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LPS holds guaranteed deposit rate at 7.5 percent

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Deposit Insurance Corporation (LPS) decides to keep its maximum guaranteed rupiah deposit rate at 7.5 percent until January 14, 2015. The agency also holds its guaranteed dollar deposit rate at  1.5 percent. "We have evaluated both rupiah and dollar guaranteed rate based on deposit market rate in general banks from November 17 to December 12," LPS's Secretary Samsu...

ISIS

RI Ambassador to Switzerland: ISIS possibly financed by the West

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Indonesian Ambassador to Switzerland, Djoko Susilo conveyed that alleged existence of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) was inseparable from Western interest. He said that Western countries financed and facilitated ISIS."ISIS leader, Abu Bakar Al-Baghdadi was ever detained in the United States and he considered harmless. After released, he could be asked to play...