| top news |  Customers try the latest Ipad 2 | | In Today's Newspaper Days of Despair for Many Suffering Central Java Drought Every day, the residents of Gendayakan subdistrict in Central Java patiently wait next to their barren, dusty fields for their supply of drinking water to arrive by truck. In Lanjaran village, the only water residents have access to is deep in a cave high up on the slopes of Mount Merapi. Such scenes are increasingly common across drought prone Central Java, but residents say they have never weathered a dry spell like this, which has decimated the agrarian economy. The government, thus far, is reluctant to act. Pick up your copy of the Globe to read this story today. Or subscribe to receive the paper every day.
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| | business | Newmont Sale Red Flag Puts a Cloud Over Divestment The government will investigate the divestment of a 2.2 percent stake in gold miner Newmont Nusa Tenggara to Indonesia Masbaga Investama on allegations that a bogus company was formed to secure majority ownership for US giant Newmont Mining. Ririn Radiawati Kusuma & Faisal Maliki Baskoro | 10:23 PM July 15, 2011  An aerial photo of the Batu Hijau mine in Sumbawa, West Nusa Tenggara, the subject of a controversial divestment process. (JG Photo/Safir Makki) |
 | Minister Mulls Ban on Mining Exports The government is drafting a mining regulation that in the next three years could see the export of raw minerals banned, a senior minister has said. Dion Bisara | 9:16 PM July 15, 2011 Kadin Says Renewables the Key to Heading Off Energy Crisis The Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry has called on the government to show its commitment to developing renewable energy resources through regulations and pricing as the nation tries to reduce its reliance on fossil fuels. Faisal Maliki Baskoro | 8:58 PM July 15, 2011 |  |
| | life & times | Incubus Returning to Seduce Indonesian Fans Once More For longtime fans of California rock band Incubus, it must feel like Christmas in July. Not only were they treated to the release of the band's seventh studio album, "If Not Now, When?" last Tuesday, but they will also be able to catch the band live in concert at Istora Senayan on July 26. Katrin Figge | 6:03 PM July 15, 2011  Incubus' latest release, 'If Not Now, When?' marks 20 years of the band members playing music together, and sees the group exploring a mellower sound. (Photo courtesy of enjoyincubus.com) |
 | New Wave Cinema Surfs Into Bali Four years ago, a group of people met in Bali and quickly realized they had two things in common: their love of cinema and their passion for surfing. It didn't take long before Ombak Bali — an annual festival of surf-related films — was born. The fourth edition of the festival kicks off on Wednesday. Katrin Figge | 5:03 PM July 15, 2011 |  |
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