Archive: 24 August 2003
21 articles found
Sun, 24 Aug 2003
Thai police arrest more terror suspects
Thai police arrest more terror suspectsAgencies, Bangkok/Jakarta/Kuala Lumpur Thai police have arrested five suspected terrorists including three Pakistanis and two Myanmar nationals in the northern province of Chiang Mai, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said Saturday.
Sun, 24 Aug 2003
Drug kingpin arrested after spat
Drug kingpin arrested after spatTHAILAND: Myanmar has arrested a drug kingpin as a sign it is cooperating with neighboring Thailand in the war on drugs, Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said on Saturday.
Sun, 24 Aug 2003
Housewife arrested for drugs
Housewife arrested for drugsINDONESIA: A housewife was arrested carrying 1,950 ecstasy pills in her underwear at the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang on Friday afternoon.This was the first drug arrest at the airport since police foiled an attempt by Brazilian Marco Archer Cardoso...
Sun, 24 Aug 2003
Where to go in Jakarta: Sunday, August 24, 2003
Where to go in Jakarta: Sunday, August 24, 2003Exhibitions* Photo The Transfixed Spectator, by Kassian Cephas, Erasmus Huis, Jl. H.R. Rasuna Said, Kav S-3, Kuningan, South Jakarta (Tel. 5241069), until Aug. 30.
Sun, 24 Aug 2003
Parvathi Nayar: Recounting her 'passages' through art
Parvathi Nayar: Recounting her 'passages' through artCarla Bianpoen Contributor JakartaParvathi Nayar's monograph Passages is as exceptional as the artist herself: a contemporary thinker, someone dubbed a new-Asia woman and an artist of the Renaissance generation.
Sun, 24 Aug 2003
No end in sight for GAM hostages
No end in sight for GAM hostagesThe Jakarta Post, Lhokseumawe, Aceh Farida has spent much of her time reading the Koran and praying to God during the past two months.The Acehnese woman has not seen her husband and children since Free Aceh Movement (GAM) rebels captured her, her sister Soraya and...
Sun, 24 Aug 2003
Austrian robbed of Rp 60 million
Austrian robbed of Rp 60 millionINDONESIA: A 45-year-old Austrian, Rudolf Lytner, was robbed by a gang of eight thieves at his house in Bogor, West Java, early on Saturday.The victim, who works at German-based PT Siemens distribution company, valued his losses at Rp 60 million (US$7,229).
Sun, 24 Aug 2003
Lessons to be learned
Lessons to be learned Whether in a state-of-the-art classroom in the bustling capital, or a cramped, dirt-floor shack in some less developed corner of the archipelago, Indonesian children make the best of their situation and take their lessons seriously.
Sun, 24 Aug 2003
Nh. Dini: A writer bravely bares her soul
Nh. Dini: A writer bravely bares her soulLie Hua Contributor Jakarta A novelist weaves words into a mosaic of events to get across a particular message. The events are those that the novelist has gone through, observed or heard in daily life.
Sun, 24 Aug 2003
Violent birth of new Papuan province
Violent birth of new Papuan provinceNethy Dharma Somba, The Jakarta Post, Timika, Papua Violence erupted as hundreds of protesters attacked thousands parading in Timika in support of the controversial formal establishment of the new province of Central Irian Jaya.
Sun, 24 Aug 2003
Terrified senior citizens held hostage for a third day
Terrified senior citizens held hostage for a third dayZakki Hakim, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The violent attack on the century-old Pniel nursing home on Jl. Samanhudi in Central Jakarta apparently has not satisfied the unidentified attackers, who smashed their way in on Thursday and remain holed up...
Sun, 24 Aug 2003
Laluba (Part 2 of 2)
Laluba (Part 2 of 2)Nukila Amal They've run short of men in the subdistrict. How strange; there are not enough men in this world, a world of theirs.The night of departure of more men. It was already late, but our village did not sleep. People packed for the trip.
Sun, 24 Aug 2003
Finding a treatment for irritable bowel syndrome
Finding a treatment for irritable bowel syndromeClaudine Frederik The Jakarta Post JakartaIt is a very common health condition that disrupts the lives of sufferers, but too often irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) goes unrecognized by local physicians.
Sun, 24 Aug 2003
Muslim communities put fire into antismoking drive
Muslim communities put fire into antismoking drive It has become the source of a good giggle at Langitan pesantren (Islamic boarding school) in Tuban, East Java, the tale of a student who threw a cigarette butt on the floor of the toilet where he was sneaking a smoke.
Sun, 24 Aug 2003
"Un-Islamic" hairstyles get razed
"Un-Islamic" hairstyles get razedMALAYSIA: Mohawk-style haircuts may be coming back in style, but officials in northeastern Malaysia have deemed them as "un- Islamic".Officials in Kelantan state, which is ruled by the opposition Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party, ordered a 17-year-old teenager to shave...
Sun, 24 Aug 2003
Giving Bahasa Indonesia a say -- and some respect
Giving Bahasa Indonesia a say -- and some respect Local TV stations have long been known for their appetite for pretty indo (Eurasian) faces. If they can speak Indonesian relatively well, some Westerners also get parts in local soap operas or comedies, doing cameos with deliberately broad...
Sun, 24 Aug 2003
Tobacco and poverty make for a deadly duo
Tobacco and poverty make for a deadly duoSanti W.E. Soekanto, Contributor, Jakarta santi_soekanto2001@yahoo.com For as long as 19-year-old "Mariah" can remember, her father has smoked cigarettes, often up to two packs a day.
Sun, 24 Aug 2003
TV Program: Sunday, Aug. 24, 2003
TV Program: Sunday, Aug. 24, 2003.TB.30" .90"TVRI 6:00 a.m. News: Berita Pagi7:00 Cartoon7:30 Documentary9:00 Children's Program: Bando11:00 Variety Show: Maskum Show12:00 p.m. News: Berita Siang12:30 Traditional Comedy: Mustika Campur Sari2:00 Film3:00 City News3:30 Religious Teachings4:00...
Sun, 24 Aug 2003
Finding a treatment for irritable bowel syndrome
Finding a treatment for irritable bowel syndromeClaudine Frederik, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta It is a very common health condition that disrupts the lives of sufferers, but too often irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) goes unrecognized by local physicians.
Sun, 24 Aug 2003
Iranian twins' surgeon ponders what went wrong
Iranian twins' surgeon ponders what went wrongHera Diani, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The world's attention turned to Singapore last month, hoping that the wish of Iranian conjoined twins Ladan and Laleh Bijani to be separated would come true.
Sun, 24 Aug 2003
Medan offers whiff of the past amid traffic jams
Medan offers whiff of the past amid traffic jamsPeter Janssen, Deutsche Presse-Agentur, Medan, North Sumatra Medan's Tip Top Restaurant has plenty of "tempo dulu" -- Indonesian for "times past" or "nostalgia" -- on the menu.