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IPB wants people
\nto eat fruit<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: The Bogor Agriculture Institute (IPB) is teaming up
\nwith the Ministry of Agriculture's directorate general of
\nhorticulture to launch a national movement for fruit and
\nvegetable consumption in a bid to promote a healthier diets.<\/p>\n
IPB rector Ahmad Ansori Matjjik said on Wednesday that such a
\ncampaign was important as many people now have a consumption
\npattern, which relies heavily on \"processed food.\"<\/p>\n
The plan was discussed during a meeting with government
\nofficials at the university's campus in Bogor, West Java.<\/p>\n
Ahmad added that the national movement would also help promote
\nthe consumption of locally produced fruit and vegetables. --
\nAntara<\/p>\n
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Nurdin faces new
\ngraft charges<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: Prosecutors demanded that Nurdin Halid, the chairman
\nof state-owned cooperatives association Inkud, be imprisoned for
\neight years on corruption charges involving illegal importation
\nof rice.<\/p>\n
The first hearing on the case was held at the North Jakarta
\nDistrict Court on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Two other Inkud senior officials including president director
\nKhiruddin Nur and manager Achmad Subadio Lamo were also named
\nsuspects.<\/p>\n
The case centers on the import of some 59,100 tons of rice
\nvalued at Rp 40 billion (US$2.25 million) from Vietnam in 2003 by
\nInkud and its partner, a private company called PT Hexatama
\nFinindo.<\/p>\n
Prosecutors charged that Inkud and Hexatama had violated
\ncustoms regulations and did not pay any import duty fees for the
\nrice.<\/p>\n
Nurdin is also facing another court case, for his alleged role
\nin the illegal importation of sugar. -- JP<\/p>",
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