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54 articles.
Fri, 25 Jan 2002

Riau islanders demand separate province JAKARTA: More than 500 people from the Riau islands rallied outside the House of Representatives building on Thursday in an effort to win support for their demands for a sovereign province.
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Fri, 25 Jan 2002

Toll road, housing blamed for floodsAnnastashya Emmanuelle, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta State Minister of the Environment Nabiel Makarim has said the construction of both the toll road, which leads to the Soekarno- Hatta airport and the Pantai Indah Kapuk real estate are a cause of the city's ...
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Fri, 25 Jan 2002

Retired presidentsPhilippine Daily Inquirer Asia News Network Manila Former presidents, like other retired people, face the problem of what to do with themselves after serving out their terms.
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Fri, 25 Jan 2002

Astra clarifies Since early January 2002 many of our business partners and associates have complained regarding frequent telephone calls made by some people claiming to be the committee in charge of a joint advertisement for the 45th anniversary of PT Astra International Tbk., which falls on Feb.
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Fri, 25 Jan 2002

Ex-presidents: Better to fade awayPhilippine Daily Inquirer, Asia News Network, Manila Former presidents, like other retired people, face the problem of what to do with themselves after serving out their terms.
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Fri, 25 Jan 2002

JP/4/ED-25BASEAN tourism meeting The tourism ministers from the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) started their annual meeting in Yogyakarta on Thursday to draft a major ASEAN Tourism Agreement, to be signed by ASEAN leaders during their summit in Cambodia later this ...
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Fri, 25 Jan 2002

Rupiah Rates Jan.24 Bank notes rates TT rates Selling Buying Selling Buying Rp Rp Rp Rp U.S. dollar 1 10,925.00 9,925.00 10,477.00 10,373.
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Fri, 25 Jan 2002

Kontras staffer assaulted at court JAKARTA: A group of unidentified men assaulted a female staffer of the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) after she attended a trial in the East Jakarta District Court on Thursday.
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Fri, 25 Jan 2002

Former banker tried for corruptionDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The South Jakarta District Court began on Thursday the trial of former president director of the now-defunct PT Bank Aspac, Setiawan Harjono, who is charged with corruption for allegedly misusing money from Bank Indonesia ...
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Fri, 25 Jan 2002

UNHCR responds I would like to refer to you the article in The Jakarta Post on Jan. 22, under the headline UNHCR lies: Tribe head.The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has no knowledge of or connection with Mr. Mosa Foa, or of the meeting he reportedly attended in Geneva.
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Fri, 25 Jan 2002

Bigger Jakarta budget, lower performanceAzas Tigor Nainggolan, Jakarta Citizens' Forum (FAKTA), Jakarta Social Institute (ISJ) At the beginning of 2002 the Jakarta administration and legislative council again demonstrated their corrupt credentials, ignoring the interests of Jakarta citizens in ...
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Fri, 25 Jan 2002

Strategies for food safety needed to save childrenTertiani ZB Simanjuntak, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Representatives of the food industry and academicians emphasized on Thursday the importance of a clear strategy for food safety to prevent foodborne diseases, which claim the lives of thousands of ...
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Fri, 25 Jan 2002

Migrant workers victims of fraud SALATIGA, Central Java: A man in the Central Java town of Salatiga has been accused of swindling eight people with false promises of construction work in Malaysia.
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Fri, 25 Jan 2002

Flexibility, networking are keys to new world orderElwin Tobing, Economist, Iowa, USA During the 1980s and early 1990s, there was much talk, most strongly among conspiracy theorists, of a new world order.
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Fri, 25 Jan 2002

Wonosobo awaits control of forestTertiani ZB Simanjuntak, The Jakarta Post, Wonosobo Should you ever sit on a hillside in the Sumbing and Sindoro mountains in the Central Java regency of Wonosobo, you'll give thanks to the regency for its green area, which collected the national reforestation ...
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Fri, 25 Jan 2002

Influential ulemas turn down Alwi's offerA'an Suryana, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The National Awakening Party (PKB) under Alwi Shihab said on Thursday that several influential Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) ulemas had declined the party's offer to take up posts on its new board of executives.
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Fri, 25 Jan 2002

Megawati criticizes excavation projectsAnnastashya Emmanuelle, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Jakartans have become accustomed to annoying excavation projects along the city roads, either for telephone lines, water pipelines or electricity cables.
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Fri, 25 Jan 2002

On Taliban's detention In response to Joseph L. Spartz letter Taliban's detention published in The Jakarta Post on Jan. 23, something Dickensian is appropriate. To wit! Bah! Humbug!He calls the concern of the I.C.R.
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Fri, 25 Jan 2002

Analyst: BCA share must top Rp 1,7000Dadan Wijaksana, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Getting the most credible investor for Bank Central Asia (BCA) should indeed become the government's priority, but quality should not necessarily preclude economic targets, according to a banking analyst.
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Fri, 25 Jan 2002

Riau Islands province given green light The House of Representatives' special committee for Riau has endorsed the proposal from a number of islands in Riau to form a new province, the Riau Islands province.
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Fri, 25 Jan 2002

Graft suspect Akbar free to travel overseas: AGOTertiani ZB Simanjuntak and Kurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta House Speaker Akbar Tandjung is free to travel overseas after the Attorney General's Office decided on Thursday not to ban him from leaving the country despite his status as a ...
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Fri, 25 Jan 2002

Where to go in Jakarta:Exhibitions* Painting by children from 161 countries, the National Gallery of Indonesia, Jl. Medan Merdeka Timur 14, Gambir, Central Jakarta (Tel. 34833954) until Jan. 26.
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Fri, 25 Jan 2002

Committee reveals flaws in debt extention planBerni K. Moestafa, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta A review by a government watchdog has exposed glaring imbalances in a plan to extend the payment period for large debtors of the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) that, if not revised, risked the ...
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Fri, 25 Jan 2002

Four legislators face dismissal in BanyumasAgus Maryono, The Jakarta Post, Purwokerto The Banyumas Regency Legislative Council (DPRD) in Central Java province has recommended that four of its members be dismissed due to disciplinary misdemeanors.
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Fri, 25 Jan 2002

National leadership: Illusion, disillusionmentIgnas Kleden, Sociologist, Director, The Center for East Indonesian Affairs, Jakarta Indonesia seems to face not so much the problem of leadership per se as the problem of perceiving and expecting national leadership.
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Fri, 25 Jan 2002

Syafi'ie's murder strengthens GAM spirit 'to fight for free Aceh'Ridwan Max Sijabat, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The death of Free Aceh Movement (GAM) Commander Tengku Abdullah Syafi'ie, has solidified the separatist movement and increased the guerrillas' will to fight for the independence of Aceh, ...
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Fri, 25 Jan 2002

Megawati opens Muhammadiyah anual meeting in DenpasarI Wayan Juniartha, The Jakarta Post, Denpasar President Megawati Soekarnoputri officially opened the Muhammadiyah four-day annual meeting here on Thursday with a call for the second-largest Muslim organization to continue its contribution to ...
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Fri, 25 Jan 2002

RI to host APEC construction conference JAKARTA: Indonesia will host an international conference featuring building design, construction, construction management and building maintenance in Bali on March 27 and 28.
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Fri, 25 Jan 2002

Britain sticks with 'Teflon Tony', with little competitionWilliam Keegan, Observer News Service, London Just like his good friend Bill Clinton, Britain's Prime Minister is acquiring the nickname "Teflon Tony.
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Fri, 25 Jan 2002

End game in East Timor Even though it has been almost two and a half years since an eruption of violence in East Timor, not a single Indonesian military and police officer responsible for security in the territory at that time has been prosecuted.
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Fri, 25 Jan 2002

Drugs squad on training course JAKARTA: The Singapore office of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) is holding an international narcotics law enforcement training course here for Indonesian narcotics police officers.
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Fri, 25 Jan 2002

Lawyer claims Doddy received Tommy's moneyDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Raden Doddy Sumadi, the middleman who arranged the meeting between Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra and former president Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid, admitted to receiving money from Tommy, his lawyer said Thursday.
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Fri, 25 Jan 2002

Autism caused by snacks? Referring to Hiang Marahimin's letter in The Jakarta Post of Jan. 21, I would appreciate her expert opinion on the causes of autism and whether there is any scientific proof that food and food additives can cause autism.
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Fri, 25 Jan 2002

RI lifters eye medals in lighter divisionMusthofid, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Apart from China's expected domination, Indonesian weightlifting sees better medal prospects in the lower weight women's categories at the 2002 Asian Games, a sporting official said here on Thursday.
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Fri, 25 Jan 2002

Tangerang PLN head tried for graft JAKARTA: Former head of state-owned electricity company (PLN) Tangerang branch, Asnawi Sabrawi, was allegedly involved in a corruption case involving Rp 11.8 billion (US$1.135 million).
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Fri, 25 Jan 2002

Plane's engines failed at 20,000 feet: PilotThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The pilot of the ill-fated Garuda Boeing 737-300, Abdul Rozak, which made an emergency landing on Bengawan Solo River in Klaten, Central Java, on Jan.
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Fri, 25 Jan 2002

Police asked no question about al-Qaeda: Ba'asyirYogita Tahil Ramani, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Ba'asyir stated that police had not asked him any questions about his alleged links to the al-Qaeda network during his police questioning on Thursday, despite having been ...
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Fri, 25 Jan 2002

Scouts hand over milk to families JAKARTA: Scouts handed over 4,800 cartons of milk powder to 2,400 families across the capital's five mayoralties on Thursday.The aid was focused on 360 families made homeless by fire in Cipulir subdistrict, South Jakarta, and 240 families in East Jakarta.
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Fri, 25 Jan 2002

Kabelvision's service I must congratulate Kabelvision for their sheer inability to keep track of both their customers and service providers (e.g. couriers). I have just received a telephone call inviting us to subscribe to their Internet service via Link Net.
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Fri, 25 Jan 2002

Committee a 'test case' for DPR's credibilityA'an Suryana, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta A noted religious scholar lashed out at legislators on Thursday over their attempts to thwart the establishment of a special committee (Pansus) of the House of Representatives (DPR) to investigate the high ...
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Fri, 25 Jan 2002

ASEAN tourism meeting The tourism ministers from the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) started their annual meeting in Yogyakarta on Thursday to draft a major ASEAN Tourism Agreement, to be signed by ASEAN leaders during their summit in Cambodia later this year.
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Fri, 25 Jan 2002

Talks with GAM must be intensified: House leadersKurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta To avoid more bloodshed following the killing of military commander of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) Tengku Abdullah Syafi'ie, the House of Representatives (DPR) urged the government on Thursday to intensify ...
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Fri, 25 Jan 2002

KPPU to launch investigation on Indomobil saleThe Jakarta Post Jakarta The Business Competition Supervisory Commission (KPPU) has announced plans to launch an investigation into the sale of government stakes in the country's second-largest automaker, PT Indomobil Sukses Internasional, next ...
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Fri, 25 Jan 2002

Pilots of crash plane grounded The pilot and co-pilot of the Garuda aircraft that crashed in the Central Java town of Klaten last week have been declared unfit to fly pending a series of recovery tests, an official says.
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Fri, 25 Jan 2002

Two people shot in West Java riotThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Mass rioting erupted when locals clashed with police in the West Java town of Purwakarta on Thursday, leaving at least two people shot and three vehicles, including two police cars, set ablaze.
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Fri, 25 Jan 2002

KPPU to investigate Indomobil saleThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Business Competition Supervisory Commission (KPPU) has announced plans to launch an investigation into the sale of government stakes in the country's second-largest automaker, PT Indomobil Sukses Internasional, next month amid ...
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Fri, 25 Jan 2002

Timah to divest subsidiaries this yearAdianto P. Simamora, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Publicly listed state tin mining firm PT Timah said on Thursday that it would sell several subsidiaries this year in a bid to save the company from bankruptcy.
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Fri, 25 Jan 2002

Telkom's workers rally against deal to end monopolyThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Thousands of employees of state telecommunications company PT Telkom Tbk from Yogyakarta and Central Java rallied here on Thursday in their strongest protest to date against the deal that will end Telkom's decades-long ...
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Fri, 25 Jan 2002

Dutch trade minister due here Sunday Dutch Foreign Trade Minister Gerrit Ybema will arrive in Jakarta on Sunday (Jan 27) as head of a trade mission.
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Fri, 25 Jan 2002

Corrupt zoo officials likely to be dismissedAhmad Junaidi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Two executives of the city-owned Ragunan Zoo in South Jakarta will likely lose their jobs for corruption.
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Fri, 25 Jan 2002

PLN turns off supply in Kapuk JAKARTA: State electricity company PLN has shut down its power generators that supply energy to the Kapuk area since Wednesday due to intense flooding.
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Fri, 25 Jan 2002

Stock quotations on JSXStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in Rupiah) on Jan. 24, 2002 Shares Close Change Trading Volume --------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo ...
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Fri, 25 Jan 2002

Repressive action in raids regrettedAhmad Junaidi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta City councillors have expressed regret at the violence and repression used by some Jakarta administration officials during its controversial identification card raids early this week.
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Fri, 25 Jan 2002

Writer Clark in a legal wrangler TRENTON, New Jersey: Best-selling mystery writer Mary Higgins Clark is involved in a legal situation that rivals some of her works.Clark, her two sons and several other investors are seeking to reclaim millions of dollars they lent to Wellesley Services LLC.
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