Archive: 16 April 2000
43 articles found
Sun, 16 Apr 2000
Gilchrist's catching skills shake S. Africa
Gilchrist's catching skills shake S. Africa CAPE TOWN (AFP): Australian wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist held a world record six catches as Australia raced to a five-wicket win with 25.3 overs to spare in the second limited-overs international against South Africa at Newlands on Friday.
Sun, 16 Apr 2000
Agassi pulls out of Monte Carlo Masters
Agassi pulls out of Monte Carlo Masters MONTE CARLO (Agencies): World number one Andre Agassi on Friday became the latest top name to drop out of the injury-hit Monte Carlo Masters tournament.Fellow Americans Pete Sampras and Todd Martin and Australians Lleyton Hewitt and Pat Rafter had already...
Sun, 16 Apr 2000
Love, Els atop leaderboard at MCI Classic
Love, Els atop leaderboard at MCI Classic HILTON HEAD, South Carolina (AFP): Ernie Els, trying to put his Masters disappointment behind him, trailed halfway leader -- and four-time winner -- Davis Love by one stroke after Saturday's chilly second round of the MCI Classic.
Sun, 16 Apr 2000
Behind the scenes at the 'X-Files'
Behind the scenes at the 'X-Files'By Lynn Elber LOS ANGELES (AP): Makeup artists Cheri Montesanto-Medcalf and Kevin Westmore were confronted with the task of turning a chubby- cheeked doll into a believable corpse for the hit U.S. television series The X-Files.
Sun, 16 Apr 2000
TV today
TV todayTVRI 6:00 a.m. Morning News 7:00 Health and Fresh 8:00 Children's Program 9:30 Variety Show 10:00 Music 11:00 TV Drama 12:15 p.m. Comedy 1:00 TV Series 2:00 News 2:30 Teen Program 3:00 Sports 4:30 Religious Teachings 5:00 Tour and Travel 5:30 Sports 6:00 Quiz 6:30 Music 7:00 Evening News...
Sun, 16 Apr 2000
India needs IT experts
India needs IT experts NEW DELHI (AFP): India is short of some 67,000 computer specialists and programmers, according to the findings of a survey published Saturday.Dewang Mehta, chief of India's National Association of Software and Service Companies (Nasscom) said its joint-study with US...
Sun, 16 Apr 2000
Asia urged to create competitive economies
Asia urged to create competitive economies SINGAPORE (DPA): Asian countries were urged on Saturday to take up the European Union's challenge of creating competitive and dynamic economies in the next decade.
Sun, 16 Apr 2000
Having the joy sucked out of my life
Having the joy sucked out of my lifeBy Lizzie Gardiner LONDON: I suffer from clinical depression and have done on and off since my teens. The current episode has lasted more than five years and it looks quite likely that I shall always have a predisposition for the big gloom.
Sun, 16 Apr 2000
Men to become midwives
Men to become midwives TOKYO (AFP): Japan's ruling party plans to revise a century- old law and allow men to become midwives, a report said Saturday.A group of lawmakers in the Liberal Democratic Party has drawn up a bill on revising the 1899 midwifery law and permit licensing men as midwives, the...
Sun, 16 Apr 2000
Self-image and well-being are linked
Self-image and well-being are linkedBy Terri Apter LONDON: The relation between a woman and her body is often seen as problematic. She is aware of herself as a "physical object", someone seen, assessed and known as a body.This self-awareness begins at an early age.
Sun, 16 Apr 2000
Santana remains on top of 'Billboard'
Santana remains on top of 'Billboard' NEW YORK (AP): Weekly charts for the best-selling recorded music in the United States as they appear in next week's issue of Billboard magazine.Reprinted with permission.
Sun, 16 Apr 2000
Artists show the simple way to fight bad hair days
Artists show the simple way to fight bad hair daysBy Agni Amorita JAKARTA (JP): Actress, model and singer Desy Ratnasari always steals the show. As usual, all eyes are on her. This time, however, for a different reason.
Sun, 16 Apr 2000
Rushdie hopes for new relationship with India
Rushdie hopes for new relationship with India NEW DELHI (AP): On his first visit to India in 12 years, author Salman Rushdie said he hoped to begin a new relationship with the country of his birth, where his controversial book Satanic Verses was banned following protests by Muslims across the world.
Sun, 16 Apr 2000
Complacency won't wreck my dream, says Schumacher
Complacency won't wreck my dream, says Schumacher LONDON (AFP): Michael Schumacher told the Press Association he would not allow complacency to wreck his dream of regaining the drivers' crown for Ferrari after 21 years.
Sun, 16 Apr 2000
Pick of the Flicks (for Sunday, April 16, 2000)
Pick of the Flicks (for Sunday, April 16, 2000)Hollywood KC Deuce Bigalow 14:15 16:55 19:05 21:15 Sleepy Hollow 14:55 17:35 19:45 21:55 Drive Me Crazy 14:15 16:55 19:05 21:15 Stir Of Echoes 14:55 17:35 19:45 21:55 Boys Don't Cry 14:15 16:55 19:05 21:15Senayan Boys Don't Cry 13:00 15:15 17:30 19:45...
Sun, 16 Apr 2000
Castro pays surprise visit to Gus Dur
Castro pays surprise visit to Gus Dur HAVANA (JP): President Abdurrahman Wahid left Cuba for Tokyo on Friday, a few hours after his host counterpart Fidel Castro sprang a surprise with an unscheduled visit.
Sun, 16 Apr 2000
Passarella to face fine
Passarella to face fine MONTEVIDEO (AFP): Uruguay's Argentine coach Daniel Passarella faces a fine of some US$210,000, worth some three month's salary, if he carries out his threat to resign, local paper El Pais reported here on Friday.
Sun, 16 Apr 2000
The tyranny of underwear and women
The tyranny of underwear and womenBy Emma Warren LONDON: Knickers, you'd think, would be pretty resistant to the persistent forces of beauty technology. Unless you are an Olympic swimmer and you need your briefs specially designed to reduce trawl and cut those vital milliseconds from your breast-...
Sun, 16 Apr 2000
Hollywood stars earn big money in Italian adverts
Hollywood stars earn big money in Italian advertsBy Rory Carroll ROME: Marlon Brando has boarded a Hollywood gravy train to Italy to appear in adverts that earn fistfuls of dollars but safeguard thespian reputations by remaining unseen in America.
Sun, 16 Apr 2000
Local divers qualify for Sydney
Local divers qualify for Sydney JAKARTA (JP): Young divers must gain experience in international events as a way to prepare them to become world- class divers, a former national diver has said.Myrna Sukasah said in a telephone interview on Saturday from Amsterdam that qualifiers Shenny Ratna Amelia...
Sun, 16 Apr 2000
Iraq rejects resumption of UN weapons inspections
Iraq rejects resumption of UN weapons inspections BAGHDAD (AFP): Iraq on Saturday rejected the latest UN plans to resume weapons inspections in the country, saying a proposal for the new arms body UNMOVIC "means nothing to us.
Sun, 16 Apr 2000
Dangers and alternatives to coffee drinking habit
Dangers and alternatives to coffee drinking habitBy Jane Clarke LONDON: Coffee, like tea, is a fine drink, but your body can suffer in numerous ways from caffeine toxicity, if you over- consume - that is, drink more than two to three cups a day.
Sun, 16 Apr 2000
New law boosts consumer's position
New law boosts consumer's position People cheer that the much-awaited Consumer Protection Law will take effect on April 21. But the long struggle to strengthen the weak position of consumers in the country has not ended.
Sun, 16 Apr 2000
Aswan, Meity hope to win c'ships
Aswan, Meity hope to win c'ships JAKARTA (JP): Men's kata fighter Aswan Ali and women's kumite fighter Meity Kaseger have expressed hope to repeat their medal wins in the seventh World Shotokan Karate-do International Federation championships in Nusa Dua, Bali, next week.
Sun, 16 Apr 2000
Consumer law gets mixed reaction from businesspeople
Consumer law gets mixed reaction from businesspeople JAKARTA (JP): The implementation of the consumer protection law on April 21, 2000 has aroused mixed reactions from the business community.A number of business organizations, including the Indonesian Retailers Association, the Association of Food...
Sun, 16 Apr 2000
Mob attacks boarding school
Mob attacks boarding school BATANG, Central Java (JP): Dozens of residents of Broko village in Wonotunggal district stoned an Islamic boarding school on Friday for allegedly propagating the Islamic branch of Shia teaching.Sgt. Maj.
Sun, 16 Apr 2000
Teachers in cities more realistic than in villages
Teachers in cities more realistic than in villages JAKARTA (JP): Many elderly Indonesian teachers, especially those living in villages and regencies, still believe that teaching is a devotion.However, in big cities like Jakarta, nowadays teachers are generally more realistic.
Sun, 16 Apr 2000
Guess What? AdeRai
Guess What? AdeRai National bodybuilding champion Ade Rai has many dreams.Three years ago, he shared with The Jakarta Post his dream of building well-equipped gyms that would have special rates for young people.And he accomplished his dream earlier this year he opened five gyms: in Jl.
Sun, 16 Apr 2000
Walkway accident
Walkway accident On April 11, two of my friends and I went early in the morning to Carrefour on Jl. Sudirman. We used the moving walkway to go into the store and I even held the arm of my friend because I was afraid I would fall.
Sun, 16 Apr 2000
Rapid ups and downs result in memorable Toraja trip
Rapid ups and downs result in memorable Toraja tripText by Devi M. Asmarani TANA TORAJA, South Sulawesi (JP): The objective of my last vacation was clear from the start: to get as far away from civilization without having to spend senseless days on the road so that I could make it back to work...
Sun, 16 Apr 2000
Spotlight
SpotlightPhoto G: MotorJP/alxFLASHY RIDE: Lippo Group deputy chairman James T. Riady (left, foreground) looks at the newly launched Jetmatic while PT Kymco Motor Indonesia president Wu Chaw Yee (right) conducts a hands-on inspection.
Sun, 16 Apr 2000
PSSI to set up special team to screen players for drugs
PSSI to set up special team to screen players for drugs JAKARTA (JP): Chairman of the Soccer Association of Indonesia (PSSI) Agum Gumelar said Saturday he would set up a special team to monitor soccer players to prevent them from using illegal drugs.
Sun, 16 Apr 2000
Murder suspect questioned
Murder suspect questioned JAKARTA (JP): Tebet Police detectives are questioning a murder suspect in connection with the Saturday morning killing of a clothing manager at his residence on Jl. Tebet Timur IV, South Jakarta.Tebet Police chief Maj.
Sun, 16 Apr 2000
Abus
AbusBy Bondan Winarno If father hadn't forced me, I would never have studied the Koran under Abus. Never. Abus wasn't my teacher's real name. Everyone honored him with the Arabic title "Abu," but Father told me his real name was Bustomi. He himself called him Abu. Even my grandfather called him Abu.
Sun, 16 Apr 2000
Putting much-awaited consumer protection law in perspective
Putting much-awaited consumer protection law in perspective JAKARTA (JP): The situation is changing for consumers who have long lacked recourse concerning dud products and shoddy services.With the consumer protection law set to take effect on April 21, the public hopes they will no longer be...
Sun, 16 Apr 2000
Police use tear gas on Anwar protesters
Police use tear gas on Anwar protesters KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysian police used a water cannon and tear gas Saturday to break up protests by hundreds of chanting supporters of jailed ex-deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim, witnesses said.
Sun, 16 Apr 2000
Consumer Protection Law is just the start
Consumer Protection Law is just the startBy Stevie Emilia JAKARTA (JP): After pushing for the Consumer Protection Law for 19 years, the Indonesian Consumers Foundation (YLKI) can now breathe easy. The law will be implemented April 20, a year after being signed by former president B.J. Habibie.
Sun, 16 Apr 2000
Musical of 'Fairy-tale King' Ludwig opens in Germany
Musical of 'Fairy-tale King' Ludwig opens in Germany FUESSEN, Germany (DPA): A musical about 19th century Bavarian King Ludwig II made its world premiere at a theater within sight of one of the fairy-tale castles he built.
Sun, 16 Apr 2000
Guess What? Guruh Sukarno Putra
Guess What? Guruh Sukarno Putra Guruh Sukarno Putra is only 43. But don't ask him too many questions because the son of the founding father of Indonesia, Sukarno, cannot remember that many things about his life.
Sun, 16 Apr 2000
Children seek ban on smacking
Children seek ban on smacking LONDON (AFP): Some 100 British children marched Saturday to Prime Minister Tony Blair's residence, demanding that parents be barred from smacking their children as a means of punishment.
Sun, 16 Apr 2000
Japan to revise constitution
Japan to revise constitution TOKYO (AP): A record 60 percent of Japanese support the long- taboo idea of revising the nation's U.S.-written constitution, according to a newspaper poll released Saturday.
Sun, 16 Apr 2000
Best places cited to snooze at UN
Best places cited to snooze at UN UNITED NATIONS (AP): The United Nations is known for its marathon talkfests that can put even the most seasoned diplomats to sleep. Now there's hope for an antidote.Former French Ambassador Alain Dejammet has done a service to all his colleagues by writing a...
Sun, 16 Apr 2000
While I was having my hair done...
While I was having my hair done... JAKARTA (JP): Every time I pull my hair back in a ponytail, it doesn't mean that I enjoy showing off my receding hairline. It only means it is time to go to my stylist to have my hair washed, moisturized and blow-dried properly.