PRESS DIGEST-Indonesian General News - Oct 23

Following are the leading business stories in the main Indonesian newspapers on Oct. 23. 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).

THE JAKARTA POST

- INDONESIA VOWS TO DO MORE FOR MIDDLE EAST TALKS

Indonesia will do more to support the latest U.S.-sponsored peace talks between Palestine and Israel, including co-hosting a conference for capacity-building for Palestinians at the end of the year, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono told Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday.

- ENVOY DISCUSSES CHANGE IN MYANMAR WITH GENERALS

During his visit to Myanmar to attend the funeral of the country's Prime Minister Soe Win last week, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's special envoy, former general Agus Widjojo, met with several influential Myanmar generals to discuss the situation in the troubled nation.

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KORAN TEMPO

- ILLEGAL DRUG PRODUCTION NETWORK BUSTED

Indonesian police have cracked down on an illegal drug production network, seizing four crystal meth and ecstasy factories on Batam island and 454 billion rupiah worth of chemical precursors, the national police chief told a news conference on Monday.

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