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Jakarta, NU Online The House of Representatives failed to agree Tuesday whether or not to summon President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to a plenary session for an inquiry into the Lapindo mudflow disaster. They instead handed over the responsibility for the decision to a special team for monitoring the spending of 2008 state budget funds to pay compensation to Lapindo mudflow victims and for reconstruction of Sidoarjo's infrastructure.
Jakarta, NU Online Former General Chairman of the Central Board of Nahdlatul Ulama (PBNU) KH Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid said here Wednesday that the government had no such good willingness to immediately overcome the Lapindo mudflow case. Due to the uncertainty of the mudflow settlement, Gus Dur further accused the President of Indonesia Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono had so far been affraid of any threatening reaction posed by many circles.
Jakarta, NU Online British Muslims want Islamic books in Indonesia to be translated into English to enable them to learn about all the aspects of Islam in Indonesia, a member of the Indonesia-United Kingdom Islamic Advisory Group said here over the weekend. "Many British Muslims ask for such translation," the top figure of the Indonesia's biggest Muslim organization Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) Prof Nasarudin Umar was quoted by Antara news agency as saying.
Jakarta, NU Online Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe signed a cooperation agreement on four energy and power projects at the State Palace here on Monday. The projects covered by the agreement were the South Sumatra-West Java gas transmission pipeline network, Cilegon power plant, Tarahan coal-fired power plant and Donggi Senoro liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Central Sulawesi.
Tehran, NU Online Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency on Monday began the third round of their talks at the Supreme National Security Council headquarters in Tehran. The talks, to continue until Tuesday, are headed by the IAEA deputy director for the safeguards Olli Heinonen on behalf of IAEA and by deputy Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council for International Security Affairs Javad Vaeedi on behalf of Iran.
Jakarta, NU Online The House of Representatives (DPR) will form a special team to supervise the spending of Rp1.2 trillion in 2008 state budget funds on the mitigation of the fate of Lapindo hot mudflow victims and the reconstruction of infrastructure damaged by the disaster in Sidoarjo, East Java, a spokeman said. "The supervisory team will consist of 50 House members," House Deputy Speaker Muhaimin Iskandar said at the legislative building here on Monday.
Jakarta, NU Online In contrast to claims the mudflow in Sidoarjo, East Java, is an unstoppable natural phenomenon, an expert said Wednesday it could be stopped by channeling the mud to an underground relief well. This effort would cost up to US$50 million and would take up to six months to complete, but the mudflow would then be stopped in a matter of hours.
Washington, NU Online The United States government intends to take action to formally label the Iranian Revolutionary Guard as a foreign terrorist organization, the Washington Post reported Wednesday. Citing unnamed government officials speaking on condition of anonymity, the newspaper said that US President George W Bush`s administration has made the decision to act against the Revolutionary Guard in an attempt to disrupt the elite military wing`s finances.
Jakarta, NU Online Challenges in reducing poverty and employment, speeding up economic growth and how people can benefit from it as well as promoting the environment are some of the major challenges Indonesia faces today. Ten years after the Asian financial crisis, former chief economist of the World Bank and Nobel Prize winner Joseph Stiglitz spares no country or economic institution in his criticisms of globalization.
Yogyakarta, NU Online Indonesia has agreed to help Thailand find a solution to violence plaguing the southern part of the country. Indonesian Foreign Ministry director for East Asia and Pacific affairs Yuri Thamrin said Thai leaders had asked the Indonesian government for suggestions on how to overcome conflict in several Muslim-majority provinces in the south.
Jakarta, NU Online The Central Board of Nahdlatul Ulama (PBNU) has asserted that the concept of Islamic state (Khilafah Islamiyah) remained unclear within the frame of its form and establishment. The clarity of the concept would always disturb and question the validity of any independent and sovereign nation. General Chairman of the Central Board of Nahdlatul Ulama KH Hasyim Muzadi said here Monday that the existence of hardline groups driving the implementation of Khilafah Islamiyah had so far angered a large number of countries in Europe in which their constitution has been all of the time questioned by the groups.
Beijing, NU Online Indonesian Director General for Defense Strategy Maj. Gen. Dadi Susanto visited China recently to have talks on the finalization of a draft agreement on technical defense cooperation between Indonesia and China. "The director general`s visit to China was a follow-up to the strategic partnership agreement on defense and security signed by Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and his Chinese counterpart President Hu Jintao in April 2005," Defense Attache of the Indonesian Embassy Yayat Sudrajat said here on Sunday.
