HEADLINES OF MAJOR INDONESIAN NEWSPAPERS ON FRIDAY

Jakarta, March 6 (ANTARA) - The following are headlines of major Indonesian newspapers published here on Friday.

Jakarta Globe
WE DON'T WANT HAMBALI BACK, GOVT TELLS US

Indonesian government officials have requested that the Obama administration continued to detain Indonesian born Al-Qaeda terror suspect Ridwan "Hambali" Isamuddin after the Untied States closes the Guantanamo Bay detention facility in Cuba.

The Jakarta Post
STATE-FUNDED PROJECTS TO ROLL IN NEXT TWO WEEKS

State-funded projects will begin construction within the next two weeks, kick starting this year's massive infrastructure program, a ministers says.


Media Indonesia
KPU MUST FIND BREAKTHROUGH TO SECURE POLLS LOGISTICS

Problems concerning the upcoming general elections' logistics occur in almost all regions, especially regarding ballot papers. Hundreds of thousands of ballot papers are damaged and many regions have not received the Poll logistic until yesterday.

Republika
BIRD FLU HITS 20 PROVINCES

Over the past six months, bird flu virus (avian influenza/AI) has spread sporadically in 20 provinces. Monitoring by the agriculture ministry's animal husbandry directorate general has found out about this bird flu outbreak, even until early March.

Kompas
ALREADY 37,905 WORKERS LAID OFF

The government has to speed up the implementation of its various development projects to create new jobs. The number of workers who have been laid off, has increased as some industries collapsed. Until February 27, some 37,905 workers have lost their jobs.