Indonesia Parliament paves way for fuel hike amid protests
Source: Zee News
Jakarta :: Indonesia | updated 2013-06-18 00:46:21 -0700 | travel-news
Indonesian lawmakers on Monday approved a revised budget in a move that paves the way for the first hike in fuel prices since 2008 amid nationwide protests against the measure. As masked protesters hurling Molotov cocktails clashed with police outside...
4 new UNESCO World Heritage site
Posted by: TaufanTasch
Jakarta :: Indonesia | updated 2013-06-16 03:20:59 -0700 | travel-news
4 new UNESCO World Heritage site The World Heritage Committee will meet this week in Cambodia to consider the addition of another 32 sites to the World Heritage list of UNESCO. The World Heritage Committee, published in the official network...
Police identify owner of motorcycle used in Poso bombing
Source: The Jakarta Post
Jakarta :: Indonesia | updated 2013-06-12 02:03:29 -0700 | travel-news
It belonged to a Poso resident and we are continuing our investigation into the owner, said Poso Police chief Adj...Comr. Susnadi in Poso, on Wednesday, as quoted by Antara news agency. He said the police had questioned the owner of...
Scots worker 'seized' in Indonesia
Source: BBC
Jakarta :: Indonesia | updated 2013-06-11 23:37:28 -0700 | travel-news
Scottish oil worker reported kidnapped in Indonesia A Scottish oil engineer is reported to have been kidnapped in the Aceh area of Indonesia. A spokesman for police in the province said the man was travelling back from a mine site...
Terrorist jailed for seven years
Source: The Jakarta Post
Jakarta :: Indonesia | updated 2013-06-10 18:16:22 -0700 | travel-news
Prosecutors had sought an eight-year sentence for Thoriq for violating Chapter 9 of the 2003 Terrorism Law. Yufery said the defendant got a lighter sentence because of his lack of previous convictions and his good behavior during the trial. Asked...
4 killed in pileup in Pati
Source: The Jakarta Post
Jakarta :: Indonesia | updated 2013-06-10 06:12:40 -0700 | travel-news
Pati Suherdjoko, The Jakarta Post, Pati Archipelago Mon, June 10 2013, 7:04 PM Four people were killed and one seriously injured in a multi-car crash on Java's Northern Coastal highway in Bumi Mulyo village, Batangan district, Pati regency, Central Java,...
No immediate India plan to ban low-grade coal imports: sources
Source: Indian Express
Jakarta :: Indonesia | updated 2013-06-06 06:43:51 -0700 | travel-news
India will not restrict imports of low-grade coal, two sources in the coal ministry said, allaying fears that top thermal coal exporter Indonesia may see a fall in sales. China, a top importer of Indonesian coal, is said to be...
New network suspected in Poso attack
Source: The Jakarta Post
Jakarta :: Indonesia | updated 2013-06-04 18:45:22 -0700 | travel-news
He is a new player and his terrorist network remains unknown, Central Sulawesi Police spokesman Adj...Comr. Soemarno said in the Central Sulawesi capital, Palu, on Tuesday. Soemarno made the announcement soon after a National Police forensic team completed an autopsy...
Suicide bomber attacks Indonesi...
Source: Qatar English Daily
Jakarta :: Indonesia | updated 2013-06-04 02:15:53 -0700 | travel-news
A suspected Islamic militant riding a motorbike blew himself up in an Indonesian police station compound yesterday, injuring a construction worker but no police, officials said. The suicide bomber believed to be linked to the country's most wanted terror suspect...
Suicide bomber attacks Indonesia police station
Source: The Boston Globe
Jakarta :: Indonesia | updated 2013-06-03 05:02:52 -0700 | travel-news
Indonesia (AP) An unidentified motorcycle driver carried out an apparent suicide bombing at a police headquarters in central Indonesia, police said Monday...Sisnadi said the man was trying to enter the station early in the day in the central Sulawesi town...
Suicide bombing strikes Poso Police station
Source: The Jakarta Post
Jakarta :: Indonesia | updated 2013-06-03 07:46:33 -0700 | travel-news
The suicide bomber, reportedly a man, entered the police station compound on a motorcycle after forcing his way through the security check. He detonated the bomb strapped to his body 20 meters from the security post in front of a...
Black People Still Treated Like Slaves in Papua, Indonesia
Source: Salem News
Jakarta :: Indonesia | updated 2013-05-31 11:18:06 -0700 | travel-news
This is the side of Indonesia that the country doesn't want you to know about. Black people are still treated like slaves in Indonesian occupied West Papua. The accompanying photo shows hundreds of Melanesian Papuans being arrested and led away...
Aircraft skids at Wamena airport, forcing temporary closure
Source: The Jakarta Post
Jakarta :: Indonesia | updated 2013-05-30 22:12:10 -0700 | travel-news
13 a.m. local time. "We have to temporarily close the airport until the evacuation work is completed. Heavy machinery is being used to drag the plane on to the runway," head of the airport Junikar Pakondo said over the phone....
Freeport Indonesia resumes mine work after deaths
Source: The Boston Globe
Jakarta :: Indonesia | updated 2013-05-29 19:22:00 -0700 | travel-news
Indonesia (AP) PT Freeport Indonesia has resuming mining operations at the giant U.S.-owned gold and copper mine where a tunnel collapse killed 28 workers two weeks ago. A company statement late Wednesday said activities restarted gradually since Tuesday.
Africa: Protecting Civilians - a Little Less Conversation, a Little More Action
Source: All Africa
Jakarta :: Indonesia | updated 2013-05-29 13:00:05 -0700 | travel-news
Dubai As asymmetric warfare becomes the norm and military operations take place in ever more urban and densely populated areas, governments are increasingly recognizing the importance of protecting civilians in the midst of conflict. But a large gap remains between...
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