| top news | Toll Road Blocked in Wage Dispute In a heated dispute over minimum wages, thousands of Bekasi workers blocked the Jakarta-Cikampek toll road after noon prayers on Friday to protest a court ruling in favor of their employers. Bayu Marhaenjati & Carla Isati Octama | 11:55 PM January 27, 2012  Workers in Cikarang blocking the Jakarta-Cikampek toll road on Friday, protesting a contentious court ruling a day earlier. (JG Photo/Yudhi Sukma Wijaya) |
 | Police Hand Over Autopsy Reports On 2 Teens at Center of Rights Probe In an unprecedented move, a messenger from the National Police arrived on the doorstep of the National Commission on Human Rights on Friday with the autopsy report on two teenage brothers who were allegedly tortured to death in police custody. Ulma Haryanto | 11:42 PM January 27, 2012 In Today's Newspaper A Calmer Border Between Indonesia and Malaysia? The Indonesian and Malaysian governments have signed an agreement committing the often testy neighbors to help prevent disputes related to their maritime borders.
Read about the cooperative new measures in today's print edition of the Jakarta Globe, or subscribe to receive the paper every day. |  |
| | business | Indonesian Inflation to Slow Amid Easing Food Costs Indonesia's inflation rate may slow to around 3.5 percent in January from a year earlier as the increase in food prices remains benign, according to the head of the central bank. Dion Bisara & Grace Dwitiya Amianti | 9:48 PM January 27, 2012  An Indonesian vendor holds chilis for sale at a traditional market in Jakarta. Indonesia's inflation rate may slow to around 3.5 percent in January from a year earlier as the increase in food prices remains benign, according to the head of the central bank. (EPA Photo) |
 | This Time, We Mean It: Mandala Plots Its Return Mandala Airlines says it will be back in the air next month, despite failing on a previous occasion to meet a resumption deadline it set itself. Tri Listiyarini | 9:50 PM January 27, 2012 Jakarta's Water Mediators Wonder if They Still Have a Job In their talks to renegotiate a contentious contract, Jakarta water utility PAM Jaya and French-controlled operator Palyja, unable to agree on key points, have more or less reached a stalemate. Philip Jacobson | 9:52 PM January 27, 2012 |  |
| | sports | Six Months Out, London Copes With Olympic-Sized Blues London. During the past four years, a formerly contaminated plot of land in east London has been transformed from a barren moonscape to a village with sporting complexes, an enormous park and a red loop-the-loop sculpture that soars higher than the Statue of Liberty. Karla Adam | 8:36 PM January 27, 2012  The Orbit Tower and the Olympic Stadium of the London 2012 Olympic games at Stratford in the British capital. The Olympic Games will take place on July 27 to Aug. 12 and the Paralympic Games from Aug. 29 to Sept. 9. (EPA Photo/Facundo Arrizabalaga) |
 | Football: Botswana Amateurs Face Chance of a Lifetime Franceville, Gabon. Sixteen players in the Botswana squad at the African Cup of Nations are semiprofessional, while striker Jerome Ramatlhakwane doesn't even have a club at the moment. Gerald Imray | 8:41 PM January 27, 2012 NFL: Eli Making a Giant Name for Himself New York. Eli Manning has played quarterback in the considerable shadow of big brother and future Hall of Famer Peyton Manning, but next week he could surpass him in the most important statistical category — Super Bowl titles. Larry Fine | 8:58 PM January 27, 2012 |  |
| | life & times | Indonesia's Culture of Corruption Exposed on Film Every Indonesian knows that corruption is common for smoothing every bureaucratic process. You got a speeding ticket? Pay the officer. You want to renew your passport? Pay the immigration staff. You want to score a meeting with a very important person? Send the secretary a gift. Lisa Siregar | 7:37 PM January 27, 2012  'Kita versus Korupsi' features four short films about corruption in everyday life. The film's cast agreed to contribute their talents free of charge. (Photo courtesy of Kita versus Korupsi) |
| Answering Memey's Call for Help Most people today would argue that technology is slowly stripping away any semblance of human interaction. Zack Petersen | 7:11 PM January 27, 2012 Piece of Mind: Saying Farewell to Facebook Is Tough When I first started using Facebook in November 2007, little did I know that this social networking site would have the power to make me — and many other people I know — make wild assumptions. Ade Mardiyati | 7:23 PM January 27, 2012 Images Show the Power of a Helping Hand Four children stand at the front of a classroom in Burkina Faso, eyes buried in their books. Behind them sits a blackboard colored with drawings, numbers and tables. James Fettes | 7:01 PM January 27, 2012 |  |
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