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Indonesia rolls into 2000 safely JAKARTA (JP): There were no power outages, phones rang and flights were kept to schedule as the new millennium arrived on Saturday. People were also able to withdraw money from automatic teller machines.

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Used cans turned into artworkBy R. Agus Bakti MAGELANG, Central Java (JP): Used cans are usually considered garbage that can harm the environment. Yet to Suharmanto, used cans are raw material for his artwork.Suharmanto, 39, has become successful with used cans.

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Maluku enjoys brief lull over New Year's break JAKARTA (JP): Maluku enjoyed a brief respite over the New Year break from almost continuous violence, with reports of only minor clashes, as figures show that escalating violence in 1999 has killed over 1,000 people.

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Blue-collar laborer is hero in smart 'Good Will Hunting'By Rayya Makarim JAKARTA (JP): "Most days I wish I never met you ...

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RI must prioritize socialization of athletics and swimmingBy Primastuti Handayani JAKARTA (JP): The sports community has long known that track and field is the mother of all sports.

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Secondhand clothes find big market in PontianakBy Yetie G. Tamen PONTIANAK, West Kalimantan (JP): Secondhand clothes? Why not? That is perhaps the motto of customers at Lelong market in the heart of Pontianak, the principal town of West Kalimantan.

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Prejudice in HIV-positive woman's deathBy Husein Habsyi JAKARTA (JP): Innalillaahi wa Innaa Ilaihi Rooji'uun (We are truly Allah's and to Him we return). In the first week of this fasting month, a woman from Karawang, West Java, died in a private hospital in Jakarta from complications of HIV/AIDS.

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Expats share the joy of Ramadhan away from homeBy Mehru Jaffer JAKARTA (JP): "With growing commerce came new sets of values and concerns ... As values changed and the gap between the rich and poor widened, resentment among the less fortunate began to intensify. It was an uneasy world ....

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I vow to make a promise on the eve of the new year JAKARTA (JP): Let's lift our hands up into the air and shout as loud as we can, "Happy New Year! Happy New Millennium!!"Like people say, New Year is the time to change yourself into a better person.

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Chrisye: Reproduction is not shameful to meBy Endi Aras JAKARTA (JP): Singer and songwriter Chrisye has gone through such a long journey that many of his works have become legendary.

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Ex-miner Rozik digs into his new job JAKARTA (JP): Mining and public works are two such very different professions that it is difficult to think any person with an established career in any one of them would want to switch fields, especially if he is already in his fifties.

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Vipassama: The path to cessation of sufferingBy Rahayu Ratnaningsih JAKARTA (JP): In recent articles, we talked at great length about the concept of emptiness both from scientific (physics) and philosophical (eastern mysticism) point of views, and how meditating on this phenomena will free us ...

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'Dangdut' music enjoys rosy days in l999By Endi Aras JAKARTA (JP): Once considered cheap and vulgar, dangdut music is now winning the hearts of numerous Indonesian and international music buffs.

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Soothsayers see another tough year for RIBy Stevie Emilia JAKARTA (JP): There are great expectations for the year 2000 as a general mood of excitement greets the new millennium, discounting those who believe it is being celebrated a year early.

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Marking time with a cancer survivorBy Grace Segran JAKARTA (JP): We were sitting in the International Baccalaureate (IB) coordinator's office two weeks before school was about to start. My daughter Elizabeth had waited all summer for this occasion -- to discuss her IB program with the school.

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A classical Christmas story World War I (WW I) lasted from 1914 to 1918 and although the weapons of destruction were not as powerful as they are now, thousands or perhaps millions of people died on the battlefields.

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Art 1999: Testing the waters of freedomBy Chandra Johan JAKARTA (JP): Turmoil and newfound freedom have brought a new era of "punditry" to the Indonesian people, in which everyone is suddenly free to speak their mind.

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Experiencing nature with your children is fun for allBy Lestari Danardana BOGOR, West Java (JP): Nowadays, many young parents are concerned about playing with their children at the weekends.

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Jakartans greet New Year's with joy JAKARTA (JP): Like revelers in other metropolises across the globe, partygoers welcoming the new millennium in Jakarta celebrated the once-in-a-lifetime rollover with joy, nods to religion, paper trumpets, firecrackers and fireworks.

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Bogor bullfrogs hopping onto plates in JakartaBy Joko Sarwono BOGOR, West Java (JP): Any prospective entrepreneur, at least one with any foresight, first weighs the opportunities of a business and the costs.

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Do our religious teachings really run in our blood?By Zatni Arbi JAKARTA (JP): A Mercedes driven by a man in a clean white shirt and tie stopped in front of a mosque. The man parked the car, got out, went into the mosque and joined hundreds of other Muslims in their Friday prayer.

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StoogesBy Sori Siregar After looking Jalil right in the eye the old man asked, "Can I trust you?". Jalil should have been offended by such a question. But he wasn't as he was well informed of the surrounding situation.

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Pick of the Flicks (for Sunday, Jan. 2, 2000)Hollywood KC The World Is Not Enough 13:00 15:15 19:30 Anna And The King 13:45 16:00 20:15 Toy Story 2 13:00 15:15 19:30 The Last Marshal 13:45 16:00 20:15 Good Will Hunting ...

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