Lain emerges from independent music sceneJoko Anwar, Contributor, JakartaThe huge hall in Jakarta Convention Center was only one-third full when Lain played their first song at an acoustic event organized by high school students of SMU 8 Jakarta last week.

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Medals of honors awarded to 13 respected figuresThe Jakarta Post JakartaAs part of the annual Independence Day celebrations, President Megawati Soekarnoputri conferred on Saturday medals of honor to 13 people who had made significant contributions to the country.

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Coffee culture in Bengkulu The pungent aroma of coffee filled the afternoon air in Curup, a cool hill town some 85 kilometers northeast of Bengkulu, the capital of the province of the same name."Bengkulu coffee is 100 percent pure, not mixed with corn flour or anything.

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Golkar eyes long-term benefits with PDI-PM. Taufiqurrahman, The Jakarta Post/JakartaThe Golkar Party is set to form a coalition with the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) to support Megawati Soekarnoputri's bid for presidency, as it would serve the party's long-term interests, a ...

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Now Showing The Village (Drama/Thriller, 108 minutes). Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Bryce Dallas Howard, Adrien Brody, William Hurt, Sigourney Weaver. Directed by M. Night Shyamalan.

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Mega honors leading nationalsThe Jakarta Post, JakartaAs part of the annual Independence Day celebrations, President Megawati Soekarnoputri conferred on Saturday medals of honor to 13 people who had made significant contributions to the country.

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Still Playing I, Robot (Sci-fi/Action/Thriller, 115 minutes). Starring Will Smith, Bridget Moynahan, Bruce Greenwood, Alan Tudyk. Directed by Alex Proyas.A police detective is suspicious that robots are up to something in Chicago, 2035. He may just be right.

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TV Program: Sunday, August 15, 2004.TB.30" .90"TVRI 6:00 a.m. Morning News7:30 Children Show9:00 Music: Delta10:00 Sports11:00 Traditional Drama12:30 p.m.

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A splendid dining journey through BaliRita A. Widiadana, The Jakarta Post/Denpasar Dining in a romantic, serene garden surrounded by water lily and lotus ponds or in a beachfront open-air pavilion overlooking the great rolling waves of the Indian Ocean could be a perfect escape from your hectic ...

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My best friendDevy Indirayati"The point is that you're coming, right?" 'The voice at the other end of the line was enthusiastic."Yes, yes, but please be on time. I hate having to wait alone in a mall," I replied."Don't worry. OK, I'll see you tonight at the coffee shop.

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Close encounters with the 'me first' mafiaAh, the weekend, a time when you relax and recharge your batteries before going back to work.Dream on.The retail therapy that usually works wonders failed on this particular weekend. It was a disaster from the outset of my trip to a mall in South Jakarta.

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New Italian eatery serves fine, and fun, cuisineTantri Yuliandini, The Jakarta Post, JakartaAlthough home to a vast array of delicious cuisine, Central Jakarta's Kota area was not a place where the hip and happening would be caught dead on a Saturday night (unless, of course, they did get caught in ...

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Cak Nur, Goenawan win freedom awardsSari P. Setiogi, The Jakarta Post/JakartaNoted Muslim scholar Nurcholish Madjid and poet Goenawan Mohamad were granted the Achmad Bakrie awards from the Freedom Institute (Fins) on Saturday, for their devotion to socio-religious work and literature respectively.

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Up-and-coming puppet master Nanang HapeHera Diani, The Jakarta Post, JakartaIn the Mahabharata epic, ascetic Kanika gives two hints to King Duryudana, the eldest of the Kurawa knights, on how to stay in power.

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Inscrutable you: Graham makes sense of IndonesiaDewi Anggraeni, Contributor, Melbourne, AustraliaThe People Next Door: Understanding Indonesia Duncan Graham University of Western Australia Press, Western Australia, 2004 Paperback, 189 pp For decades, sociologists and political scientists in the ...

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All hail the young pretenders in indie bandsIndie rock, schmindie rock. A friend asked me to see him perform in a small indie rock event two weeks back. I had lost interest in these events a while ago, but since I did not have anything planned I decided to go anyway.Big mistake.

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Indonesia keeps its own time in ever-hectic worldMaggie Tiojakin, Contributor, BostonIn some parts of the world, where a 15-minute service delay could turn into a million-dollar lawsuit, punctuality is every bit as important as the relationships it sustains.

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'Wayang Kancil' amuse children and adultsLeony Aurora , The Jakarta Post/JakartaMost children who visited the Puppet Museum in Kota, West Jakarta, on Saturday were already familiar with the clever mouse- deer, or kancil as it is locally known.

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