Still Playing Narc (Drama/Thriller/Crime, 102 minutes) Starring Jason
Patric, Ray Liotta, Krista Bridges, Busta Rhymes, Chi McBride.
Directed by Joe Carnahan.A suspended narcotics detective is reinstated to help another
to hunt down killers of an undercover officer. More ...
Housewife arrested for drugsINDONESIA: A housewife was arrested carrying 1,950 ecstasy pills
in her underwear at the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in
Tangerang on Friday afternoon. More ...
Where to go in Jakarta: Sunday, August 24, 2003Exhibitions* Photo The Transfixed Spectator, by Kassian Cephas, Erasmus
Huis, Jl. H.R. Rasuna Said, Kav S-3, Kuningan, South Jakarta
(Tel. 5241069), until Aug. 30. More ...
Parvathi Nayar: Recounting her 'passages' through artCarla Bianpoen
Contributor
JakartaParvathi Nayar's monograph Passages is as exceptional as the
artist herself: a contemporary thinker, someone dubbed a new-Asia
woman and an artist of the Renaissance generation. More ...
No end in sight for GAM hostagesThe Jakarta Post, Lhokseumawe, Aceh Farida has spent much of her time reading the Koran and praying
to God during the past two months. More ...
Now Showing Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
(Adventure/Action/Comedy, 143 minutes) Starring Johnny Depp,
Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Jonathan Pryce.
Directed by Gore Verbinski. More ...
Austrian robbed of Rp 60 millionINDONESIA: A 45-year-old Austrian, Rudolf Lytner, was robbed by a
gang of eight thieves at his house in Bogor, West Java, early on
Saturday.The victim, who works at German-based PT Siemens distribution
company, valued his losses at Rp 60 million (US$7,229). More ...
Lessons to be learned
Whether in a state-of-the-art classroom in the bustling capital,
or a cramped, dirt-floor shack in some less developed corner of
the archipelago, Indonesian children make the best of their
situation and take their lessons seriously. More ...
Nh. Dini: A writer bravely bares her soulLie Hua
Contributor
Jakarta A novelist weaves words into a mosaic of events to get across a
particular message. The events are those that the novelist has
gone through, observed or heard in daily life. More ...
Violent birth of new Papuan provinceNethy Dharma Somba, The Jakarta Post, Timika, Papua Violence erupted as hundreds of protesters attacked thousands
parading in Timika in support of the controversial formal
establishment of the new province of Central Irian Jaya. More ...
Terrified senior citizens held hostage for a third dayZakki Hakim, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The violent attack on the century-old Pniel nursing home on Jl. More ...
Finding a treatment for irritable bowel syndromeClaudine Frederik
The Jakarta Post
JakartaIt is a very common health condition that disrupts the lives of
sufferers, but too often irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) goes
unrecognized by local physicians. More ...
Muslim communities put fire into antismoking drive It has become the source of a good giggle at Langitan pesantren
(Islamic boarding school) in Tuban, East Java, the tale of a
student who threw a cigarette butt on the floor of the toilet
where he was sneaking a smoke. More ...
Tobacco and poverty make for a deadly duoSanti W.E. Soekanto, Contributor, Jakarta
santi_soekanto2001@yahoo.com For as long as 19-year-old "Mariah" can remember, her father has
smoked cigarettes, often up to two packs a day. More ...
Finding a treatment for irritable bowel syndromeClaudine Frederik, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta It is a very common health condition that disrupts the lives of
sufferers, but too often irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) goes
unrecognized by local physicians. More ...
Iranian twins' surgeon ponders what went wrongHera Diani, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The world's attention turned to Singapore last month, hoping that
the wish of Iranian conjoined twins Ladan and Laleh Bijani to be
separated would come true. More ...
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