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        "id": 1357140,
        "msgid": "busan-guangzhou-absent-in-medan-1447893297",
        "date": "2003-05-07 00:00:00",
        "title": "Busan, Guangzhou absent in Medan",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Busan, Guangzhou absent in Medan MEDAN, North Sumatra: Medan Sister Cities Busan, South Korea, and Guangzhou, China, were not among the participants in the A Mild International Sister Cities 2003 basketball tournament, which commenced here on Tuesday. Head of the tournament's organizing committee, Landen Marbun, said the committee decided not to invite Busan and Guangzhou to the tournament due to fears of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) outbreak.",
        "content": "<p>Busan, Guangzhou absent in Medan<\/p>\n<p>MEDAN, North Sumatra: Medan Sister Cities Busan, South Korea,<br>\nand Guangzhou, China, were not among the participants in the A<br>\nMild International Sister Cities 2003 basketball tournament,<br>\nwhich commenced here on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Head of the tournament's organizing committee, Landen Marbun,<br>\nsaid the committee decided not to invite Busan and Guangzhou to<br>\nthe tournament due to fears of the Severe Acute Respiratory<br>\nSyndrome (SARS) outbreak.<\/p>\n<p>\"We have discussed the decision with other related parties,<br>\nincluding Medan mayor Abdillah, and both Busan and Guangzhou<br>\nunderstood the reasons for our decision,\" Marbun said, adding<br>\nthat both cities had prepared to participate the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>The tournament is held as part of the North Sumatran capital's<br>\ncooperation with friendly cities, known as Sister Cities.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, Medan has a Sister City cooperation with Busan in<br>\nSouth Korea, Guangzhou in China and Penang in Malaysia.<\/p>\n<p>Tournament participants include Angsapura Sania Medan, Aspac<br>\nTexmaco, Satria Muda Aritama, Bima Sakti Nikko Steel, Medan<br>\nSelection and Penang. -- JP<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/busan-guangzhou-absent-in-medan-1447893297",
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