BY Andi Abdussalam

Jakarta, Jan 8 (ANTARA) - The government hopes that the lowering of Bank Indonesia's (BI/the central bank) benchmark rate on Wednesday will serve as a stimulus to investment and economic growth, Fi

Jakarta, Jan 8 (ANTARA) - The state-owned logistics company, Bulog, was able to book a budget surplus of Rp85 billion in 2008 after years of suffering deficits, its president director, Mustafa Abu

Jakarta, Jan 8 (ANTARA)- Vice President Jusuf Kalla has agreed to the speeding up of the construction of a coal railway link between Lubuklinggau district and Tanjung Api-Api harbor in South Suma

Jakarta, Jan 8 (ANTARA) - State telecommunications operator PT Telkom said it believes three state banks will be ready to extend a syndicated loan of US60 million to finance the construction and la

Cairo, Jan 8 (ANTARA) - House of Representatives (DPR) Speaker Agung Laksono and a few other DPR members are expected to arrive in Egypt on Friday to send off an Indonesian team that will deliver

Jakarta, Jan. 8 (ANTARA) - A fire that broke out in a boarding house at Palmerah area, West Jakarta, killed eight people, in the wee hours of Thursday.

Bengkulu, Jan 8 (ANTARA) - Another aftershock measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale jolted Manokwari again in West Papua at 6:38 local time on Thursday morning.

Surabaya, E Java, Jan 8 (ANTARA) - About 500 people coordinated by the Islamic Community Unity Forum (Forpui) held a Palestine solidarity rally outside the US consulate general on Jalan Dr Soeto

Jakarta, Jan 8 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has again sent humanitarian aid to earthquake victims in Manokwari, West Papua, conisting of nine kinds of basic necessaries.