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Sat, 05 Nov 2005

JP/RI bridge team into Senior Bowl final

RI bridge team into Senior Bowl finalThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The national contract bridge team mounted a comeback in Thursday's semifinal against Denmark to reach the final of the Senior Bowl in Estoril, Portugal.
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Sat, 05 Nov 2005

JP/Ghandi school stages a piece of 'epic theater'

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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Sat, 05 Nov 2005

JP/Managing Jakarta's weather

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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Sat, 05 Nov 2005

JP/Sutiyoso keeps poor happy with cash

Sutiyoso keeps poor happy with cashDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Beaming, Yudhi, in his 30s, a scavenger from Kemayoran, Central Jakarta, emerged from Governor Sutiyoso's official residence on Thursday holding a white envelope with a Rp 50,000 (some US$5) banknote inside it.
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Sat, 05 Nov 2005

JP/Indonesia's mutual funds industry: Down but not out

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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Sat, 05 Nov 2005

JP/People of S. Aceh seek higher ground

People of S. Aceh seek higher ground BANDA ACEH: Thousands of people in South Aceh regency were forced to leave their houses and seek higher ground on Thursday as days of heavy rain caused the water in local rivers to overflow and flood their houses.
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Sat, 05 Nov 2005

JP/Hotels, villas in Puncak see poor bookings

Hotels, villas in Puncak see poor bookingsTheresia Sufa The Jakarta Post/BogorUnlike previous years, signs advertising vacancies still hung outside hotels and villas in the Puncak resort area, Bogor, on Tuesday, just two days before the post-fasting Idul Fitri celebration.
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Sat, 05 Nov 2005

JP/Airlines 'should apply online system'

Airlines 'should apply online system'Anissa S. Febrina, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta In an era where a country's development is increasingly measured by its bandwidth per capita, real-time connectivity is what consumers now demand.
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Sat, 05 Nov 2005

JP/Purser and his love for Indonesia

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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Sat, 05 Nov 2005

JP/New judges to hear Probo case

New judges to hear Probo caseThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Supreme Court has set up a new five-judge panel to handle the appeal case of businessman Probosutedjo amid allegations that the previous panel of three justices had received bribe money from latter, who is former president Soeharto's ...
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Sat, 05 Nov 2005

JP/For 11/5)

For 11/5)JP/6/EDIT01 Papuans need sincerity The 42 members of the Papuan People's Assembly (MRP) were installed on Oct. 31, 2005, in Jayapura, capital of the easternmost province of Papua. But whether the assembly will be able to play the role it is supposed to play is another question.
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Sat, 05 Nov 2005

JP/Ba'asyir to serve full jail term, Tommy gets further time cut

Ba'asyir to serve full jail term, Tommy gets further time cutThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta In an abrupt about-face, the government has decided not to grant convicted terrorist and Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Ba'asyir a sentence remission given to inmates in observance of Idul Fitri holiday.
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Sat, 05 Nov 2005

JP/Security up after al-Farouq's escape

Security up after al-Farouq's escapeThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said that the government would increase security measures at home to prevent terrorists from launching new attacks in the country following the escape of Omar al-Farouq from a U.S.
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Sat, 05 Nov 2005

JP/Pos Indonesia braces for Rp100b in losses

Pos Indonesia braces for Rp100b in lossesThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta State postal service, PT Pos Indonesia, will likely close its books in the red this year, as rising operational costs -- and a recent trend of more people turning to electronic means for their communication needs -- are taking ...
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Sat, 05 Nov 2005

JP/Jakarta to have more retail space by end of year

Jakarta to have more retail space by end of yearAnissa S. Febrina, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta With several large retail construction projects nearing completion, Jakarta will see more shopping spaces by the end of 2005, a property consultant says.
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Sat, 05 Nov 2005

JP/Toward a virtual caliphate

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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Sat, 05 Nov 2005

JP/Zebra dove farmers confident of bird flu measures

Zebra dove farmers confident of bird flu measuresEvi Mariani The Jakarta Post/JakartaAmid the bird flu scare in the country, bird farmers in Jakarta are confident in their approach for keeping their birds and families healthy.
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Sat, 05 Nov 2005

JP/Muslims asked to help build brighter future

Muslims asked to help build brighter futureDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta It has been a tough year for the country from natural disasters to currency crises to outbreaks of polio and bird flu.
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Sat, 05 Nov 2005

JP/'Church planting' can be contentious work

'Church planting' can be contentious work Wesley International School was opened by the U.S.- based Oriental Missionary Society, now known as OMS International.John Wesley (1703-1791) was an English theologian who started the evangelical Methodist movement. He spent two years in the U.S.
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Sat, 05 Nov 2005

JP/City gets 15% in highway project

City gets 15% in highway project JAKARTA: Thanks to their initiative in fronting the idea to develop inner-city highways, city-owned developers PT Jakarta Propertindo and PT Pembangunan Jaya will obtain 15 percent shares in the ownership of the project worth Rp 23 trillion.
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Sat, 05 Nov 2005

JP/House Speaker joins calls for Susilo to shake up Cabinet

House Speaker joins calls for Susilo to shake up CabinetRidwan Max Sijabat, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta House Speaker Agung Laksono has joined the chorus of demands for President Susilo Bambang to reshuffle his Cabinet in order to improve his government's performance.
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Sat, 05 Nov 2005

JP/SBY's 1.8 million hectare disaster?

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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Sat, 05 Nov 2005

JP/History of Sept. 30 events

History of Sept. 30 events I refer to the letter from Michael Hills published a few days ago in The Jakarta Post regarding the events that took place on Sept. 30 back in 1965.
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Sat, 05 Nov 2005

JP/Documentary film emphasizes benevolence of Islam

Documentary film emphasizes benevolence of IslamM. Taufiqurrahman, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta In the wake of the terrorist attack on the twin towers on Sept.
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Sat, 05 Nov 2005

JP/Two people die in train crash

Two people die in train crashThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta A train from Bogor hit a van and a motorcycle while crossing a junction in Pasar Minggu, South Jakarta on Friday, killing two people and injuring five others.
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Sat, 05 Nov 2005

JP/S&P raises three firms' debt ratings

S&P raises three firms' debt ratingsThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Global credit rating agency Standard & Poor's (S&P) has raised its debt ratings for three Indonesian companies -- PT HM Sampoerna, PT Bank Mandiri and PT Bank Danamon -- citing a reduced risk in their ability to service their ...
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Sat, 05 Nov 2005

JP/Shame on all

Shame on all How can anyone justify the beheading of three innocent schoolgirls?This inhuman act shames Indonesia, and if it was done by people using Islam as a justification it will bring shame on all Muslims.
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Sat, 05 Nov 2005

JP/Getting better?

Getting better? When President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono came to New York, he told the Indonesian community that "things are getting better" in response to a question about anti-Christian violence. On Oct.
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Sat, 05 Nov 2005

JP/Idul Fitri for solidarity and justice

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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Sat, 05 Nov 2005

JP/Holiday travel up on last year

Holiday travel up on last year YOGYAKARTA: Despite higher inflation following the fuel price increases, the number of holiday travelers during this year Idul Fitri rose by 4 percent compared to last year, Minister of Transportation Hatta Radjasa said on Friday.
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Sat, 05 Nov 2005

JP/JP/18/AUSSIE

JP/18/AUSSIEInt'l students almost on par with Australian students The Jakarta Post/JakartaIn response to claims that universities in Australia were dropping standards to favor foreign students, some Australian researchers conducted a comparative study that disproved the earlier claims.
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Sat, 05 Nov 2005

JP/JP/7/IGOR3

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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Sat, 05 Nov 2005

JP/Bomb jolts Ambon; one found in Poso

Bomb jolts Ambon; one found in PosoRuslan Sangadji, The Jakarta Post/Poso, Central Sulawesi A bomb blast jolted Ambon early on Thursday as Muslims prepared to celebrate Idul Fitri, and later in the afternoon, some hundreds of kilometers away, residents in Poso found a homemade bomb in what ...
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Sat, 05 Nov 2005

JP/Inflation, an elusive concept to most people

Inflation, an elusive concept to most peopleEndy M. Bayuni, Jakarta When the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) announced the latest inflation figures on Tuesday, most government officials and some economists professed surprise and shock.
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Sat, 05 Nov 2005

JP/International students almost on par with Australian students

International students almost on par with Australian studentsThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta In response to claims that universities in Australia were dropping standards to favor foreign students, some Australian researchers conducted a comparative study that disproved the earlier claims.
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Sat, 05 Nov 2005

JP/Ex-strongman Soeharto admitted to hospital

Ex-strongman Soeharto admitted to hospitalThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Former president Soeharto was admitted to the Pertamina Hospital in South Jakarta on Friday suffering from an identified illness.
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Sat, 05 Nov 2005

JP/Acehnese tsunami survivors celebrate Idul Fitri in tents, remember victims

Acehnese tsunami survivors celebrate Idul Fitri in tents, remember victimsNani Afrida, The Jakarta Post/Banda Aceh Many still living in tents, the Acehnese celebrated their first Idul Fitri almost a year after the tsunami devastated Aceh and parts of North Sumatra.
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Sat, 05 Nov 2005

JP/'It's the prayer and the visits that matter'

'It's the prayer and the visits that matter' The post-fasting Idul Fitri celebration, known here as lebaran, has been somewhat subdued this year as people come to terms with higher prices for basic necessities following the Oct. 1 fuel price rises.
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Sat, 05 Nov 2005

JP/FPI forces Kemang eateries to close during Idul Fitri

FPI forces Kemang eateries to close during Idul FitriAbdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta While many Jakarta residents were looking for places to eat out on the first day of Idul Fitri on Thursday, the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) forced restaurants and cafes in Kemang, South Jakarta, to close.
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Sat, 05 Nov 2005

JP/No religious group can see itself as superior to another

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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Sat, 05 Nov 2005

JP/JP/18/ZATNI2

JP/18/ZATNI2Portable backup device for digital photosZatni Arbi Contributor/JakartaImagine you are on a two-day mountain-climbing trip to a location famous for its exotic views. Or a week-long trip to scenic West Sumatra.
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Sat, 05 Nov 2005

JP/JP/19/CARLA1

JP/19/CARLA1Gao Xingjian: Evoking humankind's core sense of the unspeakableOn Nov. 17, 60 paintings of the famous Chinese Nobel Prize Laureate for Literature 2000, Gao Xingjian, will be shown in a blockbuster exhibition at the Singapore Art Museum.
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Sat, 05 Nov 2005

JP/Forgive convicted Australians

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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Sat, 05 Nov 2005

JP/Indonesian doctor awarded by Japan

Indonesian doctor awarded by Japan INDONESIA: Indonesian neurologist Satyanegara has been awarded with the Order of The Rising Sun (Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon) from the Japanese government for his efforts in promoting ties between Indonesia and Japan, especially in the medical field, the Japanese ...
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Sat, 05 Nov 2005

JP/Palyja responds to bonus demands

Palyja responds to bonus demands We refer to the article entitled When strangers call for THR published in the Sunday, Oct. 30 edition of The Jakarta Post on page 1.
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Sat, 05 Nov 2005

JP/Festivities galore

Festivities galore On the eve of Idul Fitri, the celebratory spirit was in the air as huge groups of people paraded around towns marking the end of a month of fasting for Muslims.
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Sat, 05 Nov 2005

JP/Police to monitor influx of Idul Fitri travelers

Police to monitor influx of Idul Fitri travelersAbdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta The Jakarta Police will deploy thousands of officers to several bus and railway stations, the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport and Tanjung Priok port to monitor incoming travelers several days after Idul ...
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Sat, 05 Nov 2005

JP/FOR WHOM AMERICAS BELL TOLLS

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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Sat, 05 Nov 2005

JP/How laws work

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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Sat, 05 Nov 2005

JP/Rare books highly prized by collectors

Rare books highly prized by collectorsBambang Parlupi, Contributor/Jakarta Many people are fond of collecting rare books, which are generally very old or limited editions.
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Sat, 05 Nov 2005

JP/RI woman and Rp 500 m

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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Sat, 05 Nov 2005

JP/Labor unions bow to employers over wage hikes

Labor unions bow to employers over wage hikesRidwan Max Sijabat, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Despite pro-labor legislation, workers had to bow down to employers' pressure in determining the hike in the 2006 monthly minimum wages in the wake of economic difficulties and the alarmingly high level of ...
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Sat, 05 Nov 2005

JP/Cipinang inmates granted remissions

Cipinang inmates granted remissions JAKARTA: Inmates serving jail terms at Cipinang Penitentiary in East Jakarta were granted sentence remissions on Friday on the occasion of Idul Fitri. The total number of inmates to receive remissions was 1,503.
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Sat, 05 Nov 2005

JP/Private schools must respect Indonesian system

Private schools must respect Indonesian systemPieter 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 Jakarta.
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Sat, 05 Nov 2005

JP/Ragunan zoo regains visitors

Ragunan zoo regains visitorsThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta/Bogor After it was closed in September after 19 of its birds were infected by bird flu virus, Ragunan Zoo in South Jakarta began to see visitors returning again during Idul Fitri on Thursday and Friday.
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Sat, 05 Nov 2005

JP/Terrorism is the world's concern

Terrorism is the world's concernIntolerance is the basis of all the terrorism that has become endemic throughout the globe.
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Sat, 05 Nov 2005

JP/From Kalimantan to Malang via Birmingham

From Kalimantan to Malang via BirminghamDuncan Graham, Contributor/Malang The life of a missionary kid (they call themselves MKs) is so dramatically different from the upbringing of most children that there is even an Indonesian webpage devoted to the experience.
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Sat, 05 Nov 2005

JP/Nurse under scrutiny for bird flu symptoms

Nurse under scrutiny for bird flu symptomsThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Staff at the Sulianti Saroso Infectious Diseases Hospital in North Jakarta are closely observing a nurse with avian influenza- like symptoms after she took care of a patient thought to have the virus who recently died.
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Sat, 05 Nov 2005

JP/Supreme Court

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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Sat, 05 Nov 2005

JP/Inquisition in Indonesia

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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Sat, 05 Nov 2005

JP/RI woman and Rp 500 m

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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Sat, 05 Nov 2005

JP/Business as usual?

Business as usual? After the celebration of Idul Fitri, business as usual is the last thing we want. Fitri refers to a state of being cleansed, a life begun anew with a clean slate after a month of fasting and trying not to give in to worldly desires.
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Sat, 05 Nov 2005

JP/JP/18/ZATNI1

JP/18/ZATNI1USB 'OTG': Let's do away with the PCZatni Arbi Contributor/JakartaI got an interesting gift during one of my recent trips: A 40 GB external USB hard disk. That was a heck of storage capacity for me, as I do not usually store video and music files.
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Sat, 05 Nov 2005

JP/People-profile-Suroyo

People-profile-Suroyo JP/24/W00 JP/24/SUROYOSuroyo, Yogyakarta's 'Gazelle bike king'Bambang Muryanto Contributor/YogyakartaFollowing the government's decision to raise fuel prices by an average of almost 100 percent on Oct. 1, many people are thinking of returning to bicycles.However, H.
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Sat, 05 Nov 2005

JP/21 named suspects in attack on Bali police station

21 named suspects in attack on Bali police stationI Wayan Juniartha, The Jakarta Post/Denpasar The Karangasem Police in Bali named on Friday 21 people as suspects in Wednesday's attack and burning of the Rendang Police station that left four people injured, including a police officer.
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Sat, 05 Nov 2005

JP/Rental rates continue upward trend

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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Sat, 05 Nov 2005

JP/Good deeds during Ramadhan

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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