http://www.thejakartaglobe.com Great Stories, Global News. en-us Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:02:53 +0700 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:02:53 +0700 http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/images/jakarta-globe.gif http://www.thejakartaglobe.com http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/viral-video-of-kfc-fight-in-malaysia-takes-racial-turn/497127 Kuala Lumpur. An online video (see video here) of a KFC staff member assaulting a customer has gone viral in Malaysia and degenerated into racial name-calling on the Internet, despite no clear evidence of racism in the video. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:44:18 GMT http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/viral-video-of-kfc-fight-in-malaysia-takes-racial-turn/497127 http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/anass-attorney-asks-wheres-the-evidence/497056 A lawyer for beleaguered Democratic Party chairman Anas Urbaningrum said on Thursday that there was no evidence linking his client to a crime, no matter what a string of witnesses have told the Anti-Corruption Court. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:31:04 GMT http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/anass-attorney-asks-wheres-the-evidence/497056 http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/nazaruddins-late-night-activities-in-prison-in-spotlight/497070 Graft suspect Muhammad Nazaruddin, who has lobbed corruption allegations at a string of high-profile officials, has been receiving late-night visitors at his prison cell, according to an official at the Justice and Human Rights Ministry. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:07:38 GMT http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/nazaruddins-late-night-activities-in-prison-in-spotlight/497070 http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/indonesia-partners-catholic-church-to-protect-children-from-clerical-abuse/497107 Vatican City. The Catholic Church launched an international Internet center against pedophilia on Thursday at the close of a four-day Vatican summit aimed at ending decades of abuses and cover-ups. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:04:10 GMT http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/indonesia-partners-catholic-church-to-protect-children-from-clerical-abuse/497107 http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/indonesia-police-officers-suicide-baffles-colleagues/497128 Police are struggling to find a motive after an officer in Banyuwangi, East Java, committed suicide on Wednesday by shooting himself in the head. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:50:28 GMT http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/indonesia-police-officers-suicide-baffles-colleagues/497128 http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/jalan-satrio-stretch-to-close-for-a-month/497044 Part of the southern stretch of Jalan Prof. Dr. Satrio in South Jakarta will be closed for a month starting next Wednesday as workers install piles for the elevated road being built over the area. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:48:52 GMT http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/jalan-satrio-stretch-to-close-for-a-month/497044 http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/terrorist-turns-himself-in-fueling-hunt-for-weapons/497040 A fugitive who is believed to be a part of the Abu Umar terrorist network has turned himself in, prompting police to expand their investigation, a source from the National Police’s counterterrorism unit said on Thursday. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:48:28 GMT http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/terrorist-turns-himself-in-fueling-hunt-for-weapons/497040 http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/grandpa-gets-3-months-for-pepper-theft/496968 A South Sulawesi grandfather was sentenced to two month and 25 days in jail on Thursday for the theft of a bucket of pepper, but he will likely be released due to time served already. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:03:46 GMT http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/grandpa-gets-3-months-for-pepper-theft/496968 http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/gorontalo-to-give-male-civil-servants-pay-to-their-wives/496958 Makassar. Newly elected governor of Gorontalo Rusli Habibie has a fairly radical plan to ensure that the wives and children of civil servants don’t get the short shrift when it comes to their husbands’ salaries: deposit the men’s paychecks into their wives’ bank accounts. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:25:03 GMT http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/gorontalo-to-give-male-civil-servants-pay-to-their-wives/496958 http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/trial-of-accused-bali-bomber-patek-to-start-monday/496932 A trial on terrorism charges has been scheduled to start on Monday for an Indonesian man accused of making the explosives used in the 2002 Bali bombings. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:14:30 GMT http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/trial-of-accused-bali-bomber-patek-to-start-monday/496932 http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/english-test-spurred-indonesian-maids-suicide-singapore-coroner/496925 When a young Indonesian maid was found hanging in Singapore last year, it threw the spotlight on the issue of English language entry tests. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:53:13 GMT http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/english-test-spurred-indonesian-maids-suicide-singapore-coroner/496925 http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/gunmen-attack-workers-near-freeport-mine-in-papua/496921 Timika, Papua. Unidentified gunmen have attacked a group of workers near Freeport-McMoRan’s gold and copper mine in eastern Indonesia, wounding several of them. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:17:10 GMT http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/gunmen-attack-workers-near-freeport-mine-in-papua/496921 http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/elementary-school-principal-dies-in-kediri-brothel/496886 The principal of an Indonesian elementary school met an untimely death after suffering a seizure in a brothel in West Java on Wednesday night. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:58:38 GMT http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/elementary-school-principal-dies-in-kediri-brothel/496886 http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/new-indonesian-tv-mini-series-aims-to-promote-tolerance/496876 A new television series set to air across Indonesia this month will be an alternative to the common drama found in the average Sinetron, according to promoters. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:18:34 GMT http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/new-indonesian-tv-mini-series-aims-to-promote-tolerance/496876