Friday, May 24 2013, 22:54 PM
Fellow islanders: Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa (right) talks with Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez (left) after a meeting at the Foreign Affairs Ministry in Jakarta on Friday. Both countries agreed to improve cooperation, especially in education and sports.(JP/Jerry Adiguna)
Fellow islanders
New BI governor: Former finance minister Agus Martowardojo (left) signs the document appointing him the new Bank Indonesia (Central Bank) governor, witnessed by Chief Justice Muhammad Hatta Ali in Jakarta on Friday. Hatta Ali swore in Agus as the new Bank Indonesia governor, replacing Darmin Nasution who is retiring. (Antara/Yudhi Mahatma)
New BI governor
Buddha's birthday: Wearing special costumes, Buddhist devotees carry water pots during the Full Moon day of Kasone, known as Buddha's Birthday, at a pagoda in Yangon, Myanmar Friday. (AP/Khin Maung Win)
Buddha's birthday
Bridge collapse: A portion of the Interstate 5 bridge is submerged after it collapsed into the Skagit River in Mount Vernon, Wash., Thursday. (AP/The Seattle Times, Rick Lund)
Bridge collapse
Reclining Buddha: Workers clean a giant reclining Buddha statue at Budha Darma Temple in Tajurhalang, Bogor, West Java, on Thursday. The work is in preparation for the commemoration of Buddha's Day of Enlightenment which falls on Friday. (Antara/Indrianto Eko Suwarso)
Reclining Buddha
Drowsiness can’t wait: Relatives of patients mill around an alleyway leading to the emergency unit of Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital in Jakarta on Thursday. The referral hospital is improving facilities to accommodate the ever increasing number of patients. (JP/Indah Setyawati)
Drowsiness can’t wait
Women's Champions League: Wolfsburg's goal keeper Alisa Vetterlein makes a save during the Women's Champions League final soccer match between Wolfsburg and Olympique Lyonnais at Stamford Bridge Stadium in London Thursday. (AP/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Women's Champions League
Ritual ceremony: Man wear traditional outfit while dancing during a ritual ceremony at Leworahang village, Larantuka, East Flores, Indonesia on Thursday. The Indonesian government has set the ambitious target of welcoming a total of nine million foreign tourists in 2013. According to data from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS), Indonesia was visited by over 725,000 foreign visitors in March 2013, up 10.1 percent compared to the same month last year. (AP/Firdia Lisnawati)
Ritual ceremony
Use your conscience: A little girl gives alms to a Buddhist monk who,along with a few other monks, carries out a Pindapata ritual in observation of the three-day Waisak Holy Festival on Jl. Pemuda, Magelang, Central Java, on Thursday. Dozens of Buddhist monks walked around Magelang’s Chinatown area, gathering donations from local residents.(Antara/Anis Efizudin)
Use your conscience
Chief Justice Muhammad Hatta Ali installed former finance minister Agus Martowardojo as the new Bank Indonesia governor for the 2013-2018 term at the…
Japan's All Nippon Airways, the launch customer for Boeing's 787 "Dreamliner," will resume commercial flights of the aircraft on Sunday, just over four…
The major highway bridge linking Seattle with Canada and the rest of the Pacific Northwest region collapsed late Thursday, dumping at least a…
A check-in system at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tanggerang, Banten, malfunctioned on Friday morning, delaying up to 43 flights.
World
An anteater has given birth at a conservation center, prompting officials there to wonder how the mother conceived.
Anchorage police say a young man who didn’t want to return to jail ran out onto the uncertain ice of an Alaska lake to escape officers armed with an arrest warrant.
A funeral home offers natural burials where the ride to the person’s final resting place is on the back of a three-wheeled bicycle.
An Australian politician taking his morning jog through the national capital came out second best Thursday after crossing a kangaroo.
A Tennessee man who stole a big-rig truck in California, caused several accidents and told investigators he was fleeing zombies when he did it has pleaded guilty to several felonies.
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