| top news | Indonesian Workers Take to Streets on May Day As more than 160,000 workers held rallies across the country to mark May Day on Tuesday, an economist said the government had its own work to do in improving the welfare of laborers. Jakarta Globe | 11:18 PM May 1, 2012  Workers marching toward the State Palace in Jakarta on Tuesday. Thousands of workers held a peaceful rally in the capital demanding better pay and an end to outsourcing. Nationwide, police put the number of demonstrators at more than 160,000. (JG Photo/Yudhi Sukma Wijaya) |
 | Indonesia's Graftbusters Offer Angelina a Leniency Deal Lawmakers, including some from the ruling Democratic Party, welcomed the antigraft agency's offer on Tuesday to enlist graft suspect Angelina Sondakh as a justice collaborator to track down others implicated in her case. Ezra Sihite, Rizky Amelia & Natasia Christy Wahyuni | 11:07 PM May 1, 2012 In Today's Newspaper Coalition Wants More KPK Action In Forestry Sector The Anti-Forestry Mafia Coalition demanded on Tuesday that the nation's antigraft body speed up the settlement of corruption cases involving the forestry sector.
Coalition representative Emerson Yuntho said that numerous public officials and some 20 companies who benefited from questionable forest concession permits have yet to be investigated by the Corruption Eradication Commission. Read about it in today's Jakarta Globe or subscribe to receive the paper every day. |  |
| | business |  A shopkeeper arranging snack foods in Jakarta on Tuesday. Annual inflation accelerated to the highest level in seven months in April on concerns over plans to raise subsidized fuel prices. (Antara Photo) |
 | A Tale of Two of Indonesia's State-Owned Base Metal Producers Earnings results at Aneka Tambang and Timah, two of Indonesia's state-controlled base metal producers, provide what might seem a contradictory picture. While Jakarta-based Antam posted an increase in net income in the first quarter, Timah reported an almost 50 percent decline. Francezka Nangoy | 9:12 PM May 1, 2012 Bakrie & Brothers to Raise $1b for Debt, Expansion Bakrie & Brothers, the holding company for the Bakrie family's diversified business interests, will repay a $437 million debt to creditors rather than put up more of its Bumi Plc shares as collateral, a source familiar with the matter told BeritaSatu. Wisnu Bagus | 9:14 PM May 1, 2012 |  |
| | sports | Manchester City Two Wins From Champions League Glory Manchester, England. Manchester City's win over Manchester United sparked revelry among the blue half of the city on Monday, yet two tricky fixtures lie between the team and its first English league title since 1968. Mark Walsh | 10:05 PM May 1, 2012  Manchester City's Vincent Kompany scores the winner against Manchester United during the inter-city rivals' league match at Etihad Stadium in Manchester on Monday. (AP Photo/Jon Super) |
| Japanese Ace Darvish Looking More at Home With Each Win Toronto. With his 1.95-meter frame sprawled across a small couch in the Texas Rangers clubhouse like it was his living room, Yu Darvish had the relaxed look of someone quite at home in his new major league surroundings. Steve Keating | 8:47 PM May 1, 2012 |  |
| | life & times | Jakarta Artist Jazzes Up Plain Paper Like his namesake, Jazz Pasay can't, and won't, be pigeonholed. He draws inspiration from many fields, bringing them together in his art. That vision is currently on display in a solo exhibition of his eclectic work at dia.lo.gue Artspace in Kemang, South Jakarta. Katrin Figge | 8:15 PM May 1, 2012  Art, fashion and photography come together at the dia.lo.gue Artspace in Kemang, South Jakarta, where Jazz Pasay's exhibition, 'Seeing Through Paper,' showcases an array of paper-inspired creations. (JG Photo/ Photo Courtesy of dia.lo.gue Artspace) |
 | Living History in Istanbul's Old City Istanbul is the only city in the world that sits on two continents — Europe and Asia. As Turkey's biggest city, it is every bit the modern metropolis, with constant traffic by bridge and ferry over the Bosphorus Strait that connects East and West. But it is the city's history that tourists come to experience, and they know just where to find it: Istanbul's Old City, Sultanahmet. | 8:22 PM May 1, 2012 |  |
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