Turning the heat up with Manado spices JAKARTA (JP): If you like hot-and-spicy meals, you may want to include these popular recipes from Manado, North Sulawesi, on your menu.

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Home Movies JAKARTA (JP): Historical dramas leave many viewers cold, with all their pomp and circumstance counting for very little when it comes to today's realities.

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Patients throng Alternative Healing House in PurworejoBy Tarko Sudiarno and Nugroho CH PURWOREJO, Central Java (JP): A young lady from Jakarta was shocked when her doctor told her that the only way to save her life was to remove the tumor inside her womb.

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RI women's shuttlers expected to survive early rounds JAKARTA (JP): Despite poor results last year, Indonesian women's shuttlers are expected to pass early round tests at the US$250,000 Korea Open starting on Wednesday in Cheju Island, South Korea.

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Running a nightspot not all that easy JAKARTA (JP): Running a discotheque in a big city in Indonesia is definitely not as easy and smooth as operating a warung tegal, the very popular stalls offering a wide range of ready-to-eat food. Nightspot owners know exactly what the problems are.

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Pick of the FlicksHollywood KC: 102 Dalmatians 14:15 16:55 19:05 21:15 Asterix and Obelix 14:55 17:35 19:45 21:55 Bless The Child 14:15 16:55 19:05 21:15 Red Planet 14:55 17:35 19:45 21:55 The Replacements ...

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Focusing on the vices and virtues of online gamblingBy Vishnu K. Mahmud JAKARTA (JP): Two years ago, the lights, audacity and pure tackiness of Las Vegas, gambling capital of the world, dazzled me.

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TV todayTVRI 5:00 a.m. Religious Teachings 6:00 News 8:00 Children's Program 9:00 Children's Film 9:30 Sports 11:00 Talk Show 12:00 p.m.

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A look at some of the best and worst of TV in 2000Picks and pans of TV in 2000 JAKARTA (JP): It's clear that sinetron, the local TV serials which have made stars of many who have little more than good looks on their list of credentials, are not going for the reality factor.

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An Eternal WhyI know you can never be mine Still, I wait for you always Why Yesterday I was waiting for you so I will tomorrow My heart says Why...When you pass near me my feet tumble When you talk with me my lips crumble After talking you go alone Why...

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U.S., security and intelligence If anything, the change of administration from Bill Clinton to George W. Bush in the USA will bring about a change in U.S. defense policy and intelligence gathering on a global scale and Indonesia will surely be affected.

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Are there risks in using MSG?By Tri Hafiningsih and Bruce Emond JAKARTA (JP): It takes only a matter of minutes for "Shelly" to know that something she has eaten contains monosodium glutamate (MSG).

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MannequinBy Nukila Amal An event of madness has occurred inside this big house. It started when a box arrived one morning in April. Two guards from the front post appeared on the door carrying a long box. Another guard followed behind with a leather trunk.

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F.X. Sutono, fairway snake catcher from SemarangBy Tarko Sudiarno and Nugroho CH SEMARANG, Central Java (JP): What is likely to happen to a golf player who is busy playing his sport when all of a sudden a snake slithers towards him? He will no doubt be disturbed and no longer enjoy the game, and ...

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Where to go in Jakarta:Exhibitions * Photo: A Letter from the Ocean by Mosista Pambudi at Galeri Foto Jurnalistik Antara, Jl. Antara No. 59 Pasar Baru, Central Jakarta (Phone: 3458771), until Jan. 24. * Painting Flying Horizon by Teguh Ostenrik, Erasmus Huis, Jl. H.R.

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Informative book on Indonesian law reform INDONESIA: Bankruptcy, Law Reform & the Commercial Court 2000; Timothy Lindsey, Editor; Published by Desert Pea Press, Sydney, 2000; Paperback, 314 pages MELBOURNE (JP): Imagine a scene unraveling before you.

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Indonesian student wins Young Inventors AwardBy Dewi Anggraeni MELBOURNE, Australia (JP): Many Indonesians believe that, if a certain fortune has been "assigned" to you, no matter what happens, it will eventually be yours. What happened to an Indonesian Ph.

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Surakarta's Triwindu market offers antiques and much moreBy Sulistyo Budi and Singgir Kartana SURAKARTA, Central Java (JP): As a tourist destination, Surakarta has yet to gain the fame of nearby Yogyakarta or Bali.

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Police arrest Tommy's private bodyguard JAKARTA (JP): The City Police arrested on Saturday the private bodyguard of fugitive Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra over the illegal possession of a weapon.

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Police arrest six Ajinomoto top officials JAKARTA (JP): Police have arrested six top officials of PT Ajinomoto Indonesia in Surabaya and Jakarta over the use of pig enzymes in its monosodium glutamate (MSG) product.Two of them, general manager Cokorda Bagus Sudarta, and senior manager Yusi R.

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Now Showing Bless the Child. (Thriller, 107 minutes). Starring Kim Basinger, Jimmy Smits, Angela Bettis, Rufus Sewell, Christina Ricci. Directed by Chuck Russell.

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U.S. music group The Temptations still going strongBy Maria Endah Hulupi JAKARTA (JP): As 2000 drew to a close, an eager crowd filled the ballroom of the Hotel Mulia Senayan in Central Jakarta, where they were entertained with a captivating performance by The Temptations.

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Places that might stir you in Surakarta SURAKARTA, Central Java (JP): Surakarta, or Solo, is known as a city that never sleeps -- something always seems to be happening around the clock.

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Just give me back my Jakarta! JAKARTA (JP): When Art Buchwald, a Californian, went to the pollution-free area of Colorado, he felt miserable. He had been so used to breathing the smoke and fog in his over-crowded city that he could not stand the fresh mountain air.

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Buddhism's body-mind concept about deathBy Rahayu Ratnaningsih JAKARTA (JP): What is death? From a scientific point of view, death is when there is a "flatline" on the EEG, which means cessation of heartbeat and brain activity.

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