RUPIAH WEAKENS 70 POINTS AGAINST US DOLLAR

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Jakarta, Dec. 28 (ANTARA) - The rupiah weakened against the US dollar in the Jakarta interbank spot market here on Monday morning as investors actively bought the greenback.

N SUMATRA'S WOOD EXPORTS DOWN

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Medan, N Sumatra, Dec 27 (ANTARA) - North Sumatra's wood and wood product exports in the first ten months of 2009 fell 26.27 percent to US$149.310 million from the same period last year.

PRESIDENT WORRIED ABOUT SPREAD OF SLANDER

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Jakarta, Dec 27 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono expressed concern about the spread of slander and false news stories which had increasingly appeared lately.

NEARLY 90 PCT OF RI HAJJ PILGRIMS BACK HOME

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Jeddah, Dec 27 (ANTARA) - With the return of 13 flight groups ("kloters") comprising 5,125 Indonesian hajj pilgrims from Saudi Arabia, Sunday, about 90 percent of the total of 192,000 regular pilg

QUAKE HITS PAPUA

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Jakarta, Dec 27 (ANTARA) - An earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale hit Indonesia's easternmost province of Papua on Sunday night.

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