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Sat, 04 Jun 2005

JP/Casino debate a case of real engagement

Casino debate a case of real engagement Geh Min The Straits Times Asia News Network/Singapore There are two casino debates: One on whether to have a casino, and the other on whether there was genuine public consultation on the issue.
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Sat, 04 Jun 2005

JP/12 injured in bus accident

12 injured in bus accident TABANAN, Bali: Twelve people were injured, five of them seriously, after an intercity Dahlia bus drove into a 10-meter ravine 20 kilometers west of Denpasar yesterday, police said.Tabanan Police chief Adj. Sr. Comr.
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Sat, 04 Jun 2005

JP/Where to go in Yogyakarta: Saturday, June 4, 2005

Where to go in Yogyakarta: Saturday, June 4, 2005Exhibitions* Painting Habis Gelap Terbitlah Sex, Drugs, & Rock'N'Roll? at Kedai Kebun Forum, Jl. Tirtodipuran 3 (Tel.
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Sat, 04 Jun 2005

JP/JP/18/MARIA2

JP/18/MARIA2checked --JSR More monkey businessProAnimalia has implemented several successful programs, one of which was started in July 2004 in Kalimantan to save wild macaques that were being beaten to death or drowned in the river by locals who saw them as pests for raiding their crops.
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Sat, 04 Jun 2005

JP/More press freedom makes us healthier: says VP Kalla

More press freedom makes us healthier: says VP KallaThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The press freedom that the nation has enjoyed in the last seven years, in addition to advanced information technology, has helped in the corruption eradication drive in the country, Vice President Jusuf Kalla said on ...
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Sat, 04 Jun 2005

JP/Government prepares steps to ease malnutrition

Government prepares steps to ease malnutritionRendi A. Witular and Indra Harsaputra, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta/Surabaya The government will soon dispatch food supplement packages to thousands of malnourished children in provinces nationwide and also plans measures to improve regional economies, ...
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Sat, 04 Jun 2005

JP/RI can be a great country

RI can be a great country I refer to the account in The Jakarta Post on May 21 of the presidential address on the occasion of National Awakening Day, wherein he urged the Indonesian people to "feel proud of themselves and do the best they can for the country".
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Sat, 04 Jun 2005

JP/Australian parliament next target of terror

Australian parliament next target of terrorIvy Susanti and Rendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta The Indonesian Embassy in Canberra resumed operations on Friday afternoon after being closed for two days due to security precautions, as another envelope of white powder was found at ...
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Sat, 04 Jun 2005

JP/Basri Sangaji's murderers get nine years in prison

Basri Sangaji's murderers get nine years in prisonThe Jakarta Post, JakartaThe three main defendants in the murder of gang leader Basri Sangaji were found guilty and sentenced to nine years in prison each by the South Jakarta District Court on Thursday.
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Sat, 04 Jun 2005

JP/Corby might be innocent

Corby might be innocent The plight of Schapelle Corby and the desperation in her pleas of innocence drive me to write the first letter I have written to a newspaper in 15 years.
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Sat, 04 Jun 2005

JP/I and many other fair-minded, clear-thinking Australians are

I and many other fair-minded, clear-thinking Australians are very concerned for one of our citizens at the moment, Schapelle Corby. Schapelle has been the innocent victim of Australian baggage handler's drug smuggling enterprise.
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Sat, 04 Jun 2005

JP/Former regent Syaukani proves generosity counts in reelection bid

Former regent Syaukani proves generosity counts in reelection bidA'an Suryana and Rusman, The Jakarta Post/Kutai Kartanegara "What do you want?" a man in his 20s asked The Jakarta Post and a reporter from Media Indonesia daily when both newspapers were trying to enter a villa-cum-ranch belonging ...
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Sat, 04 Jun 2005

JP/Trial of embassy bomber to go ahead

Trial of embassy bomber to go ahead JAKARTA: The South Jakarta District Court on Friday rejected a plea to drop terrorism charges against an extremist and ordered him to stand trial for his alleged role in last year's bombing at the Australian Embassy here.
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Sat, 04 Jun 2005

JP/JP/17/KOMODO@2

JP/17/KOMODO@2Monitoring the lizardsKomodo lizards may well have been the source for the myth of Chinese dragons. Ancient seafarers heard stories of these weird monsters even if seldom encountered.
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Sat, 04 Jun 2005

JP/Jambi could face food crisis: Official

Jambi could face food crisis: Official JAMBI, Jambi: Batanghari residents in Jambi could face food shortages after a plague of rice pest locally known as hama wereng coklat destroyed 1,025 hectares of paddy fields in the regency.
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Sat, 04 Jun 2005

JP/Prayer in two languages

Prayer in two languages The recent arrest of a cleric in Malang who lead prayers in both Arabic and Indonesian shows that there is no tolerance of difference religious opinions in this country.
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Sat, 04 Jun 2005

JP/Racism within Australian culture

Racism within Australian cultureDean Durber, West Australia The Australian government has not publicly supported the actions of the person(s) who recently sent a suspect batch of white powder to the Indonesian embassy in Canberra. It would not dare.
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Sat, 04 Jun 2005

JP/Nafed aims to up houseware exports

Nafed aims to up houseware exportsThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The trade ministry's National Agency for Export Development (Nafed), has set its sights on boosting Indonesia's houseware exports to US$1.
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Sat, 04 Jun 2005

JP/Jakarta's love affair with AC long-term

Jakarta's love affair with AC long-termEvi Mariani, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Clearly, it is not a mere dalliance.Last year, residents of Jakarta, Depok, Bekasi and Tangerang purchased 400,000 air-conditioning units for their homes, an increase of 37 percent on 250,000 units the previous year.
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Sat, 04 Jun 2005

JP/Hotels urged to tighten security

Hotels urged to tighten securityDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta City police urged all hotels on Friday to tighten security checks on vehicles entering their premises in the wake of a fresh warning issued by the U.S.
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Sat, 04 Jun 2005

JP/Munir team plans complaint for SBY

Munir team plans complaint for SBY JAKARTA: The government-sanctioned fact finding team, set up to assist the police in the investigation into the death of rights campaigner Munir will make a formal report to the President about its difficulty in obtaining access to the State Intelligence Agency ...
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Sat, 04 Jun 2005

JP/Senen vendors face eviction

Senen vendors face eviction JAKARTA: More than 33,000 street vendors near the Senen traditional market in Central Jakarta face eviction as the municipal administration moves forward with plans to clean up the market.
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Sat, 04 Jun 2005

JP/Part 1 of 2

Part 1 of 2Securing a reliable electricity supply: The challenge of project financeHardiv H Situmeang Jakarta Since the financial crisis of 1997, power demand in Indonesia has grown by some 7 percent annually, and is expected to continue growing at this rate over the coming decade.
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Sat, 04 Jun 2005

JP/Police tighten cell security

Police tighten cell security JAKARTA: Following the arrest of a person attempting to smuggle drugs into the city police detention center on Thursday, the police announced on Friday plans to step up the checks of cells.
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Sat, 04 Jun 2005

JP/The Corby case: A lesson in patience for Indonesia

The Corby case: A lesson in patience for IndonesiaDesi Anwar Jakarta For those Australians who have been ranting and raving against Indonesia over the Schapelle Corby case (and one would prefer to believe it is just all a media hype) rest assured that we in Indonesia are not rubbing our hands ...
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Sat, 04 Jun 2005

JP/Let's not discriminate

Let's not discriminate We have just learned from the Surabaya State Administrative Court that disabled people are not the losers.
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Sat, 04 Jun 2005

JP/House demands govt halt Aceh peace talks

House demands govt halt Aceh peace talksTony Hotland and Rendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Dissatisfied with the "insignificant" results of the latest peace talks in Finland, the House of Representatives demanded on Friday that the government drop plans for further negotiations ...
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Sat, 04 Jun 2005

JP/Revisiting the Newmont case

Revisiting the Newmont caseTony Hotland, Jakarta An out-of-court settlement that the government plans to seek with gold miner PT Newmont Minahasa Raya proves to be another example of a failure to serve the people, in this case the residents of Buyat Bay in Minahasa, North Sulawesi, who have long ...
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Sat, 04 Jun 2005

JP/RI can be a great country

RI can be a great country I refer to the account in The Jakarta Post on May 21 of the presidential address on the occasion of National Awakening Day, wherein he urged the Indonesian people to "feel proud of themselves and do the best they can for the country".
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Sat, 04 Jun 2005

JP/The hypocrisy of an imperialist down under

The hypocrisy of an imperialist down underMax Lane, Murdoch WA, Australia Since soon after the arrest of Schapelle Corby in Bali sections of the Australian media have waged a non-stop campaign agitating for her to be found innocent in her trial in Bali while at the same time launching persistent ...
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Sat, 04 Jun 2005

JP/'PLN's service is still lousy'

'PLN's service is still lousy' State power company PT PLN is asking people in Java and Bali to save energy from May 23 to June 6 as it struggles to complete a natural gas conversion project at the Muara Karang and Tanjung Priok power plants.
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Sat, 04 Jun 2005

JP/Hasballah says he cannot identify himself, anymore

Hasballah says he cannot identify himself, anymoreFinding it hard to say what he is Kanis Dursin The Jakarta Post/JakartaCall it an identity crisis but, at present, prominent Acehnese figure Hasballah Saad really has great difficulty in identifying what he is.
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Sat, 04 Jun 2005

JP/Great River given space to breathe

Great River given space to breatheThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Shareholders of ailing fashion apparel producer and distributor PT Great River International will inject Rp 55 billion of fresh capital into the company to help its cash flow, according to a senior official.
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Sat, 04 Jun 2005

JP/Comedian Qomar to contest election

Comedian Qomar to contest electionNana Rukmana, The Jakarta Post/Indramayu Comedian-cum-legislator, Nurul Qomar, plans to enliven the direct Indramayu regional elections by running for the office of regent, a party official said on Friday.
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Sat, 04 Jun 2005

JP/Indonesian Embassy in Australia reopens

Indonesian Embassy in Australia reopens Ivy Susanti and Rendi A. Witular The Jakarta Post/JakartaThe Indonesian Embassy in Canberra resumed operations on Friday afternoon after being closed for two days due to security precautions, as another envelope of white powder was found at the Australian ...
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Sat, 04 Jun 2005

JP/No to new household kerosene

No to new household kerosene It is bad enough that the general population still has to cook with kerosene stoves on the floor and bear the risks. Just inhaling the fumes makes you cough.
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Sat, 04 Jun 2005

JP/Five-day week must not affect productivity

Five-day week must not affect productivityV.K. Chin, The Star, Asia News Network, Selangor, Malaysia The estimated one million civil servants must be pinching themselves to make sure that they are not dreaming after having been told that they will be getting a cost of living allowance (Cola) and ...
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Sat, 04 Jun 2005

JP/Chinese tourist group in Yogya

Chinese tourist group in Yogya YOGYAKARTA: A group of 14 Chinese travel industry professionals and journalists visited Yogyakarta on Friday to learn more about tourism in the province.
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Sat, 04 Jun 2005

JP/A good national plus school

A good national plus school This letter is in response to Foreign teachers not qualified printed in The Jakarta Post on May 21.
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Sat, 04 Jun 2005

JP/Jakarta traffic nightmare

Jakarta traffic nightmare I read that more toll roads are being planned for Jakarta to solve the traffic problem. This has been shown elsewhere to be ineffective because it just encourages more traffic.I travel once each week at about 7:30 a.m.
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Sat, 04 Jun 2005

JP/Indonesia's moderate muslims

Indonesia's moderate muslimsMun'im A. Sirry, Project Syndicate Islam in Indonesia, whose 200 million people constitute the world's largest community of Muslims, is increasingly viewed as very different from the Islam practiced in the older Muslim communities of the Middle East.
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Sat, 04 Jun 2005

JP/Confusion reigns over probe into Tentena bombings

Confusion reigns over probe into Tentena bombingsRuslan Sangadji and Slamet Susanto, The Jakarta Post/Poso/Yogyakarta A terrorist suspect detained in Yogyakarta has admitted to having assembled the bomb that killed 21 people in the Central Sulawesi town of Tentena last Saturday, Yogyakarta Police ...
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Sat, 04 Jun 2005

JP/Research centers to earn royalties

Research centers to earn royalties JAKARTA: State research centers will benefit from royalties on their scientific products, so that they can have more funds for further innovations, a government regulation states.
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Sat, 04 Jun 2005

JP/I and many other fair-minded, clear-thinking Australians are

I and many other fair-minded, clear-thinking Australians are very concerned for one of our citizens at the moment, Schapelle Corby. Schapelle has been the innocent victim of Australian baggage handler's drug smuggling enterprise.
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Sat, 04 Jun 2005

JP/Mulyana's trial imminent: KPK

Mulyana's trial imminent: KPKWahyoe Boediwardhana, The Jakarta Post/Denpasar The trial of General Elections Commission (KPU) member Mulyana W.
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Sat, 04 Jun 2005

JP/Blora market to be closed

Blora market to be closed JAKARTA: City market operator PD Pasar Jaya plans to permanently close the Blora traditional market in Menteng, Central Jakarta, in July because of a lack of customers.
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Sat, 04 Jun 2005

JP/Innocent until proven guilty

Innocent until proven guilty While I think Dewi Anggraeni's take on Australians' attitude to Indonesia is interesting and informative, I think it goes too far.
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Sat, 04 Jun 2005

JP/Ailing 'Puskesmas' need treatment before they can curb outbreaks

Ailing 'Puskesmas' need treatment before they can curb outbreaksThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Prevention is better than cure, according to the popular axiom.
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Sat, 04 Jun 2005

JP/Finding it hard to say what he is

Finding it hard to say what he isKanis Dursin, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Call it an identity crisis but, at present, prominent Acehnese figure Hasballah Saad really has great difficulty in identifying what he is.
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Sat, 04 Jun 2005

JP/Where to go in Jakarta: Saturday, June 4, 2005

Where to go in Jakarta: Saturday, June 4, 2005Exhibitions* Fine Arts Black is Black by M. Faisal (Iconk) at Galeri Nasional Indonesia Jl. Medan Merdeka Timur No.14 Central Jakarta, from June 7 to June 14 * Photo Images from the Heart by Arbain Rambey, Arun Taneja, Charlie Sianipar, Deniek G.
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Sat, 04 Jun 2005

JP/Lampung paper brings election candidates together

Lampung paper brings election candidates togetherOyos Saroso HN, The Jakarta Post/Bandarlampung The Lampung Post editorial room was a lively place as people bustled about setting out snacks.
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Sat, 04 Jun 2005

JP/Securing environmental justice

Securing environmental justiceKishan Khoday, Jakarta As incomes rise so do demands to ensure the rights to clean air, clean water, and the right of future generations to inherit a healthy, ecologically balanced environment.
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Sat, 04 Jun 2005

JP/Finding it hard to say what he is

Finding it hard to say what he isKanis Dursin, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Call it an identity crisis but, at present, prominent Acehnese figure Hasballah Saad really has great difficulty in identifying what he is.
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Sat, 04 Jun 2005

JP/Depok sets high hope on next mayor

Depok sets high hope on next mayorRemmy Faizal/Bambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta As the mayoral election draws near, Depok residents have high hopes for whoever is elected to head the municipality.
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Sat, 04 Jun 2005

JP/More than 2,000 'may fail' exam

More than 2,000 'may fail' exam YOGYAKARTA: Some 2,300 students taking part in Yogyakarta's national final examinations, would probably fail, an official said on Friday.
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Sat, 04 Jun 2005

JP/Makbul named police chief of detectives

Makbul named police chief of detectivesThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Comr. Gen. Suyitno Landung has been dismissed as the National Police chief of detectives following last week's bombing in the mainly Christian town of Tentena in Central Sulawesi, which killed 21 people.National Police chief Gen.
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Sat, 04 Jun 2005

JP/JP/18/MARIA1

JP/18/MARIA1ProAnimalia offers hope, freedom for RI wildlifeMaria Lisa K. Contributor/Jakarta Like all macaques that end up in Jakarta, this particular one had been taken as a baby from his mother in the jungles of Lampung, Sumatra, only to live out a solitary life neglected and finally ...
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Sat, 04 Jun 2005

JP/JP/17/KOMOD1

JP/17/KOMOD1Dragon kingdom under threat Duncan Graham Contributor/SurabayaThe few Australians who venture east of Kuta and enter Wallacea -- the Indonesian islands crunched between Kalimantan, New Guinea and Australia -- often find the terrain curiously familiar.
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Sat, 04 Jun 2005

JP/In July, 2003, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

In July, 2003, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), a research think tank within the U.S. Department of Defense, came up with a proposal for an unusual project.
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Sat, 04 Jun 2005

JP/Anti-polio campaign dealt setback after child's death

Anti-polio campaign dealt setback after child's deathYuli Tri Suwarni, The Jakarta Post/Bandung The mass polio vaccination drive suffered a setback after West Java health workers received news that one child died and five others fell sick after being vaccinated on Tuesday.
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Sat, 04 Jun 2005

JP/Correction to article

Correction to articleRegarding my opinion piece titled Media, defamation and judicial review: Comparison with Australia published in The Jakarta Post on May 12, I would like to correct a small error in the article.
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Sat, 04 Jun 2005

JP/A good national plus school

A good national plus school This letter is in response to Foreign teachers not qualified printed in The Jakarta Post on May 21.
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Sat, 04 Jun 2005

JP/Provinces woo investment

Provinces woo investment More provincial and regency administrations have increasingly realized the importance of investment to expand their local economies, generate jobs and create new, bigger sources of fiscal revenue.
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Sat, 04 Jun 2005

JP/Five-day week must not affect productivity

Five-day week must not affect productivityV.K. Chin The Star Asia News Network Selangor, Malaysia The estimated one million civil servants must be pinching themselves to make sure that they are not dreaming after having been told that they will be getting a cost of living allowance (Cola) ...
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Sat, 04 Jun 2005

JP/EU Charter has no link to enlargement: Romania

EU Charter has no link to enlargement: Romania The accession of Romania and Bulgaria to the European Union does not depend on the ratification of the European Constitution, the Romanian Ambassador to Indonesia said.
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Sat, 04 Jun 2005

JP/House legislator in hot water for graft

House legislator in hot water for graft SERANG, Banten: Prosecutors demanded on Friday that current House of Representatives member Dharmono Lawi be sentenced to eight years in prison for alleged corruption involving Rp 14 billion (US$1.7 million).
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Sat, 04 Jun 2005

JP/An apology to all Indonesian People

An apology to all Indonesian People I am ashamed to be Australian and I apologize to all Indonesian people for the hysterical and criminal actions, and mob-mentality of so many of my fellow Australians.
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Sat, 04 Jun 2005

JP/A good national plus school

A good national plus school This letter is in response to Foreign teachers not qualified printed in The Jakarta Post on May 21.
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Sat, 04 Jun 2005

JP/Illegal logging is not just about smuggling timber

Illegal logging is not just about smuggling timberKrystof Obidzinski Bogor Barely a day goes by without a story appearing in the Indonesian media about illegal logging.
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Sat, 04 Jun 2005

JP/Domestic beer sales on the rise

Domestic beer sales on the riseThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta After three straight years of decline, brewer PT Multi Bintang Indonesia's (MBI) domestic beer sales grew last year by 18 percent to 110 million liters.
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Sat, 04 Jun 2005

JP/Amerada moves to develop Ujung Pangkah

Amerada moves to develop Ujung Pangkah Amerada Hess Co., and partner ConocoPhillips, signed two major construction contracts on Friday to signal the start of major investment to develop the Ujung Pangkah gas block in East Java -- where the two global energy giants act as the operator.
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Sat, 04 Jun 2005

JP/JSX 'guilty of unfair business practices'

JSX 'guilty of unfair business practices'The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Business Competition Supervisory Commission (KPPU) ruled on Friday that bourse management firm the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) was guilty of having constituted a potential monopoly in its offering of the stock market's ...
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Sat, 04 Jun 2005

JP/TNI refuses to cooperate over abductions

TNI refuses to cooperate over abductionsTiarma Siboro, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta The Indonesian Military (TNI) has said it will not cooperate with the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) in its investigation of the abductions of pro-democracy activists during the Soeharto regime.
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Sat, 04 Jun 2005

JP/UMY international program opened

UMY international program opened YOGYAKARTA: In the next academic year of 2005-2006, the international relations department of Yogyakarta Muhammadiyah University (UMY) will offer an international program in international relations.
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Sat, 04 Jun 2005

JP/Revisiting the Newmont case

Revisiting the Newmont caseTony Hotland, Jakarta An out-of-court settlement that the government plans to seek with gold miner PT Newmont Minahasa Raya proves to be another example of a failure to serve the people, in this case the residents of Buyat Bay in Minahasa, North Sulawesi, who have long ...
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Sat, 04 Jun 2005

JP/Corby might be innocent

Corby might be innocent The plight of Schapelle Corby and the desperation in her pleas of innocence drive me to write the first letter I have written to a newspaper in 15 years.
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Sat, 04 Jun 2005

JP/Prosecutor hints at new KPUD suspect

Prosecutor hints at new KPUD suspectBambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta The Jakarta Prosecutors' Office hinted at a new suspect in a corruption case revolving around the Jakarta General Elections Commission (KPUD), with at least Rp 13 billion (US$1.
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Sat, 04 Jun 2005

JP/Racism, a sad reality

Racism, a sad reality Dewi Anggraeni in her article Corby and Australians' anger (The Jakarta Post, June 3) writes, in response to my article, (which attempted to explain, at least in part, the Australian reaction to the Corby verdict) "I saw an angle which Goodfellow, being an Australian ...
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Sat, 04 Jun 2005

JP/Many Lampung students could be forced to drop out

Many Lampung students could be forced to drop outOyos Saroso H.N., The Jakarta Post/Bandarlampung Twelve-year-old Suparman, who was carrying his three-year-old brother, cried when they were grabbed by municipal police personnel at the intersection near the Adipura monument in Bandarlampung.
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Sat, 04 Jun 2005

JP/Sister cities join Jakarta's anniversary festivities

Sister cities join Jakarta's anniversary festivitiesDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post/Jakarta The city administration has prepared a series of events involving residents and members of the international community here in the month-long celebrations to mark Jakarta's official 478th anniversary, ...
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