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  • Nominees work the crowd ahead of polls

    Wed, 05/21/2008 - 10:44 AM
    Some presidential candidates seized the momentum from National Awakening Day on Tuesday to raise their "selling price" with the public ahead of next year's elections.

  • WAKE-UP CALL
    WAKE-UP CALL
    A group of people with disabilities gather at the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle to commemorate the 100th anniversary of National Awakening Day.

Opinion

  • Editorial: We are not better off, but ...

    Wed, 05/21/2008 - 10:44 AM
    On this date 10 years ago, when Soeharto ended his 32-year iron-fisted rule, the country's economy was in total chaos, partly -- some say mostly -- because of the president's inability to control the...

Business

  • Govt lowers industrial growth target further to 5%

    Wed, 05/21/2008 - 10:44 AM
    The ministry of industry has revised down the country's industrial growth target for the third time in five months to between 4.5 and 5 percent in response to the government's plan to increase fuel...

IDX Rate (05/21/2008) - Closing
Index 2,494.71
Previous 2,510.96
Volume 6.98 billion
Value 7.43 trillion
IDR Conversion (05/21/2008)
US$1 9,311
GB£1 18,318
EUR1 14,592
A$1 8,929
S$1 6,820
JP¥100 9,023

Jakarta

Life

  • Amien Rais: Reform movement runs aground

    Amien Rais: Reform movement runs aground

    Wed, 05/21/2008 - 10:44 AM
    The reform movement ending Soeharto's 32-year authoritarian regime in 1998 has been a failure, says one of its leaders, Amien Rais.

Today's Paper

  • Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Weekender

  • Education Interrupted

What's On

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  • ICRA 2008
    06/18/2008 - 06/22/2008, Jakarta Convention Centre

Your Voice

  • Question:
    Indonesian political reform began on May 21, 1998, following days of nationwide student protests that forced Soeharto to step down after 32 years in power. Do you think the reform and democratization process is on the right track?

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Quote of the Day

  • "Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure." - Benjamin Disraeli

Did You Know

  • Adult frogs are carnivorous and will eat just about anything smaller than themselves, including insects, worms and even other frogs. Some frogs are tiny but the largest of them all, the Goliath frog, is the size of a baby deer!