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The government`s plan to raise by 15 percent the basic power rate (TDL) will discourage the development of the real sector, reduce people`s purchasing power and trigger inflation, observers say.

A number of countries attending an informal meeting on climate change in Bali last February emphasized the urgency of rebuilding trust in the runup to the Mexico Climate Change Summit late this year.

In the runup to United States President Barack Obama`s visit, the Indonesian police have since last week arrested at least 19 suspected terrorists and killed six others, one of whom is believed to be Dulmatin, a highly-wanted terror suspect.

The upcoming international marine event of Sail Banda 2010 in Maluku is expected to be better than Sail Bunaken, a similar event held in North Sulawesi last year.

"Though deprived of my rights, I still want to devote my life to the nation..." said part of the lyrics of a song 9-year-old Irwan sang in a public minibus at the Kampung Melayu bus station recently.

Five of the nine party factions in the House of Representatives (DPR) at a House plenary session on Wednesday chose "Option C" which was brief analysis of the Bank Century bailout case indicating violations and irregularities in the decision-making processes to rescue the failed bank in late 2008.

Marine Affairs and Fisheries Minister Fadel Muhammad has compared Indonesia`s marine and coastal ecosystem to the Amazon rainforests for sharing carbon sink role.

The upcoming international marine event of Sail Banda 2010 needs far-and-wide promotion through all existing technology and communication networks.