Thursday, May 23 2013, 21:54 PM

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Aceh defends deforestation plan

Aceh Governor Zaini Abdullah on Wednesday defended his plan to clear the province’s protected forests, saying it is necessary to…

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  • Govt forms teams to curb academic titles

    JAKARTA (JP): The government followed up its commitment to cleanup dubious educational institutions by forming three special teams to regulate the awarding of academic titles.

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  • Akbar urges military top brass to resign

    JAKARTA (JP): House of Representatives (DPR) Speaker Akbar Tandjung said onMonday that Indonesian Military (TNI) top brass found to be involved in theEast Timor debacle should resign.

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  • Aceh rebels offer cease-fire to TNI

    BANDA ACEH, Aceh (JP): Separatist rebels grouped in the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) in this restive province have said they will accept a cease-fire if Indonesian security forces call off…

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  • TNI respects KPP HAM's findings

    JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Military (TNI) said on Monday it fully respected the findings of the government-sponsored Commission of Inquiry into Human Rights Violations (KPP HAM) in East Timor.

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  • RI dismisses calls for world tribunal

    JAKARTA (JP): The Ministry of Foreign Affairs dismissed on Monday the likelihood of an international tribunal for Indonesian generals in connection with last year's violence in East Timor.

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  • E. Timor probe faults Wiranto

    JAKARTA (JP): The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has implicated former Indonesian Military (TNI) chief Gen. Wiranto and four other military and police generals in the violence that…

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  • Ostrich husbandry illegal: Regent

    PURWAKARTA, West Java: Purwakarta Regent Bunjamin Dudin revealed on Saturday that an anthrax-plagued ostrich husbandry in Ciparungsari village here was running without a permit from the local administ

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  • 47 named suspects in Mataram riots

    MATARAM, West Nusa Tenggara: At least 47 people have been declared suspectsin the four days of sectarian riots here recently, local police spokesman Capt. Agus Sutisna said on Saturday.

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  • Police bust renowned pub

    DENPASAR, Bali: Local police detectives here raided the renowned Denpasar Moon Karaoke and Pub on Jl. Sudirman in the wee hours of Sunday, confiscating several ecstasy pills, 3.2 grams of…

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  • Aussie upbeat to boost ties with RI

    JAKARTA (JP): Australian Ambassador John McCarthy expressed confidence thatties with Indonesia would undoubtedly improve in the future as the two mainimpediments to the relationship -- the East Timor

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