Ecstasy smugglers use post offices JAKARTA (JP): Overseas traffickers of Ecstasy pills and heroin have made post offices in Indonesia's big cities one of their favorite ways of smuggling drugs, says an officer at the Directorate General of Customs and Excise.

Death toll in plane crash up BANJARMASIN, South Kalimantan: The death toll in Saturday's plane crash rose to 18 yesterday when one of the four critically injured people died in hospital. The latest to die, Ardiansyah, 45, was a worker at the gas factory the locally-built light aircraft crashed into on Saturday. He died from the burns he sustained all over his body.

Garuda Indonesia agrees to train travel agents JAKARTA (JP): National flag carrier Garuda Indonesia signed yesterday an agreement with the Association of Indonesian Travel Agencies (Asita) on improving travel agents' skills. Under the agreement, signed by Garuda chief of aviation training Daryanto and Asita chairman Sri Mulyono Herlambang, Garuda will provide training facilities for travel agents.

Military track down protesters DILI, East Timor: The military vowed yesterday to track down more leaders of the Nov. 25 anti-government demonstration here. "They make youths demonstrate when they think it is appropriate, such as when foreign journalists visit the town," said Maj. Gen. Abdul Rivai, chief of the Udayana military command who oversees security in Bali, Nusa Tenggara and East Timor.

Belo acknowledges differences with Horta By Lela E. Madjiah OSLO (JP): Winners of the 1996 Nobel Peace Prize Carlos Felipe Ximenes Belo of East Timor and Fretilin leader Jose Ramos Horta acknowledged yesterday their differences by appearing in separate press conferences in conjunction with the prize presentation today. In earlier plans, Belo and self-exiled Ramos Horta were to appear together at a press conference at the Nobel Institute.

RI SEA Games basketball win forecast JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian Basketball Association Chairman Harmoko said he was confident that the country's men's team will grab the gold medal at the 19th SEA Games here in October next year. Harmoko made his point after closing the association's working meeting here and celebrating Indonesia's success in winning the Grand Final of the Second Southeast Asian Basketball Association (SEABA) championships in Surabaya, East Java Sunday.