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Sat, 30 Aug 2003

International bond road show starts in Dubai: BoedionoThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Minister of Finance Boediono said on Friday that the government would take advantage of next month's International Monetary and Finance Committee (IFMC) forum in Dubai to help market the country's planned US$400 ...
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Sat, 30 Aug 2003

Seven arrested for gang rapeThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Seven men were arrested by police on Friday morning at around 2 a.m. on charges of brutally raping a 16-year-old girl at the men's rented house on Gang Lebak in East Pejaten, Pasar Minggu, South Jakarta.
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Sat, 30 Aug 2003

City clarifies unclear Rp 3b fund JAKARTA: City spokesman Muhayat on Friday denied irregularities in a Rp 3 billion (US$352,941) fund allocated for the Jakarta Parking Management Agency which had not been approved by the City Council.
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Sat, 30 Aug 2003

Indian FM due here next week JAKARTA: Indian Foreign Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha will arrive here Saturday for a four-day visit, a government official says.
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Sat, 30 Aug 2003

City to plate Arjuna Wijaya statue in bronzeBambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Jakarta administration will bronze-plate the Arjuna Wijaya statue, located on the intersection of Jl. Medan Merdeka Barat, Jl. Medan Merdeka Selatan, Jl. M.H. Thamrin and Jl.
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Sat, 30 Aug 2003

TNI replaces six legislators Former Udayana military chief Maj. Gen. Williem T. Da Costa and five other senior military officers were sworn in as new legislators to replace six others who have reached mandatory retirement age.
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Sat, 30 Aug 2003

Wibowo strides between two worlds T.Sima Gunawan Contributor JakartaThe problems of the Chinese in Indonesia are quite complicated. It seems the Chinese are doing well here as some of them have managed to develop business empires and even become conglomerates.
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Sat, 30 Aug 2003

Papua: Amateur way to manage the country The controversial division of Indonesia's province of Papua has finally been postponed. The decision was made during a meeting on political and security affairs chaired by Coordinating Minister for Political and Security Affairs Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.
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Sat, 30 Aug 2003

Road worthiness: No way! The Jakarta Transportation Office's plan to have all private vehicles undergo periodic road worthiness tests starting next year has evoked strong reactions from the public, and has become one of the hottest issues of debate in this capital city, Jakarta.
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Sat, 30 Aug 2003

Integrated antipoverty program starts in SlemanSri Wahyuni, The Jakarta Post, Sleman, Yogyakarta Minister of Settlements and Regional Infrastructure Soenarno launched the Integrated Poverty Eradication (Paket) program here on Friday in a bid to increase partnerships between local governments, ...
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Sat, 30 Aug 2003

Keep up pressure on North KoreaThe Daily Yomiuri, Asia News Network, Tokyo We should not be surprised by the stringency of the inspection of the North Korean cargo-passenger ship Man Gyong Bong-92, as the government only implemented measures that are fitting under relevant laws.
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Sat, 30 Aug 2003

Strike forces KPC to stop productionFitri Wulandari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Giant coal mining firm PT Kaltim Prima Coal (KPC) has been forced to halt production after hundreds of workers went on strike after they failed to reach an agreement with the shareholders over demands for a cash bonus.
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Sat, 30 Aug 2003

One killed in bus collision on Jakarta-Tangerang toll roadMulta Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, Tangerang Only a few weeks after six passengers were killed when a bus collided with a truck on the Jakarta-Tangerang toll road, another fatal accident has occurred on the same expressway.
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Sat, 30 Aug 2003

Jakarta-Canberra: It's time to be open with each otherDewi Anggraeni, Contributor, Melbourne Minister of Foreign Affairs Hassan Wirayuda appears to believe that if the relationship between two countries is worth maintaining, a certain amount of frankness is necessary.
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Sat, 30 Aug 2003

Establishing entrepreneurial spiritNia Sarinastiti, Senior Manager, Accenture In the current economic downturn, people have to be more creative in finding ways to survive.
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Sat, 30 Aug 2003

Minister worries about Citarum forest destructionMoch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Purnomo Yusgiantoro expressed his deep concern about forest destruction around the Citarum water catchment areas, which he blamed for diminishing water supplies, ...
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Sat, 30 Aug 2003

Blair off the hook for nowPolly Toynbee Guardian News Service London Crescendo, then anti-climax. That's the way it always happens when the enemy think they have finally got Tony Blair cornered. So the press came skulking out of the law courts hissing and spitting.
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Sat, 30 Aug 2003

Historical building awaits attentionSuherdjoko, Contributor, Semarang A tourist visiting the city was surprised to see a huge, unique building that stands in a strategic area adjacent to Tugu Muda monument had been left abandoned. It was in a poor condition, dirty and gloomy."It's a pity.
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Sat, 30 Aug 2003

Police deny "spying" on pesantrenA'an Suryana, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta National Police Headquarters denied on Friday that police in Central and West Java provinces had sent in spies to monitor the activities of pesantren (Islamic boarding schools) suspected of harboring the followers of ...
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Sat, 30 Aug 2003

W. Java officials grilled over graft BANDUNG: Prosecutors in West Java have begun questioning six councillors over their alleged involvement in graft amounting to Rp 33.4 billion (US$3.9 million).
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Sat, 30 Aug 2003

Where to go in Jakarta: Monday, September 1, 2003Exhibitions* Painting Painthinkting by F. Sigit Santoso, Edwin's Gallery Jl. Kemang Raya No. 21, Kemang, South Jakarta (Tel. 7194721), until Sept. 14.
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Sat, 30 Aug 2003

Great book sale planned in Yogya YOGYAKARTA: As many as 50 publishers will next month hold an event, the Great Book Sale, for a month in Yogyakarta in cooperation with Togas Mas book shops in Java.
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Sat, 30 Aug 2003

Govt needs to change to end Papua violenceMuridan S. Widjojo, Researcher, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), Jakarta The public has again apparently been taken by surprise by the popular uprising in Papua, this time in Timika.
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Sat, 30 Aug 2003

RI asks Thailand to quash arms smuggling to NADAgencies, Jakarta President Megawati Soekarnoputri urged the Thai government on Friday to take stern action against arms smuggling from Southern Thailand to the war-torn province of Aceh and stop the infiltration of rebels fleeing the province into ...
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Sat, 30 Aug 2003

U.S. warns of possible terror attacks, kidnappingFabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The United States renewed on Friday its warning of possible terrorist attacks in Indonesia and possible kidnapping by the Philippine Abu Sayyaf group in the border areas of Indonesia.
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Sat, 30 Aug 2003

One killed in bus collision on Jakarta-Tangerang toll roadMulta Fidrus The Jakarta Post TangerangOne passenger was killed and dozens of others slightly injured when a Steady Safe bus, plying the Cimone, Tangerang, to Kampung Melayu, East Jakarta, route, collided with a Mayasari Bakti bus ...
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Sat, 30 Aug 2003

Govt gets tough on sale of explosivesM. Taufiqurrahman, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government is seeking to impose harsher punishments on those who illegally sell substances that can be used for making bombs.In a draft revision of Antiterrorism Law No.
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Sat, 30 Aug 2003

29 RI youths travel on Nippon Maru Ship SURABAYA: A total of 29 Indonesian youths will join the Southeast Asia Ship Travel program, organized by the Japanese government from Sept. 9 through Oct.13.They be among 300 youths from 10 countries in Southeast Asia and Japan.
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Sat, 30 Aug 2003

Concrete door frames, an alternative to woodFatudin Muchtar, Contributor, Magelang, Central Java Financial constraints forced Waji, from Karangtalun village, Ngluwar district, Magelang, to think hard about how to complete the construction of his house.
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Sat, 30 Aug 2003

JP/13/AseanRI to host first ASEAN business, investment summitThe Jakarta Post JakartaIndonesia will host the first ASEAN Business and Investment Summit on the popular resort island of Bali on Oct. 5-7, which will involve the region's heads of government and business leaders.
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Sat, 30 Aug 2003

'Cioko' festival appeases hungry ghostsMulta Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, Tangerang Children, teenagers, men, women and senior citizens from poor families, homeless people, neglected children and former lepers from all over Tangerang converged on Nimmala Temple, also known as Boen San Bio, on Jl.
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Sat, 30 Aug 2003

Uncle Sam vs. the world The critics are having themselves a field day, and in their naivety they are contributing to the growing unease that is everyday Baghdad.
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Sat, 30 Aug 2003

Want more tourists? Give them free hotel rooms: MinisterMuninggar Sri Saraswati, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government appears to be undeterred by a recent massive demonstration in Bali against the new visa policy and vows to start charging incoming tourists from countries such as Japan ...
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Sat, 30 Aug 2003

ID cards and securityMarco Kusumawijaya, Urban Expert , Jakarta More and more office buildings on Jl. M.H. Thamrin and Jl. Sudirman, especially those with foreign tenants, are applying silly security measures following the JW Marriott Hotel bombing.
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Sat, 30 Aug 2003

BPK wants BI, IBRA to return $2.5 billionRendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) demanded that Bank Indonesia and the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) immediately return government funds allegedly misused by the two institutions or it would ask the ...
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Sat, 30 Aug 2003

Photos show many facets of Muslim life David Kennedy Contributor Yogyakarta d_kenn@yahoo.comA woman dressed in black Muslim clothing wearing a cadar, a veil covering everything but her eyes, pushes a scooter.
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Sat, 30 Aug 2003

Orientation weeks are just hazing sessionsSimon Marcus Gower, Executive Principal, High/Scope, Jakarta A recent email message from a high school student reads, "I hate the way they treat us at this school. Every year it is just the same. Orientation weeks in my school are just a nightmare.
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Sat, 30 Aug 2003

JP/7/NATIONBureaucrats must be told: Declassify or die Suthichai Yoon The Nation Asia News Network Bangkok It was with a strange tingle that I heard the story about an elderly man who approached the Cabinet secretary-general one day demanding to sit in on the weekly Cabinet meeting, citing ...
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Sat, 30 Aug 2003

3 arrested for possession of detonators, ammunitionAndi Hajramurni, The Jakarta Post, Makassar, South Sulawesi Police here said on Friday they had arrested three people for allegedly possessing bomb detonators, firearms and bullets in Luwu regency, around 550 kilometers from the South ...
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Sat, 30 Aug 2003

House urged to keep Jamsostek monopolyRidwan Max Sijabat, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta State-owned insurance company PT Jamsostek and labor unions have strongly urged the House of Representatives to maintain the government's monopoly in running social security programs for workers, in its amendment ...
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Sat, 30 Aug 2003

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.
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Sat, 30 Aug 2003

Indonesian detained in Rome for money scamFabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta An Indonesian businessman from Riau has been detained in Rome by Interpol under the request of the Dutch police for his alleged involvement in money laundering, an official of the Indonesian foreign ...
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Sat, 30 Aug 2003

Rupiah ends the week on weaker footingThe Jakarta Post JakartaThe rupiah ended flat on Friday on late profit taking but still capped this week's trading on a weaker footing after dropping 1 percent of its value against the U.S. dollar.
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Sat, 30 Aug 2003

Artwork on display at UGM library YOGYAKARTA: At least 20 contemporary artists are displaying their creations in the main library of Gadjah Mada University (UGM) in Bulaksumur.
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Sat, 30 Aug 2003

Where to go in Jakarta: Saturday, August 30, 2003Exhibitions* The Voices on Paper, Galeri Lontar, Jl. Utan Kayu 68H, East Jakarta (Tel. 8573388), 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., until Aug. 31. * Photo The Transfixed Spectator, by Kassian Cephas, Erasmus Huis, Jl. H.R.
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Sat, 30 Aug 2003

Fire razes plastic mat factory JAKARTA: Fire destroyed a plastic mat factory on Jl. Kapuk Raya, Penjaringan district, North Jakarta, on Friday at around 1:30 p.m.A total of 11 fire trucks were deployed to extinguish the fire, with the help of locals.
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Sat, 30 Aug 2003

Program to raise IT awareness wins grant================= Tantri Yuliandini The Jakarta Post Jakarta ----------------- The Bandung-based LPM Indonesia (Sutera Foundation), has recently been named one of 15 winners of this year's Samsung DigitAll Hope awards, and has be awarded a grant of about ...
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Sat, 30 Aug 2003

Violin recital to showcase Romantic Era musicTantri Yuliandini, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta A violin recital by young Japanese violinist Mayu Kodera will be organized by the Jakarta Conservatory of Music together with the Japan Embassy in Jakarta and the Japan Foundation in conjunction with the ...
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Sat, 30 Aug 2003

Pattern of political coalition in 2004Muhammad Qodari Director of Research Indonesian Survey Institute (LSI) Jakarta qodari@hotmail.com Political coalitions will be inevitable for political parties in the 2004 elections and afterwards.
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Sat, 30 Aug 2003

How to make the WTO work properlyEmma Bonino and Benedetto Della Vedova, Inter Press Service, Brussels "Economic aid and debt cancellation are indispensable means to help many developing countries, but they are not lasting solutions.
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Sat, 30 Aug 2003

'The poor neglected by unfair system' A number of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have condemned the recent evictions at Jembatan Besi, Tambora, West Jakarta, which left around 10,000 people homeless.
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Sat, 30 Aug 2003

Police detain a suspect in Timika clashesThe Jakarta Post, Papua/Jakarta Police in Timika, Papua have detained as a suspect, a man identified only as LS and questioned seven others for alleged roles in bloody clashes over the controversial creation of Central Irian Jaya province last week.
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Sat, 30 Aug 2003

Traditional night market at the Hyatt YOGYAKARTA: Inspired by other traditional night markets, the Yogyakarta five-star Hyatt Regency Hotel is offering a Night Market program every Saturday evening in an effort to promote traditional arts and performances.
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Sat, 30 Aug 2003

Good targeting necessary in emergency assistance programs Alex Arifianto The SMERU Research Institute Jakarta Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare Jusuf Kalla has proposed a new crash program designed to help around 250,000 farmers across Java, currently experiencing crop failure due to ...
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Sat, 30 Aug 2003

Out of sight, out of mind It was really heartening to see in The Jakarta Post on Aug. 26 that forest management, illegal logging and ecotourism were all getting a jolly good airing. It does seem at last that the government are on the right track.Sadly, not so the Bukit Sentul garbage collectors.
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Sat, 30 Aug 2003

1001 Books Community aims to better reading habitsSinggir Kartana, Contributor, Yogyakarta Hundreds of children thronged a spot on the side of a street in Gadjah Mada University campus one Sunday morning earlier this month. They looked happy.
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Sat, 30 Aug 2003

Jakarta opens talks with Bekasi over Bantar GebangBambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Following mounting protest from Bojong residents over Jakarta administration's plans to build a garbage treatment facility there, Governor Sutiyoso opened talks with Bekasi Mayor Ahmad Zulfaih on the ...
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Sat, 30 Aug 2003

'No plan to appoint PDI-P chief' JAKARTA: Deputy secretary general of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) Pramono Anung said on Friday that his party had never planned to appoint a caretaker to deal with its day-to-day activities.
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Sat, 30 Aug 2003

The story of an alternative schoolBambang M, Contributor, Yogyakarta With his fur hat always perched on his head like Robinson Crusoe, this bespectacled gentleman is invariably the center of attention when he speaks in a seminar.
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Sat, 30 Aug 2003

House admits agenda in certain lawsKurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta In commemorating its 58th anniversary, the much-criticized House of Representatives admitted favoring certain political parties' agendas, instead of the people's, in several legislations it has made.
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Sat, 30 Aug 2003

Investment chief cries fault Instead of wooing foreign investors to return to Indonesia, now that the macroeconomic, political and security conditions have become relatively stable, chief of the Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) Theo F.
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Sat, 30 Aug 2003

Java truck hijackers captured SEMARANG: A gang of at least three people has been arrested on charges of hijacking and looting trucks in Java's north coast, police said here on Friday.Central Java Police chief Insp. Gen.
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Sat, 30 Aug 2003

Disappointed by BNI credit card As a holder of BNI's MasterCard since 1998, I have never been late in making payments, nor have I ever breached the terms and conditions of this credit card. I was satisfied with the MasterCard service until August 2003, when the over-limit facility was halted.
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Sat, 30 Aug 2003

Retno retains lead despite poor playThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Heavy drizzle throughout the night on Thursday that turned the Palembang Golf Club into a quagmire in some areas on Friday and leader Retno Mustari of Jakarta lost ground, but still leads.
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Sat, 30 Aug 2003

Sweden needs more evidence on GAM JAKARTA: Swedish authorities have asked the Indonesian government to provide more data on the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) leaders, currently residing in Stockholm, so that authorities there can continue with the legal case against the rebels.
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Sat, 30 Aug 2003

Antam's profit up 102% on higher sales, pricesRendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta State-owned PT Aneka Tambang (Antam), one of the world's largest nickel and gold miners, announced on Friday that its net profit in the first semester increased twofold on higher sales volume and prices of ...
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Sat, 30 Aug 2003

City to plate Arjuna Wijaya statue in bronzeBambang Nurbianto The Jakarta Post JakartaThe Jakarta administration will bronze-plate the Arjuna Wijaya statue, located on the intersection of Jl. Medan Merdeka Barat, Jl. Medan Merdeka Selatan, Jl. M.H. Thamrin and Jl. Budi Kemuliaan, Central Jakarta.
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Sat, 30 Aug 2003

Explosion at rights activist's homeThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta A package exploded on Friday in the front yard of the residence of well-known human rights activist Munir on Jl. Cendana XII No. 12 in the Jaka Sampurna housing complex, South Bekasi.
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Sat, 30 Aug 2003

Higher sales expected from expoThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The National Agency for Export Development (BPEN) expects its upcoming Export Product Exhibition to generate higher transaction values."I expect an increase of at least 10 percent in sales to about US$80 million, from $72.
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Sat, 30 Aug 2003

Sheraton has a facelift YOGYAKARTA: The five-star Sheraton Mustika Yogyakarta Resort & Spa, a property of the Starwood Hotels & Resorts chain, is renovating its Grand Ballroom, lobby and 100 of its guest rooms as part of Starwood's grand plan to improve in line with international standards.
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Sat, 30 Aug 2003

On 'La Galigo' theater I refer to the article titled Reviving glorious Buginese past published in The Jakarta Post on Aug. 26.
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Sat, 30 Aug 2003

Exhausting ordeal when worms attack! Vishnu K. Mahmud Contributor Jakarta vmahmud@yahoo.com The past few weeks have been exhausting for IT departments in Indonesia.
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Sat, 30 Aug 2003

RI, Libya to engage in countertrade dealEvi Mariani, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Indonesia and Libya have agreed on a countertrade deal worth US$540 million under which the Indonesia would export 16 commodities in exchange for crude oil, a senior official said.The agreement was signed on Aug.
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Sat, 30 Aug 2003

Fire razes plastic mat factory JAKARTA: Fire destroyed a plastic mat factory on Jl. Kapuk Raya, Penjaringan district, North Jakarta, on Friday at around 1:30 p.m.A total of 11 fire trucks were deployed to extinguish the fire, with the help of locals.
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Sat, 30 Aug 2003

Rain brings little hope for people of C. JavaSuherdjoko and Nana Rukmana, The Jakarta Post, Semarang/Cirebon People in the central parts of Central Java province may be tempted to breath a little easier after much-awaited rain fell on Friday.
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Sat, 30 Aug 2003

The controversial division of Indonesia's province of Papua has finally been postponed. The decision was made during a meeting on political and security affairs chaired by Coordinating Minister for Political and Security Affairs Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.
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Sat, 30 Aug 2003

Where to go in Yogyakarta: Saturday, August 30, 2003Exhibitions* Painting at Bentara Budaya Yogyakarta, Jl. Suroto, Kotabaru (Tel. 0274-560404) presenting the collections of Bentara Budaya Yogyakarta, Sept. 1 - 8.
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Sat, 30 Aug 2003

TV Program: Monday, Sept. 1, 2003TVRI .TB.30" .90" 6:00 a.m. News: Berita Pagi7:00 Cartoon10:00 Quiz: Dibisikin11:00 News: Berita Daerah 11:30 Music: Konteswara12:00 p.m.
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