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2007

Dr Love brings good sex to Indonesia
When Singapore's Dr Love invites you up to his hotel room, you don't say no. And once you're inside, he doesn't disappoint. The doctor has plans for educating about the entire world about sex. He starts with pointing at his laptop - and Indonesia. People there can send questions via cellphone text messages anonymously. An ... ( read on )

2006

Death toll from Java tsunami at 327
Tearful parents searched for missing children Tuesday, and soldiers dug through the debris of homes flattened by the second tsunami to hit Indonesia in as many years. Well over 300 people were killed and more than 160 others were missing. The waves tossed fishing boats 100 yards inland and turned the resort's main street into ... ( read on )

2006

Tsunami on Java coast kills over 100 people
A tsunami triggered by a strong undersea earthquake off the coast of Indonesia's Java island on Monday killed at least 80 people, swept away buildings and damaged hundreds of fishing boats, officials and witnesses said. News of the disaster spread panic across a region still recovering from a tsunami less than two years ago in ... ( read on )

2005

Peace deal raises doubts, hopes in Aceh
People in Aceh reacted cautiously on Monday to a deal aimed at ending 30 years of civil war in the Indonesian province that was more devastated by the Dec. 26 tsunami than any other place. Unlike a peace agreement brokered in late 2002 that had Acehnese crowding newspaper stalls eager to read details, people were going ... ( read on )

2003

US House votes to block military funds to Indonesia
The House of Representatives has moved to block Indonesia from receiving military training assistance funds, complaining it has conducted a lax investigation of an August 2002 attack in Papua that killed two Americans and an Indonesian. The House approved an amendment by voice vote on Wednesday to block the funds as part of a bill ... ( read on )

2003

Govt: JI 'very likely' planning new attacks
Indonesia has warned that the Southeast Asian terror group Jemaah Islamiyah is "very likely" to be planning fresh attacks in the region. The unusually blunt warning by Indonesia's chief security minister Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono comes two days after a bomb exploded at Indonesia's Parliament building and a senior JI operative escaped from jail in the ... ( read on )

2003

Vulcano erupts on Sulawesi
A volcano erupted Friday in eastern Indonesia, spewing lava and clouds of dust high into the air, officials said. Villagers living close to Mount Soputan in central Sulawesi province had not been advised to leave their homes, said Jemmy Runtuwene, an observer at a monitoring post close to the 1,783-meter (5,849-foot) peak. Dust and ash ... ( read on )

2001

Police and military in a show of force
More than 5,600 armed military and police personnel, two police helicopters, numerous armored vehicles, water canon and hundreds of motorcycles were deployed on Tuesday as part of a dress rehearsal for protecting the upcoming special session of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR). Witnessed by the Assembly leaders in the MPR compound, the security personnel, drawn ... ( read on )

Other events on this day

2001

President Abdurrahman Wahid pledges to propose the formation of an ad hoc court to investigate the Trisakti tragedy in which four students were killed during nationwide protests against president Soeharto in May 1998.

2000

Golkar Party chairman Akbar Tandjung launches a stinging attack on the govt of President Abdurrahman Wahid, saying that inconsistent and controversial policies have pushed the nation closer to the brink of a crisis worse than the current one.

2000

Minister of Industry and Trade Luhut Pandjaitan arrives in Baghdad, Iraq, as head of an Indonesian delegation studying ways of expanding economic cooperation with Iraq.

1995

One of Indonesia's finest poets and literary critics, Subagio Sastrowardoyo, dies in Jakarta at the age of 71.

1992

President Soeharto opens the Afro-Asian Ophthalmology Congress in Jakarta, saying Indonesia has achieved significant progress in the field of eye care.

1991

A group of economists, finance experts and businessmen establish the Foundation of the Indonesian Forum (YIF), led by Prof. M. Sadli, to broaden the horizons of those working in the sector, and to work out business relationships with foreigners

1989

The Wonogiri District Court in Central Java sentences preachers Suyadi and Sukasmin to two and three and a half years in jail respectively for creating unrest among people by spreading the teachings of the banned Jehovah's Witnesses.

1989

Forestry minister Hasjrul Harahap officially opens the ASEAN wildlife and research workshop in Bogor, West Java, aimed at the setting up of an ASEAN wildlife society.

1985

Canada pledges C$9 million in aid to train Indonesians in administration, management, engineering, science and technology.

1984

Post and telecommunications minister Achmad Tahir discloses that a syndicate of foreign insurance underwriters has finally agreed to pay RI's US$75.3 million claim for the loss of the Palapa B-2 satellite when it failed to enter orbit after its launch.

1984

Three photographers -- Hamka Yandu, 27, Peter Charles Saerang, 23, and Ruby Karno, 27 -- are each sentenced to six months in jail for their roles in the publication of a obscene calendar called Sexino 1984.

1983

President Soeharto confirms that state television station TVRI must operate as a noncommercial station.

1949

The Cabinet decides to dissolve the Ministry of Development and Youth.

1949

The Military Academy is reopened under the leadership of Col. Djatikusumo.

1947

The Dutch cabinet gives permission to Gen. S.H. Spoor to use military forces against Indonesia.