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Al-Watania, Lion Air's inaugural flights arrive to Saudi Arabia
King Abdulaziz International Airport (KAIA) received the inaugural flight of Lion Air of Indonesia and Al-Watania of Kuwait, according to reports over the weekend. Lion Air had 496 passengers on board arriving from Jakarta. The...
Greenpeace rallies to stop deforestation in Indonesia
JAKARTA (AFP) - Hundreds of Greenpeace activists rallied Saturday in support of a commitment by Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to reduce greenhouse gas emissions caused by deforestation.
Persevering against all odds
BY TEH SHI NING IT is when disaster strikes, whether in the form of terrorist blasts in Jakarta or earthquakes in Sichuan, that crisis response company International SOS can swing into full gear and prove its worth. It was only...
Obama's Expatriate Years
Surprisingly little attention has been paid to the crucial years Barack Obama spent growing up in Jakarta, Indonesia from 1967 to 1971, ages 6 to 10 in his life. It would have been brutally difficult for any child, including...
PLN no longer rotating power cuts in Jakarta
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - State-owned electricity company PLN said on Friday that it had ended its rolling power blackouts in Jakarta and environs since Thursday. Manager of PLN`s Power Distribution for Jakarta and Tangerang, W...
BIRD FLU: Egypt Announces 88th H5N1 Case
EGYPT - The Ministry of Health of Egypt has reported a new confirmed human case of avian influenza A(H5N1). The case is a 21 year-old male from Sedy Beshir District, Alexandria Governorate. His symptoms started on 11 November....
ANALYSIS: Indonesians fret as president waffles over graft scandal
Jakarta - Public disillusionment is growing with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono over his perceived indecisiveness in handling an alleged graft scandal that has implicated senior officials. Questions have been...
Saamchem to invest US$2.2mil in new Indonesian subsidiary
Chief executive officer Ng Thin Poh said the subsidiary would be incorporated with an initial paid-up capital of US$250,000 which would subsequently be increased to US$1 million. Samchem today signed a shareholders agreement...
Journalists condemn expulsion of reporters from Indonesia
Greenpeace activists paint "G8 FAILED" on the side of the coal-carrying ship South African ship, Gallia Graeca, in Civitavecchia, near Rome July 10, 2009. Further south, activists paint the message "stupid" to G8 leaders on the...
Turkish c.bank says no plan to tax 'hot money'
ISTANBUL, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Turkey's Central Bank Governor Durmus Yilmaz told a conference on Friday that the country had no plans to tax short-term capital flows, or 'hot money'. Authorities from Brasilia to Moscow to Jakarta...
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