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Kediri, NU Online At least 732 deep volcanic earthquakes have shaken Mount Kelud in East Java province since its status was raised to the highest level of alert on Tuesday evening. The volcano observatory post on the volcano’s slope recorded a total of 351 deep volcanic earthquakes until the wee hours of Wednesday.
Jakarta, NU Online Despite the holiday mood still hanging in the air, everyone at the earthquake and tsunami control room of the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency (BMG) is intent on his or her computer monitor. "We can't leave this control room empty even for a second ... (because) there could be big consequences for the whole nation -- an earthquake could happen at any time," Sugeng Pribadi, an on-duty control room officer told The Jakarta Post on Tuesday.
Jakarta, NU Online Organizers expect one million Indonesians to stand up and speak out against poverty on Wednesday, demanding the government expedite efforts to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The one-day event will be held in a number of recreational areas, shopping centers and public places in 24 cities across the country.
Jakarta, NU Online Most muslims in Indonesia performed the Idul Fitri prayers on Saturday to celebrate the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadhan. In Jakarta, the Idul Fitri prayer was centered at Istiqlal Grand Mosque and attended by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Vice President Jusuf Kalla.
Jakarta, NU Online President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono would hold an open house at the presidential palace on the occasion of post-Ramadan fasting month Idul Fitri celebrations. No date however has been set pending an official announcement from the government regarding the day of the Idul Fitri, according to the presidential household and the media on Wednesday.
Jakarta, NU Online Indonesia began its annual mass exodus Sunday when millions of people pour out of the major cities to return to their home villages to celebrate the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Thousands have started crowding bus and train stations in the capital, Jakarta six days before Eid al-Fitr to beat the mass exodus later in the week when buses, cars and motorcycles create massive traffic jams on roads across the world's most populous Muslim nation.
Jakarta, NU Online Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said here on Saturday that process of democratization in Myanmar must not damage unity in that country. "I am still seeking ways of how to encourage democratization and implementation of human rights in that country while at the same time not to damage its national unity and security," he said when breaking the fast with his Democrats’ Party cadres at his private residence in Puri Cikeas, Bogor.
Bogor, NU Online The Central Board of Nahdlatul Ulama (PBNU) having so far paid no more attention to educated middle class is urged to again strengthen professional circles within the Nahdliyin (NU followers) community. "Potentials possessed by NU are huge enough. But attention to manage the potentials is still weak so in the case of human resources for instance, we have still left behind by others," said the IPB's intellectual Prof Dr Cecep Kusmana at a discussion and gathering for breaking fast between the PBNU and academics of Bandung Technology Institute (ITB) at the Taman Palem Restaurant, Pajajaran, Bogor, Saturday.
Jakarta, NU Online Indonesia and several other developing countries have proposed the establishment of an international treaty to protect cultural heritage and folklore, says an Indonesian official. "We had a conference organized by the Foreign Ministry and World Intellectual Property Organization in June, and we agreed to propose an international treaty on cultural heritage and folklore," said Andy Noorsaman Sommeng, director general for intellectual property rights at the Justice and Human Rights Ministry.
Jakarta, NU Online President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said that the Idul Fitri festivity marking the first day of the Islamic month of Syawal could be known on October 11. He made the statement in a press conference after a cabinet meeting on preparations for the Idul Fitri festivity at his office here on Wednesday.
Jakarta, NU Online It seems Indonesian Muslims may not be able to celebrate Idul Fitri together, as the two largest Muslim organizations still differ on the official date to mark the holiday. Indonesia's second largest Muslim organization, Muhammadiyah, has confirmed Oct. 12 as the beginning of the holiday, while Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), the largest Muslim organization, said it would wait until Oct. 11 to decide when the holiday should begin.
Jakarta, NU Online General Chairman of the Central Board of Nahdlatul Ulama KH Hasyim Muzadi said that in dealing with the determination of this year’s idul fitri, the most important thing that should first and foremost be considered was the interest of Indonesian Muslims as a whole. The caretaker of the Malang’s Al Hikam Islamic boarding “Pesantren” school called on all parties participating in a dialogue, held at the NU headquarters, Jakarta, Tuesday, to take up lebaran issues with insightful views without any willingness to force their own views.
