Wednesday, May 22 2013, 07:20 AM

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PKS top brass under fire

A key witness in a graft trial on the beef importation scandal testified on Wednesday that leaders of the Prosperous…

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  • Yuri for UK, but Soegiharto left out

    The President is to install 14 new ambassadors Tuesday, with former state minister of state enterprises Soegiharto being left out following unanimous rejection by the House of Representatives.

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  • House launches probe into alleged BI scam

    The House of Representatives' Disciplinary Council (BK) has launched an investigation into a new alleged Bank Indonesia (BI) scandal involving a number of lawmakers.

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  • Hendropriyono objects to Komnas summons

    Former chief of the National Intelligence Agency (BIN), Gen. (ret) A.M. Hendropriyono, said he would answer a National Human Rights Commission summons for questioning, but only after it publicly clarified…

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  • Telkom to cut long distance call rates by up to 46%

    Thanks in part to a government intervention, competition in the telecommunications industry has finally forced the biggest player in the industry, PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom), to cut its long distance…

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  • Rudi Corens: Putting the traditional back in games

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    Every year, one more traditional children's game is lost in the country. The result is that Indonesian children don't get the chance to learn the educational arts of their forebears.

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  • Firms defy peatland conversion ban

    Palm oil firms have continued burning peatland forest to expand their businesses, defying a government ban aimed at curbing the country's carbon emissions, a leading environment group says.

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