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Sun, 16 Jan 2005

JP/TV Program: Sunday, January 16, 2005

TV Program: Sunday, January 16, 2005.TB.30" .90"TVRI 5:00 a.m. Religious Teachings6:00 News: Berita Pagi 7:00 Cartoon: Maya The Bee7:30 Children Show9:00 Music: Delta10:30 Sports: Antar Arena 11:30 English for Fun12:30 p.m.

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Sun, 16 Jan 2005

JP/Now Showing

Now Showing Seed of Chucky (Horror/Comedy, 87 minutes): Starring Jennifer Tilly, Redman, John Waters, Hannah Spearritt. Voices of Brad Dourif, Billy Boyd. Directed by Don Mancini.

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Sun, 16 Jan 2005

JP/On the record

On the recordArtist : Kings of Convenience Album : Riot on an Empty Street (EMI Music)The work of Norwegian duo Kings of Convenience is best described by the title of their 2001 debut album: Quiet is The New Loud.

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Sun, 16 Jan 2005

JP/Breezeway creates tropical home with breath of fresh air

Breezeway creates tropical home with breath of fresh airMaria Endah Hulupi, Contributor, Jakarta Tucked away from the busy area of Cipete, South Jakarta, the tropical house was designed with a corridor to allow a fresh breeze and natural light into its interior, as well as provide a view of the ...

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Sun, 16 Jan 2005

JP/JP/Lia Lenggogeni

JP/Lia LenggogeniThe famous snow-covered peak of Mount Kilimanjaro. The peak of Kilimanjaro is fast losing its ice and could be barren dirt before the next decade is out (photo above). Mount Kilimanjaro looks icy and cold from afar (photo right).

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Sun, 16 Jan 2005

JP/A smart book for women to enter politics

A smart book for women to enter politicsA. Junaidi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Hopefully the field of politics will seem more attractive to women after the launching of a book titled Modul Perempuan Untuk Politik: Sebuah Panduan Tentang Partisipasi Perempuan Dalam Politik (Module for Women in ...

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Sun, 16 Jan 2005

JP/dpa Features/Jens Schierenbeck

dpa Features/Jens SchierenbeckThis man is trying to get a point across about whether he wants another helping of food. Learning how to say "no" is one of the important social skills in life which many people have a hard time mastering, experts say.

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Sun, 16 Jan 2005

JP/Woman in love sends bomb threat: Police

Woman in love sends bomb threat: PoliceThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta A woman sent a bomb threat through a text message to foreign embassies in Jakarta in a ruse to prevent her boyfriend who works at an embassy from going out of town, police revealed here on Saturday.

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Sun, 16 Jan 2005

JP/Beijing, Beijingers obsessed with looks

Beijing, Beijingers obsessed with looksHelly Minarti, Contributor, Jakarta I woke up in the morning to find a flyer slipped under my apartment door. Beijing, the year is 2004, and the flyer is an advertisement for some new plastic surgery clinic.

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Sun, 16 Jan 2005

JP/Setu Babakan, a lake site with Betawi flavor

Setu Babakan, a lake site with Betawi flavorIn southern Jakarta, away from the busy traffic, lies a beautiful lake called Setu Babakan. Around the lake in Jagakarsa district, live hundreds of Betawi families.

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Sun, 16 Jan 2005

JP/Ryan, Putty stopped in quarters in ABF tourney

Ryan, Putty stopped in quarters in ABF tourneyMoch. N. Kurniawan,. The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The quarterfinal round of the US$75,000 Asian Bowling Federation (ABF) Tournament of Champions on Saturday saw an anticlimactic performance by Indonesian Ryan Lalisang along with his countrywoman Putty ...

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Sun, 16 Jan 2005

JP/For many Vietnamese, the giving is personal

For many Vietnamese, the giving is personalDewi Anggraeni, Contributor, Melbourne, Australia It is not often that a journalist is reduced to tears interviewing a fit and healthy fellow journalist.

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Sun, 16 Jan 2005

JP/On the record: Destiny's Child

On the record: Destiny's ChildArtist : Destiny's Child Album : Destiny Fulfilled Independent women, survivors, wherefore art thou? For those appearing now on this record are girls confused, or maybe just real dim-witted.

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Sun, 16 Jan 2005

JP/Change will do Indonesian badminton some good

Change will do Indonesian badminton some goodThe dominant force in women's badminton in the 1990s, Susy Susanti took all the major international singles titles. Unfortunately, it's been lean days for Indonesian women since her retirement in 1998.

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Sun, 16 Jan 2005

JP/AP/George Osodi

AP/George OsodiRonald Pickings, (center), hits a golf ball while Marcus Manns, (second-right), from Virginia looks on at the Achimota golf course in Accra, Ghana. Manns and Pickings are among a number of African-Americans who in recent years have traded a career and the comfort of the U.S.

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Sun, 16 Jan 2005

JP/AP/Shizuo Kambayashi

AP/Shizuo KambayashiTadashi Ishii,(front,center), with fellow physical fitness enthusiasts pray in icy water at the Teppozu Shrine in Tokyo.

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Sun, 16 Jan 2005

JP/Still great, high, unbelievably white in the snow

Still great, high, unbelievably white in the snowLia Lenggogeni, Contributor, Jakarta Mount Kilimanjaro lies on the border of Tanzania and Kenya, just south of the Equator.

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Sun, 16 Jan 2005

JP/AP/Jerome Delay

AP/Jerome DelayFrench firefighters, holding white flowers, observe three minutes of silence outside Saint Sulpice church in Paris. People throughout Europe held a silent tribute to the victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami on Wednesday.

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Sun, 16 Jan 2005

JP/Wedding tolls: From simple ceremony to gala celebration

Wedding tolls: From simple ceremony to gala celebration Everybody dreams of a fairy-tale wedding. Or do they?Several friends are getting married this year, one in less than a month from now. All of them wanted a small, intimate wedding celebration with family and close friends.

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Sun, 16 Jan 2005

JP/Leaving home

Leaving homeBriony Kidd Olivia glides from the taxi and slips through the opening gate, nodding to the security guard without pausing. In one movement she takes out her key, fits the key into the lock and pushes her way inside. She closes the door quickly behind her. She is alone.

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Sun, 16 Jan 2005

JP/Photo A: Lounge

Photo A: LoungeJP/Hera DianiA cozy lounge at the Institut Musik Daya in upmarket Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta. One of the very few professional music schools in the country, the institute aims to provide international-standard music education.

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Sun, 16 Jan 2005

JP/Tremor jolts Jakarta

Tremor jolts Jakarta INDONESIA: A three to five minute tremor jolted Jakarta at around 8:50 p.m. on Saturday.The Meteorology and Geophysics Agency (BMG) confirmed the quake but has not given any details. "We are still studying the tremor," an official with BMG was quoted by detik.

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Sun, 16 Jan 2005

JP/NBC Universal/Dave Bjerke

NBC Universal/Dave BjerkeCONCERT OF HOPE: Brian Wilson, creative genius behind The Beach Boys, rehearses for his appearance on Tsunami Aid: A Concert of Hope. He rehearsed on Friday in Universal Studios in Universal City, California. Madonna, Sheryl Crow, Maroon 5, Norah Jones, Mary J.

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Sun, 16 Jan 2005

JP/Commitment name of the game for Shalin

Commitment name of the game for ShalinMoch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta At the age of nine, Shalin Zulkifli sat down with her parents and quietly discussed her sporting future.

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Sun, 16 Jan 2005

JP/dpa Features/Jens Schierenbeck

dpa Features/Jens SchierenbeckThis man is trying to get a point across about whether he wants another helping of food. Learning how to say "no" is one of the important social skills in life which many people have a hard time mastering, experts say.

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Sun, 16 Jan 2005

JP/AP/Eugene Hoshiko

AP/Eugene HoshikoU.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz. left, and Indonesian Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare Alwi Shihab (second from left), shake hands in front of a U.S. military cargo plane at the military air base.

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Sun, 16 Jan 2005

JP/The art of saying no - a difficult social skill

The art of saying no - a difficult social skillCornelia Jeske, Deutsche Presse-Agentur, Berlin Most people say "yes" much more readily than "no". A friend is moving house this weekend and would like help, and you agree, when what you really intended was a quiet couple of days relaxing at home.

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Sun, 16 Jan 2005

JP/Setu Babakan, a lake with Betawi flavor

Setu Babakan, a lake with Betawi flavorIn southern Jakarta, away from the hustle and bustle, lies a beautiful lake called Setu Babakan. Around the lake in Jagakarsa district, live hundreds of Betawi families.

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Sun, 16 Jan 2005

JP/Photo A: Lounge

Photo A: LoungeJP/Hera DianiA cozy lounge at the Institut Musik Daya in upmarket Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta. One of the very few professional music schools in the country, the institute aims to provide international-standard music education.

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Sun, 16 Jan 2005

JP/Still Playing

Still Playing Kung Fu Hustle (Martial Arts/Comedy, 95 minutes) Starring Stephen Chow, Yuen Qiu, Leung Siu Lung, Wah Yuen, Lam Chi Chung. Directed by Stephen Chow.Outrageous kung fu/CGI spectacle about a loser amid a bunch of Kung Fu masters.

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Sun, 16 Jan 2005

JP/JP/Lia Lenggogeni

JP/Lia LenggogeniThe busy part of the small town of Moshi, the main transit point for most Kilimanjaro visitors. Moshi is considered safer than its bigger neighbor Arusha, the safari capital of Tanzania.

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Sun, 16 Jan 2005

JP/On the record: The Upstairs

On the record: The UpstairsArtist : The Upstairs Album : Matraman (Sirkus Record) The Upstairs has been generating quite a buzz for a while now, not just on the local indie scene, but in the mainstream too.

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Sun, 16 Jan 2005

JP/Yingge offers more than just pottery

Yingge offers more than just potteryWhen I first learned that a visit to Yingge, a small town in the southernmost part of Taipei County, was included on our schedule, I wondered how the trip would be, considering that some parts of Indonesia are also famous for their pottery.

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Sun, 16 Jan 2005

JP/Not all is 'fishy' in Makassar

Not all is 'fishy' in MakassarSuryatini N. Ganie, Contributor, Jakarta Many people would answer fish or other seafood when asked what dishes Makassar is most noted for, but actually Makassar has a very large variety of cuisine.

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Sun, 16 Jan 2005

JP/Institut Musik Daya, a rare music school

Institut Musik Daya, a rare music schoolHera Diani, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta It was the first day of the Sundanese gamelan class, and the five students of the Institut Musik Daya (IMD) music school here took positions in front of each traditional instrument in the auditorium on the second floor.

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Sun, 16 Jan 2005

JP/Setu Babakan, a lake with Betawi flavor

Setu Babakan, a lake with Betawi flavor In southern Jakarta, away from the hustle and bustle, lies a beautiful lake called Setu Babakan. Around the lake in Jagakarsa district, live hundreds of Betawi families.

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Sun, 16 Jan 2005

JP/Sitinjo, a unique spiritual tourism site

Sitinjo, a unique spiritual tourism siteBesalicto S. T., Contributor, Sitinjo, North Sumatra Imagine you are on top of a mountain surrounded by forests. The slightly overcast sky seems close to you. Around you there are only trees. Through the trees you can see a wide valley below.

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Sun, 16 Jan 2005

JP/AP/Mary Altaffer

AP/Mary AltafferWriter and actor Ron McLarty, pictured during an interview in New York, on Dec. 16, 2004, has published his first novel The Memory of Running, 15 years after he wrote it.

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