5.

8 quake hits North Sulawesi

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Sat, 01/08/2011 2:53 PM | Archipelago
An earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale shook the province of North Sulawesi on
Saturday at 11:10 a.m., the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG)
reported.
The epicenter of the earthquake, according to the agency, was located 156 km southwest of
Bitung at a depth of 30 kilometers. The coordinates were 0.05 North latitude and 125.00 East
longitude, as reported by Antara.
The earthquake, which was felt up to 159 kilometers southeast of Manado and 221 kilometers
southeast of Gorontalo, did not have the potential to cause a tsunami.

Luna Maya returns to showbiz

The Jakarta Post | Sat, 01/08/2011 11:18 AM | People
JP/R. Berto Wedhatama
JAKARTA: Starlet Luna Maya, whose stardom was marred by a leaked sex video in June last
year, is making a comeback this year in a sinetron (soap opera) and musical for Indosiar
television station.
Luna will star in an MD Entertainment production called Nada Cinta (Love Tune) alongside
Dewi Sandra, Randy Pangalila and Mika Tambayong. Luna will play a cheerleading coach, while
Dewi will play a music teacher.
Indosiars director of program Triandy Suyatman said the sinetron would be one of their top
shows.
The cast will also be part of a musical celebrating the stations 16th anniversary on Jan. 11,
Triandy said.
Luna and other artists will be involved in the musical K1N6 XVI, which will be aired for three
hours, he said as quoted by kompas.com.
Regarding the sex video issue, Triandy said the station was not worried about the matter. Luna
is a free individual. She has the right to work. We dont see any problem with asking Luna to be
involved, he said. We placed the sinetron in a prime time slot, because Im sure she still has a
lot of fans, Triandy said. For the musical, Luna will play the queen, he added.

Gayus shares birthday with Indonesia: Fake passport

Mariel Grazella, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Wed, 01/05/2011 1:38 PM | Headlines
Source: kompas.com
This is a photo of Gayus with a wig [as seen] on the Sony Laksono passport. The same
pseudonym Gayus [used] when he watched tennis in Bali, Denny wrote below the snapshot.
The passport boasts a photo of Gayus sporting a mop-top style wig and black-rimmed spectacles
resembling those he wore when he attended the Commonwealth tennis tournament in Bali.
A Gayus look-alike was photographed watching the tournament last November. Gayus later
admitted it was indeed him, adding that he had bribed a prison warden to secure the excursion.
Gayus' date of birth on the fake passport is written as Aug 17, 1975, making him around four
years older and making his birthday fall on Indonesia's anniversary of independence.
A passenger of an AirAsia flight wrote to Kompas daily she had seen a man resembling Gayus
sharing her flight to Singapore in September.
Nearing midday on Wednesday, the Twitter-based snapshot of the fake passport had been viewed
18,122 times.