Indonesia
A service station worker (R) fills up a customer's motorbike tank at a petrol station in Jakarta on May 30, 2012. Indonesia late on May 29 said it plans to restrict the use of subsidised fuel in an effort to relieve the state of inflating costs after the government failed to pass a fuel-price hike through parliament in March.
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Auckland Airport has been working with people in Indonesia, including New Zealand’s Ambassador to Indonesia and to ASEAN, David Taylor, to garner insights into this economically important region so we can identify opportunities to promote New Zealand
It is not just the rise of China, it is the rise of China, the rise of India, the rise of the ASEAN economies combined, the emergence of Indonesia, not just as a regional influence but as a global influence
Indonesia and Singapore have been instrumental in driving forward an ASEAN regional agenda for disaster response to support national governments in their increasingly active and central role.More quotes »
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Lady Gaga Indonesia show shut down, lawmakers say she'll corrupt kids
Gaga will have to cancel her sold-out show in Indonesia following protests by Islamic hard-liners and conservative lawmakers, who said her sexy clothes and dance moves will corrupt young people.National police spokesman Boy Rafli Amar, responding to the pressure, Read more »
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Wreck found of Russia jet on Indonesia demo flight
class, was considered one of the biggest potential customers.Kartika Airlines among dozens of airlines to have popped up in Indonesia in the last decade and Sky Aviation had already placed orders for at least 42.People involved in those plans said they were Read more »
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Contact lost with Russian-made plane in Indonesia
-- An official says air controllers have lost contact with a Russian-made plane carrying 46 people in western Indonesia.National search agency spokesman Gagah Prakoso says the Sukhoi Superjet-100 was on a demonstration flight Wednesday when it lost contact Read more »
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Cocoa Shipments From Indonesia’s Sulawesi Drop on Local Demand
phone from Bone, South Sulawesi. “Production is also not so good, because the plants are old and farmers don’t take good care.” Indonesia will keep, for the eight straight months, the tax on cocoa-bean exports in June unchanged at 5 percent, Deddy Saleh, director 6:04 AM from Bloomberg.com Read more »
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Indonesia Tax Holiday Program Draws Applications From 85 Companies
– Unilever and Posco (PKX) are among 85 companies that have applied for tax holidays in Indonesia under a regulation introduced last year to increase investment in the country, an Indonesia Investment Coordinating Board official said Friday. The investment 5:43 AM from FOX Business Read more »
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Indonesia Could Be the Next India… Unfortunately
economist at CLSA Singapore, in a report this week entitled “Paying the Price of a Comatose Government.” On key policies, Indonesia’s government also often seems like it is in a coma, investors say. India Real Time offers quick analysis and insights into the 5:24 AM from Wall Street Journal Read more »
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Indonesian airliner carrying 163 skids off runway
known, but local reports said it was raining and windy when the plane came in to land on a domestic flight from Jakarta. Indonesia, which relies heavily on air links to connect its sprawling archipelago of more than 17,000 islands, has one of Asia's worst 5:24 AM from Channel News Asia Read more »
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Fantasy Friendlies
Indonesian Football Association are at it again. They are giving the impression that countries are queuing up to play Indonesia in a friendly. The old mob did the same, throwing out names like Argentina, Ivory Coast and Netherlands with gay abandon. Cameroon, 5:14 AM from Soccer Blogs Read more »
