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2007

Indonesia lowers alert on volcano as activity drops
Thousands of people who fled from a volcano on the eastern island of Halmahera are being advised to start returning to their homes after the activity of the volcano cooled down, told an official earlier today. The alert status was raised to the highest just last week after the Mount Gamkonora volcano started shooting out ... ( read on )

2006

PKS wants women-only cars in railway law
The Muslim-based Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) has proposed that the railway law require every train provide a women-only car to prevent sexual harassment of female passengers. A member of the special committee on the railway law from the PKS faction, Abdul Hakim, said Friday that the measure was needed because of the "inhumane conditions" of ... ( read on )

2006

Children in quake-zone to return to school
Child survivors of the Indonesian earthquake are preparing to return to school, with most set to begin the new term Monday in donated tents set up amid the ruins of their villages. Aid workers say attending school is essential to restore a sense of normalcy to the lives of children affected by the May 27 ... ( read on )

2006

Australia to provide more fund for quake victims
Australia plans to provide 21 million U.S. dollars to support the rehabilitation and reconstruction in earthquake-devastated areas of Yogyakarta province over the next three to four years, local media reported on Saturday. Australian Ambassador to Indonesia Bill Farmer was quoted by the Jakarta Post as saying on Friday that the funds would be allocated for education, ... ( read on )

2006

Indonesian protesters condemn Israel's attacks
Thousands of Muslim protesters have flooded the main streets of the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, condemning continuing Israeli attacks on the Palestinian territories and Lebanon that have killed scores of civilians. The Government of Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation, has called on Israel to stop the strikes and urged the disputing parties to get ... ( read on )

2005

Bird flu suspected in 3 deaths in Indonesia
Indonesian health officials say they believe three members of one family, living on the outskirts of Jakarta, may have died from bird flu. A one-year-old girl died last Saturday, her 38-year-old father died in hospital on Wednesday and a second daughter, 8, died on Thursday. They all died from a critical form of pneumonia. Initially, the ... ( read on )

2002

Indonesia considers Aceh crackdown
Indonesia's chief security minister has flown to troubled Aceh province to decide whether to bring in tougher measures to fight a long-running separatist conflict. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has warned that the government may declare a state of emergency. More than 10,000 people have died in the 26-year-old conflict, with fresh violence an almost daily occurrence. ... ( read on )

Other events on this day

2001

Six major factions in the People's Consultative Assembly reiterate that they will call for a special session if the President declares a state of emergency.

2001

Activists in Jakarta such as Bara Hasibuan, Faisal Basri, and Teten Masduki call for the public to reject all regulations, policies and taxes imposed by the govt and the House to protest how politicians focus only otheir personalstruggle for power.

2001

President Abdurrahman Wahid visits Bitung, North Sulawesi, to mark the construction of the Bitung container port, which is expected to accelerate the province's exports and imports to neighboring countries in the Pacific Rim.

2001

President Abdurrahman Wahid opens the third Javanese Language Congress in Yogyakarta in which 700 people are participating, including six foreigners.

2001

The Indonesian Doctors Association (IDI) holds a discussion in Jakarta to formulate the medical requirements to be included in a bill on a president's health to be submitted to the House within three weeks, suggesting a complete command of one's senses.

2001

The Indonesian Military and the National Police reconfirm their opposition to President A. Wahid's plan to declare a state of emergency ahead of the planned People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) session on Aug. 1 which would enable him to foil MPR session.

2000

Nine people are killed and scores injured as security forces appear helpless to stop armed attacks in Maluku despite 7 the imposition of a state of civil emergency.

2000

Fuad Bawazier, a National Mandate Party member of the People's Consultative Assembly, is elected new chairman of the Corps of the Alumni of Islamic Students Association (KAHMI) in its three-day congress in Jakarta, replacing Anniswati M. Kamaluddin.

1999

Hundreds of students protest in Yogyakarta demanding an end to violence in Aceh, while at the same time they raise approximately Rp 7.8 million to help refugees in the conflict-racked province.

1999

Nahdlatul Ulama chairman Abdurrahman Wahid announces that his organization supports Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) chairwoman Megawati Soekarnoputri for president, arguing that Islam does not oppose women presidents.

1999

Four residents and a police officer are killed, and eight others are injured, in a brawl on Saparua island, Maluku.

1996

Six Lampung University students begin a hunger strike in a show of support for Justice Adi Andojo Soetjipto's efforts to rid the Supreme Court of corruption.

1995

Indonesia's Susi Susanti and Ardy B. Wiranata retain their crowns after winning the Indonesia Open Badminton championships women's and men's singles titles respectively in Jakarta.

1994

Dutchman Christian van den Bosch is sentenced by the Central Jakarta District Court to three years' imprisonment for drug trafficking.

1993

President Soeharto arrives in the northern Malaysian resort island of Langkawi for a three-day visit to iron out with Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad some unresolved problems plaguing the two countries.

1992

President Soeharto inaugurates the Rp 4.6 billion haj hospital in Ujungpandang, South Sulawesi, which is built in commemoration of the hundreds of Indonesian pilgrims who died in the Mina tunnel incident in Saudi Arabia.

1992

East Timor Governor Mario Viegas Carrascalao discloses that the provincial administration spent Rp 31.3 billion (US$15 million) to finance 141 projects in 17 sectors in the 1991/1992 fiscal year.

1990

The House of Representatives strongly criticizes Saudi Arabian authorities for inadequately assisting victims of a recent stampede in a tunnel in Mina, near the holy land of Mecca, which claimed the lives of 1,426 pilgrims, including 647 Indonesians.

1988

President Soeharto issues a decree stating that Sri Susuhunan Paku Buwono XII, the last sultan of the Surakarta Palace, Central Java, may use the palace property, including a mosque and a square, for cultural conservation.

1984

The KM Indah Maria ship carrying 80 passengers capsizes in a storm in Simeuleu Bay, West Aceh. Twelve are killed and six declared missing.

1978

President Soeharto visits East Timor for the first time since the integration of East Timor into Indonesia.

1976

Yusuf Roni, a Muslim who converted to Christianity and became a priest, is sentenced by the Central Jakarta District Court to six years' imprisonment for subversion.

1973

President Soeharto opens the third conference of the Law Association for Asia and the Western Pacific (LAWASIA) in Jakarta, which is being attended by 1,000 legal experts from 20 countries.

1967

Communist guerrillas, calling themselves Serawak Revolutionary Guerrilla Troops/North Kalimantan People's Troops (PGRS/Paraku), attack Singkawang Airport in West Kalimantan, killing four Air Force personnel.

1948

The Indonesian mission in New York announces that the Indonesian government has signed an agreement with Fox-concern, a U.S. company, to help rebuild Indonesia's economy.

1947

The Iraqi government recognizes Indonesia.

1946

Indian envoy SK Chettur begins a 10-day visit to Medan, Palembang (Sumatra), Jakarta and Bandung (Java) to see the living conditions of Indians residing in the cities.

1946

Indonesian independence fighters attack a Dutch convoy in the Puncak Pass, Bogor, West Java, killing four Dutch soldiers and injuring 10 others.

1891

Dutch orientalist C. Snouck Hurgronje, an advisor for Arab and Islamic Affairs, settles in Aceh for seven months, during which he wrote two volumes on Aceh titled "De Atjehers" (1893-1894).