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Hitmen to present defenses in murder case

Four alleged hitmen are scheduled to read their defenses over roles in high-profile murder case at the Tangerang District Court on Monday. The five defendants --- Daniel Daen Sabon, Hendrikus Kia Walens, Heri Santosa, Fransiskus Tadon Keran and Eduardus Noe Ndopo Mbete --- are facing up to life sentence for their alleged roles in killing former director of the state-owned director of PT Putra Rajawali Banjaran Nasrudin Zulkarnaen in March. Lawyer for the defendants Minola said that he had yet to find out real motives behind the murder case. “We need more than a week to prepare for the defenses since we have to thoroughly analyze demands from state prosecutors which are not suitable with facts in the court sessions,” Minola told tempointeraktif.com . Three judges have agreed to decide over the case before the Chirstmas and New Year holiday season or not exceeding the imprisonment limits of the defendants. (ewd)

Jakarta hosts 15 rallies today: Police

Jakarta Police have warned of possible traffic congestion on Wednesday as groups of people will hold at least 15 rallies in the city, which include those held as part of nationwide rallies to commemorate the International Anti-Corruption day. The police have played down remarks made earlier by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono that the rallies against graft would be hijacked by rogue elements to oust him. Police will redirect routes as rallies will be concentrated around the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle and the National Monument areas in Central Jakarta. Jakarta Police's Traffic Management Center listed today's rally locations as follows: 1. House of Representatives building on Jl. Gatot Subroto, South Jakarta. 2. Hotel Indonesia traffic circle on Jl. MH Thamrin, Central Jakarta. 3. State Palace on Jl. Medan Merdeka Utara, Central Jakarta. 4. The National Agency for the Placement and Protection of Overseas Labor (BNP2TKI) office, Jl. Gatot Subroto. 5. The Corruption Eradicat

PDI-P: Yudhoyono shouldn't stir panic

The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) faction chairman at the House of Representatives, Tjahyo Kumolo, said that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono should not have publicly revealed any intelligence data he acquired about the Dec. 9 movement, stirring panic among the public. "The president receives data from the State Intelligence Agency (BIN) on a daily basis. The data must be held confidentially and cannot be publicly revealed. “BIN people understand that it is important to keep secret data secret to avoid public panic. However, for some reason, the president decided to be the public relation of the intelligence," he told reporters in Jakarta on Tuesday. "The president's statement about intelligence data on the Dec. 9 movement, will only make the movement grow bigger and bigger," he added. Yudhoyono recently said that he had received sufficient data about a possible political movement to topple him using rallies, planned to be held on Dec. 9 to c

Bibit to return to KPK on Wednesday

Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) deputy chairman Bibit Samad Rianto has said he would return to the KPK office on Wednesday after President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono lifted his suspension on Sunday. Bibit and Chandra M. Hamzah suspension were revoked after the Attorney General Office (AGO) dropped a case against them. The two were accused of misusing their power. "I will be back at KPK office on Dec. 9," Bibit said as quoted by Kompas.com on Sunday. Yudhoyono has met with Bibit and Chandra and asked them to help him eradicate corruption in the country.

SBY warns of 'politically-motivated' acts on antigraft day

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said he has been informed that certain figures were planning to exploit the upcoming International Anti-Corruption Day on Dec. 9 to achieve their "political objectives". Opening a Cabinet meeting at the Presidential Office on Friday, the President said the motives of these people were not necessarily related to the corruption eradication campaign. "On Dec. 9 some social movements are planning to commemorate International Anti-Corruption Day, which is commendable… It shows people appreciate our efforts in our anticorruption drive. "There are those, however, whose real motives are political," he warned. Yudhoyono said the figures would be those whose commitment to combating graft was yet to be proven. "They are welcome, if they really want to eradicate graft in the country together," he said. The President also said similar political motives were behind certain parties who had pushed for an inquiry into the Bank Centu

More Indonesian pilgrims die

Twenty-five more Indonesian hajj pilgrims have died since Sunday, bringing to 161 the number of the country's hajj pilgrims who died during the annual haj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, which concluded on Friday. The deaths were related to heart disease and respiratory failure, the Religious Affairs Ministry's integrated haj communications system unit told Antara news agency in Jedda on Thursday. The pilgrims were the latest to die from various illnesses, including lever, hypertension, cardiac arrest and respiratory failure. Most of the dead pilgrims were aged 55 years old or more. The government had required that all Saudi Arabia-bound pilgrims pass health screening, citing the extreme weather in the Middle East country. About 200,000 Indonesian joined millions of Muslims across the world in the pilgrimage. They have started to stream into the country after one month of religious duties.
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Kiamat 2012 adalah terjadinya Badai Matahari: Menurut Bambang S Tedjasukmana dari Lembaga Penerbangan dan Antariksa Nasional (LAPAN), bahwa fenomena yang akan muncul pada sekitar tahun 2011-2012 adalah badai Matahari. Prediksi ini berdasar pada pemantauan pusat pemantau cuaca antariksa di berbagai negara maju yang sudah dilakukan sejak tahun 1960-an dan Indonesia oleh LAPAN telah dilakukan sejak tahun 1975. Badai Matahari = Flare dan CME Masih menurut ahli lain dari LAPAN, bahwa badai Matahari akan terjadi ketika adanya flare dan Corona Mass Ejection (CME). Apa itu Flare? Flare adalah ledakan besar di atmosfer Matahari yang dahsyatnya menyamai 66 juta kali ledakan bom atom Hiroshima. Padahal bom atom yang dijatuhkan Paul Tibbets, pilot pesawat Amerika Serikat (AS), B-29 Enola Gay, Agustus 1945, telah merenggut sekitar 80.000 jiwa manusia. Berarti kalau dikalikan 66 juta? WOW! Sedangkan CME adalah sejenis ledakan sangat besar yang menyebabkan lontaran partikel-partikel berkecepatan tin