Flood victims suffer from diseases Oyos Saroso H.N. The Jakarta Post/BandarlampungFive days after floods inundated many parts of Lampung, the number of people affected by the disaster is on the rise, while some of them have started to fall ill.

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White cockatoo population dwindlingIndra Harsaputra The Jakarta Post/SurabayaThe population of White Cockatoo (Cacatua alba) in North Maluku is dwindling due to uncontrolled poaching. More than 500 of them are traded in Jakarta and other places annually, say an environmental group.

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Govt warned against gubernatorial election in W. Irian JayaRidwan Max Sidjabat and Nethy Dharma Somba The Jakarta Post/Jakarta/JayapuraPapua's provincial leaders have expressed concern over a rumor that the central government will include West Irian Jaya province on the list of more than 95 ...

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Zainoel Abidin -- a hospital run by coalition of concerned doctorsAndi Hajramurni The Jakarta Post/Banda AcehIn the pediatrics unit, Belgian and Spanish are spoken besides Bahasa Indonesia. Over in the surgery unit it's English with an Australian accent and German.

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JP/17/KEBUMNKebumen roofing tile industry, a precarious source of incomeSinggir Kartana Contributor/KebumenKebumen has long been known as the center of the roofing tile industry with thousands of small, medium and large businesses in the regency.

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Where to go in Yogyakarta: Saturday, January 22, 2005Exhibitions* Exhibition of Aku Suka Tulisan by Handy Hermansyah, Rumah Seni Cemeti Jl. D.I Panjaitan No. 41 (Tel. (0274) 371015), until Jan. 26. * Poster Affiches a lire, the Gallery of Lembaga Indonesia Perancis - LIP, Jl. Sagan No. 3 (Tel.

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Managing Aceh relief and reconstruction As the initial horror of the tsunami catastrophe recedes and emergency aid flows into the most affected areas, commentators are raising doubts over the management of the billions of dollars committed for relief and the reconstruction of Aceh.

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Rp 551 b needed to restore NabireJAYAPURA: The town of Nabire, which was devastated by a 6.4 magnitude earthquake on Nov. 26, 2004, needed at least Rp 551 billion to rebuild.

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Where to go in Jakarta: Saturday, January 22, 2005Exhibitions* Indonesia Good Design Exhibition, Erasmus Huis, Jl. H.R. Rasuna Said kav. S-3, South Jakarta (Tel. 5241069), Monday to Thursday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Friday 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., Jan. 26 to Feb. 18.

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