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Fire destroys homes in Jatinegara

Fire destroys homes in Jatinegara Nearly 400 people have been forced to seek temporary shelter after fire destroyed dozens of homes in the densely-populated Balimester subdistrict, Jatinegara in East Jakarta.

Cheap drugs beyond reach of HIV carriers

Cheap drugs beyond reach of HIV carriersDebbie A. Lubis, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta People living with HIV/AIDS in Indonesia are having difficulty gaining access to imported live-saving antiretroviral drugs because of the exorbitant price of patented drugs and a limited supply of the generic version.

Illegal guns enter Indonesia through four countries

Illegal guns enter Indonesia through four countriesThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Arms smuggled into the country from Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines and Australia have been responsible for fueling the violence in conflicts across the nation, a senior intelligence officer said on Tuesday.

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When Islam faces democracy Nurrohman Chairman Department of school comparative and law IAIN Bandung nurrohman2002@yahoo.com 2. LA -- Put Palestinian elections on the back burner 1 X 30 Put Palestinian elections on back burner Brian Katulis National Democratic Institute Los Angeles Times 3.

Palaguna installs mayor, regent

Palaguna installs mayor, regent MAKASSAR, South Sulawesi: Governor HZB Palaguna swore in caretaker mayor of Palopo, Patendungi Tenriadjeng, and Mamasa Regent Said Saggaf on Tuesday.Guarded by around 100 police officers, the ceremony passed without incident despite previous reports of a planned...

Dutch to reveal probe on Thoenes

Dutch to reveal probe on Thoenes JAKARTA: The secretariat of the human rights ad hoc prosecutors revealed on Monday that Dutch police assigned to probe the murder of Dutch journalist Sander Thoenes in the 1999 East Timor debacle will hand over the investigation's result to Attorney General M.A.

Farmers rejoice in rare rain

Farmers rejoice in rare rainThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Farmers in the drought-ridden West Java regency of Indramayu woke up to a much-anticipated heavy rain on Monday, even though it only lasted one hour.

Anticorruption body calls for audit of judges' wealth

Anticorruption body calls for audit of judges' wealthBerni K. Moestafa, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta It is often said in Indonesia that money talks, justice walks.Those judges who abide by this motto could and should be stopped in their tracks if the government regularly audited their wealth, an...

1. DADANG: 1 LINE, 35 COUNTS

1. DADANG: 1 LINE, 35 COUNTSArtist Dadang relives the 1965 tragedy

Acehnese worry about state of emergency

Acehnese worry about state of emergencyIbu Mat Noor and Nani Farida, The Jakarta Post, Banda Aceh The possible imposition of a state of emergency in Aceh has prompted large numbers of young male Acehnese to flee the conflict-torn province over the past few days.

Why partnership is key to success

Why partnership is key to successIndra Gunawan, Telecommunications analyst, Jakarta After expanding about 71 percent from 1999 to 2000, the local wireless market experienced a substantial plunge last year, with sales volume down to 385 million handsets from 412 million the previous year.

Why TNI reluctant to vote

Why TNI reluctant to voteImanuddin, Staff Writer, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta A statement by then Indonesian Military (TNI) chief Adm. Widodo A.S. on June 17, or one day before he handed over his command baton to Gen.

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;JP; ANPAa..r.. Across-Krakatau-festivalJP/5/ACROSS Bali ritual for nation's security UBUD, Bali: Bali people will hold a ritual to plead for the nation's security and the homeland's safety on Tuesday, marked by the sacrifice of farm animals and the dumping of their carcasses into Segara Rupek, the...

Betawi people underestimated

Betawi people underestimatedFrom Rakyat Merdeka The desire of the Betawi people to lead Jakarta seem to have always been suppressed by the decision of the representatives at the Jakarta City Council as their role in the government is not yet taken into account.

ASEAN aims to double trade with Australia, NZ in 10 years

ASEAN aims to double trade with Australia, NZ in 10 yearsAgence France-Presse, Kuala Lumpur Southeast Asian nations moved Monday to deepen trade ties with Australia and New Zealand with the launch of a business council aimed at doubling trade over the next decade.

Asian currencies mostly up, U.S. dollar takes battering

Asian currencies mostly up, U.S. dollar takes batteringNirmala Menon, Dow Jones Most Asian currencies were higher Monday with several shooting to new multi-month highs Monday as confidence in the U.S. dollar was hammered by a new string of accounting revelations from U.S.

Indonesian Police

Indonesian Police and trafficFrom Media Indonesia First of all allow me to congratulate the Indonesian Police on their 56th anniversary on July 1 this year. The police have done a lot to fight crime and drug abuse although in the present reform era there are certain norms that seemingly have, in a...

Applying for driver's license

Applying for driver's licenseFrom Warta KotaWhen he first took over as the chief of the Jakarta police, Inspector General Makbul Padmanagara was very strict about the bureaucratic mechanism for the issuance of a driver's license. Brokers were not allowed to do their business.

Rupiah Rates July 8

Rupiah Rates July 8 JP/13/ConverRupiah Rates July 8 Bank notes rates TT rates Selling Buying Selling Buying Rp Rp Rp Rp U.S. dollar 1 9,410.00 8,410.00 8,955.00 8,865.00Australian dollar 1 5,283.72 4,713.81 5,028.23 4,968.83 Brunei dollar 1 5,334.47 4,764.87 5,076.53 5,022.

Street vendors protest eviction

Street vendors protest evictionNana Rukmana, The Jakarta Post, Cirebon, West Java Hundreds of street vendors and becak (pedicab) drivers occupied the municipal office here on Monday, in protest over their forced eviction from areas around shopping malls.

'Jakarta has lost most green areas'

'Jakarta has lost most green areas' A new business center is being developed in the busy Semanggi (clover leave bridge) area, Central Jakarta amid concerns over the lack of green space. The city administration has issued the permit for the business center, dubbed Senayan city.

Military links bomb suspects with GAM

Military links bomb suspects with GAMTiarma Siboro and Tertiani ZB Simanjuntak, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Indonesian Military (TNI) officially connected on Monday the five suspects in the Graha Cijantung Mall, East Jakarta, bombing with the rebellious Free Aceh Movement (GAM).

Artist relives 1965 tragedy, May riots

Artist relives 1965 tragedy, May riotsYusuf Susilo Hartono, Contributor, Jakarta Though not physically visible, memories live on and repeatedly haunt one's lifetime journey across time and space. Painful memories will continue to linger and will not be assuaged until they are expressed and...

Farmers quit growing rice

Farmers quit growing rice BEKASI: About 300 people in Bekasi regency had left farming to for other work due to the lack of water, the high price of fertilizer and the low selling price of unhusked rice, a local councillor said.

Pizza Hutt employees rally

Pizza Hutt employees rally JAKARTA: Hundreds of Pizza Hutt employees from all over the city staged a rally at the Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration here on Monday to protest the company's refusal to recognize their trade union.

1. Tuntut: 8 x 4 lines

1. Tuntut: 8 x 4 linesAkbar awaits verdict on Bulog scandal on July 222. Yusril: 20 x 2 linesNo need for President to join MPR Annual Session: Yusril3. Bill: 35 x 1 lineHouse passes law on science, technology development4. Teacher: 16 x 2 linesTeachers to get increase in benefits

Lessons from China and IM3

Lessons from China and IM3Jonminofri Nazir, Contributor, Jakarta By numbers, Indonesia's huge population of 212 million should be a lucrative market for both types of telephones: fixed as well cellular.

Irregularities mar new admission system

Irregularities mar new admission systemDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Although many people have lauded the new student admission system that is expected to prevent corruption and collusion at high schools, its implementation has reportedly been tainted by irregularities.

Akbar awaits verdict on Bulog scandal on July 22

Akbar awaits verdict on Bulog scandal on July 22Tertiani ZB Simanjuntak, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Government prosecutors will present their sentencing demands for House of Representatives Speaker Akbar Tandjung and two other defendants in the Rp 40 billion Bulog scandal in court on July 22.

Govt moves toward imposing civil emergency in Aceh

Govt moves toward imposing civil emergency in AcehEdith Hartanto and Yogita Tahilramani, The Jakarta Post, Surabaya As the Acehnese fearfully await a government decision that may impose a state of civil emergency, Minister of Home Affairs Hari Sabarno slammed the local Aceh administration on Monday...

52 feared dead in nightclub inferno

52 feared dead in nightclub infernoAgencies, Jakarta Police using explosives blew a hole in a nightclub wall to allow desperate patrons to escape a raging fire that killed up to 52 people in South Sumatra provincial capital of palembang, officials said Monday.

Supreme Court rejects ruling on Manulife

Supreme Court rejects ruling on ManulifeThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Supreme Court said on Monday that it had overturned a controversial bankruptcy ruling against insurance company PT Asuransi Jiwa Manulife Indonesia (AJMI), the local unit of Canada's Manulife Financial Corp.

1. ASEAN (2 x 25)

1. ASEAN (2 x 25) ASEAN aims to double trade with Australia, NZ in 10 years 2. Japan (4 x 10) Japan, EU agree on greenhouse gasses, aid 3. HK (1 x 30) HK is world's most expensive city 4. Price (3 x 10) Airlines in India slash fares by half

Govt raises import duty on sugar

Govt raises import duty on sugarThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government has increased the import duty on raw sugar and white sugar to help protect local sugarcane farmers from cheaper imports.According to a finance ministry decree signed on July 3, the new import duty for raw sugar and sugarcane...

Sulawesi tarsiers threatened with extinction

Sulawesi tarsiers threatened with extinctionBadri Jawara, The Jakarta Post, Palu, Central Sulawesi Belonging to the family of small primates, a tarsier has a body that measures about 20 centimeters in length and resembles a rat or a squirrel.

Rights campaigner fails to get into Komnas HAM

Rights campaigner fails to get into Komnas HAMKurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The House of Representatives' Commission II on legal affairs selected on Monday 23 out of 41 candidates for membership of the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM), with some former members being...

Province revokes lawsuit over KPC divestment

Province revokes lawsuit over KPC divestmentThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The East Kalimantan provincial administration has withdrawn its lawsuit against the central government concerning the disputed divestment of a 51 percent stake in PT Kaltim Prima Coal (KPC).

'Military to make comeback during power vacuum'

'Military to make comeback during power vacuum'Harry Bhaskara, The Jakarta Post, Surabaya The nation is facing a possible power vacuum next month if the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) fails to reach an agreement on the amendment of the 1945 Constitution, says a political observer.

AGO halts Sukamdani's graft probe

AGO halts Sukamdani's graft probe JAKARTA: The Attorney General's Office has dropped its investigation of hotelier Sukamdani Gito Sardjono and associate Adriansyah Umar Maki for the alleged misuse of Rp 214 billion of the state's banking emergency loans because the prosecutors had found that no...

IBRA starts selling Niaga shares through market

IBRA starts selling Niaga shares through marketDadan Wijaksana, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) has asked PT Trimegah Securities to gradually start selling the agency's shares in the publicly-listed Bank Niaga via the stock market.

Mayoral election intimidation

Mayoral election intimidation TANGERANG: Dozens of unknown men riding motorcycles and wearing dark uniforms and berets shocked civil servants at the municipal administration office on Monday.Without saying a single word, the men suddenly entered the office compound on their noisy motorcycles.

Parents neglect retarded children

Parents neglect retarded children BOGOR: About 85 percents of the 75 retarded people who live in the government's social institutions here have never been visited by their parents during their five-year stay in the institution.

No room in school for thousands

No room in school for thousandsThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta With the new academic year drawing near, some 13,000 junior high school graduates across South Kalimantan are facing the possibility of having to give up their formal education due to a limited number of places in senior high schools, an...

PDI Perjuangan faction split over support for Sutiyoso

PDI Perjuangan faction split over support for SutiyosoAhmad Junaidi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) is split over its support for incumbent Jakarta Governor Sutiyoso in the coming gubernatorial election.

AGO legal opinion is not binding in JORR case

AGO legal opinion is not binding in JORR caseA'an Suryana, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Chances remain wide open for the Malaysian Consortium (MC) to participate in Jakarta's Outer Ring Road toll road project, despite a recent Attorney General's Office's (AGO) legal opinion which barred the Malaysian...

TV Program: Tuesday July 9, 2002

TV Program: Tuesday July 9, 2002TVRI .TB.30" .90"5:00 a.m. Religious Teachings6:00 News 8:00 Environment8:30 Children's Program9:00 Film10:30 Documentary11:00 Regional News11:30 Music12:00 p.m. News1:00 Talk Show2:00 News2:30 Documentary3:30 Cartoon4:00 TV Drama5:00 Music5:30 Documentary6:00...

1. TARSIUS: 1 line, 35 counts

1. TARSIUS: 1 line, 35 counts Sulawesi tarsiers threatened with extinction 2. FISH: 1 LINE, 32 COUNTS Pollution endangers Baltic Sea fishing 3. THAI: 1 LINE, 32 COUNTS Mercy killing of drug-addicted elephant 4. MATRA: 2 LINES, 27 COUNTS Conservationists push on to save Sumatran elephants

China, India, Indonesia tread road to AIDS disaster

China, India, Indonesia tread road to AIDS disasterAgencies, Barcelona, Spain Denial, stigma and discrimination are three horsemen driving China, Indonesia and India toward a potential AIDS apocalypse, the world AIDS conference here was told on Monday.

Military needs political umbrella

Military needs political umbrellaFrom Koran TempoRecently, Coordinating Minister for Political and Security Affairs Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono called on the public to observe the development of circumstances in Aceh, where the separatist Free Aceh Movement (GAM) continue to resort to violence.

Hilton, Ratu Plaza land use deals to expire soon

Hilton, Ratu Plaza land use deals to expire soonBambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta With the land use contracts of the Jakarta Hilton International hotel and Ratu Plaza business center in Senayan, Central Jakarta, expiring in 2003 and 2004 respectively, the management board of the Bung...