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  • THAI CONFLICT

    THAI CONFLICT

    Tue, 10/07/2008 - 9:59 AM
    Anti-government protesters duck in tear gas smoke in front of parliament in Bangkok, Thailand, on Tuesday.

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National

  • Bagir's time is up, and then some: Lawmakers

    Tue, 10/07/2008 - 10:00 AM
    The House of Representatives voted not to pass a controversial bill stipulating an extended mandatory retirement age for the chief justice of the Supreme Court, meaning incumbent Bagir Manan, who...

  • MUST HAVES
    MUST HAVES
    Souvenirs are displayed on the side of a road in Yogyakarta on Sunday.

Opinion

  • Editorial: Prepared for the impact

    Tue, 10/07/2008 - 10:04 AM
    The U.S. House of Representatives' approval of the US$700 billion in bailout funds for distressed financial institutions will ease things a little bit and prevent the panic in the financial market...

Business

  • Ramadan propels September inflation

    Tue, 10/07/2008 - 10:04 AM
    Inflation in September reached higher-than-forecast 0.97 percent, with consumer prices pushed up by high demand during the fasting month and ahead of the Idul Fitri holiday, the Central Statistics...

IDX Rate (10/06/2008) - Closing
Index 1,648.74
Previous 1,832.50
Volume 4.6 billion
Value 4.6 trillion rupiah
IDR Conversion (10/07/2008)
US$1 9,657
GB£1 16,834
EUR1 13,038
A$1 6,949
S$1 6,586
JP¥100 9,474

Jakarta

  • JAZZY TREAT
    JAZZY TREAT
    Accompanied by drummer Emmanuel Karriem Riggins and bassist Robert Leslie Hurst III, jazz siren Diana Krall belts out a song during her Jakarta concert at the Ritz-Carlton Pacific Place on Sunday.

Life

  • Womens group mixes leisure with quality art
    Women's group mixes leisure with quality art
    The image of women's activities as mere accessory to men's - as left by the new order rule, might have not entirely fade away but some women grouped in the Mitra Seni Indonesia foundation try to...

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Your Voice

  • Question:
    In the absence of their helpers, many are now busy cleaning, cooking and carrying out domestic jobs. How important to you are your domestic staff?

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  • they are very important for me and family, they're just as our family member. Their presence in our life is to complete the domestic jobs that is way...

    wardiana, yogyakarta, Indonesia

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Did You Know

  • Plant-eating dinosaurs did not eat grass, because there wasn't any - so it is thought. During the Mesozoic Era, when the dinosaurs lived, conifers - cone-bearing trees and shrubs - dominated the landscape. They included redwoods, yews, pines, palms, cypress and the monkey puzzle tree. Flowering plants and grass evolved only later.