Sunday, May 19 2013, 14:42 PM

National

Palace calls SBY critics on freedom award narrow-minded

A presidential spokesman said on Friday that howls of protest against a plan by the US-based Appeal of Conscience Foundation…

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  • Rescuers keep digging to reach Indonesian miners

    Rescuers were digging for a fourth day Friday trying to reach 23 workers trapped in a caved-in tunnel at a giant U.S.-owned gold and copper mine in Indonesia.

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  • New curriculum may be behind schedule

    The Education and Culture Ministry's director general for secondary education, Hamid Muhammad, said the implementation of the new national curriculum, which is scheduled to begin on July 15, may be…

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  • SBY's lecture marred by minor protest

    More than a dozen people, claiming to be students, staged a protest in front of the Defense Ministry in Jakarta on Friday afternoon demanding the government investigate unresolved cases of…

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  • CIA chief makes unannounced Israel visit

    An Israeli defense official says the head of the American CIA spy agency has made an unannounced visit to Israel.

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  • Glamorous lady of graft

    Vitalia Seysha arrives at the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) headquarters on Friday. The men’s magazine model was questioned as witness in the import beef scandal implicating Ahmad Fathanah and several…

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  • Grim

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    Several Police Mobile Brigade officers on guard duty at Wijayapura harbor in Cilacap, Central Java, early on Friday following the execution ofthree convicted murderers on Nusakambangan Island. The three executed…

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  • Three convicts executed in Nusakambangan today

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    The Attorney General has announced that three convicted murderers were executed at Nusakambangan Island in Cilacap, Central Java, early on Friday morning.

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  • NGOs say forest moratorium must come with sanctions for violators

    Activists are applauding the extension of a government moratorium on issuing forest exploitation permits, while saying that the Forestry Ministry must ensure the policy is implemented regionally.

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  • KPK slaps charges on latest taxmen accused of bribery

    The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) named two tax officials as suspects for accepting bribes in a yet another tax evasion case.

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  • Young politicians rely on networking to compete in 2014 polls

    For Taufiq Amrullah and Bintang Prabowo, who don’t have a lot of money, finding a way into the House of Representatives is a daunting — but not impossible — task.

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