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Mon, 07 Feb 2005

JP/'Women don't want to get pregnant at a time like this'

'Women don't want to get pregnant at a time like this'In the aftermath of the Dec. 26 earthquake and tsunami, problems such as the safe delivery of babies and women's concerns over the possibility of becoming pregnant continue to arise.
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Mon, 07 Feb 2005

JP/PKS boycotts interpellation motion

PKS boycotts interpellation motionKurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) has dealt an interpellation motion against the government a major blow following the withdrawal of its support for the move that was being spearheaded by House of Representatives lawmakers ...
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Mon, 07 Feb 2005

JP/RSCM morgue runs out of cooling unit

RSCM morgue runs out of cooling unit The Jakarta Post JakartaWith a turnover of 400 bodies monthly, the fact that only three out of seven body refrigerators in Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital's morgue in Central Jakarta, are working, could be problematic.
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Mon, 07 Feb 2005

JP/ITB scientist wins award

ITB scientist wins award JAKARTA: Bambang Riyanto Trilaksono, a lecturer and researcher at the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB), has won the 2004 Science and Technology Award from the Indonesian Toray Science Foundation (ITSF) for his research on robust signal procession.
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Mon, 07 Feb 2005

JP/Expert applauds new info ministry

Expert applauds new info ministryFabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, JakartaA communication expert has applauded the government's move to set up a ministry of communications and information, saying it would help simplify the chain the bureaucracy in establishing new electronic media.
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Mon, 07 Feb 2005

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JP/ /Susilo's 100 Days and the tsunamiThe first hundred days of President Susilo Bambang Yudhyono's mandate have passed and the pundits, predictably, are pontificating.
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Mon, 07 Feb 2005

JP/Floods swamp 200 houses

Floods swamp 200 houses MANADO: Heavy rains and flooding over the last two weeks has affected approximately 200 houses in Manado, but no casualties were reported, according to the police on Saturday.First Insp.
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Mon, 07 Feb 2005

JP/Appoint next WB chief on merit

Appoint next WB chief on meritRichard Adams, Guardian News Service If the U.S. really wants, in Condoleezza Rice's phrase, "a conversation, not a monologue", with the rest of the world, it is time to start talking.
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Mon, 07 Feb 2005

JP/JP/18/JAPAN

JP/18/JAPANTourist industry urged work hard to win back Japanese market Wahyoe Boediwardhana The Jakarta Post/DenpasarThe Dec.
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Mon, 07 Feb 2005

JP/Dump operator vows better management

Dump operator vows better management BEKASI: The new operator of Jakarta's main waste treatment facility in Bantar Gebang, Bekasi, PT Patriot Bekasi Bangkit (PBB) told the Bekasi Council's Commission B on oversees economic affairs that it would gradually reform the waste treatment system.
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Mon, 07 Feb 2005

JP/Road accident kills six

Road accident kills six DEMAK, Central Java: A truck crashed into a Colt pick up truck early on Sunday morning here, killing six and seriously injuring nine others.All the dead and injured were the passengers of the Colt pick up truck.
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Mon, 07 Feb 2005

JP/Interfaith dialog vital for religious harmony

Interfaith dialog vital for religious harmonyM. Ali, Manchester, UKI recently received from a friend a gift of a video tape of a meeting between Muslim and Christian religious experts in Indonesia.
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Mon, 07 Feb 2005

JP/Affordable apartment market needs boost

Affordable apartment market needs boostThe Jakarta Post, JakartaStanding in front of a booth at a property exhibition, businessman Lucas was speaking with a marketing officer from an upmarket condominium group about adding a luxury apartment to his list of property assets.
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Mon, 07 Feb 2005

JP/Immunization Key to Saving World's Poorest Children

Immunization Key to Saving World's Poorest ChildrenYoweri Museveni and Jens Stoltenberg Yale Center for the Study of Globalization As national leaders -- one in Scandinavia, the other in East Africa -- we awaken each day to dramatically different realities.
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Mon, 07 Feb 2005

JP/Indonesia to sue Malaysian employers

Indonesia to sue Malaysian employersRidwan Max Sijabat, The Jakarta Post, JakartaMinister of Manpower and Transmigration Fahmi Idris said over the weekend that the government has hired Malaysian lawyers to sue Malaysian companies that are allegedly withholding the salaries of Indonesian workers.
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Mon, 07 Feb 2005

JP/Teens open up to peer counselors

Teens open up to peer counselorsThe Jakarta Post, JakartaUnie, a senior at SMK 3 vocational high school in East Jakarta, carries out her task as a counselor on HIV/AIDS, reproduction health and sexually transmitted diseases, by involving her school mates in "girl talk".
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Mon, 07 Feb 2005

JP/Development plan short on details

Development plan short on detailsZakki P. Hakim, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe newly unveiled government five-year development plan raises more questions than answers, notably in the manufacturing sector, as not only does it contain targets that are ambitious, it is also lacking in steps to move ...
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Mon, 07 Feb 2005

JP/Environmental agency suggests closure of laundry plants

Environmental agency suggests closure of laundry plantsBambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post, JakartaResidents of Sukabumi Selatan subdistrict in West Jakarta will likely win the battle against 51 illegal denim processing plants, which have been blamed for polluting the area.
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Mon, 07 Feb 2005

JP/Water commands a price

Water commands a price The public furor over the 8.14 percent increase in tap water rates charged by PAM Jaya could scare off investors intending to submit bids for 91 infrastructure projects over the next few months following the Jan. 17 and Jan. 18 Infrastructure Summit in Jakarta.
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Mon, 07 Feb 2005

JP/Weatherman tells which way wind blows

Weatherman tells which way wind blowsID Nugroho, The Jakarta Post, SurabayaThe Surabaya Meteorology and Geophysics Agency (BMG) warned people against unnecessary travel by air or sea due to the predicted rough weather in February.
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Mon, 07 Feb 2005

JP/'Disturbed' man kills niece

'Disturbed' man kills niece BEKASI: Asmat Sani Boim, 50, allegedly stabbed to death his own niece Sopyan, 39, on Friday morning over a trivial matter.In his statement to the West Bekasi police, Asmat said that Sopyan, who lived next door in Bintara subdistrict, had awakened him up at about 6:30 a.
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Mon, 07 Feb 2005

JP/Residents fight illegal logging

Residents fight illegal logging JAMBI: Pancakarya residents in Limun district have their own way of fighting illegal loggers, by declaring 400 hectares of forest area as the village's restricted forest.
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Mon, 07 Feb 2005

JP/Millennium celebrates 'Imlek' with 'Yu Shang'

Millennium celebrates 'Imlek' with 'Yu Shang'Jim Read, The Jakarta Post, JakartaHave you ever experienced the thrill of tossing a pancake on Shrove Tuesday, wondering whether it will turn over exactly as planned, break in mid-air, or land back in the frying pan in a crumpled heap?Something akin to ...
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Mon, 07 Feb 2005

JP/Total banking assets in C. Sulawesi increase

Total banking assets in C. Sulawesi increaseRuslan Sangadji, The Jakarta Post, PaluCustomers' savings at state and private banks in Central Sulawesi increased by 21.
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Mon, 07 Feb 2005

JP/Graft cases mean Rp 267b losses

Graft cases mean Rp 267b losses SAMARINDA: The state has suffered at least Rp 267.4 billion (US$29.6 million) in losses from 15 graft cases in East Kalimantan in recent months, in which 21 people have been named suspects by local prosecutors.
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Mon, 07 Feb 2005

JP/Semarang's Chinese set to celebrate 'Imlek'

Semarang's Chinese set to celebrate 'Imlek'Suherdjoko, The Jakarta Post, SemarangBeads of sweat trickle down Hui Liam's face while he dusts the small statues in front of him with a brush.
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Mon, 07 Feb 2005

JP/Dengue attacks 178 in N. Sulawesi

Dengue attacks 178 in N. Sulawesi MANADO: The North Sulawesi Health Office reported that the number of people known to have contracted dengue fever in North Sulawesi reached 178 in January alone. Five of them, children under the age of five, died.
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Mon, 07 Feb 2005

JP/The price of clean air

The price of clean air After years of much talk and effectively no action at all, Jakarta's administrators seem at long last to have arrived at the realization that the problem of pollution in the Indonesian capital has reached the point where any further delay of action is no longer ...
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Mon, 07 Feb 2005

JP/Kadin warned against colluding with state officials

Kadin warned against colluding with state officialsRendi A. Witular and Zakki P. Hakim, The Jakarta Post, JakartaWhile the business community is still facing chronic government red tape in running their businesses here, Vice President Jusuf Kalla is urging them not to use is as an excuse to collude ...
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Mon, 07 Feb 2005

JP/SBY stands by unpaid workers

SBY stands by unpaid workersThe Jakarta Post, JakartaPresident Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono called for equal treatment before the law for Malaysian employers who failed to pay the salaries of their Indonesian workers.
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Mon, 07 Feb 2005

JP/Police probe shooting between officers

Police probe shooting between officersAbdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post, JakartaAuthorities are currently probing an alleged shooting incident between officers from the National Police headquarters and National Police internal affairs during a raid at a gambling house in Taman Palem, West Jakarta last ...
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Mon, 07 Feb 2005

JP/UK-RI team studies quake epicenter

UK-RI team studies quake epicenterThe Jakarta Post, JakartaA joint British and Indonesian team is studying the seabed near the epicenter of the Dec. 26 earthquake off the western coast of northern Sumatra that triggered the deadly tsunami.
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Mon, 07 Feb 2005

JP/Tsunami amputees

Tsunami amputees In reference to an article on Jan. 18, as a one-legged man myself I can confirm that limb amputation is the most traumatic experience a person can have, but I would like to reassure those unfortunate victims of the tsunami that new life and hope is possible with artificial limbs.
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Mon, 07 Feb 2005

JP/Netherlands to offer 200 full scholarships

Netherlands to offer 200 full scholarshipsThe Jakarta Post, JakartaThe Dutch government will grant up to 200 full scholarships this year to Indonesian professionals to take post-graduate studies at various universities in the Netherlands, according to an official.
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Mon, 07 Feb 2005

JP/Rebuilding Aceh anew

Rebuilding Aceh anew It's been weeks since the devastating earthquake and tsunami, but the pain is still there. The tears might have dried. The dust might have settled. People living on another continent might have already forgotten it, but not the Acehnese. It will take a long time to recover.
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Mon, 07 Feb 2005

JP/Govt 'undermining' Aceh, Papua autonomy

Govt 'undermining' Aceh, Papua autonomyMuninggar Sri Saraswati, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe government is altering the rules on how regional elections should be carried out in the resource-rich provinces of Aceh and Papua, a move which some say undermines the special autonomy status of the two ...
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Mon, 07 Feb 2005

JP/Export skilled workers, minister says

Export skilled workers, minister saysRidwan Max Sijabat, The Jakarta Post, JakartaMinister of Manpower and Transmigration Fahmi Idris has called on labor exporters to follow in the footsteps of the Binawan Group, which has begun exporting trained professionals.
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Mon, 07 Feb 2005

JP/Online plan needs substance to keep it from sinking

Online plan needs substance to keep it from sinking Fei Li China Daily/Asia News Network Beijing When the Government Online Initiative was launched in 1999 with great fanfare, hopes were high that the project would lead to a more efficient information flow and interaction between the ...
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Mon, 07 Feb 2005

JP/Perverse Americana invades the planet of Super Sunday

Perverse Americana invades the planet of Super Sunday Sir Paul McCartney's wardrobe has been checked and rechecked by the FBI, Mi6 and Jeb Bush, all in preparation for the most- watched, single day sporting event on this planet.
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Mon, 07 Feb 2005

JP/Japan's army shows its human face

Japan's army shows its human faceUrip Hudiono, The Jakarta Post, Banda AcehLt. Kimura and his fellow field doctors braced for another busy day, with some 50 patients already forming a queue in front of the medical center that the Japanese Self Defense Force (JSDF) has set up in an open field in ...
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Mon, 07 Feb 2005

JP/Lita looks at life from both sides now

Lita looks at life from both sides nowBruce Emond, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta When memory fails her about her days on the international tennis circuit, Lita Liem Sugiarto finds the answers she needs in two small notebooks.
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Mon, 07 Feb 2005

JP/Susilo to attend 'Imlek' celebration

Susilo to attend 'Imlek' celebration JAKARTA: President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is slated to attend the National Celebration of the Chinese New Year (Imlek), which will be held on Feb. 13 at the Sudirman Hall, South Jakarta.
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Mon, 07 Feb 2005

JP/Capital is a coward, it will not go where it is not welcomed: OPIC

Capital is a coward, it will not go where it is not welcomed: OPICThe United States government owned Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) works in over 150 developing countries, providing political risk insurance and financing to U.S. corporation overseas.
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Mon, 07 Feb 2005

JP/Faqih allowed to move to Medan

Faqih allowed to move to Medan JAKARTA: Farid Faqih, a relief worker now in police custody for allegedly stealing an aid shipment in tsunami-stricken Aceh province, has been transferred to a hospital in Medan, North Sumatra, to get better medical treatment for injuries sustained in an assault by ...
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Mon, 07 Feb 2005

JP/'Smokers are not criminals'

'Smokers are not criminals' The Jakarta City Council has endorsed a new bylaw that bans smokers from lighting up in most public offices and requires building managers to provide smoking areas. The Jakarta Post asked a few people to comment on the new ruling.
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Mon, 07 Feb 2005

JP/The Iraqi election and liberal reform in the Middle East

The Iraqi election and liberal reform in the Middle EastBarry Rubin, Project Synidate The relatively successful election in Iraq is a major victory for democracy, but not necessarily for liberal reform in the Middle East.This is an important distinction.
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Mon, 07 Feb 2005

JP/Wary residents prepare offerings to Mount Merapi

Wary residents prepare offerings to Mount MerapiTarko Sudiarno, The Jakarta Post, YogyakartaResidents living on the slopes of Mount Merapi, located on the border of Yogyakarta and Central Java, have stepped up their vigilance following rumors that eruptions are imminent, despite its status still ...
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Mon, 07 Feb 2005

JP/Japan can bridge gap between Islam and West

Japan can bridge gap between Islam and West Kosugi Yasushi, a professor of Islamic affairs and globalization at the Graduate School of Asian and African Studies at Kyoto University, Japan, spoke recently with The Jakarta Post's Muhammad Nafik about a possible role for Japan in bridging the gap ...
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Mon, 07 Feb 2005

JP/Acehnese youngsters take shelter in 'pesantren'

Acehnese youngsters take shelter in 'pesantren'Fadli, The Jakarta Post, Aceh BesarWeeks after the tsunami struck, 16-year-old Nazarullah still could not forget the sight of his mother being swept away by the tidal wave right before his eyes.
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Mon, 07 Feb 2005

JP/Ali ready to lead PBB

Ali ready to lead PBB JAKARTA: Politician Ali Muchtar said on Saturday that he was ready to take up the chairmanship of the Muslim-based party Crescent Star Party (PBB).
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Mon, 07 Feb 2005

JP/Businesses brace for smoking ban

Businesses brace for smoking banAbdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post, JakartaHotels, malls and restaurants in Jakarta said on Sunday they were ready to comply with a bylaw banning smoking in all enclosed public places.
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Mon, 07 Feb 2005

JP/Maya, reporter turns volunteer

Maya, reporter turns volunteerAndi Hajramurni, Contributor, Banda AcehThere was not the slightest trace of fear or repugnance on the face of Mismayal Khaerat, 31, a reporter and a member of one of the Search-and-Rescue (SAR) teams from South Sulawesi, when she pulled out corpses from the ruins left ...
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Mon, 07 Feb 2005

JP/Sutiyoso dreams of a garden city

Sutiyoso dreams of a garden cityDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, JakartaThe names of several areas of Jakarta evoke a pretty picture of the city -- Kebon Jeruk (orange garden) in West Jakarta, Kebon Kacang (peanut garden) in Central Jakarta and Kebon Nanas (pineapple garden) in East Jakarta -- ...
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Mon, 07 Feb 2005

JP/Pramoedya still going strong at 80

Pramoedya still going strong at 80Evi Mariani, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta"I don't know what to say," novelist Pramoedya Ananta Toer, overwhelmed by the moment, finally uttered at his 80th birthday party with family and friends on Sunday afternoon.
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Mon, 07 Feb 2005

JP/New Criminal Code could still threaten free press

New Criminal Code could still threaten free pressHera Diani, The Jakarta Post, JakartaIn what looks like a return to the New Order bullying of the press, the government's draft of the new Criminal Code contains numerous articles that could threaten press freedom.
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