From pupa to souvenir Indonesia's vast territory possesses an astonishing biodiversity, and Papua is definitely not an exception. Some pictures presented here are just the few beauty of the various biodiversities. Some species of butterfly are breed in the Arfak Natural Conservation, some 25 kilometers from Manokwari. The conservation area lies 1,000 meter above sea level.

Three injured in grenade explosion INDONESIA: Two unidentified motorcyclists threw a grenade at a group of people congregated along the roadside in Lateri hamlet, Teluk Ambon Baguala district, Ambon, on Saturday, injuring three people and causing panic among residents. Two of the victims, Dudi Mimi and Julius Moses, were only slightly injured. However, the third victim, Simon Usmani, sustained serious head, arm and leg injuries. Police officer Second Insp.

Teen designers make their own cut Evi Mariani, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Filda Fibriani, now 18, started her own business at the tender age of 17. Beginning with one sewing machine, she now runs a boutique while finishing her studies at a vocational high school. She is one of those rare teenagers who has known exactly what she wants to be at an early age, and has chosen to follow her dream instead of following the well-worn route of high school, then college.

Java Jazz draws best performers, fans M. Taufiqurrahman and Evi Mariani, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta It was not the typical scene that greets people at venues where jazz is played. If jazz lovers usually savored jazz in a small club with a cozy atmosphere, concertgoers at the Java Jazz Festival had to elbow their way into the separate halls as their favorite performers the likes of Earth, Wind & Fire, Incognito and Deodato took to the stage.

Trauma recovery to take years A. Junaidi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Husen, a six-year-old boy at a shelter in Banda Aceh, Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam, drew a big red wave and several figures in black on a piece of paper. Husen and dozens of other children, accompanied by volunteers from Yayasan Pulih and UK-based Save the Children, tried to express their memories of the Dec. 26 disaster.

Closer work needed to find Aceh children a home Tertiani ZB Simanjuntak, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta While everyone agrees that it takes a village to raise a child, the combined efforts of various institutions and organizations to find a home for orphaned and separated Acehnese children have yet to receive the greater attention they need.

Multicultural band enlivens Jakarta nightlife Kurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Tigapuluh music bar at Le Meridien Hotel was deserted when I arrived at about 10:00 p.m. on a weekend. Only a few visitors could be seen -- several men chatting with their girlfriends and others conversing with colleagues. While the stage hands of the featured band, Level 6, were preparing their musical instruments on the diamond-shaped stage, more and more visitors began to enter.

The 'Sex Machine' gets on up in Jakarta Rich Simmons, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta "Everybody's got soul! Everybody doesn't have the same culture to draw from, but everybody's got soul." -- James Brown The 13-piece band was wicked tight, the dancers were even tighter and the Godfather of Soul was shakin' his moneymaker deep into Saturday morning at the Jakarta Convention Center in a performance befitting of one of his many monikers, the "Hardest Working Man in Show Biz".

Jakarta Monas tripped up by Jakarta 46 BNI Moch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta After getting off to an excellent start in the 2005 Proliga Volleyball championship with a defeat of women's defending champions Jakarta Electric PLN on Friday, Jakarta Monas Bank DKI suffered a letdown on Saturday. Jakarta 46 BNI easily overcame its challenge 3-0 (17-25, 18- 25, 17-25) for its second win of the tournament after defeating Yogya Tomkins on Friday.

Indonesia gets upper hand over Uzbekistan in doubles Musthofid, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta It was a scrappy, see-saw four-hour tussle, but Indonesia scraped by in the doubles on Saturday to lead Uzbekistan 2-1 in their Asia-Oceania Group I tie. The veteran pairing of Suwandi and Bonit Wiryawan came back from losing the first set and held off a late charge by Murad Inoyatov and Denis Istomin to win 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 at the Senayan hardcourt in Central Jakarta.

Fiddler of souls turns Jakarta crowd into instant fans Evi Mariani, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Amp Fiddler is awesome. Nearly no one in Jakarta had heard of him before the Java Jazz Festival, but this guy drew an ever-growing crowd to dance and sing along to his jazzy funk, urban soul tunes -- not to mention the screams of adoration that erupted as he punched his keyboard passionately.

Grand Wedding Expo to unveil on March 11 Kurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Just in time for the wedding season -- or for those couples budding with nuptial anticipation -- the fourth Grand Wedding Expo will be held from March 11 through 13 at the Jakarta Convention Center. Featuring the work of designer Nelwan Anwar, about 30 wedding dresses and gowns made from ramie, a natural fiber, will be sent down the catwalk for the expo's opening show.

Australian banned by Jakarta claims no rebel links Paul Tait, Reuters, Sydney, Australia An Australian academic banned from Indonesia said on Saturday incorrect reports that he had links to separatist rebels in tsunami-hit Aceh province could have been the reason he was refused entry this week. Edward Aspinall was turned away in Jakarta on Tuesday on his way to work for an Australian aid agency in Aceh -- where more than 220,000 people are dead or missing after the Dec.

Holders Persebaya off to easy start SURABAYA: Reigning champion Persebaya Surabaya opened its campaign in the Liga Indonesia 2005 soccer league with a 5-1 thrashing of Petrokimia Putra on Saturday. In front of thousands of fans at 10 November Stadium, the team's victory was powered by its South American players, starting with a goal in the opening minutes by Chilean Leonardo Gueterez, followed by one from Brazilian Danilo Fernando in the 34th minute.

Caught by lack of fine print in exit tax regulation "Sorry Miss, you are not eligible for the exit fee waiver," a tax official at Juanda International Airport in Surabaya said, to my astonishment. Before coming back to Indonesia for a holiday recently, I had made sure that I met all requirements to be eligible for a waiver of the Rp 1 million exit tax.

A few good men: Picking and choosing needs a level head After losing its two previous Davis Cup encounters with Uzbekistan in 3-2 squeakers, Indonesia has a chance to change the scoreline in Sunday's final singles matches. But with one name notably missing from Indonesia's lineup, former top 20 women's singles player Yayuk Basuki examines the tricky art of making the right choices.

UNICEF, govt join hands to support Aceh's children Eva C. Komandjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta When natural disaster strikes, children always suffer the most, as they are more vulnerable to the impacts and aftermath of a disaster than adults. This has also been the case with the Boxing Day disaster that hit Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam and North Sumatra.

TV Program: Sunday, March 6, 2005 .TB.30" .90" TVRI 5:00 a.m. Religious Teachings 6:00 News: Berita Pagi 7:00 Cartoon: Maya The Bee 7:30 Children Puppet: Mechanic 8:00 Children Show: Suara Anak Indonesia 9:00 Music: Delta 10:00 Sports: Antar Gelanggang 11:30 English for Fun 12:30 p.m.

Dump closure not necessary: Minister INDONESIA: State Minister of the Environment Rachmat Witoelar said that the Leuwigajah dump in Cimahi would not have to be closed if people living in the surrounding area could be relocated. "I've heard that the local people want to be relocated. If it's true, then why should the dump be closed," asked the minister on Saturday, during a visit to the dump and landslide- affected areas in Bandung. Mountains of garbage in the 25-hectare dump collapsed on Feb.

From independence to republic: One woman's chronicle Doug Anthony, Contributor, Jakarta An Endless Journey: Reflections of an Indonesian Journalist Herawati Diah Equinox Publishing 304 pp In her newly translated autobiography, Herawati Diah, journalist, businesswoman and the wife of a former minister, charts her 87- year odyssey through a changing Indonesia.

Ensuring the future of 'tsunami children' Bambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta We are the world, we are the children We are the ones to make a better day so let's start giving Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie wrote the 1985 charity theme song We Are The World to raise money for Ethiopian famine victims, including thousands of children.

Humor sweetens Banyu's blue tale Kurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Award-winning Tora Sudiro of Arisan fame plays Banyu in the new film, Banyu Biru, about one young man's long journey from a lost love to a love found. Banyu tries to reconcile his hate relationship with his father 10 years after quarreling and then leaving home.

562 RI workers nabbed in KL crackdown MALAYSIA: Authorities detained 868 people, including 562 Indonesians, in the first three days of a nationwide crackdown on illegal foreign workers, a report said on Saturday. They were among more than 11,000 migrants screened after a four-month amnesty ended at midnight on Monday, The Star newspaper said. Illegal workers caught face possible fines, jail terms and whipping with a rattan cane before deportation. They are also barred from returning to Malaysia.