http://www.thejakartaglobe.com en-us Sun, 21 Mar 2010 09:03:52 +0700 Sun, 21 Mar 2010 09:03:52 +0700 http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/images/jakarta-globe.gif http://www.thejakartaglobe.com http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/france-caps-six-nations-with-grand-slam-win/364999 France won its first Six Nations Grand Slam since 2004 after beating England 12-10 on Saturday. Sun, 21 Mar 2010 20:47:59 GMT http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/france-caps-six-nations-with-grand-slam-win/364999 http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/indonesias-national-police-go-for-susnos-throat/364868 A day after one of its former senior officials accused three high-ranking officers of accepting as much as Rp 25 billion ($2.75 million) in bribes, the National Police on Friday launched a counterattack, threatening a defamation suit and accusing Comr. Gen. Susno Duadji himself of corruption. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:59:12 GMT http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/indonesias-national-police-go-for-susnos-throat/364868 http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/long-career-of-riau-tiger-slayer-92-brought-to-end/364870 Most Indonesians his age lead a calm life, spending time spoiling grandchildren or taking up pastimes such as gardening. But not Wiryo Asmada. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 01:22:33 GMT http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/long-career-of-riau-tiger-slayer-92-brought-to-end/364870 http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/with-his-hands-full-obama-need-not-rush-indonesia-visit-sby/364861 The government on Friday said it had anticipated the postponement of US President Barack Obama’s scheduled visit this month, adding that deferring the trip served the best interests of both countries. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:29:05 GMT http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/with-his-hands-full-obama-need-not-rush-indonesia-visit-sby/364861 http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/maritime-event-puts-focus-on-malukus-tarnished-attractions/364860 In August, thousands of people from throughout the country and abroad will descend on Ambon for Sail Banda 2010, an international maritime event aimed at showcasing the beauty of eastern Indonesia. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:26:05 GMT http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/maritime-event-puts-focus-on-malukus-tarnished-attractions/364860 http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/my-jakarta-tineke-veteran-athlete/364729 Take a long, hard look at that picture. Tineke will be 80 years old in June. She’s won so many medals over the years that she’s simply stopped counting them. She’s been running, sprinting and jumping since the Sukarno era and she’s still got gas in the tank. Tineke’s life is action-packed and she shows no signs of slowing down, either on or off the track. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:44:15 GMT http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/my-jakarta-tineke-veteran-athlete/364729 http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/number-of-indonesian-slum-residents-drops-sharply-un-report/364869 The country has reduced its slum population by at least half in the last two decades, the fastest among Southeast Asian countries, according to a United Nations report released on Friday. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 01:17:23 GMT http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/number-of-indonesian-slum-residents-drops-sharply-un-report/364869 http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/excluded-students-fight-to-take-indonesias-national-exam/364859 With the national examinations set to begin on Monday, students with special cases are making last-ditch efforts to make sure they can take the test that, if they pass, will allow them to complete high school and go to college. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:14:37 GMT http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/excluded-students-fight-to-take-indonesias-national-exam/364859 http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/it-ministry-insists-web-monitoring-law-would-have-worked/364840 A controversial proposal aimed at monitoring Web content may have been shelved, but that has not stopped the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology from continuing to lobby for the legislation. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:24:09 GMT http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/it-ministry-insists-web-monitoring-law-would-have-worked/364840 http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/two-prosecutors-accused-of-selling-seized-boats/364809 Two prosecutors, including a former district office head, have been named as suspects in the alleged sale of as many as 57 fishing boats that had been held as evidence in illegal-fishing cases in Papua, the Attorney General’s Office announced on Friday. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:09:12 GMT http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/two-prosecutors-accused-of-selling-seized-boats/364809 http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/indonesias-world-cup-bid-officially-dead/364805 Soccer's world governing body FIFA has dropped Indonesia as a candidate to host the 2018 and 2022 World Cups. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:57:34 GMT http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/indonesias-world-cup-bid-officially-dead/364805 http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/f1-needs-to-change-strategies-as-grand-prix-is-fast-becoming-boring/364758 With luck, the deadly dull Bahrain Grand Prix was not an unfortunate one-off but the first in a parade of mind-blowingly boring races that will ruin the Formula One season. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:48:35 GMT http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/f1-needs-to-change-strategies-as-grand-prix-is-fast-becoming-boring/364758 http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/indonesian-artist-fx-harsonos-legacy-of-brutality/364718 Few artists are as central to the development of contemporary art in Indonesia as FX Harsono. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:02:32 GMT http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/indonesian-artist-fx-harsonos-legacy-of-brutality/364718 http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/obama-says-hes-disappointed-too/364707 Barack Obama is “as disappointed as anybody” about about postponing his visit to Indonesia, he told an Indonesian journalist at the White House. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:01:24 GMT http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/obama-says-hes-disappointed-too/364707 http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/92-year-old-indonesian-hunter-may-have-killed-more-than-50-tigers/364689 Natural Resources Conservation Office of Riau has arrested a 92 year old man for killing more than 50 Sumatran tigers over his lifetime. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:58:11 GMT http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/92-year-old-indonesian-hunter-may-have-killed-more-than-50-tigers/364689 http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/take-your-obama-gifts-back-menteng-school-tells-donors/364687 One of Barack Obama's childhood schools in Jakarta has asked people to reclaim souvenirs they sent for the American president. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:44:32 GMT http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/take-your-obama-gifts-back-menteng-school-tells-donors/364687