Archive for the ‘English’

  • AGO Asks for Djoko Tjandras Extradition Draft
    TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta:The Attorney Generals Office (AGO) will ask the Papua New Guinea government to send a draft of the extradition documents for a fugitive in the Bank Indonesia bailout case, Joko S. Tjandra. A team from Papua New Guinea has promised to finish the draft since the extradition request was made in June 2012. They agreed to complete [the draft] within...
    published on January 15th, 2013 at 02:24
  • Beef Prices to Remain High
    TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta:Jakarta Beef Committee chairman Sarman Simanjorang says that in early 2013, beef prices wont fall below Rp90,000 per kilogram. Normally, following religious holidays, meat prices fall but they will remain high [for now]. This is due to the cut in the meat import quota, said Sarman, contacted by Tempo on Monday, January 14. Sarman says calf imports...
    published on January 15th, 2013 at 02:24
  • “What Number is The Journalists Party?” Asks SBY
    TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta:President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) made a humorous remark after meeting new nine ambassadors from neighboring countries. Yudhoyono mentioned the number drawing process that the political parties had just conducted at the General Elections Commission (KPU). What number is the journalists party? asked Yudhoyono jokingly, after receiving...
    published on January 15th, 2013 at 02:24
  • Boy found responsible for killing neo-Nazi father
    Jeff Hall was a regional leader of the National Socialist Movement A California boy has been found responsible for murder in the shooting death of his neo-Nazi father at age 10. The ruling means that the boy, now 12, could be sent to a juvenile prison until age 23. Prosecutors argued he killed his father, Jeff Hall, 32, to stop him separating from the boy's stepmother. Defence...
    published on January 15th, 2013 at 01:54
  • Joseph Hall found responsible for killing neo-Nazi father
    A California boy has been found responsible for murder in the shooting death of his neo-Nazi father at age 10. The ruling means that Joseph Hall, now 12, could be sent to a juvenile prison until age 23. Prosecutors argued Joseph killed his father Jeff Hall to keep him from separating from the boy's stepmother. Defence lawyers said the boy had grown up in an abusive...
    published on January 15th, 2013 at 01:37
  • Russian army officer sacked after pneumonia deaths
    Traditionally Russian infantry have worn foot cloths – considered old-fashioned now Russia's new defence minister has sacked the chief medical officer of the armed forces after five soldiers died of pneumonia. The minister, Sergei Shoigu, was dissatisfied with the standard of military healthcare under Vyacheslav Novikov, a ministry statement said. He has not...
    published on January 15th, 2013 at 01:03
  • Debt ceiling debate: Obama to stake out position
    Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. // source: bbcuk Berita Lain: Mali conflict:...
    published on January 15th, 2013 at 00:29
  • dan#039;Simplerdan#039; flat-rate state pension unveiled
    // source: bbcuk Berita Lain: Blockbuster goes into administration HMV dan#039;confident of finding solutiondan#039; UK inflation holds steady at 2.7% Burberry shares up on sales rise King attacks prospect of tax avoidance bank bonus delay
    published on January 14th, 2013 at 23:26
  • Austrian ex-MEP Ernst Strasser jailed for bribe-taking
    A former Austrian interior minister and Euro MP, Ernst Strasser, has been sentenced to four years in jail for bribe-taking. Mr Strasser, 56, of the conservative Austrian People's Party (OeVP), was one of four MEPs caught up in a "cash-for-laws" scandal in 2011. He resigned after reporters from the UK's Sunday Times newspaper alleged he had accepted offers...
    published on January 14th, 2013 at 23:05
  • EU auditors criticise energy efficiency projects
    Home insulation in Berlin: Green investment varies widely across the EU An audit has found that EU-funded energy efficiency projects are not cost-effective in EU member states. The projects examined by the Court of Auditors were in the Czech Republic, Italy and Lithuania. Those countries received the most EU funding for such projects in 2007-2013. National authorities...
    published on January 14th, 2013 at 21:57