AlHijjah 29, 1432, Nov 25, 2011, SPA -- The UN educational and scientific body UNESCO on
Friday added 11 practices and expressions to its list of intangible
cultural heritage, dpa reported.
A UNESCO intergovernmental committee designated the 11 (...)
AlHijjah 29, 1432, Nov 25, 2011 SPA --Thousands of Indonesians jammed into a glitzy shopping mall Friday to get hold of the first BlackBerry Bold 9790s being sold worldwide, AP reported.
Fearing a riot, hundreds of police were deployed outside, (...)
AlHijjah 18, 1432, Nov 14, 2011, SPA - An earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale struck off the Molucca islands in eastern Indonesia on Monday, but
there were no reports of damage, authorities said.
The quake occurred at 11:05 am (0405 GMT) (...)
AlHijjah 17, 1432, Nov 13, 2011, SPA -- Indonesia has won eight more gold medals as it extended its domination of the 26th Southeast Asian Games into a third day Sunday for a total of 32 gold, 21 silver and 13 bronze medals, AP reported.
Defending (...)
AlQa'dah 26, 1432, Oct 24, 2011, SPA - Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono received today U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta on Monday, the third day of his visit to Bali.
During the visit, Panetta will also hold meetings with senior (...)
AlQa'dah 25, 1432, Oct 23, 2011, SPA -- Indonesian Defense Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro met today with U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta on the sidelines of the ASEAN Defense Ministerial Meeting.
"During the discussion with the U.S. Secretary (...)
AlQa'dah 20, 1432, Oct 18, 2011, SPA -- Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
reshuffled his cabinet on Tuesday, according to dpa.
The shake-up affected 12 of 34 cabinet posts, including trade
ministry, state-owned enterprises ministry, (...)
AlQa'dah 19, 1432, Oct 17, 2011, SPA - Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono appointed a new trade minister and state enterprises minister on Monday.
Yudhoyono appointed the nation's investment chief Gita Wirjawan as the new trade (...)
AlQa'dah 10, 1432, Oct 8, 2011, SPA -- Police in Indonesia said Saturday they had made five arrests in connection with the Cirebon mosque attack in West Java in April, as dpa reported.
In a televised press conference, National Police spokesperson, (...)
AlQa'dah 3, 1432, Oct 1, 2011, SPA - Rescuers found the bodies of all 18 people on board a plane when it crashed in a dense forest on Sumatra island, news reports said Saturday.
"All bodies were found seated in their chairs," Sunarbowo, (...)
AlQa'dah 1, 1432, Sep 29, 2011, SPA -- A small plane with 18 people on board crashed in the Indonesian province of North Sumatra on Thursday, dpa quoted an official as saying.
The Cessna 212 operated by Nusantara Buana Air left the (...)