REFILE-PRESS DIGEST-Indonesian General News - March 29
Source: Reuters
(Refiles to show correct headline) Following are the leading stories in the main Indonesian newspapers on March 29. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. Telephone: Editorial: +62-21-384-6364. Fax: +62-21-344-8404 or Help Desk: +803-061-2124 (toll free). - - - - JAKARTA POST - EX-GENERAL BLAMES U.N. FOR 1999 TIMOR CARNAGE An ex-Indonesian general has told a truth commission that the military complied with Indonesian law at the time of East Timor's 1999 referendum that was followed by mayem. - ANGER GROWS OVER IRAN RESOLUTION - More than a hundred lawmakers plan to question President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono over the government's decision to support the U.N. Security Council's resolution imposing new sanctions on Iran after its refusal to suspend its nuclear programme. - FORMER MARITIME MINISTER ON TRIAL FOR EMBEZZLING $1.2 MLN A trial of former minister for maritime affairs and fisheries Rokhmin Dahuri started over allegations of misappropriating 11.5 billion rupiah ($1.26 million) in government funds. - INDONESIA CALLS FOR FAIRNESS ON BIRD FLU VACCINES, DRUGS The Indonesian government has called for a fairer mechanism for the distribution of bird flu vaccines and medicines, saying the developing countries worst affected by the virus had not been offered favourable terms in deals. - - - - KOMPAS - ONE MORE DIED OF BIRD FLU IN INDONESIA A patient who has been treated for bird flu in East Java died on Wednesday, a doctor at Doctor Soetomo hospital said. - - - - ($1=9,145 rupiah)
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