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Mon, 07 Feb 2000

JP/New balancing act for Europeans, Americans

New balancing act for Europeans, AmericansBy Michael Stuermer BERLIN: "If you can't ride two horses at once, what are doing in the circus in the first place?" Lord Robertson of St.

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Mon, 07 Feb 2000

JP/Fino wins Formula Ford Euro Asia Division One

Fino wins Formula Ford Euro Asia Division One JAKARTA (JP): Local young hope Fino Saksono showed he could outwit more experienced foreign drivers by winning the Formula Ford Euro Asia Division One race at Sentul circuit, near Bogor, on Sunday.

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Mon, 07 Feb 2000

JP/Indonesia beats the Philippines 4-1 in Davis Cup

Indonesia beats the Philippines 4-1 in Davis Cup JAKARTA (Agencies): Indonesia avenged its defeat against the Philippines by winning 4-1 in the Asia Oceania Zone Group II Davis Cup tie at Rizal Memorial Tennis Center in Manila on Sunday.

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Mon, 07 Feb 2000

JP/Banser gathers to back President's policies

Banser gathers to back President's policies MAGELANG, Central Java (JP): At least 10,000 members of a security volunteer force from Nahdlatul Ulama's (NU) Ansor Youth Movement gathered for a dramatic demonstration here on Saturday to pledge support for President Abdurrahman Wahid's government and ...

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Mon, 07 Feb 2000

JP/Morality at lowest level

Morality at lowest level Low morality and, for most, desperate confusion is a reflection of the society in which we now live. The number of young people committing suicide or escaping through narcotics seems to have increased lately. Crimes involving members of the same family are commonplace.

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Mon, 07 Feb 2000

JP/Family, community support key to ex-addicts recovery

Family, community support key to ex-addicts recovery BOGOR (JP): While it will take at least two years for a total absence from drugs, support from the family and the community is needed to prevent ex-addicts from re-consuming drugs, an official said on Saturday.

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Mon, 07 Feb 2000

JP/'Tablig Akbar' held for peace

'Tablig Akbar' held for peace BOGOR (JP): About 2,000 people joined the Tablig Akbar mass gathering at the An-Nuur mosque in Empang subdistrict of South Bogor on Saturday night, voicing their hopes for the country to be saved from harm.

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Mon, 07 Feb 2000

JP/Robber shot to death

Robber shot to death JAKARTA (JP): The East Jakarta police detectives on Friday shot dead an alleged member of a three-member robber gang as he was trying to resist the police arrest.Tumpak Marbun, 30, was arrested on Friday morning at his house in Bekasi.

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Mon, 07 Feb 2000

JP/Student drug users need empathy not media attention: UI rector

Student drug users need empathy not media attention: UI rector JAKARTA (JP): University of Indonesia (UI) rector Asman Boedisantoso called on the Indonesian press over the weekend not to give too much coverage to students involved in drug abuse cases.

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Mon, 07 Feb 2000

JP/Megawati wins support for renomination

Megawati wins support for renomination JAKARTA (JP): Vice President Megawati Soekarnoputri has secured overwhelming support for her renomination as chairwoman of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan), a month before the party's congress in Semarang.

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Mon, 07 Feb 2000

JP/Police perplexed over mob attack on three men in Cawang

Police perplexed over mob attack on three men in Cawang JAKARTA (JP): East Jakarta police detectives are in the dark about the eight suspects who mobbed a man to death and caused severe injuries to two others for unclear reasons in front of a gas station on Jl.

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Mon, 07 Feb 2000

JP/Irianese celebrate Christian arrivals

Irianese celebrate Christian arrivals MANOKWARI, Irian Jaya: While the ethnic Chinese here celebrated their new year on Saturday, thousands of Irianese commemorated the 145th anniversary of the arrival of the first Christian missionaries on Mansinam Island, Manokwari regency.

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Mon, 07 Feb 2000

JP/Supervision of donors' aid

Supervision of donors' aid In noting that various donor countries are to make grants and loans to Indonesia (The Jakarta Post, Feb. 3, 2000: Donors pledge $4.7 billion in loans), I see that the meeting of the donors was chaired by the World Bank.

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Mon, 07 Feb 2000

JP/Stop unskilled labor exports, Minister Khofifah says

Stop unskilled labor exports, Minister Khofifah says SEMARANG, Central Java (JP): State Minister of Women's Empowerment Khofifah Indar Parawansa expressed her determination to halt the export of Indonesian housemaids and non-skilled female workers.

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Mon, 07 Feb 2000

JP/DeskJet 970Cxi for printing photos at home

DeskJet 970Cxi for printing photos at homeBy Zatni Arbi JAKARTA (JP): When I bought my HP DeskJet 1600C, I was convinced that I would not have to buy another printer in another 10 years. Well, it turned out to be a case of yes and no.

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Mon, 07 Feb 2000

JP/TV today

TV todayTVRI 5:30 a.m. Religious Teachings6:00 News8:00 Children's Songs9:00 Music10:30 Interval2:00 p.m.

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Mon, 07 Feb 2000

JP/Missing sentence

Missing sentence In the process of editing my letter Concrete action needed (The Jakarta Post, Feb. 5, 2000), it is unfortunate that a sentence was lost and other changes made which changed the sense of what I wrote.

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Mon, 07 Feb 2000

JP/Cooperation needed in Marsinah case

Cooperation needed in Marsinah case JAKARTA (JP): The police, military police and East Java Prosecutor's Office have been warned against covering up the May 8, 1993, murder of labor activist Marsinah.

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Mon, 07 Feb 2000

JP/I trust Wiranto, will forgive him: Gus Dur

I trust Wiranto, will forgive him: Gus Dur ROME (JP): President Abdurrahman Wahid cooled the standoff with Gen. Wiranto on Sunday by saying he fully trusted his senior minister who once saved his life from a planned assassination attempt.

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Mon, 07 Feb 2000

JP/IBRA completes 1st round of internal restructuring

IBRA completes 1st round of internal restructuringBy Reiner S JAKARTA (JP): The new chairman of the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA), Cacuk Sudarijanto, quietly completed the first round of the agency's "internal restructuring" last week, but formidable challenges lie ahead.

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Mon, 07 Feb 2000

JP/Observers regret alleged police involvement in crimes

Observers regret alleged police involvement in crimes JAKARTA (JP): Observers in the legal and human rights circles expressed concern on Sunday over some police officers' alleged involvement in a series of criminal acts.

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Mon, 07 Feb 2000

JP/Danger for Syria and Israel in Lebanon

Danger for Syria and Israel in LebanonBy Jack Redden DAMASCUS (Reuters): The violence in south Lebanon is a dangerous game for both Syria and Israel, a spur to renew their peace talks and a warning of worse bloodshed if they don't.

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Mon, 07 Feb 2000

JP/Officer questioned in traffic shooting

Officer questioned in traffic shooting JAKARTA (JP): Tangerang Military Police confiscated the FN-45 gun of Chief Sergeant Ismail Husen and took him in late Friday night for questioning over the alleged shooting of a man in the Gembor subdistrict of Jatiuwung, Tangerang, on Friday evening, said a ...

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Mon, 07 Feb 2000

JP/The end of an era for privatization

The end of an era for privatizationBy Jasper Goss JAKARTA (JP): For roughly the last quarter of a century, the idea that governments did too much dominated the thinking of mainstream economists, most politicians and senior bureaucrats.

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Mon, 07 Feb 2000

JP/Portuguese reporters deported

Portuguese reporters deported KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: Three Portuguese reporters arrested by police for illegally entering East Nusa Tenggara from East Timor were deported to East Timor on Saturday.

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Mon, 07 Feb 2000

JP/Pick of the Flicks (for Monday, Feb. 7, 2000)

Pick of the Flicks (for Monday, Feb. 7, 2000)Hollywood KC Chill Factor 14:15 16:55 19:05 21:15 13th Warrior 14:55 17:35 19:45 21:55 Anna And The King 13:45 16:30 20:15 Random Hearts 14:55 17:35 19:45 21:55 ...

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Mon, 07 Feb 2000

JP/Number of Internet users in RI expected to increase

Number of Internet users in RI expected to increase JAKARTA (JP): The number of Internet users in Indonesia are projected to increase from approximately 1 million in 1999 to 1.45 million in 2000 and 1.98 million in 2001, according to the Association of Indonesian Internet Service Providers.

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Mon, 07 Feb 2000

JP/Armed group attacks, sets fire to airport in Aceh

Armed group attacks, sets fire to airport in Aceh BANDA ACEH, Aceh (JP): An armed gang attacked and set fire to the terminal of Malikussaleh Airport, which serves the economically strategic Arun gasfields, about 45 kilometers west of Lhokseumawe, North Aceh, on Saturday night.

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Mon, 07 Feb 2000

JP/Djajanti breaks East Indonesia's isolation

Djajanti breaks East Indonesia's isolationBy Johannes Simbolon JAKARTA (JP): When fishing and forestry company Djajanti Group started its fishery project in 1995 in Wanam, Kimaam district, Merauke regency -- a remote and isolated village on the Southern coast of Papua -- the area lacked ...

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Mon, 07 Feb 2000

JP/Elections loom in Serbia, but not change

Elections loom in Serbia, but not changeBy Philippa Fletcher BELGRADE (Reuters): Serbian opposition parties have been pressing for elections for almost a year, ever since Slobodan Milosevic led the country through three months of NATO air strikes.

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Mon, 07 Feb 2000

JP/Is nationhood the foundation of a stage?

Is nationhood the foundation of a stage?By Mochtar Buchori MONTREAL, Canada (JP): Why do Indonesians seem so reluctant to accept the idea that a country can consist of more than one nation?This was one of the questions posed in my lecture here in early December.

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Mon, 07 Feb 2000

JP/Antidrug body warns nightspots

Antidrug body warns nightspots TANGERANG (JP): Entertainment centers and nightspots must only operate as such so they do not become a place of drug distribution, an activist said on Sunday.

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Mon, 07 Feb 2000

JP/EU hypocrisy over Haider

EU hypocrisy over Haider In democracy, the first democratic principle is to respect the consensus reached in a democratic way.

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Mon, 07 Feb 2000

JP/Least cruel people? Get real

Least cruel people? Get real In reply to Cyndy Cross' letter Wiranto a scapegoat (The Jakarta Post, Feb. 5, 2000), I would like to advise Ms. Cross to start living in the real world.I am not going to judge whether Gen.

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Mon, 07 Feb 2000

JP/Gus Dur's gripe with Wiranto, not military

Gus Dur's gripe with Wiranto, not military Tension built in the past week between President Abdurrahman Wahid and Coordinating Minister for Political Affairs and Security Gen. Wiranto, the former Indonesian Military (TNI) commander.

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Mon, 07 Feb 2000

JP/New relief for JSX as coup rumors fade away

New relief for JSX as coup rumors fade away JAKARTA (JP): According to stockbrokers, trading on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) is likely to take further relief this week as investors discount the possibility of the once widely feared military coup.

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Mon, 07 Feb 2000

JP/PAN's first congress set to devise new political strategy

PAN's first congress set to devise new political strategy The National Mandate Party (PAN) entered the 1999 general elections with a bold program advocating inclusiveness of all groups in society, but only gained 7.12 percent of votes in the polls.

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Mon, 07 Feb 2000

JP/Three die of electric shock

Three die of electric shock SEMARANG: Three people died and 14 needed to be hospitalized when they were electrocuted as they were erecting a large television antenna at a house in Rowoseneng village, Kandangan district on Saturday afternoon.Central Java Police spokesman Lt. Col. M.

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Mon, 07 Feb 2000

JP/Astra meeting may become showdown

Astra meeting may become showdown JAKARTA (JP): Tuesday's extraordinary general meeting of PT Astra International's shareholders is shaping up to be a showdown between the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) and the Astra management led by Rini Soewandi.

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Mon, 07 Feb 2000

JP/Key witness in Aceh rights abuse trial missing

Key witness in Aceh rights abuse trial missing JAKARTA (JP): A key witness in the prosecution of alleged human rights abuses in Aceh has gone missing, bogging down a planned trial due for later this month.Minister of Human Rights Affairs Hasballah M.

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Mon, 07 Feb 2000

JP/Gold miner shot dead in Bogor

Gold miner shot dead in Bogor BOGOR (JP): Twenty-seven-year-old Aduy was shot dead by an officer in the compound of Gunung Pongkor gold mine on Saturday.Two officials who were suspected of being involved in the shooting were questioned by the Bogor Military police, but no names have been released.

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Mon, 07 Feb 2000

JP/Chinese paper launched here

Chinese paper launched here SURABAYA, East Java: To coincide with the Chinese New Year, a new Chinese language daily, named Naga Surya, was launched here on Saturday."The newspaper will be published in Chinese characters," the daily's chief editor Dondy Ariesdianto said, as quoted by Antara.

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Mon, 07 Feb 2000

JP/Tourism with a massage at Pancuran Tiga resort

Tourism with a massage at Pancuran Tiga resortBy Agus Maryono PURWOKERTO, Central Java (JP): Pancuran Tiga (better known as Pancuran Telu, or three fountains) is located in the vicinity of the tourist resort of Baturraden, about 14 kilometers north of Banyumas, the regency's capital in Central ...

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Mon, 07 Feb 2000

JP/Where to go in Jakarta: Monday, Feb. 7, 2000

Where to go in Jakarta: Monday, Feb. 7, 2000Exhibitions * Comics, Animation Exhibition, at National Gallery, Jl. Medan Merdeka Timur 14, Gambir, Central Jakarta (Phone: 3813021), 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., until Feb. 14. * Painting Exhibition: by Melo Tedesco, at Duta Fine Arts Foundation, Jl.

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Mon, 07 Feb 2000

JP/Reading the President

Reading the President Whatever the limitations of the office, there can be no question that the President of the Republic of Indonesia is a powerful man. He is not only the country's head of government, but also its head of state.

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Mon, 07 Feb 2000

JP/Prakosa to exclude NGOs from KUT participation

Prakosa to exclude NGOs from KUT participation MAKASSAR, South Sulawesi (JP): Minister of Agriculture M.

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Mon, 07 Feb 2000

JP/Jordan's king marks first year on the throne

Jordan's king marks first year on the throneBy Randa Habib AMMAN (AFP): Jordan's King Abdullah II, propelled to the throne a year ago Monday following the death of his father, King Hussein, has steered the kingdom along a road of reforms that has won him kudos at home and abroad.

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