PRESS DIGEST-Indonesian General News - June 16

Following are the leading stories in the main Indonesian newspapers on June 16.

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JAKARTA POST

- BOMB EXPLODES AT COUNCIL BUILDING IN KALIMANTAN

A low-intensity bomb exploded in a council building in East Kalimantan as the president visited the province to watch a joint military exercise on Sunday.

- YUDHOYONO-SULTAN FRONTRUNNERS FOR 2009: SURVEY

A survey by the National Survey Institute, or LSN, said if President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono paired up with Yogyakarta's Sultan Hamengkubuwono X, they will win the 2009 presidential election with 51 percent of the vote.

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KORAN TEMPO

- SUMATRA'S FORESTS COULD BE EXTINCT IN FIVE YEARS: WALHI

Indonesian environmental group Walhi urged the government to take steps to save the forests of Sumatra from becoming extinct which the group forecasts will happen in five years.

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KOMPAS

- PARLIAMENT TO DRAFT ANTI-ILLEGAL LOGGING BILL

Indonesian parliament members said they are drafting an anti-illegal logging bill and expect to finish it by the end of 2008.

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