Friday, May 2nd, 2008
JAKARTA -- Thousands of Indonesians took to the streets of the capital Jakarta for Labor Day rallies on Thursday, with rising food prices and an expected cut in fuel subsidies weighing heavily on workers' minds.
"We are expecting more than 40,000 people demonstrating today," policeman Hariyadi said as thousands of workers ...
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Friday, May 2nd, 2008
JAKARTA - Indonesia's biofuel sector is not a major force destroying tropical forests or squeezing out land used for food production, a senior industry official told Reuters on Wednesday.
The grain and oilseed-based biofuel sector has come under attack from green groups for accelerating the destruction of forests, while ...
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Wednesday, April 16th, 2008
Indonesia has imposed controls over rice exports as Asian states battle food supply concerns which have been caused by soaring global prices.
The country, South East Asia's largest rice consumer, brought in the rules to stop farmers selling crops at export prices which were double local prices.
State agency Bulog can sell ...
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Wednesday, March 26th, 2008
The government is committed to keeping the rice price stable at between Rp4,750 and Rp6,000 per kg so that it will not burden the people, Trade Minister Mari Elka Pangestus said.
"The rice price in the world market is relatively high but as long as the price at home is maintained ...
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