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Wed, 20 Mar 2002

JP/VOC a sore memory 400 years after

VOC a sore memory 400 years afterLeo Wahyudi S, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Wednesday marks the 400th anniversary of the Dutch East India Company or VOC (Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie).

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Wed, 20 Mar 2002

JP/Pregnant women, watch out for Toxoplasmosis parasite

Pregnant women, watch out for Toxoplasmosis parasiteDonya Betancourt, Pediatrician, Sanur, Bali, drdonya@hotmail.com Cat owners beware. Up to 50 percent of the population is infected with Toxoplasmosis (toxo), an infection caused by the parasite Toxoplasma gondii.

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Wed, 20 Mar 2002

JP/Corruption: An obstacle to regional security

Corruption: An obstacle to regional securityBantarto Bandoro, Editor, 'The Indonesian Quarterly', Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Jakarta The statement by Singapore's Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew that terrorist leaders are still at large in Indonesia was a big blow to us.

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Wed, 20 Mar 2002

JP/Detectives to visit Manila over terrorism allegations

Detectives to visit Manila over terrorism allegationsThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The National Police plans to send detectives and intelligence operatives to the Philippines this week to explore possible links between three Indonesians recently arrested there and al-Qaeda affiliated groups.

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Wed, 20 Mar 2002

JP/Owners to get priority in bank sale

Owners to get priority in bank saleBerni K. Moestafa, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta A senior central bank official said that shareholders of recapitalized banks had the initial right to purchase stakes in their banks before the government sold them off to strategic investors.

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Wed, 20 Mar 2002

JP/Walhi blames destruction of Medan forests on six firms

Walhi blames destruction of Medan forests on six firmsApriadi Gunawan, The Jakarta Post, Medan A leading environmental watchdog based in North Sumatra blamed on Tuesday at least six plantation companies for the destruction of around 300,000 hectares of forest in Mandailing Natal regency.

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Wed, 20 Mar 2002

JP/JP/12/BEJ

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Wed, 20 Mar 2002

JP/Sony sets out to boost market share

Sony sets out to boost market share JAKARTA: PT Sony Indonesia Vice President Ken Morisawa said on Tuesday that the company had targeted 35 percent of the country's flat TV market this year, up from 20 percent last year.

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Wed, 20 Mar 2002

JP/Breathing is found frightening

Breathing is found frightening LONDON: A trendy London yoga institute known as a haven of peace and relaxation has come under attack from local residents -- for being too noisy.

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Wed, 20 Mar 2002

JP/Islam compatible to democracy: Scholars

Islam compatible to democracy: ScholarsA'an Suryana, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The small number of Muslim countries practicing democracy has nothing to do with the values of Islam, international scholars say.

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Wed, 20 Mar 2002

JP/Activists march against officials over smuggling

Activists march against officials over smugglingNana Rukmana, The Jakarta Post, Cirebon Hundreds of students and young people from a number of universities and non-governmental organizations rallied on Tuesday to demand that all officials implicated in a prominent smuggling case in Cirebon resign.

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Wed, 20 Mar 2002

JP/U.S. takes plunge into Middle East

U.S. takes plunge into Middle East After months of dipping a toe into the turbulent waters of the Middle East -- and then only reluctantly -- the Bush administration plunged in this week, with a Washington-driven UN resolution, the dispatch of mediator Anthony C Zinni and a chastisement of ...

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Wed, 20 Mar 2002

JP/More talks with workers on privatization plan suggested

More talks with workers on privatization plan suggestedAdianto P. Simamora, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Labor experts warned that the government's privatization program would face serious challenges from workers' unions unless the government intensified its awareness campaign on the crucial policy.

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Wed, 20 Mar 2002

JP/Indian society needs to challenge manipulation of religion

Indian society needs to challenge manipulation of religionSurajit C Mukhopadhyay, Sociologist, Burdwan University, The Statesman, Asia News Network, Calcutta While the Union finance minister was busy socking the middle class as well as the poor of India and championing the various NRI and foreign ...

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Wed, 20 Mar 2002

JP/JP/12/BEJ

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Wed, 20 Mar 2002

JP/Retaired colonel gets one year verdict

Retaired colonel gets one year verdict TANGERANG: The Tangerang District Court sentenced on Tuesday a retired Army colonel to one year imprisonment for falsifying documents of land and building ownership in 2000.Presiding Judge Joseph Ziraluo said the 50-year old defendant, Col. (ret.) H.

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Wed, 20 Mar 2002

JP/House continues talks on broadcasting bill

House continues talks on broadcasting billKurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government reached an agreement with the House of Representatives (DPR) on Tuesday to resume deliberation on the broadcasting bill which hit a snag after former president Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid's ouster ...

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Wed, 20 Mar 2002

JP/Sasha too strong for Andrean

Sasha too strong for AndreanMusthofid, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Alexandra Kosteniuk doubled her lead over Indonesia's dream team squad in the Japfa Chess Match after beating Andrean Susilodinata in the second game at the VOC Cafe and Gallery in North Jakarta on Tuesday.

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Wed, 20 Mar 2002

JP/Dimsum at reasonable prices all day long in Pluit

Dimsum at reasonable prices all day long in PluitKim Griffiths, Contributor, The Jakarta Post In tearooms in China, dimsum is an inseparable part of yum cha (tea drinking).

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Wed, 20 Mar 2002

JP/Prefabricated houses to be donated by Taiwan

Prefabricated houses to be donated by TaiwanThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The International Buddhism Organization of Taiwan will donate 1,000 prefabricated houses for flood victims living along riverbanks whose houses were badly damaged during three weeks of flooding in late January and early ...

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Wed, 20 Mar 2002

JP/Stock Exchange

Stock ExchangeStock prices on the Jakarta Stock Exchange (in Rupiah) on March 19, 2002 Shares Close Change Trading Volume ------------------------------------------------------------- Ades Alfindo ...

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Wed, 20 Mar 2002

JP/TNI top brass give moral support to officers tried

TNI top brass give moral support to officers triedTiarma Siboro, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta In a show of solidarity, a number of Indonesian Military (TNI) top brass turned up in force at the human rights tribunal on Tuesday to give moral support to their soldiers as they were being tried for ...

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Wed, 20 Mar 2002

JP/New York-based CPJ asks RI to encourage press freedom

New York-based CPJ asks RI to encourage press freedomThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government has been asked to revive its commitment to press freedom following its decision to reject an Australian journalist's application for renewal of his visa.

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Wed, 20 Mar 2002

JP/East Kalimantan drops lawsuit against KPC

East Kalimantan drops lawsuit against KPCThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The East Kalimantan provincial administration has lifted a lawsuit against coal mining firm PT Kaltim Prima Coal (KPC), a move that would pave the way for the long-stalled divestment of KPC's 51 percent stake to local players, a ...

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Wed, 20 Mar 2002

JP/Pertamina should pay compensation to Karaha: Experts

Pertamina should pay compensation to Karaha: ExpertsMoch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta State-owned oil and gas firm Pertamina should honor an international arbitration body order that it pay US$261 million in compensation to independent power producer Karaha Bodas Co. LLC.

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Wed, 20 Mar 2002

JP/Fire guts garment factory

Fire guts garment factory BOGOR: A garment factory caught fire on Monday, allegedly due to an electrical short circuit. Fire destroyed the building, owned by CV Mulya Utama, located in Sindangsari village in Bogor regency, causing losses of hundreds of millions of rupiah.

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Wed, 20 Mar 2002

JP/Enter the 'ghost lawyers' and 'barefoot lawyers'

Enter the 'ghost lawyers' and 'barefoot lawyers'Winahyo Soekanto, Lawyer, Jakarta The current buzzword in campaigns for the protection of consumers rights -- be they consumers of products and services or consumers of arbitrary public policies -- is class action.

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Wed, 20 Mar 2002

JP/KAI workers want Berto axed

KAI workers want Berto axedYuli Tri Suwarni, The Jakarta Post, Bandung More than 500 workers of PT Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI) marched to the state railway company's headquarters in the West Java capital of Bandung in yet another move to pressure the newly installed president director to resign.

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Wed, 20 Mar 2002

JP/British Moslem politicians to visit RI

British Moslem politicians to visit RI JAKARTA: A delegation of five senior British Moslem politicians will visit Indonesia from March 20 through March 23.

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Wed, 20 Mar 2002

JP/Subiakto grilled for nine hours for Rp 10b graft

Subiakto grilled for nine hours for Rp 10b graftRendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Former State Minister of Cooperatives and Small and Medium Enterprises Subiakto Tjakrawerdaya was questioned for more than nine hours on Tuesday during his first day in City Police custody.

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Wed, 20 Mar 2002

JP/TV Program: Wednesday, March 20, 2002

TV Program: Wednesday, March 20, 2002TVRI 5:00 a.m. Religious Teachings6:00 News 8:30 Children's Program9:00 Cooking Program10:00 News11:00 Regional News11:30 Music12:00 p.m.

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Wed, 20 Mar 2002

JP/Where to go in Surabaya

Where to go in SurabayaExhibitions* Photo, Jalan-Jalan Keliling Jakarta, CCCL - French Cultural Center, Jl. Darmokali 10 (Tel.

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Wed, 20 Mar 2002

JP/Sutiyoso reports activist over bribe allegation

Sutiyoso reports activist over bribe allegationAhmad Junaidi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta City Governor Sutiyoso reported to police on Tuesday that the chairman of the Jakarta Residents Forum (Fakta), Azas Tigor Nainggolan, had slandered him by accusing the governor of bribing city councillors.

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Wed, 20 Mar 2002

JP/'Axis of evil' rhetoric based on irrefutable logic

'Axis of evil' rhetoric based on irrefutable logicFrancis Fukuyama, The Daily Yomiuri, Asia News Network, Tokyo U.S. President George W. Bush's reference to an "axis of evil" during his Jan.

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Wed, 20 Mar 2002

JP/Rupiah Rates March. 19

Rupiah Rates March. 19 Bank notes rates TT rates Selling Buying Selling Buying Rp Rp Rp Rp U.S. dollar 1 10,467.00 9,467.00 10,017.00 9,917.

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Wed, 20 Mar 2002

JP/DHL resumes Afghanistan service

DHL resumes Afghanistan service JAKARTA: Air delivery company DHL Worldwide Express said it would resume its operations in Afghanistan, which have been frozen for 15 years, starting on Wednesday.

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Wed, 20 Mar 2002

JP/Malnutrition takes its toll on children

Malnutrition takes its toll on childrenTantri Yuliandini, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The hall is noisy, filled with the chatter of concerned mothers and the crying of small children. Pediatrician Alinda Rubiati tries to make herself heard so that the mother she is speaking to could understand her.

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Wed, 20 Mar 2002

JP/Arifin replaces Sophan in PDI Perjuangan

Arifin replaces Sophan in PDI PerjuanganAnnastashya Emmanuelle, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Arifin Panigoro has returned to the inner circle of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) following his appointment as chairman of the party's faction at the People's Consultative ...

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Wed, 20 Mar 2002

JP/PDI-P defends decision to delay inquiry on Akbar

PDI-P defends decision to delay inquiry on AkbarAnnastashya Emmanuelle and Fabiola Desi Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) has defended the delay in deciding whether or not to set up an inquiry committee to probe the Bulog scandal ...

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Wed, 20 Mar 2002

JP/Councillors to seek clear roles in autonomous regions

Councillors to seek clear roles in autonomous regionsAsip A. Hasani The Jakarta Post YogyakartaLeaders of the country's provincial legislative councils are to convene a two-day congress in Yogyakarta on Friday, with the main demand being for an affirmation of their role in autonomous regions.

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Wed, 20 Mar 2002

JP/Astra returned to the black in 2001

Astra returned to the black in 2001The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Leading car maker PT Astra International Tbk returned to the black last year after suffering a net loss of Rp 293 billion (about US$29 million) in the previous year.

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Wed, 20 Mar 2002

JP/PDI-P members must take drug test

PDI-P members must take drug test JAKARTA: Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) chairwoman Megawati Soekarnoputri instructed party members on Tuesday to undergo a drug test as part of the party's campaign to combat narcotics.

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Wed, 20 Mar 2002

JP/Doubs loom as Tomy's trial begins

Doubs loom as Tomy's trial beginsThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta One of the biggest trials in Indonesia's history is commencing. Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra, the youngest son of former president Soeharto, is scheduled to appear at the Central Jakarta District Court today (Wednesday) on a murder charge.

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Wed, 20 Mar 2002

JP/Waste processing to be completed in 2003

Waste processing to be completed in 2003Bambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The development of two waste processing plants in Tegal Alur, West Jakarta, and Marunda, North Jakarta, is expected to be completed next year.

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Wed, 20 Mar 2002

JP/Realization of 20 megaprojects

Realization of 20 megaprojects Coordinating Minister for the Economy Dorodjatun Kuntjoro Jakti has reportedly disclosed that 20 national megaprojects worth US$300 billion will be implemented between now and 2005. This positive news has emerged amid an increasing number of corruption cases.

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Wed, 20 Mar 2002

JP/Thailand's usual excuses on separatists do not wash

Thailand's usual excuses on separatists do not washThe Nation, Asia News Network, Bangkok Seven policemen were killed in a renewed outbreak of violence in Muslim-majority provinces in the past week.

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Wed, 20 Mar 2002

JP/UK Muslim politicians due here

UK Muslim politicians due here JAKARTA: A delegation of five senior British Muslim politicians will visit Indonesia from March 20 through March 23.

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Wed, 20 Mar 2002

JP/The Jakarta Post

The Jakarta Post Jakarta Leading car maker PT Astra International Tbk returned to the black last year after suffering a net loss of Rp 293 billion (about US$29 million) in the previous year.

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Wed, 20 Mar 2002

JP/Workers demand dismissal

Workers demand dismissal TANGERANG: Some 250 workers of PT Sandang Indo Pratama staged a protest rally at the Municipal Manpower Agency's offices on Jl. Perintis Kemerdekaan I on Tuesday, demanding the dismissal of the company's production supervisor.

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Wed, 20 Mar 2002

JP/The DPR's priorities

The DPR's priorities As may have been expected, the House of Representatives (DPR) has once again failed to decide on the seemingly simple question of whether or not to form a special committee of inquiry (Pansus) to look into the corruption charges that have been filed against its speaker, ...

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Wed, 20 Mar 2002

JP/Leading from a detention cell

Leading from a detention cell He must be an extraordinary person to be able to lead a political party from a detention cell.

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Wed, 20 Mar 2002

JP/Body found on dump site

Body found on dump site BOGOR: A 40-year-old transvestite, Roup alias Lilis, was found murdered about midnight on Monday on Hotel Salak's dump site on Jl. Gedung Sawah.The victim had been stabbed several times.

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Wed, 20 Mar 2002

JP/What is pornography?

What is pornography? JAKARTA: The absence of a clear-cut legal definition of pornography has made it difficult for police authorities to fight pornography, a high ranking police officer says.Deputy chief of the Indonesian Police public relations division Brig Gen.

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Wed, 20 Mar 2002

JP/Upholding the rule of law

Upholding the rule of law In Indonesia we follow and honor the legal principles of equality before the law and the presumption of innocence. As those are accepted principles, we should honor them, irrespective of who is the target.

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Wed, 20 Mar 2002

JP/UK Muslim politicians due here

UK Muslim politicians due here JAKARTA: A delegation of five senior British Muslim politicians will visit Indonesia from March 20 through March 23.

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Wed, 20 Mar 2002

JP/Haze of smoke, forest fires

Haze of smoke, forest fires Although some regions struggled through floods and landslides, several areas in Indonesia suffered forest fires, which have become routine during incidents during long spells of the dry season.

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Wed, 20 Mar 2002

JP/Rahardi the first defendant tried in Buloggate II case

Rahardi the first defendant tried in Buloggate II caseMuninggar Sri Saraswati, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The first defendant in the Bulogate scandal, former acting chief of the State Logistics Agency (Bulog), Rahardi Ramelan, was sent to the South Jakarta District Court on Tuesday for corruption ...

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Wed, 20 Mar 2002

JP/Fishermen shot dead in Sumba

Fishermen shot dead in SumbaYacob Herin, The Jakarta Post, Maumere, Flores Police officers from East Sumba in East Nusa Tenggara shot dead four fishermen from Ende island who were using explosives when fishing in Sumba waters.Ende district police chief Adj. Sr. Comr.

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Wed, 20 Mar 2002

JP/Adjusting to preschool takes time for children

Adjusting to preschool takes time for children Dear Dr. Donya, I read your article last month about letting children adjust to preschool comfortably. My 23-month-old son seems to be having a problem with that.It's been almost four weeks since he started preschool.

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Wed, 20 Mar 2002

JP/Awaiting a better BCA

Awaiting a better BCA On Thursday, March 14, in the context of BCA divestment, the government, which controls 51 percent of BCA shares, decided to sell all its shares to the consortium led by Farallon Capital Management.

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