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Fri, 21 May 2004

JP/Sierra Leone citizen gets death for drug dealing

Sierra Leone citizen gets death for drug dealingApriadi Gunawan, Medan The Medan District Court in North Sumatra sentenced on Wednesday a 28-year-old foreigner to death for serving as a middleman in international drug dealing.
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Fri, 21 May 2004

JP/Man kills wife over Rp 20m

Man kills wife over Rp 20m BEKASI: A man, who allegedly killed his wife late on Tuesday, accused her of stealing Rp 20 million (US$2,222), the proceeds of his family house in Lagoa, North Jakarta.Iwan Saleh, 36, is now being detained at Jatiasih Police station.
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Fri, 21 May 2004

JP/Michelin Asia-Pacific clarifies

Michelin Asia-Pacific clarifies I am writing to clarify some points in your article published on May 15 regarding the agreements between Michelin and PT Gajah Tunggal (GT).There were in fact two different agreements signed between Michelin and GT.
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Fri, 21 May 2004

JP/'Corruption is still rife after Soeharto'

'Corruption is still rife after Soeharto' Former president Soeharto quit on May 21, 1998, amid a chaotic security and economic crisis after he had ruled for three decades.
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Fri, 21 May 2004

JP/Boediono says 4.8 percent growth target still realistic

Boediono says 4.8 percent growth target still realisticThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government is optimistic that the country's economy can still grow by 4.8 percent this year as targeted, despite a weakening currency, rising oil prices and an economic slowdown in China. "We think that the 4.
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Fri, 21 May 2004

JP/RI firms face QC, promotion problems

RI firms face QC, promotion problemsTony Hotland, Jakarta Most of Indonesia's small and medium enterprises (SMEs) cannot enter the United States market, the world's largest, due to weak quality control and a dearth of opportunities for promoting their products.
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Fri, 21 May 2004

JP/Megawati to open antiterrorist school

Megawati to open antiterrorist school SEMARANG: President Megawati Soekarnoputri is scheduled on July 3 to inaugurate an international antiterrorist school being developed in Semarang, Central Java, by the National Police.
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Fri, 21 May 2004

JP/Police arrest 4 suspects for illegal firearms possession

Police arrest 4 suspects for illegal firearms possessionLeony Aurora , Jakarta The Jakarta Police apprehended four suspects for illegal possession of firearms during a drugs operation last week.A number of firearms were also recovered from the suspectsCity police spokesman Sr. Comr.
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Fri, 21 May 2004

JP/Candidates to spend billions in election

Candidates to spend billions in electionSlamet Susanto and M. Taufiqurrahman, Yogyakarta/Jakarta Presidential candidates are set to spend billions of rupiah in the one-month campaign period slated to begin on June 1, seeking financing from supporters and the business community, with some willing ...
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Fri, 21 May 2004

JP/Nike launches new driver

Nike launches new driver Sports equipment company Nike has introduced a new golf driver that it says stronger and more powerful than current titanium clubs.
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Fri, 21 May 2004

JP/Independent candidates may contest local elections

Independent candidates may contest local electionsKurniawan Hari, Jakarta Independent candidates may soon be allowed to contest local elections to choose governors, regents, or mayors, according to proposed revisions to autonomy laws.The revised draft of Law No.
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Fri, 21 May 2004

JP/Bulog wants more money for controversial program

Bulog wants more money for controversial programFitri Wulandari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Commodity regulator, the State Logistics Agency (Bulog), has proposed a higher budget next year to provide a greater amount of inexpensive rice for tens of millions of poor families nationwide.
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Fri, 21 May 2004

JP/KL needs more Indonesian workers

KL needs more Indonesian workers BANDUNG: The Malaysian state of Selangor needs about one million more workers from Indonesia for its construction and domestic service sectors due to a housing boom there.
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Fri, 21 May 2004

JP/New oil and gas law enhances income sharing

New oil and gas law enhances income sharingUntung Suryanto, Surabaya It was very interesting to read the opinion piece by T.N. Mahmud, a former CEO of Arco Indonesia, in The Jakarta Post on May 5.
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Fri, 21 May 2004

JP/Air Asia to increase flights from Bandung

Air Asia to increase flights from Bandung BANDUNG: Malaysia's Air Asia plans to increase flights from Kuala Lumpur to Bandung, West Java, to meet rising demands for more planes serving the route.
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Fri, 21 May 2004

JP/Soeharto still beyond the law

Soeharto still beyond the lawKurniawan Hari, Jakarta The country will mark on Friday the sixth anniversary of president Soeharto's resignation -- and the failure to bring him to court for his alleged involvement in a number of graft cases.
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Fri, 21 May 2004

JP/Will Asians endure atrocities and terror in Iraq?

Will Asians endure atrocities and terror in Iraq?Simon Tay The Straits Times Asia News Network Singapore The United States-led intervention in Iraq is going through a terrible season. First, conflicts in Iraq have spiked, with more allied casualties than at any time in the last year.
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Fri, 21 May 2004

JP/Govt plans to write off farmers' bad debts

Govt plans to write off farmers' bad debtsThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government plans to write off some Rp 5.7 trillion (US$633 million)-worth of bad debts owed by farmers, according to Minister of Finance Boediono.He said the amount was part of a total Rp 7.
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Fri, 21 May 2004

JP/Police committee orders detention of 18 officers over Flores shooting

Police committee orders detention of 18 officers over Flores shootingYemris Fointuna KupangA police disciplinary committee in Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, ordered 18 officers to be detained on Thursday for only six days for their role in a shooting incident last March on Flores island that killed ...
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Fri, 21 May 2004

JP/Residents attack officials' homes

Residents attack officials' homes TANGERANG: Hundreds of residents attacked on Thursday the houses of Lontar village officials, who they accused of taking bribes to allow offshore sand mining to resume in the area.
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Fri, 21 May 2004

JP/Applying the three Cs

Applying the three Cs While observing recent political events leading up to the most democratic event ever to be held, the upcoming presidential election, we could evaluate political aspirants through all kinds of management theories, from the very basic, applying local principles or the proven ...
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Fri, 21 May 2004

JP/HIV/AIDS ctivists icollaborate with police

HIV/AIDS ctivists icollaborate with policeDewi Santoso, Jakarta Activists introduced a harm reduction program to police on Wednesday to avoid misperceptions that could prompt police personnel to arrest HIV/AIDS activists in the field.
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Fri, 21 May 2004

JP/City to construct new busway corridors in June

City to construct new busway corridors in JuneDamar Harsanto, Jakarta The Jakarta administration will start in June the construction of facilities for two new busway corridors from Kalideres bus terminal in West Jakarta to the National Monument (Monas) in Central Jakarta and from Monas to ...
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Fri, 21 May 2004

JP/Militias to join TNI course after martial law

Militias to join TNI course after martial lawTiarma Siboro and Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta More than 100 Acehnese claiming to be local people and members of various anti-separatist movements met with officials of the Ministry of Defense here on Wednesday as part of what seemed to be a ...
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Fri, 21 May 2004

JP/Researcher urges food testing

Researcher urges food testingJAKARTA: A researcher underlined the need for clinical trials of all food and beverage products before they are put on the market.
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Fri, 21 May 2004

JP/Public participation up, women marginalized: Study

Public participation up, women marginalized: StudyA. Junaidi, Jakarta While public participation in the fight for good governance has increased in the current regional autonomy era, the role of women in public affairs remains marginalized, research by The Asia Foundation (TAF) says.
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Fri, 21 May 2004

JP/National leaders united to save country from collapse

National leaders united to save country from collapseM. Taufiqurrahman, Jakarta Over 100 key national figures, including state officials from the New Order administration, called on the nation to take necessary measures to "save" the country, which they said was on the brink of collapse.
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Fri, 21 May 2004

JP/Indonesia makes steady economic recovery

Indonesia makes steady economic recoveryBoediono, Jeju Island, South Korea Among countries in this region, Indonesia has been hit by the 1997 crisis hardest and longest. In the past three years or so, however, the country has been slowly but steadily pulling itself out of the crisis.
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Fri, 21 May 2004

JP/Poor Jakartans say free health care still denied them

Poor Jakartans say free health care still denied themLeony Aurora, Jakarta More than 40 percent of poor Jakartans, whose health care services are supposed to be covered by the government, claim they still have to pay part of their hospital medical bills.
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Fri, 21 May 2004

JP/Banks to help Indonesians work obroad

Banks to help Indonesians work obroadRidwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta Frustrated by complicated problems in labor export, Minister of Manpower and Transmigration Jacob Nuwa Wea has sought the support of several private and state-owned banks to provide credit schemes for Indonesians working overseas.
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Fri, 21 May 2004

JP/PDI-P, Golkar quarrel over anti-Wiranto rally

PDI-P, Golkar quarrel over anti-Wiranto rallyRidwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta The renewed rivalry between the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) and its old nemesis the Golkar Party has taken on a new twist with Golkar leaders accusing PDI-P of funding a negative campaign against its ...
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Fri, 21 May 2004

JP/BPOM told to audit drug sales

BPOM told to audit drug salesJAKARTA: The Food and Drug Monitoring Agency (BPOM) should have all data reported by pharmaceutical companies and distributors audited, which is the only way to control the illegal distribution of drugs, an observer says.
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Fri, 21 May 2004

JP/Irene leads RI against S'pore in chess meet

Irene leads RI against S'pore in chess meetThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Irene Kharisma, who finished ninth in the girls' U-12 category at the 2003 World Chess Championships, will lead Indonesia's youth team in a three-way chess matchup against Singapore starting on Saturday.
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Fri, 21 May 2004

JP/Aceh to have 10 additional police precincts this year

Aceh to have 10 additional police precincts this yearP.C. Naommy, Jakarta The National Police will establish 10 new precincts in the restive province of Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam (NAD) to improve security following the imposition of a state of civil emergency.
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Fri, 21 May 2004

JP/Trading of smuggled used clothes lucrative in Sikka

Trading of smuggled used clothes lucrative in SikkaJacob J. Herin, Maumere Trading of used clothing smuggled from Singapore has become a lucrative business on Flores and Lembata islands in East Nusa Tenggara.
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Fri, 21 May 2004

JP/Pythons released to kill rats

Pythons released to kill rats YOGYAKARTA: Sleman Regent Ibnu Subiyanto has released at least 100 pythons in rice fields in Argomulyo village, Cangkringan subdistrict, in an effort to fight a rat plague there.
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Fri, 21 May 2004

JP/The parrot and Soeharto's loyalists

The parrot and Soeharto's loyalistsKornelius Purba, Staff Writer, The Jakarta Post purba@thejakartapost.
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Fri, 21 May 2004

JP/Convicts grilled over Ba'asyir

Convicts grilled over Ba'asyirEvi Mariani and P.C. Naommy, Jakarta Police have questioned all convicts in the Bali bombing in connection with terrorism charges leveled at Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Ba'asyir.National Police antiterrorist division head Brig. Gen.
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Fri, 21 May 2004

JP/Fishermen protest pollution in sea

Fishermen protest pollution in sea JAKARTA: Fishermen in Cilincing, North Jakarta, demanded the city administration close factories located on the northern coast, which they said were polluting the sea with unprocessed waste.
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Fri, 21 May 2004

JP/Borobudur to host Waisak event

Borobudur to host Waisak eventJAKARTA: The Indonesian Buddhist Association (Walubi) will celebrate Waisak, the birth of Buddha Sidharta Gautama, at Borobudur Temple in Central Java on June 3.
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Fri, 21 May 2004

JP/Legislative elections and Indonesia's future

Legislative elections and Indonesia's futureJusuf Wanandi, JakartaWhat is the impact of the 2004 legislative elections on Indonesia's two most important assets, a maturing democracy and moderate Islam?A maturing democracy is not only democracy as a formality, such as having elections regularly or ...
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Fri, 21 May 2004

JP/JP/5/focus

JP/5/focusKPUD members to be firedMANADO, North Sulawesi: The province's Regional General Elections Commission (KPUD) will hold a plenary meeting this week to replace a number of members in the regencies, who are guilty of taking bribes and manipulating votes.
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Fri, 21 May 2004

JP/Siswono to focus on SMEs, agroindustry

Siswono to focus on SMEs, agroindustryZakki P. Hakim, Jakarta Siswono Yudohusodo, the running mate of presidential candidate Amien Rais, said on Wednesday "their" administration would focus on the development of small and medium enterprises (SMEs), should they emerge the winner in July's polls.
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Fri, 21 May 2004

JP/Wiranto clear of rights abuses: Solahuddin

Wiranto clear of rights abuses: SolahuddinAbdul Khalik, Jakarta Vice presidential candidate Solahuddin Wahid defended his running mate Wiranto on Wednesday, saying the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) had no proof the retired Army general had committed any human rights violations.
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Fri, 21 May 2004

JP/Community-based national park to curb illegal logging in Sumatra

Community-based national park to curb illegal logging in SumatraThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta President Megawati Soekarnoputri is scheduled on Friday to inaugurate the Batang Gadis National Park, Mandailing Natal regency, North Sumatra, a model community-based park that exemplifies the government's ...
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Fri, 21 May 2004

JP/Monopoly of haj business 'must end'

Monopoly of haj business 'must end'JAKARTA: The Association of Haj Travel Agency Owners has demanded the revision of Law No. 17/1999 on the haj, which gives the Ministry of Religious Affairs the sole authority to organize the pilgrimage.
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Fri, 21 May 2004

JP/PKB leaks parties' past political deal

PKB leaks parties' past political dealThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Discontent with a regulation detrimental to the comeback bid of its presidential candidate Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid, the National Awakening Party (PKB) disclosed a backroom deal made among parties that would allow him to run for ...
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Fri, 21 May 2004

JP/Four get 10-year jail term for storing bomb materials

Four get 10-year jail term for storing bomb materialsSuherdjoko, Semarang Four men accused of storing bomb-making materials were each sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by the Semarang District Court on Wednesday.
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Fri, 21 May 2004

JP/KPU's next challenge

KPU's next challenge So far, six pairs of presidential and vice presidential hopefuls are to compete in the July 5 election, barring a possible change when the General Elections Commission (KPU) finalizes the lineup next week.
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Fri, 21 May 2004

JP/Alleged KPU hacker gets web support

Alleged KPU hacker gets web supportEvi Mariani, Jakarta A simple "Free Dani Movement" message greets the visitors to the newly created website www.kecoak.or.id.
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