• Thousands protest fuel price plan

    Thousands protest fuel price plan

    Tue, 05/13/2008 - 10:39 AM
    Thousands of students across the country took to the streets Monday in opposition to fight the government's plan to raise fuel prices.

Sci-Tech

Travel

Education

National

  • Team faces uphill fight against voter apathy

    Tue, 05/13/2008 - 10:39 AM
    The public needs to be better informed about the 2009 general elections to reduce apathy and increase participation rates, according to a discussion on voter education programs.

  • NOT TAKING IT LYING DOWN
    NOT TAKING IT LYING DOWN
    University students lie on the road in a protest during President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s visit to Airlangga University in Surabaya on Monday to attend the commemoration of National Education...

Opinion

  • Editorial: Supporting heartless generals

    Tue, 05/13/2008 - 10:39 AM
    As Myanmar's generals continue to heartlessly prioritize the success of their questionable constitutional referendum in the wake of Cyclone Nargis, which hit the impoverished nation last week,...

Business

  • Kadin demands govt lift fog over fuel hikes

    Tue, 05/13/2008 - 10:39 AM
    The Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) urged the government Monday to give exact figures for the upcoming fuel price increases to avoid further damaging local industries.

IDX Rate (05/13/2008) - Closing
Index 2,418.90
Previous 2,378.0
Volume 4.4 billion
Value 5.26 trillion
IDR Conversion (05/13/2008)
US$1 9,258
GB£1 18,085
EUR1 14,367
A$1 8,755
S$1 6,773
JP¥100 8,917

Jakarta

  • Jakarta's road repairs almost complete

    Jakartas road repairs almost complete

    Tue, 05/13/2008 - 12:53 PM
    The city public works agency said Monday it had resumed repairing damaged roads after rain worsened conditions on the capital's streets.

Life

  • Uri Tadmor: Documenting linguistic heritage

    Uri Tadmor: Documenting linguistic heritage

    Tue, 05/13/2008 - 10:39 AM
    Amid the paucity of Indonesian linguists who take an ardent interest in conducting research on the country's languages and their local varieties, Uri Tadmor remains as passionate as ever.

  • PANTUN COMPETITION
    PANTUN COMPETITION
    Aslim Rofina, representing Serdang Bedagai regency in North Sumatra, poetically replies to a question posed by the Bengkalis group. Serdang Bedagai won the pantun competition at the festival.

Today's Paper

  • Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Weekender

  • Education Interrupted

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    06/18/2008 - 06/22/2008, Jakarta Convention Centre

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  • Question:
    Ten years ago, shootings at Trisakti University killed four and triggered massive riots that led to the downfall of Soeharto. The people behind the tragedy, however, still walk free.

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Quote of the Day

  • "The intelligent man finds almost everything ridiculous, the sensible man hardly anything." - Johan Wolfgang Von Goethe

Did You Know

  • Plant-eating dinosaurs did not eat grass, because there wasn't any - so it is thought. During the Mesozoic Era, when the dinosaurs lived, conifers - cone-bearing trees and shrubs - dominated the landscape. They included redwoods, yews, pines, palms, cypress and the monkey puzzle tree. Flowering plants and grass evolved only later.