Indonesian Rupiah Drops to 3 1/2 Year Low - by Muninggar Sri Saraswati

It was definitely not a "Thank God, it's Friday" week's end for Indonesia as the rupiah suffered another blow with the market seeing the currency close at Rp 10,400 against the U.S. dollar, the lowest since January 2002.

High demand for the greenback, particularly from state oil and gas firm PT Pertamina to pay its oil imports at a time when oil prices are soaring, was blamed mainly by dealers for the rupiah's slump... more

Indonesia: blackout leaves 120 million people without light

The power shortage hit Java and Bali. Its causes are unknown and President Susilo has called for the intervention of the secret services. The five-hour blackout resulted in the loss of 20,000 megawatts.


Jakarta (AsiaNews/SCMP) – In Indonesia 120 million people were left without electricity yesterday because of suspected technical problems at power stations. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono ordered police and secret services to investigate the energy outage which left nearly half the population in the dark and created serious inconveniences, especially for transport and hospital services.

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OLWIS HEPI (baca loudly dengan ejaan Indonesia)
Saya mencintai Indonesia {baca: Jakarta} beserta segala kekacauan dan kembang kempisnya. Saya cinta Rupiah walau lagi di-injak2 sama Dollar dan Euro. Dan saya OLWIS HEPI. Meni Hepi tu Kam.

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Health Workers Go Door-To-Door to Ensure Children Got Polio Vaccination

Walking up a rocky dirty path past weathered bamboo huts, government health workers and UNICEF doctors searched Wednesday for what they call the biggest cause of the country's polio outbreak _ unvaccinated children.

They found 15 youngsters resting in the shade along with their mothers, most of whom said they were either too scared to get their children vaccinated, or sick with fever, chills and headaches. more ..