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3 hrs ago | Asia News Network

JAKARTA: Indonesian gas buyers eye LNG imports from US

Indonesia n liquefied natural gas buyers are ready to take advantage of falling gas prices in the US , following a boom in shale gas development that has boosted the country's gas supply in the past several years.

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Related Topix: Southeast Asia, Indonesia, World News,

Sat Feb 11, 2012

Lincoln Daily News

Inside the making of the Bali bombs

An Indonesian militant charged in the 2002 Bali terrorist attacks told interrogators he spent weeks holed up in a rented house, painstakingly building a half-ton bomb using household items including a rice ladle, a grocer's scale and plastic bags.

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Related Topix: Inside, Electronic, Terrorism, World News, Indonesia, Explosion, Pakistan,

PR-inside.com

PT Sinar Mas Agro Resources and Technology Tbk (SMAR) - Financial and ...

It was formerly known as PT Maskapai Perkebunan Sumcama Padang Halaban. PT SMART Tbk principally engaged in cultivating and harvesting the palm trees along with the processing of fresh fruit bunches into crude palm oil and palm kernel oil.

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Related Topix: Indonesia, World News,

Tajikistan News.Net

Bali bomb made using rice ladle

In this Nov. 29, 2011 file photo, terrorist suspect Umar Patek, center, is escorted by police officers as he arrives to testify for his wife, Ruqayyah binti Husein Luceno, who is on trial for immigration violations, at a district court in Jakarta, Indonesia.

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Related Topix: Indonesia, World News, Asia, North Korea

Lincoln Tribune

Indonesia: 14 dead, 40 injured in West Java bus accident

Lincoln County Sheriff's Office News Release Lincolnton, NC - An observant neighbor and a deputy on patrol led to the arrests ofA three men Thursday.

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Newindpress

Hair raising experiences

An impressively-moustachioed cousin recently started his own business. His old employer in Jakarta wished him all the best and threw him a grand send-off party.

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Related Topix: World News, Indonesia, Opinion

Fri Feb 10, 2012

The Straits Times

Men have higher tendency for corruption : Megawati

Ms Megawati Soekarnoputri, Indonesia's first woman president and chief patron of the Democratic Party of Struggle , claims that men have more of a tendency to engage in corrupt activities than women.

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Related Topix: Indonesia, World News,

CBS News

Terror trial of accused Bali bomber starts Monday

JAKARTA, Indonesia &#8212 An Indonesian accused of making the explosives used in the 2002 Bali bombings is scheduled to go on trial next week on terrorism and murder charges, a court official said Thursday.

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Related Topix: World News, Indonesia, Terrorism, Pakistan, Prison

Asia News Network

JAKARTA: US firms want a piece of Indonesia

Buoyed by strong economic growth and a relatively stable political environment, Indonesia is poised to become a key investment destination for US companies, provided that the historical impediments to investment in the country are addressed, the US-Asean Business Council says.

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Asia News Network

JAKARTA: Indonesian airlines boost commitment to guaranteeing flight safety

On the heels of the arrests of pilots using crystal methamphetamine, airlines operating in Indonesia boosted their commitment to preventing air crews from consuming drugs and alcohol for the sake of flight safety .

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Related Topix: Drugs, World News, Indonesia,

Asia News Network

JAKARTA: Young Indonesians striving for social change

The large amount of plastic items that are thrown away have become a serious problem in many countries and Indonesia has not been an exception.

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NEWS.com.au

Jakarta staying out of Aust abbatoir fuss

INDONESIA'S deputy agriculture minister has refused to weigh into the issue of animal cruelty at an abattoir in Sydney, saying it is a matter for Australia.

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Related Topix: World News, Indonesia, Agriculture, Science, Australia, Oceania, Animal Rights,

Thu Feb 09, 2012

KXLY-TV Spokane

Indonesian Volcano Erupts, Hurls Ash High Into Sky

Mount Lokon spews hot lava and volcanic ash during an eruption in Tomohon in Indonesia's North Sulawesi province July 14, 2011.

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Related Topix: Volcanic Eruption, Natural Disasters, Indonesia, World News,

Scoop

Military Intelligence Operations are still underway in Papua

The appointment and deployment of Major-General Mohammad Erwin Syafitri as commander of KODAM XVII Cenderawasih Papua is clear proof that the Land of Papua is still an area of operations of Indonesian military intelligence.

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Related Topix: Southeast Asia, World News, Indonesia, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono

TeleGeography CommsUpdate

Indosat offloads 2,500 telecom towers in USD519m deal

Indonesia's second largest telecoms group by subscribers and revenue, PT Indosat, has sold a total of 2,500 telecommunications towers to PT Tower Bersama Infrastructure, the telco confirmed yesterday.

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Asia News Network

JAKARTA: Indonesian investors confident of shake-up at Bumi

The Indonesian shareholders of Bumi Plc., seeking to remove co-chairman Nat Rothschild, are confident they can shake up the miner's board before creating the world's biggest coal firm , major investor Samin Tan said on Tuesday.

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Bloomberg

Indonesia Unexpectedly Cuts Interest Rate to Support Growth Amid Slowdown

Indonesia 's central bank unexpectedly cut its benchmark interest rate for the first time in three months, taking advantage of easing inflation to support growth in a deteriorating global economy.

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Nine MSN

Alleged Bali bomber to face court Monday

The trial of key Jemaah Islamiah operative Umar Patek in relation to a string of terrorism offences, including the 2002 Bali bombings, will begin in Jakarta next week.

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Related Topix: Terrorism, World News, Indonesia,

Wed Feb 08, 2012

Asia News Network

JAKARTA: Conflicts could worsen ahead of Indonesia's 2014 elections

Indonesia 's National Intelligence Agency has called on the public to stay vigilant ahead of the 2014 legislative and presidential elections as it forecasts that social violence will likely escalate.

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Related Topix: Southeast Asia, World News, Indonesia,

Jerusalem Post

Deaf Indonesian, 12, isn't your typical bat mitzvah

It took place in Jakarta, Indonesia, a majority Muslim country with an Jewish community that is thought to number in the double digits.

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Related Topix: World News, Indonesia, Audiology, Medicine, Religion, Judaism

 

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