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Sat, 15 Jan 2005

JP/Can't see the forest for the busway

Can't see the forest for the buswayNirwono Joga, Jakarta While the administrations of leading metropolises in the world, such as Amsterdam, London, Melbourne, Singapore and Washington D.C.

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Sat, 15 Jan 2005

JP/Group demands better care for Acehnese children

Group demands better care for Acehnese childrenThe Jakarta Post Jakarta/Banda AcehWith children being the most vulnerable among the tsunami survivors, the National Commission for Child Protection has demanded the government immediately relocate the children to places where better nutrition, ...

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Sat, 15 Jan 2005

JP/Fear has two faces for survivors

Fear has two faces for survivors This is the last of three articles about Lampuuk, which was once a popular weekend spot for Banda Aceh residents but has been left virtually deserted as its surviving residents shelter in camps at Lham Lhom following the tsunami.

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Sat, 15 Jan 2005

JP/Time to wean ourselves from over-reliance on migrant workers

Time to wean ourselves from over-reliance on migrant workersSin Chew Daily Asia News Network Selangor, Malaysia Malaysians generally have a mixed feeling for illegal migrant workers from Indonesia. We love them because they have helped relieve the pressure of many a vital industry.

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Sat, 15 Jan 2005

JP/Children should be taught empathy

Children should be taught empathySimon Marcus Gower, Jakarta Our modern world is a world in which our senses seem to be more and more stimulated.

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Sat, 15 Jan 2005

JP/Jan.17, 2005

Jan.17, 2005Infrastructure action plan The government has made the right decision in going ahead with the Infrastructure Summit, which starts today, despite some strong suggestions that it be postponed because of the situation in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam and North Sumatra.

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Sat, 15 Jan 2005

JP/Anti-smuggling draft decree dropped

Anti-smuggling draft decree dropped Zakki P. Hakim The Jakarta Post/JakartaIn a surprise move, the government has scrapped plans to issue an emergency decree in lieu of law on smuggling, dashing hopes of an immediate campaign against the rampant practice.

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Sat, 15 Jan 2005

JP/Protecting RI's coastline

Protecting RI's coastline In terms of protecting the coastline of Indonesia from tsunami tragedies such as that which devastated Aceh, one must realize that the entire West Sumatran coast, along with southern Java, Bali, Lombok and West Nusa Tenggara plus Flores and East Nusa Tenggara, Timor and ...

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Sat, 15 Jan 2005

JP/Neighbors among the first on the scene

Neighbors among the first on the sceneRiyadi Suparno and Tertiani ZB Simanjuntak, The Jakarta Post/Banda Aceh "We live here just like the refugees," head of the humanitarian task force for the Singaporean Armed Forces in Banda Aceh, Lt. Col. Tay Boon Khai quipped.He was telling the truth.

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Sat, 15 Jan 2005

JP/Adoption in Aceh premature: Fauzi

Adoption in Aceh premature: FauziDedy Ardiansyah, Contributor/Medan That fateful day, Sunday, Dec. 26, 2004, turned the year-end joy of the Acehnese people into a sad story of calamity, in which more than 100,000 lost their lives and hundreds of thousands were left as bereaved survivors, drawing ...

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Sat, 15 Jan 2005

JP/BIN agents arrested for counterfeiting

BIN agents arrested for counterfeitingEva C. Komandjaja, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta The National Police has arrested seven officers from the powerful State Intelligence Agency (BIN).

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Sat, 15 Jan 2005

JP/Bungaran denies receiving bribe from Monsanto

Bungaran denies receiving bribe from Monsanto Muninggar Sri Saraswati The Jakarta Post/JakartaFormer minister Bungaran Saragih admitted that he had issued a ministerial decree allowing the cultivation of Monsanto's Bollgard cotton in eight regencies in South Sulawesi, but denied suggestions that ...

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Sat, 15 Jan 2005

JP/Luxury tax lifted

Luxury tax lifted from several goods The Ministry of Finance has declassified several beverages and cosmetics as luxury products, as they had become mainstream consumer products.

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Sat, 15 Jan 2005

JP/President gets direct access to supervise tax revenue

President gets direct access to supervise tax revenueFabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta In an effort to ensure transparency at the taxation office the Ministry of Finance's Directorate General of Taxation installed an online monitor at the presidential office on Friday, so ...

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Sat, 15 Jan 2005

JP/Legal basis for summit projects set

Legal basis for summit projects setFabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta The government has prepared 11 government regulations and three presidential decrees as the legal basis for 91 infrastructure projects worth US$22 billion planned for the next five years.

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Sat, 15 Jan 2005

JP/Move the children to healthier places now: National rights body

Move the children to healthier places now: National rights bodyThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta/Banda Aceh With children being the most vulnerable among the tsunami survivors, the National Commission for Child Protection has demanded the government immediately relocate the children to places where ...

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Sat, 15 Jan 2005

JP/More aid pours in for tsunami victims

More aid pours in for tsunami victimsThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Twenty days into the deadly tsunami disaster relief effort, several countries are still sending cash, food, medicine and medical teams to Indonesia, which suffered the most from the Dec. 26 calamity.

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Sat, 15 Jan 2005

JP/The labor union of state-controlled cement producer PT Semen

The labor union of state-controlled cement producer PT Semen Gresik (SG) will launch a massive strike if the government decides to hand over the company's Tuban, Java plants to Mexican cement giant Cemex SA.

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Sat, 15 Jan 2005

JP/Refugees sort through used clothes

Refugees sort through used clothesPHOTO CREDIT: JP/Ruslan Sangadji Armini (back, left) and a number of children select used clothes dropped by an aid group at their displaced persons camp in Keutapang, Banda Aceh.

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Sat, 15 Jan 2005

JP/Islam compatible with and essential to democracy

Islam compatible with and essential to democracySheik Dia al-Shakarchi, Project Syndicate Mahmoud Abbas's election in Palestine and the forthcoming vote in Iraq on Jan. 30 have pushed the question of Islam's compatibility with democracy to the center of the world's agenda.

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Sat, 15 Jan 2005

JP/5 penitentiaries to be relocated

5 penitentiaries to be relocated TANGERANG: Tangerang municipality plans to move five penitentiaries in the city out of town and use the 200 hectares or so of land currently occupied by the prisons for public facilities.

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Sat, 15 Jan 2005

JP/Judging Indonesians

Judging Indonesians I am writing this with regard to a letter by Mark Potts, Ignoring American aid, that appeared on Jan. 13 in The Jakarta Post.

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Sat, 15 Jan 2005

JP/Aceh needs more blood sera: Hidayat

Aceh needs more blood sera: Hidayat JAKARTA: People's Consultative Assembly Speaker Hidayat Nur Wahid said on Friday that Aceh urgently needed more blood sera to help thousands of survivors receiving medical treatment.

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Sat, 15 Jan 2005

JP/RI, Malaysia agree to simplify labor export mechanism

RI, Malaysia agree to simplify labor export mechanismRidwan Max Sijabat, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Two weeks ahead of the planned crackdown on illegal migrants in Malaysia, Jakarta and Kuala Lumpur agreed on Friday to simplify labor export procedures.

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Sat, 15 Jan 2005

JP/Charoen expects better sales in year of the chicken

Charoen expects better sales in year of the chickenLeony Aurora, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta The year 2005 is the year of the chicken, according to Chinese calendar.

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Sat, 15 Jan 2005

JP/Oxfam wants to help restore the livelihood of the Acehnese

Oxfam wants to help restore the livelihood of the Acehnese International NGOs have been flocking to Aceh to help the victims of the tsunami. One of them is Oxfam, which has been focusing on providing clean water and sanitation to refugees in Aceh.

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Sat, 15 Jan 2005

JP/Saudi Arabia's democratic baby step

Saudi Arabia's democratic baby stepSaad Eddin Ibrahim Project Syndicate This month's elections in Iraq and for the presidency of the Palestinian Authority may be claiming all the world's headlines, but another potentially far-reaching ballot is also underway, albeit to far less acclaim: The ...

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Sat, 15 Jan 2005

JP/Adiguna's case

Adiguna's case While our brothers and sisters in Aceh were experiencing a great calamity, some of us were indulging in convivial merrymaking at luxury hotels on New Year's Eve.

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Sat, 15 Jan 2005

JP/We are poisoning ourselves

We are poisoning ourselves In western countries people commit suicide by directing the emission from the exhaust pipe of their car into the car, where they are sitting and breathing in the poison gas of the running engine.

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Sat, 15 Jan 2005

JP/Warning system works: Governor

Warning system works: GovernorBambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Governor Sutiyoso ordered on Friday that all relevant officials in his administration to make final checks on early warning flood systems to ensure they work well.

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Sat, 15 Jan 2005

JP/Two months jail for PTDI director

Two months jail for PTDI directorYuli Tri Suwarni, The Jakarta Post/Bandung The president director of state aircraft maker PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI) has been sentenced to two months in jail for negligence by a Bandung district court.

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Sat, 15 Jan 2005

JP/Tsunami aftermath

Tsunami aftermath The people of Indonesia have been overwhelmed by the generosity of aid flowing in from countries such as Australia in the wake of the tsunami tragedy that hit Aceh province.

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Sat, 15 Jan 2005

JP/ASEAN to meet again on tsunami

ASEAN to meet again on tsunami INDONESIA: Jakarta will host a meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) from Jan. 18 to Jan. 19, to follow up the proposal to establish regional mechanisms on disaster prevention and mitigation, as agreed in the emergency summit last week.

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Sat, 15 Jan 2005

JP/UNFPA sends in childbirth supplies

UNFPA sends in childbirth supplies JAKARTA: The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) dispatched on Friday trucks carrying 14 tons of childbirth equipment and reproductive health supplies to Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam province.

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Sat, 15 Jan 2005

JP/New ruling pledges retribution in kind for corruptors

New ruling pledges retribution in kind for corruptorsKurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta High profile corruption suspects will surely have difficult times ahead as a new anti-graft ruling currently being drafted by the government will not only allow authorities to detain them from the start ...

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Sat, 15 Jan 2005

JP/City raises funds for tsunami victims

City raises funds for tsunami victims JAKARTA: The Jakarta administration secured more than Rp 10.5 billion (US$1.1 million) in donations for victims of the tsunami tragedy in Aceh and North Sumatra through a charity night on Thursday.

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Sat, 15 Jan 2005

JP/Antigraft court to hear second case

Antigraft court to hear second case JAKARTA: The Central Jakarta District Court announced on Friday that the anti-corruption court will hear a corruption case involving two officials with the communications ministry on Jan. 27.

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Sat, 15 Jan 2005

JP/Unlocking ASEAN's competitiveness

Unlocking ASEAN's competitivenessAlan Cassels Jakarta With a population of about 500 million, a combined gross domestic product of US$737 billion, and a total trade of $720 billion, ASEAN today is very much an economic force in the global arena.

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Sat, 15 Jan 2005

JP/Where to go in Yogyakarta: Saturday, January 15, 2005

Where to go in Yogyakarta: Saturday, January 15, 2005Exhibitions* Ceramic Stick Together by Bambang Subandono, Donny A., Nafisah, M. Khaerudin, Ari Sulistyowati and Tri Wahyuni, Bentara Budaya Yogyakarta, Jl Suroto No. 2 Kotabaru (Tel. 0274 560404), 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.

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Sat, 15 Jan 2005

JP/The benefits of bilingual education

The benefits of bilingual educationRachel Davies, Sydney Many parents in Jakarta, and other major cities of Indonesia, are working and thinking hard on and about their children's education.

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Sat, 15 Jan 2005

JP/Teaching children to embrace multiculturalism

Teaching children to embrace multiculturalism Ahmad Bukhori Boston To reduce prejudiced behavior in society, children must be taught to embrace multiculturalism. Studies in multicultural development claim that bias is learned in childhood.

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Sat, 15 Jan 2005

JP/Bungaran denies receiving bribe from Monsanto

Bungaran denies receiving bribe from Monsanto Muninggar Sri Saraswati The Jakarta Post/JakartaFormer minister Bungaran Saragih admitted that he had issued a ministerial decree allowing the cultivation of Monsanto's Bollgard cotton in eight regencies in South Sulawesi, but denied suggestions that ...

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Sat, 15 Jan 2005

JP/Central Bank set to ease credit limit for infrastructure projects

Central Bank set to ease credit limit for infrastructure projectsUrip Hudiono, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta To support the government's plan of reviving the economy through massive infrastructure projects, the central bank will issue a new set of banking rulings for the purposes, including an ...

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Sat, 15 Jan 2005

JP/Yogyakarta NGOs help children study nature

Yogyakarta NGOs help children study natureBambang M, Contributor/Yogyakarta A group of kindergarten children looked delighted when activists from Hijau - Gerakan Peduli Lingkungan (Hijau-GPL), an non- governmental organization (NGO) based in Yogyakarta, took them to Samas Beach in Bantul to ...

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Sat, 15 Jan 2005

JP/Purbalingga produces high-quality muffler systems for motor behicles

Purbalingga produces high-quality muffler systems for motor behiclesAgus Maryono, Contributor/Purbalingga If you happen to travel along a busy road in your city and notice a muffler workshop with a sign saying Knalpot Bralink ( Bralink muffler), you might just wonder what Bralink means.

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Sat, 15 Jan 2005

JP/Adiguna, spoilt brat of famed tycoon

Adiguna, spoilt brat of famed tycoonAbdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta The fatal shooting on New Year's Day at the Hilton Hotel's Fluid Club, Central Jakarta, has raised the profile of Adiguna Sutowo, the sole suspect in the case, higher than his famous elder brother Ponco Sutowo.

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Sat, 15 Jan 2005

JP/Where is the GAM government?

Where is the GAM government? The Free Aceh Movement (GAM)) is a separatist movement led by Hasan Di Tiro, who proclaimed Aceh's independence on Dec. 4, 1976 using English and Acehnese, which were considered official national languages.

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Sat, 15 Jan 2005

JP/RI bowlers Ryan, Putty qualify for knockout stage

RI bowlers Ryan, Putty qualify for knockout stage Moch. N. Kurniawan The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Indonesia's men's bowler Ryan Lalisang and his female compatriot Putty Armein qualified for the knockout stage in the US$75,000 Tournament of Champions after wrapping up their matches here on Friday.

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Sat, 15 Jan 2005

JP/Boats float when floods bloat

Boats float when floods bloatJon Afrizal, The Jakarta Post/Jambi Siti, not yet five years old, looked at her grandmother, Ibu Nanang, 60, hoping she would be allowed to play in a small rowboat tied up to their stilt house.

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Sat, 15 Jan 2005

JP/The walking dead

The walking dead In the first weeks of the aftermath of the tsunami of Dec. 26, we were stunned by the severity of the destruction, and thankful for the many small miracles of survival told by enduring residents.

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Sat, 15 Jan 2005

JP/Korean businessmen to build int'l port

Korean businessmen to build int'l port AMURANG, North Sulawesi: Several Korean businessmen from the Korea International Management Service were in Amurang town, Minahasa regency, for two days as part of a plan to construct an international hub port.

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Sat, 15 Jan 2005

JP/Fees raised to keep cars off the street

Fees raised to keep cars off the streetThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The city administration plan to triple the price of on-street parking is aimed at encouraging motorists to keep their vehicles at home in order to ease traffic congestion in the city, an official says.

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Sat, 15 Jan 2005

JP/UGM assists Aceh victims with rehabilitation programs

UGM assists Aceh victims with rehabilitation programsThe Jakarta Post, Yogyakarta In a bid to help rebuild Aceh following the devastating earthquake and tsunami, Yogyakarta's Gadjah Mada University (UGM) launched Aceh Bangkit program worth some Rp 500 billion (US$54.3 million) to Rp 600 billion.

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Sat, 15 Jan 2005

JP/Crack down on IPR infringers

Crack down on IPR infringersHu Cong, China Daily, Asia News Network, Beijing As expected, intellectual property rights (IPR) turned out the focal point in outgoing U.S. Commerce Secretary Donald Evans' three-day China trip.

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Sat, 15 Jan 2005

JP/'I doubt Adiguna will be punished'

'I doubt Adiguna will be punished' Police have submitted the case of Adiguna Sutowo, the sole suspect in the murder of waiter Yohannes "Rudy" Berchmans Haerudy Natong, to the Attorney-General's Office, but Jakartans still have their doubts whether justice will be served.

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Sat, 15 Jan 2005

JP/Council wants to legalize gambling

Council wants to legalize gambling BATAM, Riau Islands: A number of Kepri councillors are requesting that gambling be legalized in the area to increase local revenue.

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Sat, 15 Jan 2005

JP/Chinese investors commit $1.5b in infrastructure, manufacturing

Chinese investors commit $1.5b in infrastructure, manufacturingZakki P. Hakim The Jakarta Post/JakartaA number of investors from China have committed US$1.5 billion in various industry sectors ahead of next week's Infrastructure Summit, intended to lure massive fresh investment to the country.

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Sat, 15 Jan 2005

JP/Padang to donate 10 speedboats

Padang to donate 10 speedboats PADANG: Ten speedboats worth Rp 500 million will be donated by the Padang administration to Meulaboh fishermen.Padang Mayor Fauzi Bahar said the boats would temporarily carry aid from warships to the victims in Meulaboh, which was badly hit by the tsunami.

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Sat, 15 Jan 2005

JP/Adiguna's case

Adiguna's case While our brothers and sisters in Aceh were experiencing a great calamity, some of us were indulging in convivial merrymaking at luxury hotels on New Year's Eve.

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Sat, 15 Jan 2005

JP/Survivors hired to clean up tsunami debris

Survivors hired to clean up tsunami debrisRuslan Sangadji and Tertiani Simanjuntak, The Jakarta Post/Banda Aceh In an effort to beat the government's latest deadline, cleaning up debris and bodies by Jan.

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Sat, 15 Jan 2005

JP/More police deployed around embassies after bomb threats

More police deployed around embassies after bomb threatsAbdul Khalik/Eva C. Komandjaja, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta The country's chief of police announced that his officers were on high alert and extra personnel had been deployed to guard strategic locations, including embassies, hotels and ...

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Sat, 15 Jan 2005

JP/Busway celebrates its first anniversary

Busway celebrates its first anniversaryDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta One year ago today, the Jakarta administration launched the busway stretching from Blok M in South Jakarta to Kota.

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Sat, 15 Jan 2005

JP/'Mr. Perfect' Ryan wants more before time is up

'Mr. Perfect' Ryan wants more before time is upMoch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Although Ryan Leonard Lalisang plans to quit bowling in the next three years to return to the classroom, his nickname Mr. Perfect is likely to stick with him for a long time to come.

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Sat, 15 Jan 2005

JP/'Metro TV' offers hopes through videotape search service

'Metro TV' offers hopes through videotape search serviceTony Hotland, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Sitting two spans of the hand from a television monitor, Usman vigorously presses the rewind and fast forward buttons on a video player remote control, his eyes squinted, searching for familiar faces on ...

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Sat, 15 Jan 2005

JP/It's purely a natural disaster

It's purely a natural disaster If the earthquake and resultant tsunami were sent by God as punishment for ignoring Him as one letter writer has suggested, He (or She) must be a cruel, vindictive God to murder thousands of innocent children, some of whom were too young to have ever heard of Him ...

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Sat, 15 Jan 2005

JP/Railway schedules changed to cut travel time

Railway schedules changed to cut travel timeYuli Tri Suwarni, The Jakarta Post/Bandung At least 16 main trains operating in Java will have new schedules starting on Jan. 17, which are expected to cut travel time and reduce the number of delayed trains.

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Sat, 15 Jan 2005

JP/Displaced Chinese wait to go back home

Displaced Chinese wait to go back homeApriadi Gunawan, The Jakarta Post/Medan Thirteen days after fleeing Mulia village in Banda Aceh for Medan, Laisa Lan returned home only to find her house gone and the streets littered with corpses.The 50-year-old Chinese-Indonesian woman could not do much.

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Sat, 15 Jan 2005

JP/UGM assists Aceh rehabilitation program

UGM assists Aceh rehabilitation program The Jakarta Post YogyakartaIn a bid to help rebuild Aceh following the devastating earthquake and tsunami, Yogyakarta's Gadjah Mada University (UGM) launched Aceh Bangkit program worth some Rp 500 billion (US$54.3 million) to Rp 600 billion.

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Sat, 15 Jan 2005

JP/'Love can build anything'

'Love can build anything' The lyrics and song Love can build anything were used after Hurricanes Andrew and Opal, a major U.S. flood and a California earthquake, to lift the spirits of the affected people, and inspire others to help rebuild the communities.

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Sat, 15 Jan 2005

JP/Police submit Adiguna's case file to prosecutors

Police submit Adiguna's case file to prosecutorsAbdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta After two weeks of investigation, police handed over on Friday the case file of Adiguna Sutowo, the sole suspect in the murder of Yohannes "Rudy" Berchmans Haerudy Natong at the Hotel Hilton, to the ...

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Sat, 15 Jan 2005

JP/Lippo denies fraud role

Lippo denies fraud role JAKARTA: Lippo Bank said on Friday that it was not involved in the latest banking crime concerning the distribution of Rp 50 billion (US$5.5 million) in fake promissory notes.

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Sat, 15 Jan 2005

JP/Bungaran denies receiving bribe from Monsanto

Bungaran denies receiving bribe from MonsantoMuninggar Sri Saraswati, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Former minister Bungaran Saragih admitted that he had issued a ministerial decree allowing the cultivation of Monsanto's Bollgard cotton in eight regencies in South Sulawesi, but denied suggestions that ...

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Sat, 15 Jan 2005

JP/Long-term commitment to the tsunami victims

Long-term commitment to the tsunami victimsRodrigo de Rato, Washington, D.C. The South Asian tsunami disaster has produced an outpouring of humanitarian assistance for the victims who are beginning to rebuild their shattered lives and communities.

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Sat, 15 Jan 2005

JP/Red Cross receives Taiwan donation

Red Cross receives Taiwan donation MEDAN: The Taiwanese government donated to the Indonesian Red Cross on Friday nine tons of food and medicine to help tsunami victims.

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Sat, 15 Jan 2005

JP/Early warning system must work, governor says

Early warning system must work, governor saysBambang Nurbianto The Jakarta Post/JakartaGovernor Sutiyoso ordered on Friday that all relevant officials in his administration to make final checks on early warning flood systems to ensure they work well.

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Sat, 15 Jan 2005

JP/Bungaran denies receiving bribe from Monsanto

Bungaran denies receiving bribe from Monsanto Muninggar Sri Saraswati The Jakarta Post/JakartaFormer minister Bungaran Saragih admitted that he had issued a ministerial decree allowing the cultivation of Monsanto's Bollgard cotton in eight regencies in South Sulawesi, but denied suggestions that ...

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Sat, 15 Jan 2005

JP/Priest found dead in Purworejo

Priest found dead in PurworejoSlamet Susanto, The Jakarta Post/Purworejo A priest was found dead with several stab wounds to his head at his house in Purworejo, Central Java, on Friday morning.

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Sat, 15 Jan 2005

JP/'CNBC' to hold high-profile forum in RI

'CNBC' to hold high-profile forum in RIThe Jakarta Post JakartaFollowing its successful run last year, CNBC strategic forum will return to Indonesia on Jan. 24 to discuss the country's economic and investment policies, as well as action plans.

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Sat, 15 Jan 2005

JP/Sutiyoso off to Paris for tsunami meeting

Sutiyoso off to Paris for tsunami meeting JAKARTA: Governor Sutiyoso, who is also chairman of the Indonesian Association of Provincial Administrations, flew to Paris, France on Friday afternoon to attend a special meeting of the United Cities of Local Governments.

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Sat, 15 Jan 2005

JP/Andalas seeks to double cement output

Andalas seeks to double cement outputLeony Aurora, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta In view of the estimated rise in demand for cement in years to come, cementmaker PT Semen Andalas Indonesia (SAI) will speed up plans to build a plant in Langkat, North Sumatra, while reconstructing its heavily damaged ...

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Sat, 15 Jan 2005

JP/Salvaging peace from the tsunami in Aceh

Salvaging peace from the tsunami in AcehDesra Percaya New YorkTo the dismay of many, armed clashes between Indonesian security forces and the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) reportedly continue in the tsunami-ravaged province, which can endanger the humanitarian work conducted by local and foreign ...

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