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Gus Dur disagrees with VP`s statement on development success

Jakarta, NU Online Abdurrahman Wahid or more popularly known as Gus Dur, chairman of the Nation`s Awakening Party (PKB)`s advisory council, said he disagreed with Vice President Jusuf Kalla`s statement that the country`s development effort would be successful if there was "political tranquility." In a written statement issued here on Tuesday, Gus Dur said the vice president`s statement, made in an interview with a private television station, was against his (Gus Dur`s) thesis.

Selasa, 26 Juni 2007 | 13:29 WIB

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Saudi Ministers Agree to Adopt Human Trafficking Treaty

Riyadh, NU Online Saudi Arabia’s council of ministers on Monday agreed to sign up to a UN treaty against human trafficking, after the kingdom was stung by accusations it is not doing enough to combat the scourge. The ministers at their weekly meeting agreed to ratify a resolution adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 2000 that includes efforts to tackle trafficking in women and girls, the official SPA news agency said.

Selasa, 26 Juni 2007 | 04:39 WIB

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SBY 'cries, angry' over mudflow handling

Jakarta, NU Online President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono shed tears and became angry Sunday as he listened to the stories of people displaced by the mudflow in Sidoarjo, East Java. The meeting with 20 representatives of displaced residents took place at Yudhoyono's private residence in Cikeas, Bogor, south of Jakarta. It was facilitated by Muslim scholar Emha Ainun Nadjib.

Selasa, 26 Juni 2007 | 04:11 WIB

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PBNU helps Mangga Besar's fire victims

Jakarta, NU Online A wildfire raging out of control in West Mangga Besar Thursday (21/6), has won sympathy of the country’s largest Muslim organization Nahdlatul Ulama (NU). To assist the sufferings of the victims, PBNU through its CBDRMNU has given contribution. ”Many nahdliyyin (NU followers) living in this area need assistance. Local NU’s board has also told us for asking help that could expectedly be given by NU,” Program Manager CBDRMNU Avianto Muhtadi said Monday.

Senin, 25 Juni 2007 | 13:42 WIB

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President wants immediate settlement of Lapindo victims` compensation

Jakarta, NU Online President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has asked for the immediate settlement of the problem of compesation payments to Lapindo Brantas mudflow victims in Sidoarjo, East Java, Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro said here on Monday. "The president has asked that the problem of compensation payments to the mudflow victims be solved soon," the minister said at the presidential office before attending a cabinet meeting on the revised 2007 state budget.

Senin, 25 Juni 2007 | 08:07 WIB

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NU Leader: KPK is not eligible enough to realize anti-corruption movement

Jakarta, NU Online General Chairman of the Central Board of Nahdlatul Ulama (PBNU) KH Hasyim Muzadi said here Sunday that the Corruption Eradication Commision of Indonesia was not eligible enough to realize an anti-corruption movement. "I do understand, even appreciate the unpreparedness of the majority of the KPK leaders to register thmeselves as the Commission leaders for coming period, Hasyim said, adding that they were good men of the KPK whose no requirements to support anti-corruption movements.

Senin, 25 Juni 2007 | 03:24 WIB

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Gus Dur ignores Golkar-PDIP coalition

Madiun, NU Online Former General Chairman of the Central Board of Nahdlatul Ulema KH Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid took no notice of the "Red-Yellow" coalition scenario between the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) and the Golkar party on a revision of the law on politics being discussed at the House of Representatives. Antara news agency reported. "Let them do it," Gus Dur said shortly after attending a ceremony to promote the party`s board of directors for Madiun city and district, in Bagi village, Madiun District, East Java, on Sunday.

Senin, 25 Juni 2007 | 01:38 WIB

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Chavez for Socialist Economic Model

Caracas, NU Online The Venezuelan State has the obligation of building a socialist economic model, President Hugo Chavez affirmed during the creation of the Central Planning Commission. When commenting on details of proposals to the Constitutional Reform text to be submitted to the National Assembly, the president pointed out that transformation will be based on humanistic cooperation.

Ahad, 24 Juni 2007 | 13:11 WIB

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Main dam of Sidoarjo mud overtopping Saturday

Jakarta, NU Online Ring-like inner dam for mud in East Java's regency of Sudoarjo posed overtopping Saturday morning threatening outer-ring dam, which function to prevent the mud from flowing to wider areas. Hadi Paryitno, an officer on duty at the mudflow site, said that the mud started overflowing from the main dam at 7.30 a.m. Saturday, which was caused by the increasing volume of mudflow since the recent days.

Ahad, 24 Juni 2007 | 09:19 WIB

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Pangkalpinang signs MoU sister-school relationship with Malaysia

Pangkalpinang, NU Online Pangkalpinang city on Saturday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the establishment of a sister-school relatinship between one of its elementary schools and a similar school in Petaling in the Malaysian state of Selangor, a local official said. "A group from the neighboring country is in Pangkalpinang from Friday (June 22) to Saturday (June 23) to materialise the sister- school cooperation between the Malaysian elementary school in Petaling, Selangor state, and State Elementary School (SDN) 3 in Pangkalpinang," the city`s mayor, H Zulkarnain Karim, said here Saturday.

Ahad, 24 Juni 2007 | 06:36 WIB

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Iran thanks RI for stopping UNSC statement denouncing Tehran

Jakarta, NU Online Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejadhas expressed gratitude to the Indonesian government for its latest move in preventing the UN Security Council from issuing a French-initiated press statement denouncing the Iranian leader's statement on Israel, an Indonesian official said. "President Ahmadinejad has expressed gratitude to the Indonesian government for its stand which shows a high level of independence and being the only country that opposed the French-initiated press statement so that the UN failed to issue it," the Indonesian president's special envoy for the Middle East, Alwi Shihab, said at the presidential office here Friday.

Sabtu, 23 Juni 2007 | 04:19 WIB

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Indonesia regrets British knighthood for Salman Rushdie

Jakarta, NU Online Indonesia, the country with the world's largest Muslim population, expressed regret Thursday over the granting of a British knighthood to author Salman Rushdie. "The timing of the award is not right to create a conducive atmosphere and mutual understanding between civilizations, cultures and religions," Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda was quoted by DPA as telling reporters.

Jumat, 22 Juni 2007 | 06:34 WIB