Orangutans infected with hepatitis<\/p>\n
SAMARINDA, East Kalimantan: The Wanariset Semboja orangutan
\nconservation center has found 58 of the orangutans it is
\ncurrently handling have been infected with hepatitis.<\/p>\n
Spokesman for the center Jean Mandala said on Thursday the
\norangutans were now receiving treatment and had been isolated
\nfrom the rest of the animals. Some of them have been diagnosed as
\nhaving hepatitis C.<\/p>\n
The Samarinda-based center is home to 183 orangutans which had
\nbeen seized during crackdowns on protected species or voluntarily
\nhanded in by their masters.<\/p>\n
Mandala said he believed the orangutans had contracted the
\nvirus from their former masters because of their close genetic
\nlink.<\/p>\n
He said the orangutans with hepatitis would be released to the
\nforest after treatment.<\/p>\n
Common diseases found in orangutans include tuberculosis, flu
\nand worms.<\/p>\n
Wanariset Semboja has released some 700 orangutans into their
\nnatural habitat since 1990. -- Antara<\/p>\n
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\nScene-ITB-food<\/p>\n
JP\/4\/SCENE<\/p>\n
ITB to open school of food supplements<\/p>\n
BANDUNG: The Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) plans to
\nopen a new school to produce experts in drugs and cosmetics in
\n2004.<\/p>\n
The institute's rector Kusmayanto Kadiman said on Thursday the
\nnew discipline would replace the current pharmaceutical faculty,
\nand would involve the schools of biology, physics and chemical
\nengineering.<\/p>\n
Students of the new school will also learn marketing to enable
\nthem to sell drugs and cosmetics, Kusmayanto told a seminar.<\/p>\n
He called the new discipline the school of food supplements,
\npending an official name.<\/p>\n
He anticipated the school would admit 600 students in its
\nfirst year.<\/p>\n
The new school is badly needed, according to Kusmayanto,
\nbecause Indonesia is lagging behind other Asian countries in the
\ndiscipline.<\/p>\n
An advisor to the Minister of Health Richard Panjaitan
\nwelcomed the proposal, saying it would give a boost to the use of
\ntraditional medicine. -- Antara<\/p>\n
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\nPresident uninvited to Hindu event
\nJP\/4\/SCENE<\/p>\n
President not invited to Hindu event<\/p>\n
MATARAM, West Nusa Tenggara: Unlike past years, the national
\norganizing committee of Utsawa Dharma Gita Hindu holy verse
\nreading contest this year will not invite the President to open
\nthe event.<\/p>\n
The decision followed a meeting of the committee presided over
\nby Governor Harun Al Rasyid, whose province has been named host
\nof the annual contest.<\/p>\n
Harun said President Megawati Soekarnoputri would not be
\ninvited because she failed to turn up to open a Koran reading
\ncontest hosted by the province last June.<\/p>\n
\"If the President is invited and fulfills our invitation this
\ntime around, we fear it will spark unwanted consequences,\" Harun
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
West Nusa Tenggara is predominantly a Muslim province, with a
\nminority Hindu population whose ancestors came from the
\nneighboring island of Bali.<\/p>\n
The Utsawa Dharma Gita will take place between Oct. 26 and
\nOct. 30, featuring some 500 contestants representing provinces
\nthroughout the country. -- Antara<\/p>",
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