Fire razes slum area: Two people were injured and over a thousand

Fire razes slum area: Two people were injured and over a thousand were left homeless when a fire swept through 195 houses in the early morning hours of Monday in the Karet Tengsin area of Central Jakarta. Page 2

MPR faction: Regional representatives in the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) will finally be permitted to form their own faction when the assembly gathers for its belated Annual Session next month. Page 3

Semen Padang: The government should go all out to prevent the spin-off of Semen Padang from the publicly listed Semen Gresik Group (SGG), as demanded by a group with vested interests led by Semen Padang management, which claims to represent the aspirations of the West Sumatra people. Page 4

Tiger cubs' deaths: City inspector Hendarin Ono Saleh denied on Monday reports that the three white tiger cubs at Ragunan Zoo died from rotten meat, saying that the deaths were caused by a type of hookworm. Page 6

Health spending: West Java administration spends very little on its residents' health, well below the standard set by the World Health Organization (WHO), a health official said in Bandung on Monday. Page 7

Howard under fire: Prime Minister John Howard returned to the Australian election campaign on Monday under fire over his failure to meet Indonesian President Megawati Soekarnoputri at the APEC summit in Shanghai. Page 9

Masters Cup: Former world No. 1 Patrick Rafter has qualified for the season-ending Masters Cup tennis tournament despite pulling out of the European indoors events at Stuttgart, Stockholm and Paris. Page 13

Damar Flycatcher: After 103 years Damar Flycatcher, one of Indonesia's 381 endemic birds, is rediscovered in Damar island in the Banda Sea in North Maluku Province. Page 16