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Fri, 08 Apr 2005

JP/Asia Foundation honors eight reformers

Asia Foundation honors eight reformersThe Jakarta Post, JakartaEight Indonesians from all walks of life won on Thursday the Asia Foundation's 50th Anniversary Award for their contribution to democratic reforms in the country.

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Fri, 08 Apr 2005

JP/'Better to take a bus or train than taxi'

'Better to take a bus or train than taxi'he Jakarta administration has allowed taxi operators to raise their fares by as high as 38 percent for the meter waiting fee, despite the fact that their services are often unsatisfactory.

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Fri, 08 Apr 2005

JP/Schools relocated due to flooding

Schools relocated due to floodingJAMBI, Jambi: Jambi schools relocated classes on Thursday at several schools here due to prolonged flooding.

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Fri, 08 Apr 2005

JP/Live grenade found in Cengkareng

Live grenade found in Cengkareng JAKARTA: A resident of Kapuk Cengkareng, West Jakarta, found more than he bargained for on Thursday when he took out his garbage -- a live grenade.Jakarta Police spokesman Sr. Comr.

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Fri, 08 Apr 2005

JP/JP/18/KAMASA

JP/18/KAMASAAging painter keeps Kamasan style alive Tri Vivi Suryani Contributor/DenpasarNi Made Suciarmi, one of the oldest female painters in Banjar Sangging, Kamasan village, Klungkung, east Bali, works meticulously on a canvas, drawing two-dimensional wayang shadow puppet figures in a ...

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Fri, 08 Apr 2005

JP/Aging painter keeps Kamasan style alive

Aging painter keeps Kamasan style aliveTri Vivi Suryani, Contributor, DenpasarNi Made Suciarmi, one of the oldest female painters in Banjar Sangging, Kamasan village, Klungkung, east Bali, works meticulously on a canvas, drawing two-dimensional wayang shadow puppet figures in a painting style known ...

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Fri, 08 Apr 2005

JP/Kalimantan Police get luxurious office

Kalimantan Police get luxurious office JAKARTA: The East Kalimantan Police Headquarters will have a building to be proud of, which will cost the local government a whopping Rp 118 billion (US$13 million).National Police spokesman Insp. Gen.

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Fri, 08 Apr 2005

JP/RI retailers trying to modernize, branch out

RI retailers trying to modernize, branch outThe Jakarta Post, JakartaMajor retailers in the country are planning big expansions of their businesses to get a larger chunk of the country's expanding economy.

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Fri, 08 Apr 2005

JP/Cabbies struggle to stay behind the wheel

Cabbies struggle to stay behind the wheelThe Jakarta Post, JakartaThe recent taxi fare hike is not only hitting passengers in the pocket, it is also eating into the daily earnings of taxi drivers.

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Fri, 08 Apr 2005

JP/Koran in braille can changes lives

Koran in braille can changes livesIndra Harsaputra, Contributor, SurabayaA smile bloomed on the face of Adi Subroto, who runs Surabaya's Yayasan Tunanetra Islam Karunia (Yaptunik), an Islamic foundation for the blind, when he learned that some of his students were each able to read a verse from the ...

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Fri, 08 Apr 2005

JP/William upsets world pool champ

William upsets world pool champMoch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Kuta, Bali William Ipaenen of Indonesia edged out world pool champion Alex Pagulayan of Canada to chalk up one of many big upsets at the A Mild Billiard International Open here on Thursday.

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Fri, 08 Apr 2005

JP/Budget for Aceh reconstruction raised

Budget for Aceh reconstruction raisedThe government announced on Thursday its decision to increase the budget for the five-year reconstruction of tsunami-ravaged Aceh and North Sumatra to Rp 46.1 trillion (US$4.

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Fri, 08 Apr 2005

JP/ITCB pursues tariff cuts, anticipates non-tariff barriers

ITCB pursues tariff cuts, anticipates non-tariff barriersZakki P. Hakim, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe International Textiles and Clothing Bureau (ITCB), a powerful lobby group at the World Trade Organization (WTO), is vowing to proactively seek ways to deal with existing trade barriers posed by ...

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Fri, 08 Apr 2005

JP/Govt to put forward tax law revisions soon

Govt to put forward tax law revisions soonRendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post, WellingtonThe government is to put forward draft revisions on tax, excise and customs laws to the House of Representatives this semester, as part of a scheme to revitalize the nation's taxation system, thereby bolstering ...

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Fri, 08 Apr 2005

JP/Cops cleared of blame in jailbreak

Cops cleared of blame in jailbreakAbdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post, JakartaJust a day the East Jakarta police precinct came under scrutiny after a daring daytime escape by three detainees, the city police all but exonerated the officers in charge on Thursday.City police spokesman Sr. Comr.

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Fri, 08 Apr 2005

JP/NNT eyes $300m profit in 2005 on high prices

NNT eyes $300m profit in 2005 on high pricesLeony Aurora, The Jakarta Post, West SumbawaCopper and gold miner PT Newmont Nusa Tenggara (NNT) aims to book a profit of US$300 million this year after its net income more than doubled in 2004 boosted by high commodity prices.

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Fri, 08 Apr 2005

JP/Soepra gamelan has a Western sound

Soepra gamelan has a Western soundYuli Tri Suwarni, The Jakarta Post, BandungMy Way, which is usually associated with singer Frank Sinatra, sounded quite different when Indonesian tenor Christopher Abimanyu, also known as Abbi, sang it at Istana Muara, Bandung.

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Fri, 08 Apr 2005

JP/Music-gamelan-diatonic

Music-gamelan-diatonicJP/17/CHROMSoepra gamelan sounds as Western as it does JavaneseYuli Tri Suwarni The Jakarta Post/BandungMy Way, which is usually associated with singer Frank Sinatra, sounded quite different when Indonesia's tenor Christopher Abimanyu, a.k.a.

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Fri, 08 Apr 2005

JP/New protest sparks up in Kampar

New protest sparks up in KamparPuji Santoso, The Jakarta Post, KamparNew rounds of protests have broken out in Kampar regency on Thursday following a report that a minister had given his approval for ousted Kampar Regent Jefri Noer to resume office.

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Fri, 08 Apr 2005

JP/More witnesses identify Adiguna as Rudy's shooter

More witnesses identify Adiguna as Rudy's shooter The Jakarta Post Jakarta Two more witnesses have identified businessman Adiguna Sutowo as the killer of waiter Yohannes "Rudy" Berchmans Haerudy Natong at the Hilton Hotel's Fluid Bar on Jan. 1.

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Fri, 08 Apr 2005

JP/RI, Thailand urged to foster greater ASEAN role

RI, Thailand urged to foster greater ASEAN roleNovan Iman Santosa, The Jakarta Post, BangkokWhile acknowledging that in general both Indonesia and Thailand have enjoyed good relations in the past 55 years, scholars urged both countries to ensure a more integrated Association of Southeast Asian ...

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Fri, 08 Apr 2005

JP/Women players want to go international

Women players want to go internationalMoch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Kuta, Bali Mutiara Sasini Bunga and Sadra Q had no choice but to take on male opponents in qualifying for the A Mild Billiard Bali International Open.

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Fri, 08 Apr 2005

JP/Tsunami aid spent for villa?

Tsunami aid spent for villa? I read in your April 5 paper an article titled RI denies tsunami aid spent on Geneva villa. What I read in the article truly made me sad.

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Fri, 08 Apr 2005

JP/School ousts girl bullies

School ousts girl bullies JAKARTA: Seven female students at Budi Utomo High School in Central Jakarta were expelled on Wednesday for bullying, Tempointeraktif.com reported on Thursday.

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Fri, 08 Apr 2005

JP/West Jakarta to hold 'barongsai' festival

West Jakarta to hold 'barongsai' festival JAKARTA: The West Jakarta municipal administration will hold a 2005 Barongsai (Lion Dance) Festival on Sunday at the Matahari- Puri Daan Mogot shopping mall.

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Fri, 08 Apr 2005

JP/Ambon Police beef up security

Ambon Police beef up securityAMBON, Maluku: Ambon and Lease Islands Police are beefing security across the Maluku group of islands ahead of the separatist South Maluku Republic Anniversary on April 25.Chief of Ambon and Lease Islands Police Adj. Sr. Comr.

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Fri, 08 Apr 2005

JP/NGOs demand accountability from donors

NGOs demand accountability from donorsUrip Hudiono, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe government should scrutinize local and international donor agencies to make sure they are not abusing the millions of dollars in funds channeled to them after the tsunami tragedy, a corruption watchdog says.

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Fri, 08 Apr 2005

JP/Susilo questioned over Geneva villa controversy

Susilo questioned over Geneva villa controversyRendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post, WellingtonControversy over the US$8 million villa bought by the government in Geneva, Switzerland, for the Indonesian permanent representative to the United Nations marked President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's visit ...

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Fri, 08 Apr 2005

JP/WFP to provide food for quake survivors

WFP to provide food for quake survivors JAKARTA: The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) plans to deliver some 1,000 tons of food soon to earthquake survivors in Nias, North Sumatra, and Simeuleu island, Aceh.

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Fri, 08 Apr 2005

JP/RI needs to work harder to save mothers, children

RI needs to work harder to save mothers, childrenThe Jakarta Post, JakartaDespite a promising decrease in the maternal and infant mortality rates in the country, the targets set for Indonesia by a United Nations program are still far away, the experts say.

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Fri, 08 Apr 2005

JP/Don't demolish

Don't demolish Puncak kiosks, please The Bogor Police have ordered the removal of kiosks, stalls and workshops along the road in Puncak, Cisarua/Megamendung district, as well as those in the parking lot of the Atta'Awun Mosque in Cisarua, by no later than April 9.

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Fri, 08 Apr 2005

JP/Locust plague sweeps across South Sulawesi

Locust plague sweeps across South SulawesiAndi Hajramurni, The Jakarta Post, MakassarVast swarms of locusts have swept over South Sulawesi in the past few days, destroying rice and secondary crops. The plague has devastated thousands of hectares of crops in Jeneponto, Gowa and Maros regencies.

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Fri, 08 Apr 2005

JP/Remote villages to have better access to health services

Remote villages to have better access to health servicesThe Jakarta Post/Jakarta Manling, short for mantri keliling, or mobile male nurses, will soon color the local vernacular in villages in Lebak regency, Banten, and later on throughout Indonesia, as the Ministry of Health plans to make them ...

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Fri, 08 Apr 2005

JP/Nias schoolchildren forced to work amid uncertainty

Nias schoolchildren forced to work amid uncertaintyEvi Mariani, The Jakarta Post, Gunung SitoliYeniria Telemanua, 12, and her brother Natalius, 9, started off on the two-hour, 10-kilometer journey from the hilly area where their parents grow water spinach and cassava leaves to Beringin market in ...

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Fri, 08 Apr 2005

JP/Warm Turkish bread for the Acehnese

Warm Turkish bread for the Acehnese Nani Afrida The Jakarta Post/Banda Aceh Muhammad smiled brightly, showing off a plastic bag with 10 warm flat breads in his hand as if they were precious stones.

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Fri, 08 Apr 2005

JP/Two people finger Adiguna as shooter

Two people finger Adiguna as shooterThe Jakarta Post, JakartaTwo more witnesses have identified businessman Adiguna Sutowo as the killer of waiter Yohannes "Rudy" Berchmans Haerudy Natong at the Hilton Hotel's Fluid Bar on Jan. 1.

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Fri, 08 Apr 2005

JP/Challenges of new strategic partnership for Asia-Africa

Challenges of new strategic partnership for Asia-AfricaAnak Agung Banyu Perwita, Bandung The values rooted in the Bandung Ten Principles (Dasa Sila Bandung) as the strategic output of the Asia-Africa Conference in 1955 continues to have a crucial and contextual meaning in regional and global ...

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Fri, 08 Apr 2005

JP/Cikokol market catches fire

Cikokol market catches fire TANGERANG: Fire razed nearly 80 kiosks on the eastern side of Cikokol market in Tangerang regency on Thursday afternoon.No fatalities were reported in the incident, which was immediately blamed on a short circuit, according to the head of the market's security detail.

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Fri, 08 Apr 2005

JP/Police to punish violent gangs

Police to punish violent gangsFollowing continued clashes between the Betawi Brotherhood Forum (FBR) with the Big Banten Family Development Committee (BPPKB), the Jakarta Police announced on Thursday that they were planning to dismantle all of the non-governmental paramilitary command posts.

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Fri, 08 Apr 2005

JP/Gus Dur rejects Syaifullah's bid

Gus Dur rejects Syaifullah's bidTiarma Siboro, The Jakarta Post, JakartaAhead of the National Awakening Party (PKB) congress in Semarang next week, its influential founder Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid has refused to endorse the bid of State Minister for the Development of Disadvantaged Regions ...

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Fri, 08 Apr 2005

JP/Quo vadis a new strategic partnership for Asia-Africa

Quo vadis a new strategic partnership for Asia-Africa JP/6/ANAKQuo vadis a new strategic partnership for Asia-AfricaAnak Agung Banyu Perwita Bandung The values rooted in the Bandung Ten Principles (Dasa Sila Bandung) as the strategic output of the Asia-Africa Conference in 1955 continues to ...

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Fri, 08 Apr 2005

JP/Lavigne turns in captivating show

Lavigne turns in captivating showM. Taufiqurrahman, The Jakarta Post, JakartaMusic fans could be forgiven for thinking that when it comes to female rock stars, Canada manages to dispatch more worthy performers than its southern neighbor.If reliable U.

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Fri, 08 Apr 2005

JP/Govt, Pertamina, PGN to sign MOU on gas supply

Govt, Pertamina, PGN to sign MOU on gas supplyBambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe city administration, state-owned oil company PT Pertamina, and gas distributor PT PGN will sign on Friday a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on the supply of compressed natural gas (CNG) for public ...

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Fri, 08 Apr 2005

JP/PAN must change image, Amien tells supporters

PAN must change image, Amien tells supportersSuherdjoko, The Jakarta Post, SemarangEntering its second national congress, the National Mandate Party (PAN) has to renew its image as a nationalist party which is open to people of different backgrounds to maintain its existence and to improve its luck ...

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Fri, 08 Apr 2005

JP/Govt records show more poor entitled to health subsidy

Govt records show more poor entitled to health subsidyThe Jakarta Post, JakartaA new survey shows that the amount of poor people in the country was 66 percent higher than was earlier predicted.

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Fri, 08 Apr 2005

JP/Timber bosses challenge logging discrimination

Timber bosses challenge logging discriminationNethy Dharma Somba and Puji Santoso, The Jakarta Post, Jayapura/PekanbaruIrritated by inconsistency on the part of security officers, timber businesspeople have taken the law into their own hands, seizing timber being transported into Jayapura city.

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Fri, 08 Apr 2005

JP/BIN assigns senior agents to assist Munir investigation

BIN assigns senior agents to assist Munir investigationMuninggar Sri Saraswati and Eva. C. Komandjaja, The Jakarta Post, JakartaNational Intelligence Agency (BIN) chief Syamsir Siregar announced on Thursday that he has assigned three senior officers to assist the government-sponsored fact-finding ...

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Fri, 08 Apr 2005

JP/Students find university guidance books helpful

Students find university guidance books helpfulAbdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post, JakartaWith final exams on May 30, the big question of "What's next?" is on the minds of many Jakarta high school students who don't have a clue where to get an affordable, but credible, higher education.

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Fri, 08 Apr 2005

JP/Italy offers scholarships

Italy offers scholarships JAKARTA: The Italian government is offering scholarships for Indonesian nationals who wish to pursue higher study or do research in the European country for the 2005/2006 academic year.

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Fri, 08 Apr 2005

JP/Govt blueprint for Aceh and Nias

Govt blueprint for Aceh and Nias Without meaning to be cynical, the aim stated in the draft of the government's blueprint for tsunami reconstruction of "creating a far better place to live for residents" (The Jakarta Post, March 29) sounds too optimistic.

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Fri, 08 Apr 2005

JP/Jakarta beefs up security ahead of summit

Jakarta beefs up security ahead of summitDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, JakartaAt least 24,701 personnel from the Jakarta Police, military and city administration will be deployed to safeguard vital places and public areas in the city ahead of and during the upcoming Asian-African Summit.

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Fri, 08 Apr 2005

JP/Principle of informed consent unquestionably important

Principle of informed consent unquestionably importantYulia Warhani, Jakarta A friend who was admitted to a hospital in Jakarta recently complained that he felt he was getting worse after taking a prescribed medicine from his doctor.

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Fri, 08 Apr 2005

JP/Nias struggle to oil trading wheel

Nias struggle to oil trading wheelEvi Mariani, The Jakarta Post, Gunung SitoliOn a day when she was supposed to tap latex on her five-hectare rubber plantation, Ameria Hura, 32, was instead sitting and chatting with her relatives in Hiligodu village, 12 kilometers from the town of Gunung Sitoli in ...

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Fri, 08 Apr 2005

JP/The Holy See responds

The Holy See responds On behalf of the Holy See I am writing to express, in the strongest possible terms, our protest at the publication in your daily newspaper of April 6, of an article entitled John Paul has blood on his hands, extremely libelous, untruthful and offensive of the august person ...

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Fri, 08 Apr 2005

JP/Asia Foundation honors eight reformers

Asia Foundation honors eight reformers The Jakarta Post/JakartaEight Indonesians from all walks of life won on Thursday the Asia Foundation's 50th Anniversary Award for their contribution to democratic reforms in the country.

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Fri, 08 Apr 2005

JP/Splinter PPP group plans to meet soon

Splinter PPP group plans to meet soon JAKARTA: A splinter group within the United Development Party (PPP) plans to hold a congress in May or June in a bid to end internal conflict within the country's largest Mulim-based political party and to select a new leadership.

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Fri, 08 Apr 2005

JP/Tolerating the intolerance in Islam

Tolerating the intolerance in IslamMun'im A. Sirry, Los Angeles, California In his article titled Is there a place for intolerance in Islam? (The Jakarta Post, March 26, 2005), Sukidi Mulyadi makes the argument that intolerance is not rooted in the Koran.

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Fri, 08 Apr 2005

JP/Japan's stalled maturity

Japan's stalled maturity Amid all the controversy over the Japanese government's decision on Tuesday to approve the revised New History Textbook, intended for use in the country's junior high schools, it is certainly worthwhile to read again the speech of German Chancellor Gerard Schroeder during ...

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Fri, 08 Apr 2005

JP/Genuine jazz produced by Diana Krall in Singapore

Genuine jazz produced by Diana Krall in SingaporeNauval Yazid and Ve Handojom Contributors, SingaporeThose expecting a night filled with plain, ordinary jazz- standards showcased recently by the likes of Michael Buble or Rene Olsteadt, were bound to be disappointed.

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Fri, 08 Apr 2005

JP/Japan eyes permanent seat on UNSC

Japan eyes permanent seat on UNSCAKP Mochtan, Tokyo Japan's political-diplomatic crusade is entering its final phase. In Larger Freedom, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan's newly released report, has set out a framework and timetable to address global challenges confronting our survival.

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Fri, 08 Apr 2005

JP/Human rights issues get `sanitized' in Geneva

Human rights issues get `sanitized' in GenevaEndy M. Bayuni, The Jakarta Post, Geneva In Salle XVII, eight languages are simultaneously spoken, or rather translated.

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Fri, 08 Apr 2005

JP/Quake victims find shelter in Batam

Quake victims find shelter in BatamFadli , The Jakarta Post, BatamTraumatized and hungry and waiting for government aid that never came, Serupa Sarumaha breathed a sigh of relief after his wife and three children reached a community shelter in Batam city on Tuesday.

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