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Searching for all articles published on 2005-11-01 ...
79 articles.
Tue, 01 Nov 2005

Govt promises to get tough with firms that flout environmental rulesTb. Arie Rukmantara, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Thanks to the increase in the budget allocation for his office, State Minister of the Environment Rachmat Witoelar plans to spend more on enforcement of environmental regulations and ...
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Tue, 01 Nov 2005

Police arrest Briton, Australian on trial for drugsThe Jakarta Post, Denpasar/Medan The Bali Police have arrested a total of 21 suspects, including a British citizen, for drug-related offenses in a series of operations throughout this month, while in the North Sumatra capital of Medan, an ...
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Tue, 01 Nov 2005

World voyagers find sector in Indonesia the toughest challengeEvi Mariani, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Briton Jason Lewis, 38, has been bicycling, rollerblading, boat- pedaling and paddling canoes intermittently for the last 11 years during his human-powered, round-the-world expedition.
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Tue, 01 Nov 2005

Poso parents mourn, urge police to find daughters' murderersRuslan Sangadji, The Jakarta Post, Palu Lying helplessly in hospital, the stab wound on her face covered with antiseptics and gauze, the girl cries out in pain.
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Tue, 01 Nov 2005

Govt criticized for Poso security failuresThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta/Palu With the police still in the dark over the identities of the killers of three Christian schoolgirls in Poso, Central Sulawesi, on Saturday, the security authorities came in for harsh criticism on Monday for failing to secure ...
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Tue, 01 Nov 2005

KPK quizzes Probosutedjo, justiceThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) questioned on Monday businessman Probosutedjo, the half-brother of former president Soeharto, for the second time in connection with bribes he paid to judges and prosecutors to escape ...
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Tue, 01 Nov 2005

Rain makes city more prone to dengueTantri Yuliandini, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The rainy season is here, and with the rain, comes the puddles where Aedes aegypti mosquito breed new generations of virus- carrying mosquitoes.
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Tue, 01 Nov 2005

Scroll of Honor for Jakarta We refer to the article Activists slam habitat award for Jakarta, published in The Jakarta Post on Oct. 4. The city of Jakarta is a megacity with more than 10 million inhabitants. About 20 percent, or two million, are living in kampongs or slums.
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Tue, 01 Nov 2005

No religious group can see itself as superior to anotherAhmad Fuad Fanani and Alpha Amirrachman, Jakarta This current era of consumerism has appallingly become our lifestyle, and it is obvious that human beings are increasingly dependent upon ever-developing technology.
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Tue, 01 Nov 2005

Church row in Bekasi resolved amicablyBambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Tension between Muslims and Christians at Jati Mulya housing complex in Bekasi, West Java, has come to a peaceful end, at least for the time being, with the latter agreeing to conduct their Sunday services at the ...
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Tue, 01 Nov 2005

Customers snap up Indian meatThe Jakarta Post, Samarinda Amid high prices ahead of the Idul Fitri celebration for beef several meat traders in Samarinda, East Kalimantan province were selling low-priced beef allegedly imported from India.The beef was offered at Rp 25,000 (US$2.
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Tue, 01 Nov 2005

Cultural Heritage exhibition sees few visitorsEvi Mariani, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta On a typical Wednesday morning at the National Museum, fewer than 10 people were seen strolling around the three-month Shared Cultural Heritage exhibition, which is displaying hundreds of ethnographic and ...
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Tue, 01 Nov 2005

Why is Australia resuming military training with Indonesia?Imanuddin Razak The Jakarta Post/JakartaA number of "whys" immediately entered the minds of many Indonesians -- and perhaps Australians as well -- over a report last week that the Australian government intends to resume annual joint ...
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Tue, 01 Nov 2005

Aceh: Militias in trouble, still a threat?Aboeprijadi Santoso, Langsa, Aceh A new chapter has begun for the region along the southeastern coast of Aceh, a district with a tumultuous past, which has long been the bastion of pro-government militias.
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Tue, 01 Nov 2005

Presidential office budget President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said he was "surprised" to read in the media that his government had formally proposed to the legislature a sharp increase in the 2006 budget of his office.This news would have been funny had it not been so depressing.
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Tue, 01 Nov 2005

Reconstruction agency casts blame for lack of progress in AcehNani Afrida, The Jakarta Post, Banda Aceh The Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Agency for Aceh and Nias (BRR) has lashed out at the Ministry of Finance for lacking a sense of crisis in delaying without clear reason several ...
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Tue, 01 Nov 2005

Hamid defends pace of draft billsRidwan Max Sijabat, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Justice minister Hamid Awaluddin has said, in response to the criticism of some lawmakers, the government cannot move faster in drafting bills as it would run the risk of producing weak laws.
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Tue, 01 Nov 2005

Rupiah Rates Oct. 31 Banknote Rates Selling Buying Australian dollar 1 7,943.56 7,190.58 Brunei dollar 1 6,264.42 5,669.19 Canadian dollar 1 9,005.10 8,151.30 Swiss franc 1 8,273.44 7,490.
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Tue, 01 Nov 2005

Budget realism welcomed The 2006 state budget that was approved by the House of Representatives on Friday -- one working day before the deadline set in the Law on State Finances -- is significantly different from the spending plan initially proposed in mid-August.
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Tue, 01 Nov 2005

Couple named suspects in maid abuse caseAbdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta A married couple have been arrested by the police for allegedly torturing their housemaid.Jakarta Police spokesman Sr. Comr.
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Tue, 01 Nov 2005

No fines imposed for overdue taxes JAKARTA: The Jakarta Police will impose no fines on people whose driving licenses or vehicle registration documents are due between Oct. 31 and Nov. 6 when they apply for extensions in the following week.
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Tue, 01 Nov 2005

Residents watch over vacant residencesMulta Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, Tangerang With more and more robberies affecting houses left vacant during the Idul Fitri holiday in recent years, many areas in Tangerang have established their own "neighborhood watch" systems.
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Tue, 01 Nov 2005

Agricultural development remains on the peripheryHyginus Hardoyo, Jakarta At the start of his presidential term a year ago, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono promised to put the agricultural sector on top of his government policy agenda with the aim of increasing rural household incomes from both farm and ...
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Tue, 01 Nov 2005

TV Program: Thursday, November 3, 2005 .TB.30" .90"TVRI 5:00 a.m. Koran Recital6:00 News: Berita Pagi6:30 Ied Prayers8:00 Music11:00 News: Berita Nusantara 12:00 Hiburan Lebaran1:00 p.m.
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Tue, 01 Nov 2005

Poet and theater doyen from Lampungyos Saroso H.N., The Jakarta Post, Bandarlampung One afternoon, a thin man with a tapering face, aged about 35, sat cross-legged on a bamboo divan in a coffee stall located under leafy, rose-apple and munggur trees.
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Tue, 01 Nov 2005

RI woman and Rp 500 m It is very interesting to read the articles in The Jakarta Post about this trial-and-error plan. We, Indonesians, are always making "breakthroughs", which is actually positive in the sense that a rule is made to fit our own culture.
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Tue, 01 Nov 2005

Women and foreign husbands So, the Indonesian government plans to get money from bule (westerners) and other foreign nationals who want to marry Indonesian women. The government forgets that there are nice women in other countries, and foreigners do not necessarily have to marry Indonesian women.
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Tue, 01 Nov 2005

Forgive convicted Australians Indonesia should have mercy on the nine Australians arrested for attempting to traffic heroin from Bali to Australia.These young people have made a mistake in their lives and now they face the consequences of their deed. However, these young lives should be spared.
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Tue, 01 Nov 2005

BNI's Q3 profit down 24 percentThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Bank Negara Indonesia (BNI) reported a 24 percent drop in its unaudited net profit during the first nine months ending Sept. 30, as its costs spiraled upward along with a recent rise in inflation and interest rates.
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Tue, 01 Nov 2005

Idul Fitri exodus leads to traffic congestionThe Jakarta Post, Cirebon/Semarang Three days before the Idul Fitri holiday traffic along Java's main north-coast highway was moving at a snail's space, with a trip from Jakarta to the West Java town of Cirebon, normally a four-hour trip, taking 14 ...
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Tue, 01 Nov 2005

Rental rates continue upward trend The average asking gross rent of mid-up leased apartment units continued to climb upwards in the second quarter of this year, partly due to the increase in the oil price in the first three months.
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Tue, 01 Nov 2005

Man arrested over explosivesJAKARTA:Police said on Monday they had arrested another man for carrying explosives and detonators in East Nusa Tenggara on the weekend. The arrest of Murdiono followed the apprehension two weeks ago of a man and four women in East Kalimantan on similar charges.
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Tue, 01 Nov 2005

Avian flu: Bending the law to save lifeMaya Lestari, Jakarta Drug patents give to an inventor for a term of years the exclusive right to make, use or sell their invention -- meaning that other companies cannot make or market the drug until the patent expires.
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Tue, 01 Nov 2005

Tips for first-time motorcycle vacationers1. Have your bike thoroughly checked. Each producer has safety standards for its motorcycles, so remove all unnecessary accessories. 2. Don't forget to bring a spare tire. A flat tire is the most common incident during a long-distance trip. 3.
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Tue, 01 Nov 2005

Why is Australia resuming military training with RI?Imanuddin Razak, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta A number of "whys" immediately entered the minds of many Indonesians -- and perhaps Australians as well -- over a report last week that the Australian government intends to resume annual joint military ...
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Tue, 01 Nov 2005

Intake of artificial sweeteners In response to the letter On artificial sweeteners from K.B. Kale in The Jakarta Post on Oct. 31, commenting on my previous letter Substitute for sugar (Oct.
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Tue, 01 Nov 2005

Supreme Court trading RI women? We refer to the news item Want to marry RI woman? Pay Rp 500m in deposit (The Jakarta Post, Oct. 10, page 2).We are outraged and disturbed when reading the subject article.
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Tue, 01 Nov 2005

Terrorism is the world's concernIntolerance is the basis of all the terrorism that has become endemic throughout the globe.
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Tue, 01 Nov 2005

Global Stock Index Oct. 31 Latest %Change New York DJ Indus 10402.77 +1.69 Oct 28 Nasdaq 2089.88 +1.26 Oct 28 S&P 500 1198.41 +1.65 Oct 28 Toronto S&P/TSX 10312.30 +0.
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Tue, 01 Nov 2005

Tommy gets another sentence cut SEMARANG: The youngest son of former president Soeharto, Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra, will likely get a sentence reduction of one month and 15 days on Idul Fitri.
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Tue, 01 Nov 2005

Idul Fitri for solidarity and justiceMuhamad Ali, Manoa, Hawaii In Ramadhan last year, our nation witnessed the inauguration of the first directly elected President, Vice President, and the appointed Cabinet, with great hopes that we could look forward to a better future.
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Tue, 01 Nov 2005

U.S. Dollar Rates Oct. 31 Latest %Change Yen 115.94-97 +0.24 Euro* 1.2057-60 0.00 Sterling* 1.7776-81 +0.21 Swiss franc 1.2820-23 +0.09 Canadian dollar 1.1750-55 -0.21 Australian dollar* 0.
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Tue, 01 Nov 2005

Iran vs. common sense Some things are just better left unsaid, no matter how much we may think it.Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is learning this lesson the hard way.
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Tue, 01 Nov 2005

Vacationers opt to ride with the wind in their hairTertiani ZB Simanjuntak, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta It is not surprising that more and more people are choosing to ride their motorcycles to their hometowns to celebrate Idul Fitri this year, although they may have to spend more than 10 hours ...
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Tue, 01 Nov 2005

Legislative oversight and the war on terrorBantarto Bandoro, Jakarta "The proper office of a representative assembly is to watch and control the government." (John Stuart Mill, 1861)"Terrorism, like war, is too important to be left to the generals and the government intelligence agencies.
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Tue, 01 Nov 2005

Telkom profit surges on cellular boomThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta State-owned PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom) recorded a 19 percent increase in net profit during the first nine months of this year on higher revenue from its cellular, interconnection, international calls and multimedia ...
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Tue, 01 Nov 2005

TV Program: Tuesday, November 1, 2005TVRI .TB.30" .90" 5:30 a.m. Religious Teachings6:00 News: Berita Pagi7:00 Channel Dangdut8:30 Music: Asik-asik11:00 News: Berita Nusantara1:00 p.m.
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Tue, 01 Nov 2005

Managing Jakarta's weatherEdward McMillan, Jakarta As a city, Jakarta is unusually vulnerable to weather-related risks. Flooding invariably brings traffic to a juddering halt and paralyses the city.
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Tue, 01 Nov 2005

TV Today: Friday, November 4, 2005 .TB.30" .90"TVRI .tb .30" .90" 5:00 a.m. Koran Recital6:00 News: Berita Pagi7:00 Hiburan Lebaran9:30 Psychology10:30 Religious Teachings11:00 News: Berita Nusantara1:00 p.m.
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Tue, 01 Nov 2005

Pertamina offers discounts for fear of competitionLeony Aurora, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Just like stores that slash prices for the Islamic Idul Fitri holiday drawing near, state oil and gas firm PT Pertamina is offering its own discounts of between 1 percent and 4 percent for oil-based fuels ...
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Tue, 01 Nov 2005

'Govt not a deck of cards that need to be shuffled' President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is expected to reshuffle his Cabinet soon after Idul Fitri. In a written interview with The Jakarta Post, lawyer and social activist Nono Anwar Makarim, shared his view about the Cabinet issue.
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Tue, 01 Nov 2005

Exiled GAM leader returns to AcehNani Afrida, The Jakarta Post, Banda Aceh In another positive sign for the peace process in Aceh, a top leader of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) arrived in his homeland on Monday after 25 years in exile overseas after a peace deal succeeded in ending nearly three ...
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Tue, 01 Nov 2005

New development models needed to reduce poverty in rural areasGemma Rita R. Marin, Philippine Daily Inquirer/Asia News Network, Manila The political crisis is reeling into its fifth month. Sadly, there seems to be no clear route to its end.
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Tue, 01 Nov 2005

SBY's 1.8 million hectare disaster? We all remember Soeharto's disastrous 1 million hectare sawah (rice field) project in Central Kalimantan, the consequences of which still affect the province.
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Tue, 01 Nov 2005

JP/6/EDITORIALIran vs. common sense Some things are just better left unsaid, no matter how much we may think it.Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is learning this lesson the hard way.
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Tue, 01 Nov 2005

Toward a virtual caliphate Peter Mandaville Yale Center for the Study of Globalization Arlington, Virginia The recent Zawahiri- Zarqawi Letter -- purportedly a missive on strategy and tactics from al-Qaeda's to their man in Iraq -- once again raises the question of bin Laden's capacity to ...
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Tue, 01 Nov 2005

Presidental office budgetPresident Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said he was "surprised" to read in the media that his government had formally proposed to the legislature a sharp increase in the 2006 budget of his office. This news would have been funny had it not been so depressing.
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Tue, 01 Nov 2005

Many Acehnese still in tents as holiday approachesNani Afrida The Jakarta Post/Banda AcehIt was almost dusk on Sunday, but a group of children at the refugee camp were still playing outside despite the mud after a heavy downpour in Banda Aceh.
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Tue, 01 Nov 2005

Lippo Karawaci's profit 49% up JAKARTA: PT Lippo Karawaci, a property developer with a market capitalization of about Rp 4.7 trillion (about US$468 million), booked a 49 percent increase in net profit as of the third quarter of the year.
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Tue, 01 Nov 2005

Inquisition in Indonesia Civilians rampaging like wild elephants in the jungle, trampling on the rights of the people; making kangaroo court judgments on what people can think or say or do; condemning the populace if they don't conform to narrow self-righteous mind think; issuing dictums, or ...
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Tue, 01 Nov 2005

'Price hike has spoiled the spirit of Idul Fitri' The post-fasting Idul Fitri holiday, known locally as Lebaran, is just days away. The Jakarta Post asked Jakarta residents what the holiday means to them. Selby Gunawan, in his 50s, is a resident of East Bekasi.
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Tue, 01 Nov 2005

Workers bring fuel protests to court JAKARTA: The Association of Public Advocates (SPR) filed a class action on Monday at the Central Jakarta District Court against the central government's decision to increase fuel prices on Oct. 1.
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Tue, 01 Nov 2005

Mosques opt to give up 'takbiran' paradesAbdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Jakartans will hopefully experience less traffic congestion and fewer accidents this year on the eve of Idul Fitri as many Muslims have decided to stay in their mosques instead of parading around the city's main ...
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Tue, 01 Nov 2005

Private schools must respect and assist Indonesian developmentPieter Van Der Vienhart, Tilburg, Netherlands Indonesian newspapers often feature articles, promotionals and advertorial materials touting the considerable number of private schools that are either now operational or opening up in ...
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Tue, 01 Nov 2005

How laws work This is in response to the debate about death penalties for drug offenders and distribution of money to the poor.The only laws that work in Indonesia are the simple ones. Giving money to the poor, after the higher prices, is extremely complicated and will never work.
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Tue, 01 Nov 2005

JP/2/A01 please check the bold. Poso parents mourn, urge police to resolve latest killingRuslan Sangadji The Jakarta Post/PaluLying helplessly in hospital, the stab wound on her face covered with antiseptics and gauze, the girl cries out in pain.
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Tue, 01 Nov 2005

Protest greets council inaugurationNethy Dharma Somba, The Jakarta Post, Jayapura The newly elected members of the Papuan People's Council (MRP) took office on Monday in a ceremony that was notable for the heavy police presence.
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Tue, 01 Nov 2005

Six convicted gamblers in Aceh receive public caningNani Afrida, The Jakarta Post, Banda Aceh Observed by a crowd of hundreds, six convicted gamblers were caned on Monday in front of the Baitul Musyahadah Mosque here.
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Tue, 01 Nov 2005

Govt to tie cash aid to education, family planningUrip Hudiono, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Despite the recent controversy it has caused, the government will carry on with its direct cash aid for poor families to compensate for the fuel price hike, intending to impose certain requirements on ...
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Tue, 01 Nov 2005

Rodents in antigraft rally at police HQJAKARTA: More than a dozen rats -- often used here as a symbol for corruption -- were employed by students on Monday during an antigraft rally at National Police Headquarters.
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Tue, 01 Nov 2005

RI wins antidumping dispute at WTOThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Indonesia has won a suit it filed with the World Trade Organization (WTO) over an antidumping import duty imposed on its paper products by South Korea.
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Tue, 01 Nov 2005

Ghandi school stages a piece of 'epic theater'Mario Koch, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Man and technology, technology and man -- this highly strained relationship is at the core of The Mobile Grave.
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Tue, 01 Nov 2005

Tsunami survivors in Aceh province feel forgottenRidwan Max Sijabat, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Ten months after the devastating tsunami that claimed more than 210,000 human lives and displaced hundreds of thousands of others last December, the public living in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam is still in ...
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Tue, 01 Nov 2005

House, shops catch fire JAKARTA: Fire razed a two-story house and two shops on Jl. Pademangan IV Raya, North Jakarta, early on Monday, Tempointeraktif.com reported.
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Tue, 01 Nov 2005

Indonesia's mutual funds industry: Down but not outMartin Jenkins, Jakarta It has not been a good year for Indonesia's mutual funds industry.
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Tue, 01 Nov 2005

FOR WHOM AMERICAS BELL TOLLSJ. Bradford DeLong, Project Syndicate These days the Chairman of President Bush's Council of Economic Advisers, Ben Bernanke, likes to talk about a 'global savings glut' that has produced astonishingly low real interest rates around the world.
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Tue, 01 Nov 2005

Good deeds during Ramadhan? It is amazing to see that recently another hardliner Muslim group targeting shops and restaurants during this Ramadhan period. ? As I understand that they are supposed to be fasting and when they are fasting they are supposed to do good deeds during this season.
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Tue, 01 Nov 2005

JP/7/IGOR3 Igor O'Neill, Jakarta Vice President Jusuf Kalla on Oct. 7 announced the government's plan to spend Rp 150 billion (US$15 million) to buy 10 million coal stoves as a part of the government efforts to diversify energy resources and to reduce the costly subsidy for kerosene.
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Tue, 01 Nov 2005

Purser and his love for IndonesiaBambang M, Contributor, Yogyakarta The fact that Australian Warwick Purser loves Indonesia is not in doubt.
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