President signs mud management board legal umbrella.

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has signed the legal umbrella of Sidoarjo Mud Management Board (BPLS), presidential spokesman Andi Malarangeng said at the presidential office here on Monday.

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Four Indonesian students to join int`l biology olympiad in Canada.

The Education Ministry in cooperation with the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) has selected four students to be sent to Canada to participate in the 18th International Biology Olympiad 2007.

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Indonesia's Rubber Gloves Products Beat China's.

Indonesia's rubber gloves products on the world market have managed to beat China's products, which use synthetic raw materials.

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Women's Condoms to be Subsidized.

The National Commission for Fighting AIDS will make efforts so that the government allocates funds for subsidizing the purchase of women's condoms.

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7 protesters arrested hours before Islamic leaders meeting opened.

BOGOR, Police arrested seven protesters in front of Bogor Palace in West Java hours before President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was scheduled to open a two-day international meeting of Islamic leaders in the city.

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Trial begins for Christians accused of double murder in Poso.

Twelve Christian men are being tried at the South Jakarta District Court for the murder of two Muslims in Poso, Central Sulawesi, and could face the death penalty if convicted.

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Indonesia must embrace nuclear power.

As Greenpeace members picketed outside, Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro told an international energy workshop Monday that Indonesia would have to turn to nuclear power as fossil fuels dwindled.

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