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SUNDAY'S NEWSPAPER HEADLINES IN INDONESIA
Jakarta, Aug 24 (ANTARA) - The following are headlines of major Indonesian weeklies.
The Jakarta Post PDI-P LAWMAKER FIRED AFTER CONFESSING The old adage, 'every thing has a price', can be applied in many situations. But in the case of Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) lawmaker Agus Chondro Prayitno, who admitted to receiving a bribe, we may well ask: what was the price for his candor?After confessing he and several other legislators from the party had received some Rp500 million (US$54.345) in an alleged bribe for voting for Miranda Swaray Goeltom as senior deputy governor of Bank Indonesia in 2004, Agus will lose everything he had in return.
Republika ARGENTINA WINS GOLD FROM FOOTBALLArgentina is the fourth country which wins a gold medal for the second time consecutively after beating Nigeria 1-0 in the finals of the Beijing Olympic Games at the Bird's Nest Stadium on Saturday (Aug.23).
Media Indonesia NUMBER OF INSANE PATIENTS INCREASINGThe number of insane patients in Indonesia is increasing mainly due to economic problems. It is even predicted that one of four Indonesian people is suffering from mental problems.
Kompas LNG CONTRACT TO BE EVALUATED China's Investors Want Long-term CooperationVice President Jusuf Kalla will meet China's President Hu Jiantao and Vice President Xi Jinping to evaluate the LNG contract from the Tangguh project. The evaluation will be made as the Tangguh LNG contract signed in 2002 was the worst and most dangerous one in the Indonesian oil history.
The Jakarta Post PDI-P LAWMAKER FIRED AFTER CONFESSING The old adage, 'every thing has a price', can be applied in many situations. But in the case of Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) lawmaker Agus Chondro Prayitno, who admitted to receiving a bribe, we may well ask: what was the price for his candor?After confessing he and several other legislators from the party had received some Rp500 million (US$54.345) in an alleged bribe for voting for Miranda Swaray Goeltom as senior deputy governor of Bank Indonesia in 2004, Agus will lose everything he had in return.
Republika ARGENTINA WINS GOLD FROM FOOTBALLArgentina is the fourth country which wins a gold medal for the second time consecutively after beating Nigeria 1-0 in the finals of the Beijing Olympic Games at the Bird's Nest Stadium on Saturday (Aug.23).
Media Indonesia NUMBER OF INSANE PATIENTS INCREASINGThe number of insane patients in Indonesia is increasing mainly due to economic problems. It is even predicted that one of four Indonesian people is suffering from mental problems.
Kompas LNG CONTRACT TO BE EVALUATED China's Investors Want Long-term CooperationVice President Jusuf Kalla will meet China's President Hu Jiantao and Vice President Xi Jinping to evaluate the LNG contract from the Tangguh project. The evaluation will be made as the Tangguh LNG contract signed in 2002 was the worst and most dangerous one in the Indonesian oil history.
