Archive for September, 2008
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
The hustle and bustle of travelers going to their home towns to celebrate the post-fasting month festivity of Idul Fitri diminished on Tuesday as most of the 15.8 million travelers in the country had arrived at their destinations, one day before D-Day on Wednesday.
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Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
A boat carrying some 150 Indonesian workers (TKIs) from Malaysia sank in Malaysian waters about three km from Port Klang on the western coast of the Malaysian peninsula at 7.30 am on Tuesday, causing the death of at least 10 of its passengers, police said.
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Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
Chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Antasari Azhar was reluctant to comment on President Susilo Bambang Yuhoyono`s statement that he would not prevent the questioning of former central bank deputy governor Aulia Pohan.
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Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
Members of the Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia Islamic organization in various parts of Indonesia observed Idul Fitri on Tuesday, September 30, 2008.
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Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono installed Commissioner General Bambang Hendarso Danuri as the new National Police chief at the State Palace here on Tuesday.
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Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
Most people across the world believe the US-led "war on terror" has failed to weaken Al-Qaeda and many think the group has actually grown stronger, a BBC World Service poll revealed Monday.
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Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
A British court has banned convicted paedophile and 1970s glam rocker Gary Glitter from travelling to France and Spain, it emerged on Monday.
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Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
Crude oil plunged 10 percent Monday after the US House of Representatives narrowly rejected a 700-billion-dollar government bailout of the financial sector, throwing markets into a tailspin.
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Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
Saudi Arabia announced Monday to be the end of the fasting month of Ramadan and Tuesday as the first day of Eid al-Fitr festivities.
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Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
A soldier with the NATO-led force in Afghanistan died in an insurgent attack while a gunmen trying to kill a provincial legislator shot dead four of his guards, officials said Monday.
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