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TEMPO.Co, Jakarta: The Ministry of Agriculture noted an increase in Indonesia’s coffee exports from January-October 2012, amounting to 367,268 tons worth US$ 1,044,291. The achievement is higher compared to last year’s actual production of 310,543 tons, which valued at US$ 894,641. This year, the government is targeting coffee production to go up by about 16...

Several airlines reported flaws in the plane this week US regulators have ordered a review of the 787 Dreamliner plane after a series of incidents put a question mark over the safety of Boeing's flagship plane. The review by the Federal Aviation Administration will look at the design and manufacture of the planes. It is not clear whether the planes in the air at...

TEMPO.CO, Surabaya: Minister of State Owned Enterprises Dahlan Iskan said Indonesia must be ready to mass-produce electric cars as they will be gravely needed in the future. “Because one day oil will run out,” Dahlan said on Thursday January 10. Although the sources are still available, Dahlan opined that more and more will be using up, boosting the prices...

Television is the main news source in cities and towns in Kenya Kenya's high court has ordered that the date for the switch off of the analogue television signal be delayed, preferably until after the March poll. Justice Isaac Lenaola said an immediate move to digital would be unfair to Kenyans keen to follow the polls on TV. The Communications Commission of Kenya...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta: The 88 Anti-terror Detachment Team found two firearms during a house search of suspected terrorist Syarifudin at the Kalosi Village in Alla District, Enrekang Regency of South Sulawesi. Brig Boy Rafli Amar, Head of Public Information at the Indonesian Police Headquarters, suspected that all illegal weapons were obtained from the Philippines, smuggled...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta: The Judicial Commission will cooperate with the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) to tap the phone calls of “naughty” judges. “For example, if we find indications that the judges are conspiring with lawyers, defendants or their intermediaries, their phone numbers will be traced and tapped,” Vice Chairman of the Judicial...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta: The Judicial Commission of the House of Representatives began selecting 24 candidates of Grand Judges, starting with essay submission. “We will review the candidates’ point of views through their essays,” Syarifuddin Sudding, member of the Law Commission, said in the Parliament Complex yesterday. There will be two stages of the selection...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta: The dispute between Nathaniel Rothschild and Bakrie Group is intensifying. Nathaniel had sent a letter to Bumi Plc, requesting 12 of its 14 directors removed from their current position. The letter was sent via his investment company, NR Investments Limited (NRI), with the goal to rebuild and restore the image of Bumi Plc in the eyes of investors and...

Sexual abuse allegations against Jimmy Savile emerged a year after his death Children as young as eight were abused by Jimmy Savile, a report detailing 50 years of allegations has revealed. The Metropolitan Police and the NSPCC report also added Wheatfields Hospice in Leeds to the list of places where the former TV presenter abused girls. Some 214 crimes were recorded...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta: Bank Indonesia (BI) estimates that the national economy will improve this year and the next, supported by high consumption and strong investment, as well as a projected increase in exports. The central bank predicted that the domestic economy will grow 6.3 to 6.8 percent this year, estimating it to reach 6.7 to 7.2 percent by 2014. Last year, Indonesia...