RI likely to host world summit on food, energy crisis

"Wirayuda said Indonesia was ready to host such a summit even if it had to be held before September 2008."What we have to prepare with some extra effort is the concept of the meeting. But about the physical organization of such a meeting, there is no doubt we can do it. When...

RI asks S`pore not to require Indonesians to join draft

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The Indonesian government has asked Singapore not to require Indonesian citizens with permanent residence status in the city state to take part in military draft programs because they would thereby risk losing their Indonesian citizenship, Foreign...

Bank DKI gets $38.5 M syndicated loan

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The Jakarta administration-owned Bank DKI has obtained a syndicated loan of US$38.5 million from six banks. Bank DKI signed a loan agreement with the six banks on Friday in the presence of Jakarta Governor Fauzi Bowo. The loan payable in three years...

UNICEF hands over 17th primary school to West Aceh

Banda Aceh (ANTARA News) - Unicef has handed over the 17th primary school building to the West and Central Aceh district administration in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam (NAD) province. "The school building has been handed to the people in Peureulak village, Sungai Mas...

PT DI builds first military special action vehicle

"The special action vehicle could be used by Air Force Special Unit. The Humvee-type vehicle was introduced to Air Force Chief of Staff (KSAU) Marshal Herman Prayitno on the sidelines of the air force special unit`s universary at the Sulaiman Margahayu airport in Bandung on...

Pakistan's general problem

"Pakistan's general problem Popular resistance to Musharraf's rule has seemingly caught the U.S. off-guard. By Ali Dayan Hasan, ALI DAYAN HASAN is South Asia researcher for Human Rights Watch. June 27, 2007 IN RETURN FOR cooperation in the war on terror since 9/11, the United...

Strategic Thinking about the Muslim Brotherhood by Robert Leiken and Steven B...

"Strategic Thinking about the Muslim Brotherhood by Robert S. Leiken and Steven Brooke 03.23.2007 The Bush Administration has painted itself in a narrow corner in the Middle East, indeed in the entire Muslim world. With a bellyful of enemies and challenges and a slim number...

Bangladesh Slam India in World Cup Cricket Match

I was introduced to cricket during the Ashes tests (England vs. Australia), shown live. Unfortunately, I was living in England at the time. My flatmates yanked me out of bed at three in the morning, placed a beer in my hand and explained cricket to me. I remember some of...

Kidnap Hindu, Force Marriage to Muslim

"Sanao Menghwar has had three of his daughters kidnapped, then forced to marry Muslim men. That means that the young women were coerced into becoming Islamics. This happens daily, particularly in the Pakistani Sindh province, according to Hasan Mansoor, reporter,...