Train derails in Cirebon: Thousands of people at several railway
Train derails in Cirebon: Thousands of people at several railway
stations had to delay their trips on Thursday after the Tawang
Mas train serving the Semarang-Senen (Jakarta) line derailed in
Cirebon, West Java, on Wednesday. No fatalities were reported.
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Most corrupt institutions: The traffic police, customs and tax
authority and the judiciary were ranked the most corrupt
institutions in the public sector, according to a governance
diagnostic study on Indonesia conducted for the Partnership for
Governance Reform by the research center.
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'Al-Jazeera': This 24-hour all-news satellite television channel
transmitting from Qatar -- a small, relatively obscure Gulf
Emirate -- is so powerful that it is becoming a player in the war
in Afghanistan.
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Pornography: For many urban teenagers, pornography is not a new
thing. Most participants at a teen discussion admitted they had
been exposed to pornography by watching x-rated VCDs, reading
erotic books or browsing pornographic sites on the Internet.
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Caltex under siege: More than 500 students from several
universities and academies in Pekanbaru threatened to occupy the
office of American oil company PT Caltex Pacific Indonesia (CPI)
in Rumbai, near the city, unless the company condemned the United
States' military strikes against Afghanistan.
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Israel issues ultimatum to Arafat: Israel issued an ultimatum to
Yasser Arafat on Thursday, saying he must hand over the assassins
of an Israeli Cabinet minister or face harsh retribution. In a
first step, Israeli tanks entered two West Bank towns, and
doctors said a Palestinian policeman and a 12-year-old school
girl were killed by Israeli fire.
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Stuttgart Masters Series: Andre Agassi lost an opportunity to
reclaim the No. 1 ranking this week when he was upset by Hicham
Arazi in the second round Wednesday of the Stuttgart Masters
Series.
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Blueprint for economic recovery: The Association for a New
Indonesia (PIB) on Thursday presented an economic blueprint to
the Second Ad-Hoc Committee of the People's Consultative Assembly
(MPR) that it is hoped could serve as a comprehensive guide for
the country's economic recovery process.
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