Possible AIDS cure, a dream for many By Tom Wright JAKARTA (Reuter): For one pregnant, HIV-infected patient at the Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital in Jakarta, talk in Canada of a possible cure for the killer disease AIDS can only be a pipedream. The 23 year-old woman, who asked to remain anonymous because of possible discrimination, could not even afford to get to Jakarta from her village 100 km (60 miles) away.

Poland calls on Indonesian firms to join economic forum JAKARTA (JP): The Polish government called on Indonesian companies to participate in its first economic forum with Southeast Asian countries due to be held in Warsaw on Sept. 2 to Sept. 3. "I hope they see the forum as a great opportunity to sound out the possibilities of doing business with my country's firms," the commercial counselor at the Polish Embassy, Boguslawa Barankiewicz, said yesterday.