#august 17

Collection of august 17 news, found 576 news.

Borobudur temple has attracted over 2 mln tourists till date in 2012

Around 2,027,000 tourists visited the Borobudur Temple between January and August this year, which is about 90.3 ...

Governor urges Solo people to stay calm in face of terror attacks

Central Java Governor Bibit Waluyo has called on the residents of Solo to keep calm despite a series of terror attacks ...

Deputy Minister apologizes for tweet against lawyers

Deputy Minister of Justice and Human Rights Denny Indrayana in a press conference held on Monday, apologized to the ...

Indonesian ministry discloses confiscation of illegal meat import

The Ministry of Trade announced on Friday that it had confiscated 2,500 to 2,800 tons of illegally imported beef, ...

Indonesia well prepared to face recession

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono assures Indonesians that the government is ready to face possible global recession. ...

SATTE 2013 Garners Interest

-Prevailing economic conditions have compelled the global travel industry to look at new source markets and India ...

Gooding & Company breaks world record for the highest sale total in automotive auction history

- Gooding & Company, the official auction house of the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance and acclaimed for selling ...

Clinton delivers massage for Indonesia national day

US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Glinton has sent best wishes to the Indonesian people on the occasion of the ...

U.S. refuses to recognize diplomatic asylum of Wikileaks founder

The U.S. government on Friday (August 17) refused to recognize the diplomatic asylum that Ecuador granted to WikiLeaks ...

Russian Mars water sniffer goes online

A Russian neutron detector on board NASA`s Mars rover Curiosity, designed to search for any water that might be bound ...

Remissions for more than half of inmates of Nusakambangan penitentiary

More than half or 1,276 of 2,336 inmates of the Nusakambangan penitentiary have their prison terms cut including 32 ...

Indonesian red and white flag attracts fewer buyers

The Indonesian Red and White flag has attracted fewer buyers on the occasion of the nation`s Independence Day on ...

Yudhoyono: Indonesia to grow 6.5 percent

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono unveiled the country`s 2013 state budget today predicting the country`s economy ...

Nation unity should be maintained

House of Representatives (DPR) chairman Marzuki Alie said on Thursday that the unitary principles of nationalism and ...

Jail term of 27 convicts cut back ahead of i-day, Idul Fitr

The government has ordered a reduction in the sentences of corruption convict Gayus Tambunan and murder convict ...