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Searching for all articles published on 1999-03-22 ...
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Mon, 22 Mar 1999

One dead as political parties clash YOGYAKARTA (JP): One person died and several were injured in a clash among supporters of the United Development Party (PPP) and the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan), both of which held rallies on Sunday.
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Mon, 22 Mar 1999

Diarrhea outbreak kills 23 MAUMERE, East Nusa Tenggara: Diarrhea-related deaths here have reached 23, reports said Saturday.Pos Kupang reported on Saturday that 55 people were still being treated in community health centers, with 15 of them children.
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Mon, 22 Mar 1999

IBRA under fire on severance pay JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) has found itself in hot water after failing to answer the demands of the thousands of employees of the 38 closed banks for higher severance payments.
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Mon, 22 Mar 1999

Rp 918.6m financial aid given to poor residents JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Committee for Humanitarian Programs (KKI) distributed Rp 918.6 million in financial aid to residents of poverty-stricken Cilincing, a subdistrict in North Jakarta, on Saturday.
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Mon, 22 Mar 1999

Golkar is the problem With the general election less than three months away, every move Golkar makes is coming under scrutiny by the public and particularly opposition parties.
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Mon, 22 Mar 1999

Government 'too slow on Aceh' YOGYAKARTA: The government does not care about Aceh, Governor Syamsuddin Mahmud said at talks held by the All-Java Community of Acehnese here Sunday.
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Mon, 22 Mar 1999

Ministers can campaign, says Akbar Tandjung JAKARTA (JP): Amid increasing demands that all ministers be banned from campaigning, Golkar party chairman Akbar Tandjung is maintaining there is no inherent conflict of interest.
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Mon, 22 Mar 1999

Japan prepares books for April Fool's Day?By David DeRosa NEW YORK (Bloomberg): You can depend on two things in March. Crocuses start to surface and Japanese officials work on patching up the nation's fiscal year-end accounting statements.
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Mon, 22 Mar 1999

Indigenous peoples take united stand JAKARTA (JP): The nation's indigenous peoples have united in demanding an outright end to abuses against them and respect of their sovereignty by the state.
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Mon, 22 Mar 1999

Nokia hanging on for Indonesian turnaroundBy Sylvia Gratia M. Nirang SINGAPORE (JP): Finnish telecommunications firm Nokia is keeping attuned to Indonesia's cellular market prospects despite the country's terrible economic woes.
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Mon, 22 Mar 1999

D. Dunidja to be named West Sumatra caretaker BANDUNG (JP): Ministry of Home Affairs Director General of Sociopolitical Affairs D. Dunidja will be appointed on Monday as caretaker of the West Sumatra administration, a ministry official said on Saturday.
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Mon, 22 Mar 1999

Revindo aids fishermen JAKARTA (JP): Fishing company PT Reva Indo Overseas (Revindo) announced on Saturday the signing of an agreement with 16 village cooperatives in Boul Toli-Toli regency of Central Sulawesi, to jointly develop a Rp 26 billion (over US$3 million) integrated fishing industry.
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Mon, 22 Mar 1999

Learning a few basic Winword table mannersBy Zatni Arbi JAKARTA (JP): In a recent tip inside the IT Superhighway box, I suggested that you open multiple instances of Winword if you needed to copy and paste repeatedly from one Winword document to another.
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Mon, 22 Mar 1999

V.S. Naipaul and Indonesia The following passages are quoted from V.S. Naipaul's Among the Believers from 1979 and Beyond Belief published in 1995. The extracts concern the author's observations of Indonesia.
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Mon, 22 Mar 1999

Oracle banks on e-business to zap economic crisisBy Johannes Simbolon SINGAPORE (JP): Global database software maker Oracle Corp. has launched a new product to boost business through the Internet in the Asia Pacific region amid the economic crisis.
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Mon, 22 Mar 1999

Electronic goods export dives as rupiah depreciates JAKARTA (JP): The country's exports of electronic goods declined 11.52 percent to US$2.72 billion in the January-November period last year compared to the corresponding period in 1997.
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Mon, 22 Mar 1999

Where to go in Jakarta:Exhibitions * Painting Exhibition by Sem Cornelyoes Bangun, at Galeri Cipta III, Taman Ismail Marzuki, Jl. Cikini Raya 73, Central Jakarta, 9 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. March 22.
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Mon, 22 Mar 1999

Persebaya through to soccer league semifinal JAKARTA (JP): Persebaya Surabaya earned itself a semifinal berth on Sunday, earning seven points to top Group 1 after defeating Persikota Tangerang in the Indonesian Soccer League (Ligina) playoffs at Senayan sports stadium.
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Mon, 22 Mar 1999

$25,000 donated to orphans JAKARTA (JP): PT Lucent Technologies Indonesia, a communications systems and technology supplier, on Saturday contributed US$25,000 to five local social organizations dedicated to providing education to children from orphanages and impoverished families.
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Mon, 22 Mar 1999

City panned for letting probe slide JAKARTA (JP): City councilors criticized the city administration on Sunday for slow progress made in the investigation of 1,942 malfeasance cases exposed since the 1994/1995 fiscal year.
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Mon, 22 Mar 1999

Infant among four dead in restaurant blaze JAKARTA (JP): Four people, including a three-year-old boy, were killed in a fire which gutted a noodle restaurant on Jl. Mangga Besar VII in West Jakarta early Sunday morning.
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Mon, 22 Mar 1999

Scholar Jeffrey Winters returns JAKARTA (JP): Distinguished American Indonesianist Jeffrey A. Winters, who became a cause celebre last October after he was accused of slandering a minister, returned to the country on Sunday.
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Mon, 22 Mar 1999

Austrade director in town JAKARTA (JP): A senior official of the Australian Trade Commission (Austrade), Charles Jamieson, will be on an official visit to Indonesia from Sunday to Wednesday, the Australian Embassy announced.
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Mon, 22 Mar 1999

Falintil responsible for slaying: ABRI BOBONARO, East Timor (JP): Four Ritabou villagers, including two teenagers, from Maliana subdistrict, were shot to death by masked men on Friday, but as of Sunday tight security delayed their funerals.
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Mon, 22 Mar 1999

Pramoedya dreams of traveling abroad JAKARTA (JP): He has tried on a new suit in anticipation, but internationally acclaimed author Pramoedya Ananta Toer remains doubtful he will be permitted to attend an academic award presentation at an American university in May.
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Mon, 22 Mar 1999

Foreign firms deny causing state losses JAKARTA (JP): Two foreign partners of city-owned tap water company PDAM Jaya -- PT Thames Pam Jaya (TPJ) and PT Pam Lyonnaise Jaya (Palyja) -- denied on Saturday that water deals with PDAM Jaya caused state losses.
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Mon, 22 Mar 1999

On educational management In the article "Learning centered education -- a prerequisite?" (The Jakarta Post, March 16, 1999), Nirwan Idrus once again confidently discusses specific and general issues regarding higher education.
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Mon, 22 Mar 1999

Judge unfazed by Nurdin ruckus UJUNGPANDANG, South Sulawesi: The judge presiding over the trial of legislator and businessman Nurdin Halid played down on Saturday mounting criticism and rallies both for and against the prosecutor's demand for acquittal on corruption charges.
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Mon, 22 Mar 1999

Court urged to probe LDP aid to Golkar JAKARTA (JP): The National Elections Committee (PPI) called on the Supreme Court to investigate agricultural aid from the Japanese Liberal Democrat Party (LDP), channeled through the Golkar Party.
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Mon, 22 Mar 1999

'TVRI' to air master's billiard tournament JAKARTA (JP): State television network TVRI will begin a monthly master's billiard contest on April 4 in a move intended to popularize the sport, the Indonesian Billiard Association (POBSI) announced on Saturday.
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Mon, 22 Mar 1999

Factory workers poisoned TANGERANG (JP): At least 155 workers of towel producer PT Indah Jaya at Gandasari in Jatiuwung here were hastily rushed to Tangerang General Hospital on Thursday for food poisoning.
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Mon, 22 Mar 1999

Teaching kids a mind's giftsBy Rahayu Ratnaningsih JAKARTA (JP): Our traditional education system gives these labels to our children: genius, intelligent, average, slow, dyslexic, stupid or unteachable.Early in life we were made aware of our limitations.
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Mon, 22 Mar 1999

Eight newspapers set up Asia News Network BANGKOK (JP): Eight major Asian newspapers have joined forces by signing an agreement to form the Asia News Network (ANN) to optimize coverage of news events in the region.
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Mon, 22 Mar 1999

Laid-off bank employees to take to streets JAKARTA (JP): Thousands of employees of the 38 banks recently closed by the government plan to take to the capital's streets unless their demands for severance payments equal to 10 months salary are met, a non-governmental organization warned on Saturday.
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Mon, 22 Mar 1999

Abdurrahman Wahid to meet Lee Kuan Yew JAKARTA (JP): Noted Muslim leader Abdurrahman Wahid is scheduled to visit Singapore on Tuesday to meet senior minister Lee Kuan Yew, a Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) executive, M. Fajrul Falaakh, said over the weekend.
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Mon, 22 Mar 1999

TV todayTVRI 5:30 a.m. Religious Teachings 6:00 Morning News 6:30 News 7:00 Children's Songs 8:00 Music 8:30 TV Drama 9:00 Music 9:30 Interval 2:00 p.m.
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Mon, 22 Mar 1999

Surviving the crisis As we know, the economic crisis gripping our country is a great burden to the people, particularly those in low income brackets. They have food and health problems. However, this difficult situation can be alleviated by living modestly and ably.
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Mon, 22 Mar 1999

Voting pattern may change This is the first of two articles on the pattern of Indonesian voting prepared by Lance Castles, a visiting lecturer in political sciences at the Gadjah Mada University in Yogyakarta.
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Mon, 22 Mar 1999

Pick of the FlicksHollywood KC: Shakespeare In Love 14:15 16:55 19:05 21:15 Enemy Of The State 14:55 17:35 19:45 21:55 Tarzan And The Lost City 14:15 16:55 19:05 21:15 Firelight 14:55 17:35 19:45 ...
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Mon, 22 Mar 1999

Death toll in Sambas continues to rise JAKARTA (JP): The death toll from weeklong clashes between Madurese settlers and local Malays and Dayaks in West Kalimantan's Sambas regency increased to more than 90 on Sunday as more bodies were found, reports said.
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