Indonesia NewsNews on Indonesia continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.Indonesian police take to the streets on in-line skates- June 24, 2008 Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and First Lady Ani Yudhoyono wave as they ride a bike during the Bike to Work campaign.http://www.topix.net/world/indonesia/2008/06/indonesian-police-take-to-the-streets-on-in-l... Indonesians protest demonstrator's death- June 24, 2008 About 1,000 Indonesian protesters angered by a student demonstrator's death after his arrest burned tires and hurled stones at police guarding the Parliament on Tuesday, witnesses said.Participants in the demonstration in Jakarta also demanded that the government revoke a 30 percent fuel price increase imposed last month. The dead student had been protesting the price hike.Tuesday's protesters started at Parliament, then headed to other parts of the capital where they blocked traffic and...http://www.topix.net/world/indonesia/2008/06/indonesians-protest-demonstrators-death?fromr... Handlers want Corby apology- June 24, 2008 THE Transport Workers Union has demanded an apology over false claims that airport baggage handlers planted drugs in Schapelle Corby's luggage.http://www.topix.net/world/indonesia/2008/06/handlers-want-corby-apology?fromrss=1 Indonesian parents facing poverty give up children- June 23, 2008 Thirteen-year-old Yulianto has spent half his life in an orphanage, but not because his parents are dead.His mom and dad, he quietly explained as he stared at the ground, were too poor to feed him and put him through school. And he longs to leave Parapattan Orphanage in central Jakarta and return to them.'I just want to be with my parents, even if it means I cannot get an education,' he said.Across Indonesia, there are thousands of children like Yulianto. A major survey of the nation's child...http://www.topix.net/world/indonesia/2008/06/indonesian-parents-facing-poverty-give-up-chi... Indonesia makes arrest in activist's murder- June 22, 2008 Indonesian police arrested a former top intelligence official Thursday for suspected involvement in the 2004 killing of a human rights activist poisoned on an airline flight.The announcement reflects a major break in the investigation into the killing of Munir Thalib, who exposed military abuses during the U.S-backed dictatorship of former President Suharto. It represents the first formal acknowledgment by authorities that the powerful State Intelligence Agency may have been involved.Muchdi...http://www.topix.net/world/indonesia/2008/06/indonesia-makes-arrest-in-activists-murder?fr... New Subway Executives Kick Off Operations- June 19, 2008 Jakarta Governor Fauzi Bowo has appointed an acting director and commissioner for the city-owned subway operator Mt Mass Rapid Transit Jakarta .http://www.topix.net/world/indonesia/2008/06/new-subway-executives-kick-off-operations?fro... SOLO SCHOOLING- June 19, 2008 A girl studies near her mother who is shucking oysters in Kali Baru, North Jakarta.http://www.topix.net/world/indonesia/2008/06/solo-schooling?fromrss=1 Thousands of Indonesians rally against sect- June 18, 2008 THOUSANDS of Indonesians wearing white to show their religious piety rallied at the presidential palace here on Wednesday to demand the banning of a minority Islamic sect deemed 'deviant' by top clerics.http://www.topix.net/world/indonesia/2008/06/thousands-of-indonesians-rally-against-sect?f... Papua religious conflict being overlooked: ICG- June 18, 2008 The International Crisis Group is warning of conflict between Muslims and Christians in Indonesia's Papua province unless greater efforts are made to reduce communal tension.http://www.topix.net/world/indonesia/2008/06/papua-religious-conflict-being-overlooked-icg... UN report says poor suffer as Asia beset by petty corruption- June 18, 2008 A few hundred baht here, a few thousand rupees there X a major UN report released yesterday said petty corruption is a massive drain on Asian economic growth and hits the poor hardest.http://www.topix.net/world/indonesia/2008/06/un-report-says-poor-suffer-as-asia-beset-by-p... |