50pm.
Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) spokesman Tajwar Mashood said the Boeing 737-300 with 54 people on board was chartered by UN peacekeepers
Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) spokesman Tajwar Mashood said the Boeing 737-300 with 54 people on board was chartered by UN peacekeepers
Indonesia needs $10 billion to replace half of oil with gas
JAKARTA - A senior Indonesian government official said about $10 billion is needed to halve the country's oil use, replacing it with gas, local media reported here on Thursday. The National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas) energy and natural resources chief Monti Giriana said that the money would be used to build basic infrastructure such as pipelines, gas stations and gas receiving terminals.
"We estimate that gas consumption in Java, the island with the highest fuel
"We estimate that gas consumption in Java, the island with the highest fuel
Indonesia police guard churches amid wave of hate
JAKARTA - Indonesian police stood guard outside churches on Wednesday after a wave of religious hate crimes swept the mainly Muslim country, shocking civil society and sparking international concern. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who has been criticised for failing to stem the violence, ordered the police and military to go "all-out" against extremist groups behind the unrest.
"Every person should be guaranteed protection and safety, whatever his faith, ethnicity, race,
"Every person should be guaranteed protection and safety, whatever his faith, ethnicity, race,
Muslim mob burns, ransacks Churches in Indonesia
TEMANGGUNG - Indonesian Muslims burned churches and battled police on Tuesday as the world's most populous Muslim-majority nation struggled with a wave of religious violence. Two days after a Muslim lynch mob killed three members of a minority Islamic sect, crowds of furious Muslims set two churches alight and ransacked a third in the Central Java town of Temanggung, police said.
They were demanding the death penalty for Antonius Bawengan, 58, a Christian man who was sentenced to
They were demanding the death penalty for Antonius Bawengan, 58, a Christian man who was sentenced to
Video emerges of Indonesia religious mob killings
JAKARTA - Disturbing video emerged on Monday of a bloody religious mob attack in Indonesia that killed three members of a minority Muslim sect, showing extremists beating and stoning their victims to death. The incident, involving more than 1,000 Muslims who stormed a house in West Java on Sunday to stop the minority Ahmadiyah Islamic sect from holding worship, has been condemned by the government and rights activists.
Footage of the attack -- which came at the start of
Footage of the attack -- which came at the start of
Pakistan’s Fed Cup campaign halted by Indonesia
LAHORE - Indonesia halted Pakistan Fed Cup team's progress with a 3-0 win in the Asia-Oceania Zone Group-II tie at the outdoor hard courts of the National Tennis Centre, Nonthaburi, Thailand on Thursday. Pakistan will now face the Philippines in their last group tie today.
Pakistan, after winning the opening tie against Kyrgyzstan, were blanked by the Indonesian players. The tiredness of the opening day took its toll and the Pakistan players, particularly Ushna Suhail, failed to
Pakistan, after winning the opening tie against Kyrgyzstan, were blanked by the Indonesian players. The tiredness of the opening day took its toll and the Pakistan players, particularly Ushna Suhail, failed to
Indonesia keen to invest in textile
KARACHI - Indonesian textile manufacturers are likely to invest in the cotton ginning sector of Pakistan while importing the ginned cotton from Islamabad, as the foreign country's markets have a wide demand of the item.
According to sources in the embassy of Pakistan to Jakarta, in a recent development,
the Indonesian textile manufacturers have shown their interest in investing in the ginning sector and to develop a market-trade mechanism to improve the quality of ginned
According to sources in the embassy of Pakistan to Jakarta, in a recent development,
the Indonesian textile manufacturers have shown their interest in investing in the ginning sector and to develop a market-trade mechanism to improve the quality of ginned
Obama returns to childhood home Indonesia
JAKARTA: US President Barack Obama finally made a much-delayed return to his boyhood home of Indonesia Tuesday, seeking to engage Muslims and cement strategic relations on the second leg of his Asia tour.
Obama arrived in Jakarta under stormy skies on Air Force One from India, as his nine-day Asian odyssey took him from the world's largest democracy to its most populous Muslim-majority nation.
The president spent four years in Indonesia as a boy with his late mother, but he
Obama arrived in Jakarta under stormy skies on Air Force One from India, as his nine-day Asian odyssey took him from the world's largest democracy to its most populous Muslim-majority nation.
The president spent four years in Indonesia as a boy with his late mother, but he
Hunt for survivors after twin disasters hit Indonesia
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Indonesian rescuers searched for survivors Wednesday after a tsunami smashed into an island chain and a volcano erupted in twin disasters that have left scores dead and thousands homeless.
Ten villages were flattened when the tsunami triggered by a 7.7-magnitude earthquake pounded the Mentawai islands late Monday off the west coast of Sumatra, on a major fault line in a region known as the "Pacific Ring of Fire".
At least 154 people were killed and some 400
Indonesian rescuers searched for survivors Wednesday after a tsunami smashed into an island chain and a volcano erupted in twin disasters that have left scores dead and thousands homeless.
Ten villages were flattened when the tsunami triggered by a 7.7-magnitude earthquake pounded the Mentawai islands late Monday off the west coast of Sumatra, on a major fault line in a region known as the "Pacific Ring of Fire".
At least 154 people were killed and some 400
Indonesia to raise tax on tobacco
JAKARTA: Indonesia plans to raise its tobacco excise tax by five percent next year to help meet state revenue targets, a senior official said Wednesday.
The country has one of the highest smoking rates in the world, as 60 percent of the men are estimated to smoke along with a "disturbing" number of children, according to the Asia Pacific Association for the Control of Tobacco (APACT).
Finance ministry official, Agus Supriyanto told Dow Jones Newswires that the excise tax
The country has one of the highest smoking rates in the world, as 60 percent of the men are estimated to smoke along with a "disturbing" number of children, according to the Asia Pacific Association for the Control of Tobacco (APACT).
Finance ministry official, Agus Supriyanto told Dow Jones Newswires that the excise tax
