Monday, May 20 2013, 00:45 AM

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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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  • Can you read it?

    Aceh gubernatorial candidate Darni M. Daud (left) reads the Holy Koran before three judges at the Baiturrahman Grand Mosque in Banda Aceh, on Monday.

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  • Ministry transparent on selection committee: Gamawan Fauzi

    Home Minister Gamawan Fauzi dismissed criticism from democracy activists who said the ministry was not transparent in the appointment process of the selection committee designated to select General Elections Commission…

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  • You’ve got mail

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    A group of SD Pangudi Luhur Yogyakarta elementary school students put their mail into a mailbox at the Yogyakarta post office on Monday.

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  • Govt. proposes alternative solution for GKI Yasmin

    The central government is proposing an alternative solution to end the GKI Taman Yasmin church-closure case by offering the church options to move to a new location provided by the…

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  • Govt struggling to create new paddy fields

    Deputy Agriculture Minister Rusman Heriawan said on Monday that the ministry was working well below its target in creating new paddy fields as part of a government effort to produce…

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  • Bali midwife wins CNN’s Hero of the Year

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    Hemmerle Robin Teresa Jehle, known as Robin Lim, was named the 2011 CNN Hero of the Year on Sunday night local time (Monday morning Jakarta time).

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  • First lady named early childhood center envoy

    First Lady Ani Yudhoyono is campaigning for non-formal Early Childhood Centers (PAUD) for children after her appointment as a PAUD envoy on Monday.

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  • PAN appoints legal team to aid graft suspect Wa Ode

    The National Mandate Party (PAN) says that it has appointed nine lawyers to aid Wa Ode Nurhayati, the lawmaker named a graft suspect by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK).

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  • KPK to grill Nunun on Monday

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    The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is scheduled to interrogate recently detained fugitive graft suspect Nunun Nurbaetie on Monday afternoon.

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  • PAN officially names Hatta presidential candidate

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    The National Mandate Party (PAN) officially named party chairman Hatta Rajasa as its presidential candidate for the 2014 election.

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