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Moscow, NU Online Russia has declared four British diplomats persona non grata in response to London’s actions and demanded they leave the country within 10 days. British Ambassador in Moscow Anthony Brenton has been summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry. The ambassador has been handed a note “in connection with the unfriendly actions of Britain towards Russia and the Litvinenko case”, Kamynin said on Thursday.
Jakarta, NU Online General Chairman of the Central Board of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) KH Hasyim Muzadi would propose the late KH Ahmad Siddiq who had ever for years been a chairman of the NU law making body to be honored as a national hero. “We want the late KH Ahmad Siddiq to be proposed as a national hero, insya Allah (God willing) PBNU would then talk to related sides,” Hasyim said here on Thursday.
Jakarta, NU Online Concern over corruption has led a community-based association of Muslim women to introduce an initiative to fight graft starting from their own homes. "In addition to pursuing religious knowledge, Muslim mothers also need to develop a sense of awareness and concern over what's happening around them in society," Nurul Hidayati, spokeswoman of the Jakarta chapter of Islamic study group Majlis Taklim Salimah, said during a discussion Wednesday.
Jakarta, NU Online General Chairman of the Central Board of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) KH Hasyim Muzadi said he hoped Religious Affairs Minister Maftuh Basyuni`s warning that Indonesia would not send hajj pilgrims to Saudi Arabia if the Middle Eastern kingdom barred Indonesian airlines from its air space would not become a reality. "Something like that should not happen," Hasyim , the leader of Indonesia`s largest Muslim organization, said here Wednesday.
Jakarta, NU Online Former President Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid has called off his defamation lawsuit against Vice President Jusuf Kalla, his lawyer said. Gus Dur had also withdrawn a related complaint he had lodged with the police against Jusuf Kalla, his lawyer, Ikhsan Abdullah, told the press here Wednesday.
Jakarta, NU Online Thousands of Indonesians attended mass prayers held Tuesday on a south Java beach lashed by a deadly tsunami a year ago, police and officials said. "Thousands of people are attending the mass prayers at the beach, causing major traffic jams on the roads leading there," said a police officer on duty in Pangandaran, a popular West Java beach resort that was one of the areas worst hit.
Surabaya, NU Online East Java's Regional Board of Nahdlatul Ulama (PWNU) will soon gather a number of nahdliyin senior figures across the province at a meeting. The senior figures that would be participated in the meeting are former NU activists coming from any backgrounds whose deeply concern over the struggle of the country's largest Muslim organization. The meeting initiated by the Advisory Council of the Central Board of Nahdlatul Ulama KH Muchith Muzadi would be held in the East Java's NU office, located on Jalan Masjid Al Akbar Timur 9 Surabaya on coming 23 July.
Washington, NU Online Senior lawmakers in President George W. Bush’s own Republican Party are rebelling over the Iraq war and Americans are fed up with it, but Bush has bluntly said he will not heed their calls for a pullout — at least not now. Whether he is resolute or stubborn, Bush may well have bought himself two more months to press ahead with his war strategy, but no matter how much he insists he will not back down, analysts say he may be forced to by September.
Jakarta, NU Online President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said he had agreed to give education the biggest state budget allocation among all state-financed sectors in order to support the improvement of the quality of education in the country. "The education sector will be given priority and the largest amount of subsidy. Believe me, the government with a clear and rational mind will strive to manage and spend the budget more fairly," he said at a meeting with participants of the 3rd national meeting of the Association of Indonesian Private Universities (APTISI) at the State Palace.
Kudus, NU Online If doubts are still surrounding the government plan to build a nuclear power plant in Indonesia, it would be better to abandon the project, former president says. The remark was made by former President Abdurahman "Gus Dur" Wahid in Kudus Thursday evening who said that he once supported the supply of a nuclear reactor to Indonesia, but not now.
Tripoli, NU Online Libya's Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld death sentences on six foreign medics for infecting Libyan children with HIV, a ruling that paves the way for moves by Muammar Gaddafi's government to win their freedom. Experts said the ruling completed the role of the judiciary in the highly-politicised trial of the five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor, and Libya's executive can now step in and seek to secure their release subject to a deal with the families of the children.
Jakarta, NU Online Former Indonesian President KH Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid and Vice President Jusuf Kalla have agreed to come to an agreement over the non-budgetary funds of the National Logistics Agency (Bulog). The peace agreement was reached as both were meeting at the Jakarta's Four Season Hotel on Wednesday. "Both sides have come to an agreement. In short, both want to settle the case without little fuss," Gus Dur's lawyer, Ihsan Abdullah said.
