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Bali stops for royal cremation

Bali... one of the islands in Indonesia that is beautiful and rich in cultural art and customs..."Hundreds of thousands of people were gathering here Tuesday to cremate two Balinese royals in what promises to be...

Puputan - One More Time

"Daybreak, September 20 1906… about 500 adults wearing kamben alancingan putih (white ceremonial uniform), with keris on his back and long spears on their hand rally from Puri Denpasar heading to Taensiat area....

Faces of Bali - The Bali Museum

"The Bali Museum was established in 1910 by the Dutch who invaded Hindia Belanda ( the old name of Indonesia before gained it’s freedom). The main function of the museum was to collect and preserve artifacts of...

RI seeking more support for IPU presidency bid tt ASEP V meeting

"While participating in an Asia-Europe Parliamentary Partnership meeting here, Indonesia is to seek the support of other countries for its bid to get elected as president of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) Speaker Agung Laksono...

House to form team to probe Unas case

""We will form a team soon to investigate the case in the field," Deputy Chief of the Law Commission of the House Azis Syamsuddin said when accompanying House Speaker Agung Laksono during a meeting with the...

House Speaker: Interpelation on fuel hike depends on plenary session

""If the members of the plenary session decide to agree on the interpellation, I am obliged to follow the decision," Agung told newsmen here Sunday.He said interpellation was the right of legislators to have the...

Europe admires democratic dynamism in Indonesia

"House Speaker Agung Laksono said Hungarian President Laszlo Solyom was one of the European leaders who admired the democratic dynamism in Indonesia.Agung made the remark after receiving the Hungarian president at...

Yudhoyono asks House why his BI governor candidates rejected

"Jakarta (ANTARA News) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has sent a letter to House of Representatives (DPR) Speaker Agung Laksono asking for a clarification about why the House had rejected his two canidates for Bank Indonesia (BI) governor -- Agus Martowardojo and Raden...

House expects president to forward new candidates for BI governor

"Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The House of Representatives (DPR) has decided to reject President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyon`s two candidates for the post of Bank Indonesia (central bank) governor and expects him to forward new candidates next week, House Speaker Agung Laksono said...

House agrees to pass election bill into law

"Some 320 lawmakers, most of them members of large factions in the House, favored an option that if the number of residual votes reached less than 50 percent of the voter divisor (BPP), the votes would be combined at a provincial level.Meanwhile, 167 lawmakers favored an...

President installs new military chief

"President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono here Friday installed Gen Djoko Santoso as the new commander of the Indonesian Defense Forces (TNI), Lt Gen Agustadi Sasongko Purnomo as the new Army chief of staff and Vice...

Polish PM congratulates RI for successfully hosting UNFCCC

""Poland wants to learn from Indonesia`s experience in hosting the UNFCCC conference as in 2008 it will be its turn to host a similar meeting," the ambassador said.The UN conference on climate change in Bali last week endorsed the Bali Roadmap after tough debates and even a...

RI, Polish parliaments agree to strengthen cooperation

"The statement said that during the visit, Agung Laksono met with the leader of the Polish Parliament, Bronislaw Komorowski, and the chairman of the Polish Senate, Bogdan Borusewicz.The Indonesian parliamentary delegation was also scheduled to meet with Polish Prime Minister...

House agrees to appoint gen Djoko Santoso as TNI chief

akarta (ANTARA News) - The House of Representatives (DPR) at a plenary session here Friday endorsed President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono`s proposal to appoint Army Chief of Staff Gen Djoko Santoso as National Defense Forces (TNI) commander to succeed Air Marshal Djoko...

Chinese tourists visiting Bali up 131 percent

Denpasar, Bali (ANTARA News) - The number of Chinese tourists who visited Bali in the first 10 months of 2007 was more than 69,400 or up 131 percent from the same period last year, a tourism operator said. The figure put China in the sixth place after Japan, Australia,...

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