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INDONESIA
OBAMA AGAIN DELAYS TRIP TO INDONESIA, AUSTRALIA The oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico moves the president to postpone the visit a second time. He informs leaders of both nations he plans to reschedule soon.
Pres Source: Los Angeles Times - 04/06/2010 Category: World SCIENTISTS FIND TINY WALLABY, SPIKY NOSED FROG IN ASIA SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Scientists exploring a remote Indonesian forest say they have uncovered a collection of new species, including a Pinocchio-nosed frog, the world's smallest known wallaby and a yellow-eyed gecko. Source: Environment - 17/05/2010 Category: Reuters 7.4 QUAKE JOLTS WESTERN INDONESIA The quake stirs fear but causes little damage. A tsunami warning is canceled after 90 minutes.
JAKARTA, Indonesia — An earthquake with a preliminary magnitud Source: World - 09/05/2010 Category: Los Angeles Times REPORT: PETROCHINA TO BOOST INVESTMENT IN OIL GAS IN INDONESIA BY 30% THIS YEAR Source: Electric-Cars - 03/05/2010 Category: Green Car Congress RESCUE TEAMS CONTINUE SEARCH AFTER INDONESIA MUDSLIDE Local villagers and government rescue teams searched Wednesday for workers on a tea plantation who were buried by a mudslide estimated to be 35 feet deep. Source: New York Times - 26/02/2010 Category: World SEVERAL VICTIMS IN INDONESIAN LANDSLIDE A rain-triggered landslide Tuesday at a tea plantation on Indonesia?s main island of Java killed at least five workers and buried at least 60 others, police said. Source: New York Times - 23/02/2010 Category: World YOGYAKARTA JOURNAL: UNDER INDONESIA?S SURFACE, AN INTRICATE QUILT OF FAITHS About 90 percent of Indonesians are Muslim, but Hinduism and Buddhism, once dominant in Java, permeate society and contribute to a moderate form of Islam. Source: New York Times - 18/02/2010 Category: World AFTER COMPLAINTS IN INDONESIA, OBAMA STATUE IS MOVED A statue of President Barack Obama as a 10-year-old boy was transferred Monday from a public park to an elementary school that Mr. Obama attended as a child. Source: New York Times - 16/02/2010 Category: World LEADER RAISES EYEBROWS BY FOLLOWING HIS MUSE Critics in Indonesia say President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono?s musical hobby is a distraction from lingering national problems. Source: New York Times - 15/02/2010 Category: World EX-CORRUPTION CHIEF IN INDONESIA SENTENCED IN MURDER PLOT An Indonesian court on Thursday found the country?s former anticorruption czar and three other men guilty of orchestrating the murder of a prominent business executive. Source: New York Times - 12/02/2010 Category: World OBAMA STATUE TO LEAVE INDONESIA PARK The decision to put up a statue of President Obama as a 10-year-old in a public park had been criticized, on grounds that Mr. Obama had only lived there as a child. Source: New York Times - 06/02/2010 Category: World BANDUNG JOURNAL: ARRESTS FOR A REVEALING DANCE PIT FLESH AGAINST FAITH The arrest of four women for ?sexy dancing? has raised worries that it may be the prelude to the imposition of wider restrictions in Indonesia. Source: New York Times - 20/01/2010 Category: World HOW THE DISGRACED JAMES RIADY, BARRED FROM TRAVEL TO THE U.S., MADE IT BACK JAKARTA, INDONESIA -- In March 2004, James Riady, an Indonesian tycoon and devout Christian, received an honorary doctorate from Ouachita Baptist University in Arkansas. The university -- which has a scholarship program funded by the Indonesian -- didn't Source: Washington Post - 05/01/2010 Category: World ECONOMIC VIEW: FRUITFUL DECADE FOR MANY IN THE WORLD For China, India, Indonesia and Brazil, which have more than 40 percent of the world?s people, the decade was one of solid economic growth. Source: New York Times - 03/01/2010 Category: World INDONESIA BURIES FORMER PRESIDENT Thousands lined narrow streets on Thursday for the funeral of Abdurrahman Wahid, who defended pluralism on Indonesia?s chaotic path to democracy. Source: New York Times - 31/12/2009 Category: World
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Focus Indonesia by WikipediaIndonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia (pronounced /ˌɪndoʊˈniːziə/ or /ˌɪndəˈniːʒə/) (Indonesian: Republik Indonesia), is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia comprises 17,508 islands. With a population of around 230 million people, it is the world's fourth most populous country, and has the world's largest population of Muslims. Indonesia is a republic, with an elected legislature and president. The nation's capital city is Jakarta. The country shares land borders with Papua New Guinea, East Timor, and Malaysia. Other neighboring countries include Singapore, Philippines, Australia, and the Indian territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Indonesia is a founding member of ASEAN and a member of G-20.
The Indonesian archipelago has been an important trade region since at least the seventh century, when Srivijaya and then later Majapahit traded with China and India. Local rulers gradually absorbed foreign cultural, religious and political models fro...(continua)(source Wikipedia) |
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