Rallies banned in next year's electioneering JAKARTA (JP): The government has issued a new election campaigning rule, formally banning the street rallies and convoys of political supporters in trucks or on motorbikes that in the past were the highlights of the election period. Attorney General Singgih announced yesterday the issuance of Government Regulation No. 99/1996 on Dec. 24.

African Moslems on brotherly visit SURABAYA: Five South African Moslems are currently visiting East Java in an effort to enhance relations and set up cooperation with their brothers in the province, Antara reported. The visitors -- Sheik Abdul Gamied, Abbas Gamied, Cassiems Solomons, Riedwan Gabier and Dr Osman Fahier -- were received by East Java's deputy governor for economic and development affairs Soeprapto Thursday.

Relatives accept corporal's death DILI, East Timor: Mourning relatives of Army chief corporal Alfredo Siga dos Santos said they regarded his death as an "accident", Antara reported yesterday. Alfredo was killed by a mob inside Dili's main cathedral on Christmas Eve. He was on Christmas leave and was in the crowd greeting the return of Bishop Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo from Oslo after accepting the Nobel Peace Prize. "His relatives accept that this sad affair was an accident.

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