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1. News - Asia - INDONESIA

   Indonesian governor surrenders Metallica guitar

   Posted May 07th 2013, 03:00pm by AFP

   ... News Asia Joko Widodo Metallica Anti-corruption Agence France-Presse in Jakarta The heavy metal-loving governor of Indonesian capital Jakarta has surrendered a guitar that was a gift from US band Metallica to anti-corruption authorities, an official said on Tuesday. A beaming Joko Widodo appeared on TV last week strumming the maroon bass guitar gifted to him by Metallica’s ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1232268/indonesian-governor-surrenders-metallica-guitar
2. Comment - Insight & Opinion - A BAD WEEK FOR ...

   A Bad Week for ... , May 12, 2013

   Posted May 12th 2013, 12:00am by STAFF

   ... a supplier accused of labelling rat, fox, mink, duck and pork as mutton. The company has distanced itself from the franchisee which bought the tainted meat.   Joko Widodo The governor of Jakarta ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1235673/bad-week-may-12-2013
3. News - Asia - INDONESIA

   Jakarta governor surrenders guitar gift from Metallica

   Posted May 08th 2013, 12:00am by AFP

   ... News Asia Joko Widodo Jakarta Governor Metallica Anti-corruption Agence France-Presse in Jakarta The heavy-metal-loving governor of Indonesian capital Jakarta has surrendered to anti-corruption authorities a guitar that was a gift from US band Metallica, an official said yesterday. A beaming Joko Widodo appeared on TV plucking the maroon bass guitar given to him ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1232485/jakarta-governor-joko-widodo-surrenders-guitar-gift-metallica
4. News - Asia - AWARDS

   Three Asian mayors named in world's top 10

   Posted Jan 10th 2013, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... News Asia Mayor Award Joko Widodo Park Wan-su Edgardo Pamintuan Staff Reporter Indonesian takes third place, with S Korean and Philippine city leaders also honoured Three Asians have been named among the world's top 10 mayors in an international competition that honours city leaders. Indonesian politician Joko Widodo came third in the 2012 World Mayor Prize for his ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1124267/three-asian-mayors-named-worlds-top-10
5. Comment - Insight & Opinion

   A good week for ...

   Posted Sep 23rd 2012, 12:00am by AGENCIES

   ... the Philippines and Indonesia, where many domestic helpers hail from, encouraging people to pursue other careers.   Joko Widodo The former mayor of the Central Java city of Solo won ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1043302/good-week
6. News - Asia - INDONESIA

   Jakarta goes to polls for governor amid traffic woes

   Posted Sep 21st 2012, 12:00am by Bloomberg

   ... an incumbent governor for a challenger who pledged to improve the city's infrastructure, exit polls showed. Joko Widodo, the mayor of a city 2,700 kilometres away, beat Fauzi Bowo, the current ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1041777/jakarta-goes-polls-governor-amid-traffic-woes
7. News - Asia - TRANSPORT

   Jakarta faces lengthy wait for metro fix to gridlock

   Posted May 06th 2013, 12:00am by AFP

   ... protruding from the top in south Jakarta are all that was ever built of a monorail, halted soon after building started in 2004 as funding dried up. Widodo also wants to revive that project, although ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1230868/jakarta-faces-lengthy-wait-metro-fix-gridlock
8. News - Asia

   Briefs, September 30, 2012

   Posted Sep 30th 2012, 12:00am by AGENCIES

   ... Plane Crash New Jakarta governor's election confirmed JAKARTA - Joko Widodo, the mayor of a Central Java city with fewer than a million people, was officially confirmed as governor-elect of Indonesia's 9.6 million-strong capital by the Jakarta Election Commission yesterday. Widodo got 2.47 million votes, or 53.82 per cent ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1050392/briefs-september-30-2012
9. News - Asia - INDONESIA: ANALYSIS

   President Yudhoyono's ruling Democratic Party hit by graft scandals

   Posted Feb 25th 2013, 12:00am by AFP

   ... who are untainted. One such figure is new Jakarta governor Joko Widodo, a man dubbed the "Indonesian Obama" who has become immensely popular with his down-to-earth style and common ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1157764/president-yudhoyonos-ruling-democratic-party-hit-graft-scandals
10. News - Asia - INDONESIA

    Four dead as floods paralyse Jakarta

    Posted Jan 17th 2013, 01:02pm

    ... bank, to a notorious women’s prison, Pondok Bambu, in east Jakarta, a spokesman said The flooding will put pressure on the capital’s popular new governor, Joko Widodo, who came to office last ...

    http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1130078/four-dead-floods-paralyse-jakarta

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