Dorodjatun denies rumors: Coordinating Minister for the Economy

Dorodjatun denies rumors: Coordinating Minister for the Economy
Dorodjatun Kuntjoro-Jakti denied on Wednesday rumors which
suggested that he had tendered his resignation to President
Megawati Soekarnoputri.
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Seasonal vendors: For Muslims, the fasting month of Ramadhan
means a holy season, a time for cleansing their bodies and souls
of impurity. But for some people, like the seasonal vendors,
Ramadhan is a time to make money.
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Apartment for evicted people: The city administration finally
agreed on Wednesday to provide homeless people, who had been
forcibly evicted by the City Public Order Office from their
dwellings, with low-cost apartments but asked the central
government to help finance their construction.
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Nine killed in Kulonprogo: At least nine people were killed and
three others seriously injured in landslides that destroyed more
than 20 houses in Kedungrong village in Samigaluh subdistrict and
Klepu village in Kalibawang subdistrict in Yogyakarta on Tuesday.
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Habibie denies any wrongdoing: Former president B.J. Habibie
failed to answer a summons on Wednesday by prosecutors
investigating a financial scandal involving Rp 54.6 billion (US$5
million) in funds from State Logistics Agency (Bulog), and denied
any wrongdoing in the disbursement of the funds.
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Fresh fighting erupts in Jolo: Fresh fighting broke out on Jolo
island in the southern Philippines on Wednesday as the death toll
in an uprising by guerrillas loyal to a rebellious Muslim
governor rose to over 100, the military said.
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