RI ECONOMY PREDICTED TO GROW ONLY 4.3 PCT

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Jakarta, June 17 (ANTARA) - Indonesia predicts its economy will only grow around 4.3 percent in 2009, below the target of 6.0 percent set in the national budget.

NINE DEAD IN W SUMATRA MINE EXPLOSION

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Padang, June 17 (ANTARA) - Nine people have been killed while 27 others were believed still trapped in a pit tens of meters under the ground following an explosion in a coal mine in Sawahlunto, We

THIRTY-TWO MISSING IN W SUMATRA COAL MINE EXPLOSION

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Bogor, June 17 (ANTARA) - Up till Tuesday evening, at least 32 people were reported missing after an explosion ripped through a coal mine in the Indonesian province of West Sumatra at about 12:00

RI NEEDS LAW TO PREVENT INFLUX OF FOREIGN NURSES

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Jakarta, June 16 (ANTARA) - Thousands of foreign nurses will enter Indonesia next year unless the bill on nurses is passed into law this year, chief of the Indonesian National Nurses Association (P

RI`S 2009 NON-OIL/NON-GAS EXPORTS EXPECTED TO DROP

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Jakarta, June 16 (ANTARA) - Indonesia's non-oil/non-gas exports in 2009 are predicted to drop by 20 percent from last year's value of US$107.8 billion or higher than earlier forecast at 30 percent.

API LOWERS EXPORT TARGET TO 2.2 PCT

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Jakarta, June 16 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian Textile Producers Association (API) has lowered its export target this year from 4 percent in 2008 to 2.2 percent, API executive director Ernovian G Izmy

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