'Black box' found of Russia jet in Indonesia crash Dayton Daily News | JAKARTA, Indonesia — An Indonesian official says special forces have found the voice-and-data recorder of a Russian passenger jet that slammed into a jagged, mist-shrouded cliff on a dormant volcano. | The "black box" could help explain the cause of the deadly crash. Search and Rescue agency...
Lady GaGa's 'Born This Way Ball' Indonesia show is cancelled Digital Spy Lady GaGa's scheduled June concert in Jakarta, Indonesia has been cancelled by local law enforcement. | Indonesian police spokesperson Boy Rafli Amar told The AP on Tuesday (May 15) that a permit for the concert was being revoked amid safety concerns. | Hardline religious group had announced that th...
Sex tourism to Thailand and Indonesia driving rise in HIV cases The Australian | DRUNKEN lads' holidays in Thailand and Indonesia, involving unprotected sex with prostitutes, are boosting Queensland's HIV rate. | And men from north Queensland are picking up the virus from trips to nearby Papua New Guinea, a country wi...
Insight: Indonesia tycoon Bakrie gears up for presidential bid Daily Press | TANGERANG, Indonesia (Reuters) - There are many ways to describe Indonesia's Aburizal Bakrie: multi-millionaire businessman, global mining tycoon, heavyweight contender for the presidency in 2014. One description that does not spring to mind is man...
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Indonesia airline boom raises new safety questions Herald Tribune | JAKARTA, Indonesia - Dozens of fledgling airlines that have sprung up to serve Indonesia's island-hopping new middle class could jeopardize the archipelago's recently improved sa...
In Indonesia, Community Shuts Down Shark Crimes Huffington Post | Nestled to the northwest of the Island of New Guinea, within Indonesia's West Papua Province, there is a 46,000 square kilometer stretch of ocean spotted with a stunning chain of...
Indonesia tourism growth could hit at infrastructure deficiencies TravelDailyNews Mari Elka Pangistu, Indonesia Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy can be satisfied by the evolution of Indonesian tourism. Speaking mid March in Berlin during the ITB, Mrs. Pa...
Indonesia, East Timor Hope to Strengthen Ties Jakarta Globe Dili. Indonesian and East Timor are trying to reconcile a bloody and contentious past and forge a new relationship of cooperation, as President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono visited the half-island nation on Saturday to commemorate the 10th anniversary of...
Jakarta Great Sale 2012 set to begin in June Jakarta Post | Seventy three shopping centers across the city have signed up to participate in the annual Jakarta Great Sale Festival from June 1 until July 14, to celebrate the capital’s 485th anniversary. | The festival is an annual event organized jointly by the Jakarta branch of the Indonesian Shopping Center Association (APPBI) and the Jakarta administra...
Bali governor rejects Buyan resort Jakarta Post | Bali Governor Made Mangku Pastika has asked Forestry Minister Zulkifli Hasan to revoke a license the latter issued for the development, by private company PT Nusa Bali Abadi, of the 100-hectare Buyan luxury resort within the protected forest conservation area around Lake Buyan in Buleleng regency. | “The protected area near Lake Buyan is part o...
