News Focus: RESCUING INDONESIA'S CORAL REEFS FROM BLAST FISHING
By Rahmad Nasution
RI POSTED US$1.71 BILLION TRADE SURPLUS IN FEBRUARY
Jakarta, Apr 1 (ANTARA) - Indonesia's trade surplus in February reached US$1.71 billion, slightly up from US$1.1 billion in January, according to the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) on Thursday.
DOMESTIC WEAPONRY CONTRACTS EXPIRE IN JUNE 2010
Jakarta, Apr 1 (ANTARA) - The expiry of the signing of contract on the domestic procurement of weaponry for the military and police had been set on June 20, 2010, Head of the Inspectorate General o
TWO BRIMOB MEMBERS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN ROBBERY CASE
Magelang, Indonesia, Apr 1 (ANTARA) - The district court in Mungkid, Magelang, Central Java, on Thursday sentenced police Mobile Brigade (Brimob) members, brigadiers Kusdarmanto and Syamsul Bahri,
SUSNO : TAX MAFIA`S "MASTER-MIND" STILL NEEDS TO BE CAUGHT
Jakarta, April 1 (ANTARA) - Former National Police chief detective Susno Duadji said taxman Gayus Tambunan's arrest and the implication of Police Commissioner A in his case still needed to be fol
ARMY CHIEF: RI-MALAYSIA RELATIONS BASED ON MUTUAL RESPECT
Jakarta, April 1 (ANTARA) - Army Chief of Staff General George Toisutta said bilateral relations between Indonesia and Malaysia must be based upon mutual respect including in the military field.
RI CONSTANTLY ENCOURAGING DOHA ROUND
London, April 1 (ANTARA) - Indonesian Ambassador/Deputy Permanent Representative to the World Trade Organization Erwidodo said the completion of the Doha round negotiations needs to be encouraged
ACFTA EXPECTED TO AROUSE SENSE OF NATIONALISM
Yogyakarta, Indonesia, April 1 (ANTARA) - The ASEAN-China Free Trade Area (ACFTA) is expected to arouse Indonesian people's sense of nationalism to use domestic products, an observer here said.
FOREIGN TOURIST ARRIVALS IN BALI UP 29.94 PERCENT
Denpasar, Bali Province, April 1 (ANTARA) - The number of foreign tourists visiting Bali Island, during February 2010, reached 191,926, up 29.94 percent from that in the same period last year.
RI'S RED CROSS CHIEF INVITED TO PALESTINE
Jakarta, April 1 (ANTARA) - President of the Palestinian Red Crescent Younis Al-Khatib has invited Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) Chief Jusuf M Kalla to visit Palestine.
