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Fri, 17 Jun 2005

Malnourished get free care YOGYAKARTA: Local officials announced on Wednesday malnourished children in Yogyakarta would receive free hospital treatment.
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Fri, 17 Jun 2005

Nahdlatul Ulama and 'dayah' in AcehThe grass roots of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), Indonesia's largest Muslim organization, is found in Islamic boarding schools, known as pesantren in Java or dayah in Aceh. Thus, in the wake of the Dec.
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Fri, 17 Jun 2005

Bentara Budaya celebrates birthday in low-key mannerM. Taufiqurrahman, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Over the past twenty years, Bentara Budaya Jakarta has become a cultural oasis in the capital for its indispensable role in exhibiting the output of artists of national and international renown.
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Fri, 17 Jun 2005

Clashes of new ASEAN and old MyanmarU Ne Oo Adelaide In recent months, there have been growing voices against Myanmar taking up her ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) chairmanship.
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Fri, 17 Jun 2005

What is bilingual education?Jan Dormer Malang, East Java Apparently, misconceptions abound as to the nature and purpose of bilingual education.
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Fri, 17 Jun 2005

Tour packages to China attract more Chinese-Indonesian travelersThe Jakarta Post, JakartaWhen Vivi Anggraeni visited the place where she was born, China, last year, she had the time of her life.
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Fri, 17 Jun 2005

Riau boat operators try to keep business afloatFadli, The Jakarta Post, BatamThe weather in Sekupang harbor, Batam, is hot and the sun is shining brightly. However, Hasyim, 50, a pancung boat operator, is oblivious as he squats down in his boat while bailing out water.
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Fri, 17 Jun 2005

Susilo opens Jakarta FairPresident Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono opened on Thursday the Jakarta Fair, which is part of the celebrations of the city's 478th anniversary on June 22.
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Fri, 17 Jun 2005

Number of polio cases hits 46 JAKARTA: Two weeks before a second mass polio immunization drive is scheduled to begin, seven more polio cases have been found, bringing the total number of cases in Indonesia to 46, the World Health Organization reported on Thursday.
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Fri, 17 Jun 2005

Govt to recover 20% of state claimsUrip Hudiono, The Jakarta Post, JakartaDespite criticism, the Ministry of Finance remains upbeat about meeting its target of recovering close to one fifth of debts owed to the state this year.
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Fri, 17 Jun 2005

Abdul Khalik and Theresia Sufa The Jakarta Post Jakarta/BogorTen young children from Nias, brought to Jakarta on Tuesday without proper documents, will soon be returned to their parents, pending identification of their families and addresses in the earthquake-ravaged island.
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Fri, 17 Jun 2005

Poverty on the increase in resource-rich E. KalimantanRusman The Jakarta Post/SamarindaIt was 4:30 in the morning and the sun was not yet shining, but 13-year-old Rizki Gunawan and his little sister Astari had to leave the warmth of their beds and head to the main intersection in Samarinda city, ...
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Fri, 17 Jun 2005

Foreigner arrested for molesting 20 girlsAbdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post, JakartaA Guatemalan identified as Alberto Mendizabal, 37, was arrested at his home in Cinere, Depok early this week after three girls reported him to the police for sexually harassment.
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Fri, 17 Jun 2005

BPKP chairman held 'hostage'Rendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post, JakartaEnraged by the failure of the government to give them their money, some 500 former depositors with the now-defunct Bank Global took the State Development Comptroller (BPKP) chairman Arie Soelendro "hostage" inside the House of ...
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Fri, 17 Jun 2005

Running mate Soetadi richest in Depok electionThe Jakarta Post, JakartaThe Depok General Elections Commission (KPUD) announced Thursday the wealth of 10 mayoral and deputy mayoral candidates contesting in the June 27 elections, and determined Soetadi Dipowongso as the richest among them.
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Fri, 17 Jun 2005

Prosecutor seeks three years for antigraft activist FaridThe Jakarta Post, JakartaThe prosecution asked an Aceh court on Thursday to sentence antigraft activist Farid Faqih to three years in prison for stealing donations for tsunami victims in Aceh.
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Fri, 17 Jun 2005

High court upholds Puteh's verdictThe Jakarta Post, JakartaAn appeals court upheld on Thursday the 10-year jail sentence handed down to suspended Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam governor Abdullah Puteh following his conviction on corruption charges.
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Fri, 17 Jun 2005

JP/6/MOVE Indonesia needs to support draft access to knowledge treatyMohamad Mova Al Afghani Jakarta In 1997, South Africa imported patented drugs sold in a third country and passed a law endorsing the importation of medicine being sold in another nation's market with the consent of the patent ...
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Fri, 17 Jun 2005

Malnutrition paints a gloomy picture in poor region in C. JavaBlontank Poer, The Jakarta Post, WonogiriThe sun is just starting to lean to the west while Misni, 41, shifts peeled cassava being dried on plaited bamboo trays and places it on the ground to get direct sunlight.
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Fri, 17 Jun 2005

Lock up your computer, the viruses are coming!The Jakarta Post, Jakarta"Warning! Your computer has been infected!" This alarming statement suddenly appeared on Edi's computer screen just a second after he clicked a "yes" button on a website providing information on how to illegally download games ...
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Fri, 17 Jun 2005

Stem cell obscurantismEmma Bonino and Marco Cappato Project Syndicate On May 19, a group of Korean scientists published in the magazine Science the results of research that for the first time isolated human embryonic stem cell lines specifically tailored to match the DNA of male and female ...
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Fri, 17 Jun 2005

Telkom, please explain On my monthly Telkom bill I find under "Group" (Segmen) Bisnis/A; that the monthly subscription fee is Rp 48,100.
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Fri, 17 Jun 2005

Nias children to be reunited with parentsAbdul Khalik and Theresia Sufa, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta, BogorTen young children from Nias, brought to Jakarta on Tuesday without proper documents, will soon be returned to their parents, pending identification of their families and addresses in ...
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Fri, 17 Jun 2005

Moonwater to challenge stereotypes of Chinese cinemaPaul F. Agusta, Contributor, Jakarta, pfa0109@yahoo.
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Fri, 17 Jun 2005

Maliq & d'essentials aim high at becoming a legendArmando Siahaan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Pioneering new music is a challenging task -- especially in a country where the populace is already spoiled by the "cheap" sound of dangdut, middle-of-the road rock tunes and, most recently, hip-hop.
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Fri, 17 Jun 2005

Pushing for a village-bassed decentralization movementM. Indrawan and Fahmi Wibawa, JakartaThe tide is turning again in the turbulent sea of Indonesian politics. When Laws 22 and 25 were passed in 1999, the country had picked up some strong momentum for decentralization.
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Fri, 17 Jun 2005

Abdul Khalik and Theresia Sufa The Jakarta Post Jakarta/BogorTen young children from Nias, brought to Jakarta on Tuesday without proper documents, will soon be returned to their parents, pending identification of their families and addresses in the earthquake-ravaged island.
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Fri, 17 Jun 2005

The false promise of debt reliefKenneth Rogoff, Project SyndicateWith debt relief for poor countries shaping up as a focal issue at the July G8 summit in Scotland, it is a shame that so few people appreciate what a farce such measures could turn out to be.
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Fri, 17 Jun 2005

Local elections could result in lack legitimacy: SurveyRidwan Max Sijabat, The Jakarta Post, JakartaA new survey has suggested that the direct elections being planned in over 140 regions across the nation this month should be delayed due to lack of preparations, or else they would spark conflicts ...
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Fri, 17 Jun 2005

Time is up for BIN agents 'to clarify'Tiarma Siboro, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Former BIN chief A.M. Hendropriyono has missed his chance to clarify the facts obtained by the fact-finding team investigating the murder of rights campaigner Munir, as the Thursday deadline set by the team has passed.
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Fri, 17 Jun 2005

Islamic Help, NU continue work in Aceh Delegates of British Muslim charity group Islamic Help visited Indonesia recently to continue their work with Nahdlatul Ulama rebuilding the tsunami-hit Aceh province.
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Fri, 17 Jun 2005

'I'd do anything to see my children eat well'Many urban activists say the government's poverty eradication programs only work on the surface and are not sustainable, a situation they say contributes to the high number of malnutrition cases that have been discovered around the country.
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Fri, 17 Jun 2005

Barton gives a game plan to tsunami's young survivorsMusthofid The Jakarta Post/Banda Aceh About 50 schoolchildren gathered at the soccer field in Lamlhom, Aceh, on an afternoon earlier this month, eager to meet a special guest.
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Fri, 17 Jun 2005

Easy credit help motorcycle sales maintain growthThe Jakarta Post, JakartaThe moment he lost his job early this year, 32-year-old Ade was certain about what he would do next -- he bought a motorcycle on credit and became an ojek (motorcycle taxi) driver.
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Fri, 17 Jun 2005

Barton gives a game plan to tsunami's young survivorsMusthofid, The Jakarta Post, Banda Aceh About 50 schoolchildren gathered at the soccer field in Lamlhom, Aceh, on an afternoon earlier this month, eager to meet a special guest.
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Fri, 17 Jun 2005

Poverty eradication program not helping poorBambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post, JakartaTwo-year-old Obi lies on a plain bed in a plastic lean-to near a garbage site on the banks of the West Flood Canal, Tanah Abang subdistrict, Central Jakarta.
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Fri, 17 Jun 2005

Govt to end uncontrollable pricing of drugsThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta As a mother of a toddler, 31-year old housewife Nita always faces problems when someone in her family falls sick. "Seeing a doctor is not a problem, but buying the prescribed medicine afterwards often concerns me," she said.
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Fri, 17 Jun 2005

Said named suspect in haj caseEva C. Komandjaja, The Jakarta Post, JakartaFormer minister of religious affairs during the Megawati Soekarnoputri administration, Said Agil Hussein Al-Munawar was named a key suspect on Thursday in an alleged graft case involving hundreds of billions of rupiah ...
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Fri, 17 Jun 2005

JP/18/REDYRedy's sculpture embodies passion and emotionBambang Widjarnarko Contributor/Jakarta Some philosophers believe there is only one thing unending beyond death and the inconceivable infiniteness of the universe.
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Fri, 17 Jun 2005

Unilever to maintain profit by cutting production costsThe Jakarta Post, JakartaLeading consumer goods producer PT Unilever Indonesia Tbk plans to maintain last year's profit margin of 22.7 percent by cutting production costs.
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Fri, 17 Jun 2005

JP/ /The Philippines: A Reality CheckJamil Maidan Flores Jakarta On the eve of the observance of the 107th anniversary of the proclamation of Philippine independence, there seems to be little to celebrate, if you go by all the bad news bannered by the newspapers and blared by the other media.
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Fri, 17 Jun 2005

Autonomy leads to improved public services: SurveyThe Jakarta Post, JakartaAbout four years after the implementation of the Regional Autonomy Law, the majority of people have seen improvements in health, education and administrative services, all of which have been decentralized, a survey by the ...
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Fri, 17 Jun 2005

Thousands protest land decree SEMARANG: Approximately 5,000 farmers in Central Java protested here on Friday against a controversial decree on land procurement for development projects.
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Fri, 17 Jun 2005

NGOs struggle to make impact on povertyHera Diani, The Jakarta Post, JakartaWhat the government lacks, ideally could be made up by non- governmental organizations (NGOs).
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Fri, 17 Jun 2005

Court begins General Elections Commission corruption trialThe Jakarta Post, JakartaThe Anticorruption Court began on Thursday the trial of Mulyana W.
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Fri, 17 Jun 2005

What is bilingual education?Jan Dormer Malang, East Java Apparently, misconceptions abound as to the nature and purpose of bilingual education.
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Fri, 17 Jun 2005

Sharing oil, gas income Significant improvements have been made in the bureaucratic, regulatory, fiscal and legal environments for oil and natural gas investment but these achievements could be rendered meaningless if local administrations do not support the central government's policies in the ...
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Fri, 17 Jun 2005

Aids in Asia remains invisibleMarina Mahathir and Nafis Sadik Kuala Lumpur Mai found out she was HIV-positive after her husband of ten years died of AIDS. She decided not tell her family, not even her own young children.
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Fri, 17 Jun 2005

Malnutrition paints a gloomy pictureBlontank Poer The Jakarta Post/WonogiriThe sun is just starting to lean to the west while Misni, 41, shifts peeled cassava being dried on plaited bamboo trays and places it on the ground to get direct sunlight.
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Fri, 17 Jun 2005

IFC gives $200,000 grant for AcehJAKARTA: The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private funding arm of the World Bank, announced it had provided a US$200,000 grant for the recovery of the education sector in tsunami-ravaged Aceh.
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Fri, 17 Jun 2005

Britain's Islamic Help provides assistance in AcehThe grief of the Acehnese following the tsunami has touched people throughout Indonesia and abroad.
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Fri, 17 Jun 2005

Studying abroad has special meaning Every year, several Indonesian students travel abroad in order to obtain their bachelor, master and Ph.D degrees. There are several advantages in obtaining or continuing their studies abroad.
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Fri, 17 Jun 2005

High-profile cases of Corby and CroweRob Goodfellow, Melbourne Earlier this month only six, yes that's right, six people turned up for a public protest in Brisbane in support of Schapelle Corby.
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Fri, 17 Jun 2005

Nurdin Halid walks freeThe Jakarta Post, JakartaIn what was seen as a new blow to the national anticorruption drive, a court here acquitted businessman Nurdin Halid of all graft charges on Thursday.
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Fri, 17 Jun 2005

Moonwater screening venuesPlease notice that the venues are noncommercial screening studios. Seats are limited. You will need to arrive early to get the most comfortable seats. Check out the full schedule!Galeri Oktagon Jl. Gunung Sahari Raya No. 50A Jakarta Pusat tel.
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Fri, 17 Jun 2005

China's umbrage hypocritical The extreme bias of Harijanto Soepangkat's letter Japanese remorse hypocritical on June 10 needs to be tempered. Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi delivered another "remorseful" speech during the Asia-Africa Summit.
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Fri, 17 Jun 2005

Letting go of past fictions, democracy without justiceRay Zulfirman Parsioan Pulungan, Jakarta Four years ago I stepped into a house in Ciputat, Southern Jakarta, which from the outside resembled all other houses in its row, but on the inside appeared as a protest to sensible interior decorating.
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Fri, 17 Jun 2005

Religious tolerance in North Sumatra At the start of the 21st century, it appears that conflicts arising out of ethnic and religious differences are present in various regions around the world: the Middle East (Palestine, Iraq), the U.S.
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Fri, 17 Jun 2005

Studying abroad has special meaning Every year, several Indonesian students travel abroad in order to obtain their bachelor, master and Ph.D degrees. There are several advantages in obtaining or continuing their studies abroad.
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Fri, 17 Jun 2005

Polonia airport to be relocatedMEDAN, North Sumatra: Airport operator PT Angkasa Pura II has demanded the government press ahead with relocating Polonia airport to Beringin district, Deli Serdang regency.
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Fri, 17 Jun 2005

Officials reports 13 new malnutrition cases in capitalDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, JakartaAfter repeatedly denying that any children here had malnutrition, the city administration eventually admitted on Thursday that 13 malnutrition cases had been found in the capital, including one case of ...
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Fri, 17 Jun 2005

Fire kills two men, friends suspect arsonTheresia Sufa, The Jakarta Post, BogorTwo male bodies have been found in a bed in a rented house that burnt down early on Thursday.
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Fri, 17 Jun 2005

Panel set up to discuss UN reformRendi W. Witular, The Jakarta Post, JakartaPresident Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has set up a special panel to determine Indonesia's position on the planned enlargement of the United Nation Security Council (UNSC), former foreign minister Ali Alatas announced on ...
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Fri, 17 Jun 2005

Governatorial candidates play it safeJongker Rumteh, The Jakarta Post, ManadoObservers have found fault in the election campaigns of candidates for North Sulawesi governor and deputy governor, saying the politicians are playing on primordial sentiments rather than tackling issues.
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Fri, 17 Jun 2005

Australian apology I would like to apologize for the actions of some radical Australians, who are reacting wrongly to Schapelle Corby's sentencing.
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Fri, 17 Jun 2005

Officials queried over eviction JAKARTA: The police on Wednesday questioned an official at the East Jakarta Public Order Office, Yusmin Simanjuntak, over a violent eviction last week in which a student from Indonesian Christian University (UKI) was injured, and who remains in a coma.
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Fri, 17 Jun 2005

Govt confirms human avian flu caseThe Jakarta Post, JakartaThe country's first human case of avian flu has been reported, with a poultry worker from South Sulawesi testing positive for the virus that has killed 54 people in Southeast Asia, health officials said on Thursday.
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Fri, 17 Jun 2005

Chinese athletes ready for action in SidoarjoMoch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Surabaya Gold medals and records are on the minds of Chinese athletes who have arrived in Surabaya for the first leg of the Asian Grand Prix 2005 series in neighboring Sidoarjo.
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Fri, 17 Jun 2005

Two Malaysians tried in logging caseJAYAPURA, Papua: The trial of two Malaysians for their alleged involvement in illegal logging in the nation's easternmost province began here on Thursday.If they are found guilty, they could face 10 years' imprisonment said a prosecutor at Jayapura district court.
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Fri, 17 Jun 2005

Eric Vloeimans Trio plays fresh, awesome jazzEvi Mariani, The Jakarta Post, JakartaWhere were you, Jakarta jazz lovers, when a jazz group from the Netherlands mesmerized a handful of people at an almost-empty Gedung Kesenian Jakarta on Tuesday night?Unless you were embroiled in a matter of life and ...
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Fri, 17 Jun 2005

Sampoerna chosen to help Acehnese JAKARTA: The Sampoerna Foundation has been chosen by the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of the World Bank Group, to distribute US$200,000 (Rp 1.9 billion) for the education sector in Aceh.
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Fri, 17 Jun 2005

Tactical funds wide open to abuse, say legislators, expertsRidwan Max Sijabat, The Jakarta Post, JakartaDespite all the talk about good governance, government institutions continue to maintain so-called "tactical funds" that are prone to abuse due to a lack of accountability and are often little ...
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Fri, 17 Jun 2005

Seven years sought for former mayorPADANG, West Sumatra: Prosecutors in a corruption trial at Padang district court on Thursday demanded a seven-year prison sentence for former Padang mayor Zuiyen Rais.
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Fri, 17 Jun 2005

Text For Display Advertisement --- Hong Kong Shopper of the Year ContestWIN IT! 2005 Hong Kong Shopper of the Year Contest Have you ever been to Hong Kong?Would you like to feel the excitement of free shopping in Hong Kong? The Jakarta Post, in cooperation with the Hong Kong Tourism Board ...
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Fri, 17 Jun 2005

News studio 'RCTI' catches fire JAKARTA: Studio 5 of private television station RCTI in Kebon Jeruk area, West Jakarta, caught fire early on Thursday.Fireman Subandi said the fire started at about 11:30 a.m.
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Fri, 17 Jun 2005

Textile Museum offers range of batik programsThe Jakarta Post, JakartaTo welcome the school holidays and also Jakarta's 478th Anniversary this month, the Textile Museum is offering a number of interesting batik painting programs in addition to its regular ones.
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Fri, 17 Jun 2005

Council delays road projectsTheresia Sufa, The Jakarta Post, BogorThe Bogor Council has delayed approval for an extension of the Cianteun ring road in Pamijahan district and the construction of a bus terminal in Cileungsi.
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Fri, 17 Jun 2005

Fauzi Bowo summoned over taxi forgery caseAbdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post, JakartaCity police said on Thursday they would question on Monday Deputy Governor Fauzi Bowo as a witness in an alleged signature forgery case involving taxi company PT Primer Metro Transindo.
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Fri, 17 Jun 2005

Cellphone bridge lets travelers top upLeony Aurora, The Jakarta Post, JakartaFina looked around the vast plaza in front of St. Stephen's Church in the heart of Vienna. Peering at the Caucasian and Asian faces swirling around her, she frantically searched for the friends she was traveling with.
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Fri, 17 Jun 2005

Award for dirtiest city A few days ago I wrote about Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, as a prime candidate to receive an award for the dirtiest city in Eastern Indonesia.
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Fri, 17 Jun 2005

Adiguna gets seven yearsThe Jakarta Post, JakartaThe judges at the Central Jakarta District Court sentenced Adiguna Sutowo on Thursday to seven years in prison for the murder of restaurant employee Johannes 'Rudy' Berchmans Haerudy Natong and the illegal possession of a weapon.
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