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71 articles.
Sat, 25 Oct 2003

C. Java police uncover drug ring SEMARANG: Police said here on Friday that they had uncovered a drug trafficking network in Central Java province, following the recent arrest of two suspected drug dealers.
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Sat, 25 Oct 2003

House warns govt over broadcasting commission Kurniawan Hari The Jakarta Post JakartaHouse of Representatives legislators demanded on Friday that the government speed up the selection of candidates of the Broadcasting Commission (KPI), saying the country had only two months left to establish the ...
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Sat, 25 Oct 2003

The UK loses its alpha-maleJonathan Freedland, Guardian News Service, London Tony Blair may be the consummate television performer, but just this once he will be glad the cameras were not there. A moment of ill health, even a funny turn, caught on film can be politically lethal for a leader.
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Sat, 25 Oct 2003

Basis of development The polemics in the discourse on democracy and its ramifications, as published in the mass media (Kompas, Oct. 7, Oct. 8 and Oct.
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Sat, 25 Oct 2003

Biotech's brave old worldHenry Miller Fellow Hoover Institution Stanford University Project Syndicate Skeptics about agricultural biotechnology lambaste it as unproven, untested, unnatural, and uncontrollable. Nothing could be farther from the truth.
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Sat, 25 Oct 2003

Consumer protection spells reformRonald Nangoi, Contributor, Jakarta Much progress has been made with democracy in Indonesia as shown by the increasing number of political parties and media organizations, and regional autonomy, etc.
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Sat, 25 Oct 2003

PT Media Jakarta Sukses corrects Thank you very much for writing an article on the Diwali Celebration at the National Monument (Monas), under the heading Diwali to be celebrated for the first time in Monas on Oct.
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Sat, 25 Oct 2003

Two detained, six implicated in Rp 1.7t BNI caseDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Two high-ranking bank officers at Bank Negara Indonesia (BNI) have been detained by the police while six others have been banned from traveling abroad due to suspicion of involvement in the issuance of 41 ...
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Sat, 25 Oct 2003

Where to go in Jakarta: Saturday, October 25, 2003Exhibitions* Painting by MS Wawan, Hotel Nikko Jakarta, Jl. MH Thamrin 59, Central Jakarta (Tel. 2301122), 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., until Oct. 30 * Painting Buah, by Munadi, Galeri Milenium, D'Best Shopping Center, Blok B-23, Jl. R.S. Fatmawati No.
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Sat, 25 Oct 2003

Integrated effort needed to tackle HIV/AIDSDebbie A. Lubis, Contributor, Jakarta An article of The Jakarta Post's earlier this month revealed that Minister of Health Achmad Sujudi had told the United Nations session that efforts to combat AIDS were being hampered by the continuing gap between the ...
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Sat, 25 Oct 2003

Students demand probe of graft cases MEDAN, North Sumatra: Dozens of students demonstrated here on Friday to demand an investigation into alleged cases of corruption worth Rp 25.6 billion (US$3.01 million) in the South Tapanuli regental administration.
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Sat, 25 Oct 2003

Acehnese golfer turns up trumpsThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Experience finally proved to be the most substantial factor as Ilyassak, who has been golfing competitively for over 20 years both at home and abroad, won the 5th Pemuda Pancasila Cup on Friday with 10-under total of 278 (70 72 67 69) at ...
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Sat, 25 Oct 2003

Indonesia to import 2.3m tons rice, sugar this year, says top ministerSuherdjoko, The Jakarta Post, Ambarawa, Central Java Once hailed as a self-sufficient rice producing country, Indonesia this year has to import 2.3 million tons of rice, says a top official.
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Sat, 25 Oct 2003

Intelligence, health can't match `beauty'T. Sima Gunawan, Contributor, Jakarta The traffic jam crawling toward the entrance of the Jakarta Convention Center last week was caused by the "Be She" Expo -- an exhibit focusing on women's beauty, intelligence and health.
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Sat, 25 Oct 2003

Golkar to punish dissenting councillorsHaidir Anwar Tanjung, The Jakarta Post, Pekanbaru, Riau The Golkar Party faction of the Riau provincial council divulged on Friday that some of its councillors had defied the orders of the party's bosses to vote for losing gubernatorial candidate Saleh ...
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Sat, 25 Oct 2003

Where's Indonesia's place in Asian Cup finals?Budi A. Sanusi, Contributor, Jakarta We have every reason to heave a big sigh of relief with the success of our national soccer team in making it through to the Asian Cup finals in China next year.
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Sat, 25 Oct 2003

Local leaders to boost tourism YOGYAKARTA: In a bid to formulate a joint strategy in developing the country's tourism sector, some 200 governors, regents, mayors and heads of tourism offices from throughout the country took part on Wednesday in a tourism conference held here.
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Sat, 25 Oct 2003

Police fail to "come clean" Amorn Wanichwiwatana The Nation Asia News Network Bangkok When the Police Department was renamed the National Police Bureau five years ago, any expectations that it would improve were quickly dashed.
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Sat, 25 Oct 2003

A love story between Jazz and GamelanChristina Schott, Contributor, Yogyakarta It starts very softly with a Javanese song, similar to the sort that would be chanted mantra-like by a dalang (puppet master).
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Sat, 25 Oct 2003

Students protest new KPUD establishmentNethy Dharma Somba, The Jakarta Post, Jayapura, Papua Hundreds of students and local Papuans staged a protest on Friday in Jayapura, to reject a plan by the General Elections Commission (KPU) to establish a provincial KPU (KPUD) in the soon to be established ...
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Sat, 25 Oct 2003

Golkar candidates meet in Bali DENPASAR, Bali: Seven presidential hopefuls from Golkar Party will convene here to attend the ceremony of the party's 39th anniversary.
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Sat, 25 Oct 2003

Activists, scholars reject planned tourism project near BosschaYuli Tri Suwarni, The Jakarta Post, Bandung, West Java Environmentalists and activists called on the government on Friday to prevent a tourist resort from being constructed on the hilly Lembang area in North Bandung, saying that it ...
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Sat, 25 Oct 2003

A matter of culture It is perhaps not so very surprising that among the subjects that were discussed during the three-day Fifth Cultural Congress, which closed in Bukittingi, West Sumatra, this week, the need for this nation to have a cultural center worthy of its size, diversity and standing ...
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Sat, 25 Oct 2003

FEATURED PHOTO FOR CAR RENTALSR. Bertho Wedhatama RENT IT BUT DON'T IT: A car rental assistant (third from left) explains the features of a car to representatives of a company.
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Sat, 25 Oct 2003

Golkar candidates meet in Bali DENPASAR, Bali: Seven presidential hopefuls from Golkar Party will convene here to attend the ceremony of the party's 39th anniversary.
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Sat, 25 Oct 2003

Bayer to pull out from local bourseRendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The extraordinary shareholders meeting of PT Bayer Indonesia, a local unit of German-based pharmaceutical giant Bayer AG, approved on Friday the company's plan to voluntarily delist its shares from the Jakarta Stock ...
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Sat, 25 Oct 2003

Irene held to draw in Greece JAKARTA: The opening day of the 2003 World Youth Chess Championships, involving 1,000 young chess players from 79 countries, gave Irene Kharisma Sukandar, 11, a modest result as she was held to draw by Amy Officer of Scotland in Halkidiki, Greece, on Thursday.
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Sat, 25 Oct 2003

Lippo case not to dent revenue target: IBRADadan Wijaksana, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) remains upbeat about meeting its full-year revenue target as stated in the 2003 state budget, despite missing out on potential proceeds from the sale of its stake ...
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Sat, 25 Oct 2003

Govt to delay bonds issuance: BoedionoThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Minister of Finance Boediono said on Friday that the government will delay the planned issuance of treasury bonds (T-bonds) from October to early November.
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Sat, 25 Oct 2003

NGOs call for cease-fire in Aceh during Ramadhan fasting monthThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Dozens of activists and non-governmental organizations from both Malaysia and Indonesia have called on both the Indonesian Military (TNI) and the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) to lay down their arms during the ...
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Sat, 25 Oct 2003

INCO's Q3 earnings rise 141% JAKARTA: PT International Nickel Indonesia Tbk (PT INCO) announced on Friday a 141 percent increase in its unaudited net earnings to US$28.2 million in the third quarter of the year from $11.7 million in the same period last year.
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Sat, 25 Oct 2003

Pakistan to deport RI students The Jakarta Post JakartaPakistan will shortly deport the brother of terror suspect Hambali and 18 other Malaysian and Indonesians who were arrested last month on suspicion of having links with the Jamaah Islamiyah (JI), a senior interior ministry official said ...
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Sat, 25 Oct 2003

`Migrant workers source of foreign exchange' The rampant extortion at the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport's Terminal III, which is used exclusively for receiving returning migrant workers, has been condemned by activists.
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Sat, 25 Oct 2003

FEATURED PHOTO FOR CAR RENTALSR. Bertho Wedhatama RENT IT BUT DON'T IT: A car rental assistant (third from left) explains the features of a car to representatives of a company.
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Sat, 25 Oct 2003

Ciputra marks 8th anniversary SEMARANG: The Semarang Ciputra Hotel held a series of activities and promotional events to commemorate its 8th anniversary.As part of the anniversary events, hotel employees visited and made donations to two orphanages, the Panti Asuhan Sinar Kasih on Jl.
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Sat, 25 Oct 2003

DPD candidates reported to police for alleged violationsMoch. N. Kurniawan The Jakarta Post JakartaThe Election Supervisory Committee (Panwaslu) have filed at least eight police reports in several provinces over violations involving Regional Representatives Council (DPD) candidates, who have ...
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Sat, 25 Oct 2003

Asking for rain through rituals and artSlamet Susanto, The Jakarta Post, Yogyakarta Under the reddish sky of the late afternoon, dozens of women and girls clad in modest traditional Javanese outfits stood in a line in an alley in Nitiprayan artists kampong (village) in Ngestiharjo, Bantul ...
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Sat, 25 Oct 2003

Anti-terrorist center inaugurated JAKARTA: The city's anti-terrorism center was inaugurated on Friday by head of the City Public Order Agency Soebagio.The center, located at the City Hall on Jl.
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Sat, 25 Oct 2003

Traditional village blacksmiths keep home fires burningAgus Maryono, The Jakarta Post, Banyumas, Central Java Smithery is a rare profession nowadays, when most things made out of metal are produced in a factory.
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Sat, 25 Oct 2003

Basis of development The polemics in the discourse on democracy and its ramifications, as published in the mass media (Kompas, Oct. 7, Oct. 8 and Oct.
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Sat, 25 Oct 2003

Dayak send up hopes with stomping `Hudoq'Tony Hotland, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Had any Kalimantan farmers known about the Hudoq performance on Oct. 11 at Plaza Senayan, they would have put their hoes aside and joined the ritualistic dance.
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Sat, 25 Oct 2003

Children steal IMF mirrors JAKARTA: International Monetary Fund (IMF) representative for Indonesia David Nellor had a pair of side-view mirrors from his Mercedes Benz E 240 stolen at the traffic circle on Jl. Sisingamangaraja in South Jakarta at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
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Sat, 25 Oct 2003

Indonesian, Malaysian accountants sign MoUSari P. Setiogi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Indonesian Institute of Accountants (IAI) and the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Friday in a bid to avert challenges arising from moves to integrate the ...
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Sat, 25 Oct 2003

Pakistan to deport RI students The Jakarta Post JakartaPakistan will shortly deport the brother of terror suspect Hambali and 18 other Malaysian and Indonesians who were arrested last month on suspicion of having links with the Jamaah Islamiyah (JI), a senior interior ministry official said ...
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Sat, 25 Oct 2003

Political parties committed to womenKurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Major political parties claimed on Friday to have improved their awareness of women's empowerment, including by giving them more opportunities to be members of legislative bodies.
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Sat, 25 Oct 2003

RI regrets RP statement on suspected terroristFabiola Desy Unidjaja The Jakarta Post JakartaThe government regretted on Friday the Philippine's supposition that suspected terrorist Taufik Rifki is Indonesian, despite the fact that his nationality has not yet been established.
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Sat, 25 Oct 2003

City targets beggars, homeless, prostitutesBambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Beggars, the homeless and prostitutes have become the target of city public order officers who want to "remove social problems from the city's streets.
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Sat, 25 Oct 2003

Mistreated patient in stable condition after surgeryM. Taufiqurrahman, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Sumaryono, a patient with a part of his intestinal tract exposed through an incision to his abdomen due to apparent malpractice, has undergone surgery by a team of five doctors at St.
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Sat, 25 Oct 2003

FEATURED PHOTO FOR CAR RENTALSR. Bertho Wedhatama RENT IT BUT DON'T IT: A car rental assistant (third from left) explains the features of a car to representatives of a company.
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Sat, 25 Oct 2003

Poso attackers face stiff chargesDamar Harsanto and Erik W., The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Police said on Friday that 15 suspects being held for their alleged roles in a series of renewed attacks in Poso and neighboring Morowali regency, Central Sulawesi, would be charged under Law No.
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Sat, 25 Oct 2003

Suspended mayor refuses to hand over postApriadi Gunawan, The Jakarta Post, Medan, North Sumatra Marim Purba, who was suspended as mayor of Pematang Siantar municipality in North Sumatra, despite his acquittal of graft charges, shunned a meeting in which he was to have transferred the post to his ...
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Sat, 25 Oct 2003

BI upbeat on rupiah despite recent slideDadan Wijaksana, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The rupiah weakened on Friday against the U.S.
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Sat, 25 Oct 2003

FOCUS ISSUE: Car Rentals Car rental industry gets windfall from global management trendRudijanto Contributor Jakarta Car rental companies have received the benefits of the current outsourcing trend among corporations but major international car rental firms may also reap the benefit as ...
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Sat, 25 Oct 2003

Children languish in refugee camps in South SulawesiThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Children, who took refuge along with their parents after fighting occurred over a regency division in South Sulawesi, are badly in need of medical help as they are suffering from diarrhea and respiratory problems.
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Sat, 25 Oct 2003

We need to be credible when dealing with Third World nuclear proliferatorsJonathan Power Columnist Stockholm For well over a year the world has been so preoccupied by the argument over the micro picture, whether or not Iraq, North Korea and Iran were building nuclear weapons, that the big ...
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Sat, 25 Oct 2003

House warns govt over broadcasting commissionKurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta House of Representatives legislators demanded on Friday that the government speed up the selection of candidates of the Broadcasting Commission (KPI), saying the country had only two months left to establish ...
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Sat, 25 Oct 2003

Tough duty, low payment color gatekeeper's lifeTheresia Sufa, The Jakarta Post, Bogor Whenever the annual floods hit Jakarta, many people in the capital are quick to point the finger of blame at Bogor, known as "Rain City".
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Sat, 25 Oct 2003

It takes all efforts to tackle the virus Debbie A. Lubis Contributor Jakarta An article of The Jakarta Post's earlier this month revealed that Minister of Health Achmad Sujudi had told the United Nations session that efforts to combat AIDS were being hampered by the continuing gap between ...
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Sat, 25 Oct 2003

UN must democratize itself, say expertsFabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The United Nations (UN) must democratize itself and relinquish security roles to regional security arrangements if it wants to stay relevant, an analyst says.
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Sat, 25 Oct 2003

Bell tolls for charity schoolEvi Mariani, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta "Hey! This is a school, not a stadium!" a little girl shouted at her friends who were talking loudly as she was busy drawing.
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Sat, 25 Oct 2003

Government may recognize alternative healer unionsA. Junaidi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The ubiquitous traditional healers who often conduct their trade furtively could soon get more freedoms, as the government is mulling over a plan to give them licenses to work openly.
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Sat, 25 Oct 2003

Protect citizens' rightsCai Dingjian China Daily Asia News Network Beijing Property rights is still an unfamiliar term to many who used to live in a rigid planned economic system and have little private wealth. The difficulty in accumulating wealth bars overall prosperity.
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Sat, 25 Oct 2003

JP/7/YANULiberalization of agriculture destroys more than food security Yanuar Nugroho Director The Business Watch Indonesia Surakarta yanuar-n@unisosdem.
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Sat, 25 Oct 2003

Japan-U.S. alliance faces identity crisis over terror, IraqWeston S. Konishi, The Daily Yomiuri, Asia News Network, Tokyo U.S. President George W. Bush's brief visit to Japan last week provided an opportunity for the president to praise Japan for its recent support of U.S. policy in Iraq.
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Sat, 25 Oct 2003

Pakistan to deport Hambali's brotherThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Pakistan will shortly deport the brother of terror suspect Hambali and 18 other Malaysian and Indonesians who were arrested last month on suspicion of having links with the Jamaah Islamiyah (JI), a senior interior ministry official ...
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Sat, 25 Oct 2003

Cuban Embassy's response I do not see the value of including such limited news against Cuba in the Other Opinion section under the title The People's democracy.
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Sat, 25 Oct 2003

Bumi cancels plan to issue MTNs JAKARTA: Publicly-listed mining company PT Bumi Resources has canceled a plan to issue medium term notes (MTNs) worth US$56 million to finance its recent acquisition of PT Kaltim Prima Coal (KPC), the country's largest coal producer.
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Sat, 25 Oct 2003

JP/6/CIFOR Decentralization for reforestation and halting illegal loggingLuca Tacconi Senior Economist Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) Bogor In recent times the media has carried a number of stories about the government's reforestation program.
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Sat, 25 Oct 2003

FOCUS ISSUE: Car Rentals Companies turn to rental cars for sake of efficiency Car rental services have proven beneficial to numerous companies concerned with efficiency.
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Sat, 25 Oct 2003

Time to promote tolerance The holy month of Ramadhan is back again -- time for Muslims the world over to contemplate and purify their spirits.
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Sat, 25 Oct 2003

DPD candidates reported to police for alleged violationsMoch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Election Supervisory Committee (Panwaslu) have filed at least eight police reports in several provinces over violations involving Regional Representatives Council (DPD) candidates, who have ...
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