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More Lady Gaga Protests, Now in Philippines
May 18, 2012 | Associated Press

Indonesian police veto Lady Gaga show
May 16, 2012 | Agence France-Presse

Indonesia jet crash bodies arrive in Jakarta
May 12, 2012 | Agence France-Presse

Jakarta Wikipedia Information

Bort or boart is a term used in the diamond industry to refer to shards of gem-grade/quality diamonds. In the manufacturing and heavy industries, "bort" is used to describe dark, imperfectly formed/crystallized diamonds of varying levels of opacity. The lowest grade, "crushing bort", is crushed by steel mortars and used to make industrial-grade abrasive grits...

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Indonesia: Forests remain a source of conflict
May 14, 2012
A teak forest in central Java. Photo: Murdani Usman/CIFOR BANGKOK, 14 May 2012 (IRIN) - The world's largest producer of teak...

Workers express anger, gloom, elation on May Day
May 01, 2012
MADRID (AP) -- On the front lines of the world's May Day protests this year, along with the traditional chants, banners and marches, a gamut of emotions flowed...

Indonesia: Struggling to survive sexual violence
April 10, 2012
For Santi, staying quiet is the best option. Photo: Mark Wilson/IRIN JAKARTA, 10 April 2012 (IRIN) - Survivors of sexual vio...

Study: Lack of meaningful land rights play key role in in carbon emissions from Indonesia’s forests
July 12, 2011
LOMBOK, INDONESIA (July 12, 2011) - New research released today at a high-level forestry conference in Indonesia-opened by Vice President Boediono suggests that...

From around the web

Indonesia: Dozens of Christians flee as Muslims set fire to their houses
May 19, 2012 | Jihad Watch
'' Maluku, Christian neighborhood attacked,'' by Mathias Hariyadi for Asia News, May 16 (thanks to C. Cantoni): Jakarta (AsiaNews) - For the third straight day there have...

Indonesia: Muslim mob throws stones and bags of urine at Christians at Ascension...
May 17, 2012 | Jihad Watch
Islamic Tolerance Alert from modern, moderate Indonesia:'' Hardliners in Bekasi Throw Stones at Ascension Day Service,'' by Camelia Pasandaran for the Jakarta Globe, May 17...

Russian plane with 50 aboard missing in Indonesia
May 09, 2012 | San Francisco Bay Area News -- -- SFGate
(05 - 09) 10: 26 PDT JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- A new Russian-made passenger plane went missing over mountains in western Indonesia while on a demonstration flight Wednesday...

How Instagram Imagery Is Transforming
April 24, 2012 | Read/WriteWeb
The most popular location is Jakarta, Indonesia, which hosts 713 photos on Populagram alone. On Webstagram, the current most popular photo has received 9,424 likes and 469...

< b> Tsunami warning: Indonesia issues alert after 8. 9 quake
April 11, 2012 | indystar.com
JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Indonesia issued a tsunami warning Wednesday after an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 8.9 hit waters off westernmost Aceh province. People on...

TC Gadgets Webcast: Jakarta Blues
December 10, 2011 | TechCrunch
This week HP webOS open-sourcing, RIM's problems in Jakarta, and giving away a few Speck iPhone cases. Join us, wo not you, in the TC Gadgets Webcast? ...

Jakarta on twitter

	WazeSocialGPS -\| RT @erik_danu: Just reported a hazard on Exit Tol Pasar Rebo, Jakarta Timur. My mood: speedy, http://t.co/osef8gm3 u... Twitter: @TrafficJakarta
	Jessie J - Who's Laughing Now (Live in Jakarta, 18 March 2012): http://t.co/DLECKThR via @youtube Twitter: @Yunitriwd
	omonaaaaa RT @SoundRhythm: Mid 2013 availablenya RT @/nabillasepti: @SoundRhythm please bring SHINee come to Jakarta Twitter: @diandradwr
	RT @maritzaulia: RT @maroon5: We'll be back in Jakarta, Indonesia on October 5th! #Maroon5Jakarta Twitter: @candrikadharani
	excitedRT @maroon5: We'll be back in Jakarta, Indonesia on October 5th! #Maroon5Jakarta" Twitter: @imsecretadmire
	RT @maroon5: We'll be back in Jakarta, Indonesia on October 5th! #Maroon5Jakarta Twitter: @AllanGrhm