230 refugees stranded: At least 230 asylum-seekers from Middle
\nEastern countries were stranded on Rote island in East Nusa
\nTenggara province after strong waves and high winds prevented
\nthem from sailing through to their destination, Australia, an
\nEast Nusa Tenggara police spokesman said on Friday.
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Bulog scam: Jakarta Police awaited permission from President
\nMegawati Soekarnoputri to question a member of the People's
\nConsultative Assembly, Subiakto Tjakrawerdaya, who was suspected
\nof involvement in a Rp 10 billion land scam at the State
\nLogistics Agency (Bulog), an officer said on Friday.
\nPage 6<\/p>\n
Mamuju clash: Seven people were killed and several others
\nseriously injured in a series of violent clashes among villagers
\nin Batuampa village, Mamuju regency, some 470 kilometers north of
\nthe South Sulawesi provincial capital of Makassar.
\nPage 7<\/p>\n
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S'pore election campaign: Singapore politicians Friday wrapped up
\na heated election campaign with a last ditch effort to move away
\nfrom intense personal attacks and defamation suits to bread and
\nbutter issues amid a severe recession.
\nPage 9<\/p>\n
PBSI apologizes: The Badminton Association of Indonesia (PBSI)
\napologized on Friday for a bad-tempered scuffle involving the
\ncountry's top player Taufik Hidayat, but the world number three
\nlooks set to escape any disciplinary action.
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Japan-U.S. discord: Japan dismissed Friday a scathing attack by
\nthe United States over Tokyo's role in World Trade Organization
\n(WTO) talks, saying it was Washington that should be criticized
\nfor insisting on its own economic agenda.
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Illegal mining: Publicly-listed state tin mining firm PT Timah
\nand local governments on Bangka and Belitung islands are studying
\nmeasures to end the illegal mining activities on the islands that
\nhave been troubling the firm for years and brought it to the
\nbrink of bankruptcy.
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