Saturday, May 25 2013, 10:25 AM

Archipelago

NTT voters gamble on election

Voters in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) have reportedly placed large bets on the second round of the gubernatorial election, held…

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  • More flights to remote Kalimantan border areas

    Local residents living in the border areas of the two provinces of East Kalimantan and North Kalimantan now have more transportation options, as commercial flights to the areas are now…

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  • UNHCR asked to quickly resettle Rohingyas in third country

    A number of Rohingya refugees currently living in the Pasar III temporary shelter on Jl.Jamin Ginting, Medan, North Sumatra, have asked the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to…

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  • Craftsman sentenced to 3 months in prison for possessing tiger skin

    The Pekanbaru district court sentenced Suparno Das, 60, a producer of handicrafts using animal skins, to three months in jail for illegally possessing a tiger skin, on Monday. He also…

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  • People told not to rely on Palembang quick count results

    The Palembang General Elections Commission (KPUD) has called on residents of South Sumatra’s capital to remain calm in responding to the quick counts conducted by survey institutes on Sunday.

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  • Myanmar refugees in Batam warned to behave to avoid clash

    In regard to the clash between Muslim and Buddhist refugees from Myanmar at the Belawan Immigration Detention Center in North Sumatra, the immigration detention house in Tanjungpinang, Riau Islands, which…

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  • Bali High Court rejects Sandiford's appeal

    In an emotional situation, the Bali High Court firmly rejected an appeal against the death sentence made by British national Lindsay June Sandiford on Monday morning. 

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  • Pusri builds new fertilizer factory

    State-owned fertilizer company PT Pupuk Sriwidjaja (Pusri) in Palembang, South Sumatra, has started the construction of a new fertilizer plant worth US$561 million.

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  • Three crash victims buried in Purbalingga

    Three of five people killed in a car accident on the Purbaleunyi toll road in West Java were buried in Purbalingga, Central Java, on Monday.

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  • Contaminated snacks in Jambi school canteens

    An official in Tebo, Jambi, says that snacks sold in local school canteens are unsuitable for consumption.

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  • Further violence rocks Yogyakarta

    The Yogyakarta Police is continuing its investigation into Saturday’s bloody clash that left three men wounded after an attack by six unidentified men. The police were quick to dismiss any…

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