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Tue, 04 Jan 2000

TNI sends more troops to Maluku JAKARTA (JP): Over 400 reinforcements arrived in riot-torn Maluku on Monday, with a pledge to maintain neutrality in their efforts to quell the communal clashes that have rocked the islands for the past year.Lt. Col.
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Tue, 04 Jan 2000

TV todayTVRI 5:30 a.m. Religious Teachings 6:00 News 8:00 Children's Songs 9:00 Music 10:30 Interval 2:00 p.m.
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Tue, 04 Jan 2000

Government told to take corrective action over BI problems JAKARTA (JP): The International Monetary Fund has told Indonesia to take corrective action to deal with problems at Bank Indonesia which were highlighted in a damning audit by the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK).
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Tue, 04 Jan 2000

Whose millennium is it? At the change of the year 1999 to 2000, mankind was gripped almost simultaneously by a crazy overjoy and extreme ecstasy in welcoming its arrival which coincided with a change from the second millennium to the third millennium.
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Tue, 04 Jan 2000

Local banks resume business with no sign of Y2K snafus JAKARTA (JP): The country's banking industry began the first business day of 2000 with none of the feared computer glitches from the much-hyped Y2K bug.
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Tue, 04 Jan 2000

PASI zeros in on sprint, hurdles and walking JAKARTA (JP): The newly reelected chairman of the Indonesian Amateur Athletics Association (PASI), Mohamad "Bob" Hasan, told a media conference on Monday that the organization would likely focus its attention on sprint, hurdles and walking events ...
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Tue, 04 Jan 2000

Two arrested for double murder in Bogor BOGOR (JP): Local police arrested two men for the murder of hairdresser Adrian Suryadi, alias Oy Beng Liat, and Surya Teguh Wijaya at the Danau Bogor Raya housing complex early last month.Bogor Police detectives chief Capt.
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Tue, 04 Jan 2000

Flights at Soekarno-Hatta airport back in the skies JAKARTA (JP): Inbound and outbound flight services at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport returned to normal on Monday after several carriers suspended flights over the weekend due to fears about the millennium bug.
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Tue, 04 Jan 2000

Officer shot in heated argument JAKARTA (JP): A city traffic police officer was shot to death in the chest and stomach by a soldier in a heated argument on Jl. Boulevard in Kelapa Gading subdistrict, North Jakarta, on Sunday evening, a city police spokesman said.Lt. Col.
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Tue, 04 Jan 2000

Supreme Court 'backs' IBRA's power JAKARTA (JP): The Supreme Court has rejected a proposal filed by the Indonesian Advocates' Association (AAI) to revoke the extraordinary power endowed to the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA), according to a source at the association.
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Tue, 04 Jan 2000

Pick of the FlicksHollywood 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 13:00 15:15 ...
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Tue, 04 Jan 2000

Gunpowder blast damages 50 houses KENDAL, Central Java: About 50 kilograms of gunpowder stored in a bamboo bush exploded in Karangdowo village on Sunday afternoon, leaving 50 houses damaged.Central Java Police chief Lt. Col. M.
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Tue, 04 Jan 2000

In BI we trust? Rightly or wrongly, the well-publicized row between the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) and Bank Indonesia (BI) is undermining the credibility of the central bank, and possibly the country's entire banking and monetary systems.
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Tue, 04 Jan 2000

RI forex reserves drop JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's net foreign exchange reserves dropped by US$31 million to $16.4 billion as of Dec. 30 from $16.7 billion a week earlier.
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Tue, 04 Jan 2000

Little to celebrate in Aceh with three killed in attacks BANDA ACEH, Aceh (JP): New Year's celebrations passed quickly in the province as an outbreak of violence killed two civilians and a member of the Police Mobile Brigade in the West Aceh district of Sungai Mas on Monday.First Sgt.
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Tue, 04 Jan 2000

Gus Dur's consistency 'being tested in TNI investigation' YOGYAKARTA (JP): While civilians are trying to bring the military to accountability, some speculate that President Abdurrahman Wahid is trying to protect it, given his unclear stance.
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Tue, 04 Jan 2000

President agrees to poll schedule for troubled regions JAKARTA (JP): President Abdurrahman Wahid has approved the Local Elections Committee's (PPL) plan to hold elections in three troubled provinces and newly established provinces and regencies before October this year, an official said on Monday.
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Tue, 04 Jan 2000

Indonesian nationhood revisited As we venture into the 21st century, demands for justice should not be overlooked amid the obsession to defend the unitary state at all costs, writes political analyst J. Soedjati Djiwandono.
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Tue, 04 Jan 2000

Cabinet shake-up? Not yet JAKARTA (JP): As the capital buzzed with speculation of an impending Cabinet reshuffle, President Abdurrahman Wahid dropped a hint on Monday, which unfortunately, neither confirmed nor denied those rumors.
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Tue, 04 Jan 2000

More Banyumas couples separate PURWOKERTO, Central Java: An average of 110 couples opted to separate each month in Banyumas last year, head of the local Religious Court Djamhuri Romadon revealed on Monday."More than 80 percent of divorces appealed were instigated by wives.
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Tue, 04 Jan 2000

Indonesia 1999: A cultural retrospectBy Edi Sedyawati JAKARTA (JP): The year 1999 began with reverberations of what had happened in 1998, when although entangled in an economic crisis, Indonesia managed to organize two major international culture events, in Jakarta.
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Tue, 04 Jan 2000

1999: A year of grief and severityBy Ida Indawati Khouw JAKARTA (JP): Residents of Jakarta saw 1999 as the year with many social, economic and physical problems, resulting from the continuing economic crisis and unrest which began a year before.
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Tue, 04 Jan 2000

Conversion Rates Bank Indonesia's conversion rates on Jan. 03, 2000: Bank notes rates Buying Selling Rp Rp U.S. dollar 1 6,900.00 6,970.00Australian dollar 1 4,547.
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Tue, 04 Jan 2000

Waserda Jaya, Continent sign technical agreement JAKARTA (JP): City-owned chain store company PT Waserda Jaya signed a technical cooperation deal on Monday with PT Contimas Utama Indonesia, the Indonesian-French joint venture that manages Continent hypermarkets here.
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Tue, 04 Jan 2000

Third millennium still a year away We have not yet entered the third millennium and the 21st century. For a moment I was wrong, when most of humanity and the media including your paper welcomed the new millennium last week.
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Tue, 04 Jan 2000

The U.S. Embassy and corruptionBy Donna K. Woodward MEDAN, North Sumatra (JP): A reader recently asked in the "Letters" column of Dec. 28 why the United States Embassy has not referred any possible violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act to the U.S. Department of Justice.
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Tue, 04 Jan 2000

IBRA files suits against Tirtamas, West Kalindo JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) has filed bankruptcy claims with the Jakarta Commercial Court against trading firm PT Tirtamas Comexindo and PT West Kalindo Pulp Papermill.
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Tue, 04 Jan 2000

Stability gives tourism, industry bright hopesBy A. Junaidi BATAM, Riau (JP): Industry and tourism in Batam appear to be reviving, thanks to the return of political stability following the democratic election of President Abdurrahman Wahid in October last year.
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Tue, 04 Jan 2000

Rates for tax payment, valid from Jan. 3 to Jan. 9 U.S. dollar 1 Rp 6,950.00Austrian schilling 1 507.25Australian dollar 1 4,484.14Belgian franc 1 173.03Canadian dollar 1 4,766.48Swiss franc 1 4,351.
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Tue, 04 Jan 2000

Roads stay thirst for blood in 1999 SEMARANG: The number of traffic accidents remained high in the country over the past year, with a whopping death toll serving notice to holiday revelers bound for their hometowns.Chief of Central Java Police's traffic directorate Col.
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Tue, 04 Jan 2000

Government told to up security at bus, railway stations JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Consumers Agency (YLKI) criticized the government on Monday for its failure to improve security and comfort on intercity buses and trains taking people to their home villages for Idul Fitri celebrations.
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Tue, 04 Jan 2000

KPP HAM team to question Feisal over East Timor debacle JAKARTA (JP): The government-sanctioned Commission of Inquiry into Human Rights Violations (KPP HAM) in East Timor will question former coordinating minister for political affairs and security Feisal Tanjung next week about violence in the ...
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Tue, 04 Jan 2000

Government weighs taking errant bus firms off the road JAKARTA (JP): Police are questioning officials from six bus companies for allegedly violating the maximum permitted fare hike of 25 percent during the post-fasting Idul Fitri holidays, an official said on Monday.
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Tue, 04 Jan 2000

Mayoral nominee bathes in sun SEMARANG: A mayoral candidate, Djawahir Muhammad, joined 10 other men in a traditional sun bathing protest, known as topo pepe, on Monday to express their concern over alleged money politics in the mayoral election.
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Tue, 04 Jan 2000

Rp 1b pours into Gunungkidul YOGYAKARTA: The value of postal checks sent to Gunungkidul, once notoriously known as an underdeveloped regency, has topped Rp 1 billion in the lead-up to the Idul Fitri holiday, local post office chief Sumanto said on Monday.
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Tue, 04 Jan 2000

Sugar farmers stage rally SEMARANG: Some 200 sugar farmers representing 100,000 others across Central Java marched to the provincial legislature on Monday to demand an improvement of their earnings.
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Tue, 04 Jan 2000

Bimantoro tipped to take National Police's top post JAKARTA (JP): Maj. Gen. Bimantoro, operational affairs assistant to the National Police chief, is likely to be appointed the new National Police chief, a senior officer said on Monday.A date for the transfer of duty has not as yet been set.
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Tue, 04 Jan 2000

Last year's crime rates show a slight increase JAKARTA (JP): The country registered a 0.7 percent rise in crime in 1999 from the previous year, but the characteristics of the cases were increasingly ruthless, National Police chief Gen. Roesmanhadi said on Monday.
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Tue, 04 Jan 2000

The difficulty of reading Ms. Sjahlim of Jakarta says that I attack Mr. Brazier's name? (The Jakarta Post, Dec. 31, 1999, On Tonetto's comments). The Latins have the phrase nomen est omen. Yet she fails to see that Mr. Brazier (who by the way does not even give me the respect of title, Mr. or Dr.
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