theo yanto posted an article on Indonesia This Day - Dec 8, 2009, 10:00 pm
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Tuesday night sought to regain the high ground in Indonesia’s drive to wipe out corruption, terming it a “jihad” and vowing to lead from the front. But thos...
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theo yanto posted an article on Indonesia This Day - Dec 8, 2009, 9:55 pm
The country’s justice system has once again found itself uncomfortably in the spotlight, this time over the arrest and jailing of a Yogyakarta grandfather for plucking a bunch of bananas from a tree...
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theo yanto posted an article on Indonesia This Day - Dec 7, 2009, 7:37 pm
Activists demanding a thorough investigation into the Bank Century bailout case at a demonstration in front of the KPK building in Jakarta on Monday The country’s top security officials said on Mon...
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theo yanto posted an article on Indonesia This Day - Dec 7, 2009, 7:36 pm
Copenhagen. The most important UN climate-change conference in history opened on Monday, with diplomats from 192 nations warning that this could be the best and last chance to protect the world from t...
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theo yanto posted an article on Indonesia This Day - Dec 7, 2009, 7:33 pm
People watching the film 'Balibo' which depicts the murders of Australia journalists during Indonesia's 1975 invasion of East Timor Awitness to the deaths of five journalists at Balibo in...
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theo yanto posted an article on Indonesia This Day - Dec 6, 2009, 7:29 pm
Volunteers in Jati Padang, South Jakarta, on Sunday counting money donated to help Prita Mulyasari pay her fine Cause celebre Prita Mulyasari is preparing a countersuit of more than Rp 1 trillion ($11...
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theo yanto posted an article on Indonesia This Day - Dec 6, 2009, 7:26 pm
Tens of thousands of hectares of illicit palm oil crops are being pulled out in Leuser Ecosystem, the largest rainforest in Sumatra Driving through Indonesia's central Sumatra, it appears that al...
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theo yanto posted an article on Indonesia This Day - Dec 6, 2009, 7:25 pm
The country should brace itself for more rain this week and sea swells more than two meters high, an official from the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency, said on Sunday. “Moderate rain ...
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theo yanto posted an article on Indonesia This Day - Dec 6, 2009, 7:23 pm
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Sunday accused unnamed figures of using the Bank Century bailout scandal to topple his government and possibly force him from office. He also repeated claims he m...
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theo yanto posted an article on Indonesia This Day - Dec 4, 2009, 6:15 pm
Jakarta's recent blackouts have left PLN's residential customers fuming while business owners struggle to keep their doors open Businessman Dahlan Iskan on Friday confirmed that he has interv...
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theo yanto posted an article on Indonesia This Day - Dec 2, 2009, 6:34 pm
Suparwono, an Indonesian laborer who hoped to be named the world's tallest man, is actually five centimeters shorter than the record-holder A 25-year-old Indonesian laborer could be a contender fo...
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theo yanto posted an article on Indonesia This Day - Dec 2, 2009, 6:31 pm
A woman walking past steel reinforcement rods at a construction site in North Jakarta State-owned PT Krakatau Steel and South Korea’s Pohang Iron & Steel signed a preliminary agreement on Wednesday...
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theo yanto posted an article on Indonesia This Day - Dec 2, 2009, 6:27 pm
Masked protesters rattling their cage in front of the vice president’s palace in Jakarta. They demanded an investigation into Vice President Boediono and Finance Minister Sri Mulyani related to t...
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theo yanto posted an article on Indonesia This Day - Dec 1, 2009, 5:51 pm
After weeks of denials about alleged links between the PT Bank Century bailout and President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s campaign, members of his re-election team came out swinging on Tuesday. Three ...
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theo yanto posted an article on Indonesia This Day - Dec 1, 2009, 5:50 pm
After falling behind neighbors like Indonesia in the race for foreign investment, Malaysia must undertake further economic reforms aimed at boosting growth, a top finance official said on Tuesday. Mal...
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theo yanto posted an article on Indonesia This Day - Nov 30, 2009, 7:26 pm
The long-running saga involving suspended antigraft officials Bibit Samad Rianto and Chandra M Hamzah is expected to finally end today, with prosecutors saying they will drop charges against the two w...
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theo yanto posted an article on Indonesia This Day - Nov 29, 2009, 6:47 pm
Students from Atma Jaya University in Jakarta releasing balloons during a rally at the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle on Sunday to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS. The rally was held as part of the bui...
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theo yanto posted an article on Indonesia This Day - Nov 29, 2009, 1:25 am
... box office honors last weekend. " It looks likely to repeat its success in Indonesia, the Southeast Asian archipelago with the world's biggest ... a packed matinee showing in Jakarta on Thur...
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theo yanto posted an article on Indonesia This Day - Nov 28, 2009, 8:54 pm
The government has rejected a push by the resort island of Bali for rare turtles to be legally slain in Hindu ceremonies, siding with conservationists of the protected reptiles against religious advoc...
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theo yanto posted an article on Indonesia This Day - Nov 28, 2009, 8:53 pm
Indonesian shares are seen to go down next week as selling may continue for industrial conglomerate Bakrie & Brothers and its units over its rising debt, dealers said."The index seems to drop next wee...
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theo yanto posted an article on Indonesia This Day - Nov 22, 2009, 12:11 am
Indonesian special forces soldiers demonstrate anti-terror skills last month in Denpasar, Bali. Seventeen crewmen from a seized boat carrying explosive materials are being questioned for possible link...
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theo yanto posted an article on Indonesia This Day - Nov 20, 2009, 9:06 pm
Profile Despite being known as the "Kingdom of Badminton," Indonesia has begun to accept and follow football with the most dedicated of Asian nations. One of the few teams in Southeast Asia who are a...
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theo yanto posted an article on Indonesia This Day - Nov 20, 2009, 8:53 pm
A group of women from Kebon Kacang, Central Jakarta, attended a seminar outlining the rights of women under the 2004 Law on Domestic Violence. Three lawyers from LBH Mawar Saron Jakarta legal aid inst...
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theo yanto posted an article on Indonesia This Day - Nov 19, 2009, 8:10 pm
With so much pressure on the National Police these days, there must be quite a few officers needing to unwind. How about a round of golf to relax off-duty? Not for long, if one lawmaker gets their way...
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theo yanto posted an article on Indonesia This Day - Nov 19, 2009, 8:08 pm
An antigraft watchdog on Thursday leaked evidence from a probe of Jakarta’s much-delayed Mass Rapid Transport project, which it said involved collusion in selecting the designer of the system, a con...
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theo yanto posted an article on Indonesia This Day - Nov 19, 2009, 8:07 pm
A cabinet minister on Thursday strongly denied months of rumors in the media that the controversial bailout of PT Bank Century had led to some of the funds making their way into President Susilo Bamba...
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theo yanto posted an article on Indonesia This Day - Nov 17, 2009, 7:53 pm
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will meet the country’s attorney general and National Police chief today following the release of a damning report by a special fact-finding team about the prosecu...
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theo yanto posted an article on Indonesia This Day - Nov 16, 2009, 5:57 pm
In the latest round of the long-running dispute between Bambang Rachmadi and McDonald’s, the global burger giant demanded on Monday that the flamboyant businessman shut all of his 13 former McDonald...
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theo yanto posted an article on Indonesia This Day - Nov 15, 2009, 7:42 pm
Long visa lines, broken computers, filthy bathrooms and leaky roofs. Such was the situation at Bali’s international airport on Sunday during a snap inspection by two cabinet ministers. The woeful st...
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theo yanto posted an article on Indonesia This Day - Nov 13, 2009, 7:29 pm
Vice President Boediono on Friday announced his readiness to be questioned by the House of Representatives over the controversial Rp 6.7 trillion ($717 million) bailout of PT Bank Century, which was d...
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theo yanto posted an article on Indonesia This Day - Nov 12, 2009, 7:57 pm
"Jakarta's Tailors Working in the Dark" Having failed to meet the demand for electricity, the state power utility’s latest solution to the rolling blackouts afflicting Greater Jakarta includes ...
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theo yanto posted an article on Indonesia This Day - Nov 11, 2009, 6:09 pm
Acknowledging that the National Police was feeling increasingly cornered, Chief Gen. Bambang Hendarso Danuri denied on Wednesday that any officers doctored evidence to build a case against former anti...
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theo yanto posted an article on Indonesia This Day - Nov 10, 2009, 7:50 pm
The murder trial of Antasari Azhar was thrown into an uproar on Tuesday when a key witness claimed that police had set up Indonesia's former anti-corruption czar to be the main suspect of their in...
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theo yanto posted an article on Indonesia This Day - Nov 9, 2009, 6:15 pm
The fact-finding team appointed to review the National Police’s handling of two suspended members of the country’s antigraft commission confirmed on Monday they had found the police did not have s...
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theo yanto posted an article on Indonesia This Day - Nov 8, 2009, 11:51 pm
A special fact-finding team has drawn a preliminary conclusion on whether there was a conspiracy to frame senior officials of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) and will present it to Preside...
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theo yanto posted an article on Indonesia This Day - Nov 8, 2009, 11:50 pm
Attorney General Hendarman Supandji said on Monday that his office had not found any indications of crime in the Rp 6.7 trillion ($710 million) Bank Century bailout case. Hendarman made the statement ...
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theo yanto posted an article on Indonesia This Day - Oct 28, 2009, 11:05 pm
The controversy surrounding the new health minister has created the first public quarrel between members of the new House of Representatives, with the House speaker canceling a planned commission meet...
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theo yanto posted an article on Indonesia This Day - Oct 28, 2009, 12:46 am
Sri Lankan asylum seekers ended their hunger strike on Saturday. They were intercepted in Indonesian waters en route to Australia Two Indonesians who crewed a boat that carried asylum seekers into Aus...
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theo yanto posted an article on Indonesia This Day - Oct 27, 2009, 1:51 am
A political analyst has labeled a plan to raise the salaries of government ministers as “insensitive.” The controversial proposal to raise salaries has divided opinion in the House of Representati...
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theo yanto posted an article on Indonesia This Day - Oct 25, 2009, 7:08 pm
Noting that they’ve done little more than pose for official photographs and attend cursory cabinet meetings, analysts and lawmakers on Sunday lambasted a proposal to raise the salaries of ministers ...
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theo yanto posted an article on Indonesia This Day - Oct 25, 2009, 7:07 pm
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said on Sunday he would soon name deputy ministers to at least six important ministries, and prioritize professionals for the posts. At a news conference here, where...
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theo yanto posted an article on Indonesia This Day - Oct 24, 2009, 2:20 am
A long-awaited power connection between Sumatra and Malaysia is scheduled to go online by 2015, Malaysia's largest electric utility said on Friday. The link will allow the two countries to support...
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theo yanto posted an article on Indonesia This Day - Oct 23, 2009, 2:51 am
Despite having already undergone more than a dozen reconstructive surgeries, Siti Nur Jazila, or Lisa, must still go under the knife several more times to restore her face. Lisa first underwent surger...
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theo yanto posted an article on Indonesia This Day - Oct 23, 2009, 2:44 am
The Ministry of Culture and Tourism has been given a significant financial boost to attract more tourists, the minister said on Thursday. Tourism Minister Jero Wacik said the ministry’s budget for t...
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theo yanto posted an article on Indonesia This Day - Oct 21, 2009, 1:09 am
Unspecified 'technical difficulties' may delay the official announcement of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's new cabinet, according to presidential spokesman Andi Mallarangeng. Metro TV reported...
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theo yanto posted an article on Indonesia This Day - Oct 21, 2009, 1:08 am
Eight women and two men from Iran have been arrested for allegedly trying to bring more than Rp 100 billion ($10 million) worth of methamphetamine into Indonesia, in what customs officials called the ...
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theo yanto posted an article on Indonesia This Day - Oct 20, 2009, 1:02 am
From left to right: Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, his wife Kristiani Yudhoyono, Vice President Boediono and his wife Herawati wave after the inauguration on Tuesday morning. President...
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theo yanto posted an article on Indonesia This Day - Oct 9, 2009, 12:55 am
A demonstration against the rumored arrival of Japanese porn star Maria Ozawa, more popularly known as Miyabi, will take place in Jakarta on Friday along with three other protests. Jakarta Metro Polic...
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theo yanto posted an article on Indonesia This Day - Oct 7, 2009, 7:46 pm
Suspended Corruption Eradication Commission chairman Antasari Azhar will go on trial today for allegedly ordering the Mafia-style murder of businessman Nasrudin Zulkarnaen. The murder, the alleged res...
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theo yanto posted an article on Indonesia This Day - Oct 7, 2009, 12:50 am
The new acting chief of the Corruption Eradication Commission on Tuesday insisted that the antigraft body would remain independent and able to resist any attempts to interfere in its work. Tumpak Hato...
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