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Archive: 28 January 1996

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Special recipes for Ramadhan month

Special recipes for Ramadhan month JAKARTA (JP): Certain kinds of food go with certain holidays. At Thanksgiving, for example, Americans serve turkey and pumpkin pie. In Indonesia certain foods are served during the Ramadhan fasting month and on Idul Fitri.

ASEAN: A key partner of EU in emergimg Asian region

ASEAN: A key partner of EU in emergimg Asian region Yeo Lay Hwee sketches out the future direction of the relationship between ASEAN and the European Community Asia-Europe relations have been receiving a lot of attention lately.

Finding a proper use for that diary

Finding a proper use for that diary JAKARTA (JP): A dairy is a place of useful production. There used to be some nuns up in Puncak who kept cows and you could visit them to buy their delicious fresh cheese.

ABRI announces major reshuffle in its ranks

ABRI announces major reshuffle in its ranks JAKARTA (JP): The Armed Forces (ABRI) has announced a big reshuffle in its mid-level command structure, affecting 92 officers in the Army, Navy, Air Force and National Police.

TV today

TV todayTVRI 7:00 a.m. Morning News 7:30 Healthy and Fit 7:40 TV Series: Speed Keteers 8:05 Among Us 8:35 Children Stories 9:00 People and Events 9:30 Comedy: Ria Jenaka 9:45 Music: Album Kita 10:45 Youth Program: Temu Remaja 11:15 Cooking: Masakan Indonesia 11:45 Sports: Dari Gelanggang ke...

Guess What?

Guess What? Question: What is the longest word in English? Answer: Smiles. (There is a mile between the first character and the last one.)Megawati Soekarnoputri, chief of the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI), may not know the riddle, but that isn't important.

12 elephants found dead

12 elephants found dead JAKARTA (JP): Twelve wild elephants were found dead in a coconut palm plantation in the province of Riau, an conservation officer said yesterday.The head of the local natural conservation office, Soesilo Legowo, told Antara that the elephants were found dead earlier this...

Ricky and Rexy save the day for Indonesia

Ricky and Rexy save the day for Indonesia SEOUL (Agencies): World men's doubles champions Ricky Subagja and Rexy Mainaky claimed Indonesia's share of the final day's honors at the Korea Open badminton championships yesterday.

Wimar opts for show business not politics

Wimar opts for show business not politics This is the second and last part of The Jakarta Post's interview with Wilmar Witoelar, a former student activist who became a management consultant and then host of the Perspektif TV talk show.

'Mbok' Nah turns 60

'Mbok' Nah turns 60By Lea Pamungkas For the past two weeks Mbok Nah had been feeling perplexed. It wasn't that she was no longer strong enough to carry the basket of jamu, even though she had just turned 60. Her jamu still sold well.

Gus Dur, the sleepy but alert scholar

Gus Dur, the sleepy but alert scholar JAKARTA (JP): One needs only to attend a seminar featuring Abdurrahman Wahid, the controversial scholar and leader of the Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) Moslem organization, to realize that the man can fall asleep anywhere.

Ramadhan time for Jakarta

Ramadhan time for JakartaSunday Maghrib 6.20 p.m.Monday Imsak 4:23 a.m. Subuh 4.33 a.m.

Six killed in car explosion

Six killed in car explosion JAKARTA (JP): Six people riding in a minibus were killed, and two others seriously injured after the vehicle exploded in Semarang, Central Java on Friday night.The vehicle's body was cut in two and the roof thrown 10 meters away by an explosion heard two kilometers away.

Idul Fitri's exodus brings problems for many women

Idul Fitri's exodus brings problems for many womenBy T. Sima Gunawan JAKARTA (JP): Ramadhan is always the busiest month for Sita, a woman with three sons. Her maid as well as her son's nanny will soon leave for their hometown in Central Java to celebrate Idul Fitri with their families.

Jakarta mosques reflect various cultures of city

Jakarta mosques reflect various cultures of cityText by Rita A. Widiadana photos by Mulkan Salmona JAKARTA (JP): For Moslems, a mosque, be it big or small, symbolizes eternal tranquility. A mosque is a very important place for religious activities, and as a cultural and a information center.

Stressed ministers flock to Asshiddiqiyah 'pesantren'

Stressed ministers flock to Asshiddiqiyah 'pesantren'By Wisnu Pramudya JAKARTA (JP): It's 2 a.m., a time when most Jakartans are fast asleep. In the huge white building that is the Asshiddiqiyah Pesantren (traditional Islamic boarding school) in Kedoya, West Jakarta, however, hundreds of students...

WB recommendations seen as conditionalities

WB recommendations seen as conditionalities Is the World Bank interfering with the domestic political environment of client countries?By Joaquin L Gonzalez III Is the World Bank drifting away from its mandate? This is a serious question one asks after examining Bureaucrats in Business (1995), the...

Truth about balance of power dimension

Truth about balance of power dimension From its very inception, ASEAN's approach to security issues has contained a balance of power dimension.By Michael Leifer In academic and political debate on regional security within Southeast Asia, a dismissive attitude has arisen towards the concept and...

Frans Seda hospitalized

Frans Seda hospitalized JAKARTA (JP): Ex-minister Frans Seda is being treated at the Carolus hospital for fatigue.His wife, Johanna Maria Pattinaya, told The Jakarta Post yesterday that Seda had been admitted to the hospital last Saturday, and was scheduled to return home next week.

NU, 70 years in the whirlpool of politics

NU, 70 years in the whirlpool of politicsBy Santi W.E. Soekanto and Wisnu Pramudya JAKARTA (JP): An elderly kyai (Moslem teacher) from a remote office of the Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) wept openly when he realized he had inadvertently been caught in a conflict between the elite layer of Indonesia's...

Change looms for Nahdlatul Ulama

Change looms for Nahdlatul Ulama Nahdlatul Ulama, Indonesia's largest Moslem organization with 30 million members and supporters, will celebrate its 70th anniversary on Jan. 31. Under the leadership of Abdurrahman Wahid and Ilyas Ruhiyat, it is undergoing reform geared to accommodate the growing...

Rebels reportedly moving with hostages

Rebels reportedly moving with hostages JAKARTA (JP): The military said yesterday that Irian Jaya separatist rebels holding 13 hostages were planning to move out of their jungle hideout in Mapunduma, Antara reported.Brig. Gen.

Keeping to ASEAN's 'rules of the game'

Keeping to ASEAN's 'rules of the game' Vietnam's membership and the likely entry of Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar bring certain challenges to ASEAN.By Hoang Anh Tuan After decades of competing with ASEAN in establishing a regional order, Vietnam finally joined the regional organization in July 1995.