Abstainers may reach 60%: Gus Dur<\/p>\n
YOGYAKARTA: Former President Abdurrahman \"Gus Dur\" Wahid
\nforecast on Saturday that the number of people likely to abstain
\nfrom voting in the second round of the presidential election on
\nSept. 20 could be as high as 60 percent.<\/p>\n
\"Based on an analysis by my staff, the number of poll
\nabstainers will rise significantly, reaching 50 percent to 60
\npercent,\" said Gus Dur, who is also the chief patron of the
\nNational Awakening Party (PKB).<\/p>\n
He refused to comment on whether the elected president would
\nbe perceived as having little legitimacy due to the huge number
\nof abstentions, but said he would continue not to vote in the
\nrunoff. --JP<\/p>\n
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\nMore workers arrive from KL
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More workers arrive from KL<\/p>\n
SAMARINDA, East Kalimantan: The deportation of Indonesian
\nworkers from Malaysia has continued, with 1,000 to 3,000 arriving
\nevery day in Nunukan regency, East Kalimantan, a local official
\nsaid on Saturday.<\/p>\n
\"The workers arriving are not only those deported but also
\nothers wanting to arrange the extension of their immigration
\ndocuments,\" said Kasmir Foret, the Nunukan deputy regent, who
\nalso serves as the task force coordinator for the problems
\nassociated with returning workers.<\/p>\n
He said, however, the arrival of illegal workers would cause
\nserious worries if they reached 5,000 or more per day and that
\nshould major influxes begin, his administration would ask the
\nprovincial and central governments to help deal with the problem.<\/p>\n
The Malaysian authorities said recently they would soon deport
\nhundreds of thousands of illegal workers from abroad, including
\nIndonesia. --JP<\/p>\n
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\nSuicide bombings less effective: Awwad
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Suicide bombings less effective: Awwad<\/p>\n
BOGOR: Suicide bombings by Palestinians are not so effective
\nas a means of putting pressure on Israel but Palestinians will
\ncontinue the fight against occupation by the Jewish state,
\nPalestinian Ambassador to Indonesia Ribbi Y. Awwad has said.<\/p>\n
He said Palestinian fighters dared to take deadly risks by
\nperpetrating suicide bombings because all other routes to the
\nachievement of independence had been closed off by Israel and the
\nUnited States.<\/p>\n
\"We have been in this difficult condition for more than 100
\nyears. The U.S. president should stand up for just one minute and
\ntell Israel to end its occupation of Palestine,\" Awwad said after
\na discussion in Bogor, West Java, on Saturday. --JP<\/p>",
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