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Lady Gaga Saga Shows Growing Intolerance

Wall Street Journal (blog) -
By Ahmad Pathoni JAKARTA—As Indonesia's Islamic hardliners have become global headliners for their threats against Lady Gaga, the country's reputation as a place where Islam and democracy have no problem mixing has also come under scrutiny thanks to ...
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Indonesia says to release Australian Corby in 2017

AFP -
DENPASAR, Indonesia - Indonesia is due to release jailed Australian drug trafficker Schapelle Corby in September 2017, a prison chief said Friday, after she had five years slashed off her 20-year term.

Landslide in Indonesia kills 6 illegal gold miners, leaves 6 others missing in ...

Washington Post -
JAKARTA, Indonesia - An official says a landslide on Indonesia's main island of Java has killed at least six gold miners.

Indonesia Coffee Premium Falls 29% as Deliveries Climb

Bloomberg -
Buyers of coffee from Indonesia, the world's third-biggest robusta grower, are paying a smaller premium for their beans as arrivals at ports increase, according to Volcafe, the coffee unit of ED&F Man Holdings Ltd.
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Indonesian Equity Movers: Bank Danamon Indonesia, Sampoerna Agro

BusinessWeek -
The Jakarta Composite Index (JCI) fell 2.1 percent to 3902.51, the sharpest drop since Nov. 1. The gauge lost 2 percent this week, its third straight weekly decline.
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IOI Plans Palm Oil Refinery in Indonesia as Production Expands

Bloomberg -
(IOI), Malaysia's second-biggest palm oil producer by market value, plans to set up a refinery in Indonesia as it boosts output in the world's biggest grower of the tropical oil used in food and fuel.

Indonesia's deforestation rate falls, says Ministry of Forestry

Mongabay.com -
Indonesia's deforestation rate fell from 830000 hectares per year between 2006-2009 to 450000 hectares per year between 2009–2011, said the Ministry of Forestry Thursday during the unveiling of its revision of a map that defines the country's ...

AirAsia's Fernandes to Move to Jakarta as Airline Expands

BusinessWeek -
By Chong Pooi Koon and Andrea Rothman on May 25, 2012 AirAsia (AIRA) Bhd. Chief Executive Officer Tony Fernandes, one of Malaysia's most successful businessmen, said he's moving to live in Jakarta to help accelerate the regional expansion of Asia's ...

Indonesia's Lion Air nears Dreamliner deal

Malaysia Star -
The deal is expected to be signed in Jakarta on June 8 as Lion Air celebrates its 12th anniversary. Such a move by Lion Air would put more pressure on Garuda Indonesia Tbk and AirAsia Bhd because it would be able to serve a broader range of ...

BP to invest $11 bln in Indonesia gas project-Yudhoyono

Reuters -
| JAKARTA May 25 (Reuters) - Indonesia president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said on Friday oil major BP will invest $11 billion in the train 3 gas project in Indonesia and said he hoped it would help supply more gas to the domestic market.

Indonesia ETFs Lead Markets Down On Eurozone Fears

Investor's Business Daily -
By TRANG HO, INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY Indonesia exchange traded funds sold off the most Friday as global markets fell for a fourth straight day on fears that if Greece leaves the eurozone, other countries will follow, disrupting the entire global ...
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Special Interests Chip Away At Jakarta Tree-Cutting Ban

Wall Street Journal -
By ERIC BELLMAN JAKARTA—After drawing international acclaim, Indonesia's moratorium on forest clearing has proved hard to implement, as special interests whittle down the area protected under the agreement, environmental groups say.
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Indonesia - Market Factors to watch - May 24

Reuters -
| JAKARTA May 24 (Reuters) - Following is a list of events in Indonesia as well as business highlights from newspapers and factors that may influence financial markets.
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Indonesia's Smoking Children

Spyghana.com -
KARAWANG GIRANG, Indonesia (Reuters) - Anti-tobacco advocates in Indonesia plan to file a class action lawsuit this month using cases of child addicts in the hope of forcing tougher regulations on a society where one in three people smokes.
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Inter Milan crushes Indonesia's Liga Selection 3-0

Jakarta Post -
Facing the persistence of Liga Selection, the champions of the Serie A Italian league started the match with careful movement at Bung Karno Stadium in Senayan, Jakarta. In the first 10 minutes, “I Nerazzuri” - or the Black and Blues, ...
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Olympics-Hidayat in a huff before London

Reuters -
May 25 (Reuters) - Athens Olympic champion Taufik Hidayat has criticised badminton's ruling body in the run-up to this year's London Games after Indonesia crashed out of the Thomas Cup. After suffering a 3-2 quarter-final upset by Japan in the team ...

Accor targets Indonesia's 2nd tier cities

Financial Times (blog) -
Most foreign visitors to Indonesia never make it out of Jakarta, the capital, or the resort island of Bali. But Accor, the Paris-based hotel group that owns the Novotel and Ibis brands, is pinning its Indonesian expansion hopes on the growth of ...
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Indonesia's Rising Religious Intolerance

New York Times -
JAKARTA - Just a few days after Lady Gaga's concert in Indonesia was canceled after protests by Islamic groups, I flew 1370 kilometers from Jakarta to Padang, West Sumatra, and drove a further 130 kilometers, a four-hour journey along rough, ...

Has Indonesia Left Kalimantan Behind?

Jakarta Globe -
“At present, an additional quota of subsidized fuel is a need that should be urgently addressed,” Nabiel Almusawa, a lawmaker from South Kalimantan, said in Jakarta. “Long lines at gas stations are now a common daily sight in Kalimantan and this ...
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Indonesia's leading Garuda airliner resumes flights to Taipei

Xinhua -
JAKARTA, May 25 (Xinhua) -- After an eight-year hiatus, Indonesia's leading flag carrier PT Garuda Indonesia has resumed its Jakarta-Taipei route, a media reported here on Friday. "Through the reopening of this route, Garuda can hopefully bridge and ...
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