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2008

Indonesia executes 'shaman' for killing 42 women
Indonesia has executed a man who strangled 42 women and girls, and then drank their saliva, a spokesman for the Attorney General said earlier today. The serial killer, Ahmad Suradji, was sentenced to death by a court in 1997 after he was convicted of killing the women and girls on the island of Sumatra. An appeal ... ( read on )

2007

Scores missing after Maluku boat accident
Officials say that at least two children have died and 45 other people were still missing after a passenger ship disappeared in rough seas in eastern Indonesia. A port official in Ambon, where the ship was about to dock, said around 70 people were on board. "Twenty-three survivors were found and two people were found ... ( read on )

2007

Situation report: Gamkonora volcano
Mount Gamkonora, located in South Ibu Sub-district, West Halmahera District, North Maluku Province, erupted yesterday at 14:50 hrs East Indonesian Time or 12:50 Jakarta time. Mount Gamkonora is located 3.5 hours from Ternate, capital of North Maluku Province. The mountain spewed cold lava and the dust is now piling up to 30 cm high with ... ( read on )

2006

Drag-racing crash in Maros kills seven, twenty injured
The death toll from a drag-racing crash in Maros, South Sulawesi, on Sunday has risen to seven, with 20 people injured. Two cars had been battling it out to the finish line when they collided, swerving off the road and into the crowd. The dead have been identified as chief Brig. Dani Syahputra, Andi Susanto, ... ( read on )

2005

Indonesia leader urges energy conservation
Indonesia's president called on government departments to cut down on air conditioning and take other energy-saving measures in the face of nationwide fuel shortages. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono made the plea at meeting with ministers and governors from across Indonesia on Sunday. The request was made in the form of a "presidential instruction" -- a type of ... ( read on )

2003

Indonesia summons US envoy over warplane incident
Indonesia summoned the U.S. ambassador today over an incident last week in which a group of American warplanes made ready to fire on Indonesian jets that intercepted them in the country's airspace. Chief Security Minister Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said Jakarta was very concerned the U.S. Navy F-18 Hornets might have violated Indonesian air space. Jakarta's air ... ( read on )

2003

Illegal logging costing Indonesia dearly
Illegal logging is costing Indonesia US$600 million annually, Forestry Ministry Secretary General Wahyudi Wardoyo said after opening the second Asia Forest Partnership (AFP) meeting here. "The loss does not include the ecological destruction of forests and the environment, as well as moral degradation," Wahyudi said on Wednesday, quoting a World Bank report. The material losses ... ( read on )

2003

Earthquake jolts Indonesia's West Java province
An earthquake measuring 4.2 on the Richter scale jolted the Indonesian province of West Java this morning, damaging several houses but causing no injuries, officials said. The quake rocked the West Java district of Lembang and nearby areas, such as the provincial capital of Bandung, at about 7:19 a.m. local time (0019 GMT), said Handi, an ... ( read on )

2002

First sentencing demand made in Timor trials
Indonesian prosecutors trying suspects over violence that devastated East Timor in 1999 made their first demand for sentencing yesterday, seeking 10 years in jail for the territory's former governor. The demand was well below the maximum sentence for the charges of crimes against humanity faced by Abilio Soares. Soares sat stony-faced in the centre of ... ( read on )

Other events on this day

2001

The House passes a bill on institutional foundations, which is designed to give the public clear information on foundations that function as legal institutions to carry out activities in various fields, such as social, religious and humanitarian fields.

2000

The House agrees to delay the closure of its in-session period to allow President Abdurrahman Wahid to reply to an interpellation motion on July 20. It will go into recess on July 24, three days later than originally scheduled.

2000

President Abdurrahman Wahid orders the Ministry of Forestry and Plantations to establish a task force in anticipation of a recurrence of large-scale forest fires.

2000

The national congress of Muhammadiyah in Jakarta ends with a decision to adopt Islam as the organization's basic principle, replacing state ideology Pancasila and to elect unanimously Ahmad Syafi'i Ma'arif as chairman, replacing Amien Rais.

1999

The congress of the Association of Indonesian Muslim Intellectuals (ICMI) in Bandung, West Java, concludes by urging Muslim parties to unite and establish their own faction -- and to support incumbent President BJ Habibie's bid for another term in office.

1998

Minister/State Secretary Akbar Tandjung, 52, is elected Golkar chairman, defeating former minister of defense and security Gen. (ret) Edi Sudradjat, 60, at Golkar's extraordinary congress.

1998

Farmers from all over Sumatra establish in Medan, North Sumatra, the Indonesian Farmers Federation (FSPI) to improve the plight of Indonesian farmers.

1994

Three hundred East Timorese protest an incident they describe as an insult to the Santo Yoseph Church in the village of Remexio, near Dili, where two soldiers reportedly trampled on the Eucharistic bread administered to them by a priest late last month.

1994

The Office of the UN Human Rights Commissioner's special rapporteur on extra-judicial, summary or arbitrary executions Bacre Wale Ndiaye meets twice with Dili Bishop Belo to discuss victims of the bloody 1991 Santa Cruz incident in Dili.

1992

Surabaya, Semarang and Bandung as well as Central Jakarta receive Adipura awards in the metropolitan city category from President Soeharto for the superior cleanliness of their surroundings.

1990

Sauri Arabian King Fahd agrees to Indonesia's proposal to provide a burial place for 700 Indonesian haj pilgrims who were killed in the Mina tunnel on July 2 in an incident in which 1,426 haj pilgrims were trampled to death.

1988

Fachrurazi Abubakar, 51, a legislator, is sentenced to two and half years in jail by the Central Jakarta District Court for forging the minister of social welfare's signature.

1987

SEA Games gold medalist Gunadi Usman sets a new record of 164.5kg in the clean and jerk lift for the 110 kg division in the National Weightlifting and Bodybuilding Invitational in Jakarta.

1986

Hasan Sastraatmadja, a well-known businessman and publisher of Nusantara daily, dies in Jakarta at the age of 66.

1986

Poland and Indonesia agree to expand economic and trade cooperation.

1984

The ruling Australian Labor Party agrees on a milder resolution on East Timor that still calls on the Indonesian government to allow an independent international mission to monitor the human rights issue in the province.

1947

President Sukarno announces that the government guarantees the safety of foreign investment in Indonesia.