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  • Men on a mission

    Men on a mission

    Fri, 11/20/2009 - 9:46 AM
    Indonesian Military (TNI) soldiers get fired up in Jakarta on Thursday before their deployment to Lebanon as part of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNFIL) mission.

  • Country ‘still faces threat’ from new terror cells

    Fri, 11/20/2009 - 9:51 AM
    The National Police say the possibility of terrorist attacks in the country remains high, citing the mushrooming of new terror cells in the wake of July’s hotel bombings in Jakarta.

  • Association urges reinstatement of mandatory posting

    Thu, 11/19/2009 - 1:08 PM
    The government should reinstate the requirement for medical school graduates to be assigned to regions lacking doctors in a bid to achieve Millenium Development Goals (MDGs), a group has urged.

  • Govt told to stop sending unskilled workers

    Thu, 11/19/2009 - 11:28 AM
    The government should cease sending low-skilled labor abroad to prevent the continued abuse of Indonesian migrant workers by their employers, a coalition of civil society groups said here Wednesday.

  • Mulyani takes BPK to task over leak of document

    Fri, 11/20/2009 - 9:07 AM
    Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati has berated the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) for the publication of details of year’s decision to bail out Bank Century.

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