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Mars won't be spotted thru TIM

Mars won't be spotted thru TIMTantri Yuliandini, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta It's not going to reoccur for another 13 years at least, but if you're hoping to catch a glimpse of the planet Mars as it passes closest to Earth from the Jakarta Planetarium at Taman Ismail Marzuki (TIM) in Central Jakarta...

On artificial sweeteners

On artificial sweeteners I refer to the letter of Sunarto Prawirosujanto published in The Jakarta Post on Oct. 20 urging Indonesians to use more and more artificial sweeteners to avoid the importation of sugar.

Over 4,000 convicts get reduced sentences

Over 4,000 convicts get reduced sentences MEDAN, North Sumatra: A total 4,378 Muslim convicts currently being jailed in prisons across North Sumatra will get their sentences reduced during Idul Fitri, a senior government official said on Saturday.

Bending the law to save lives: Avian flu in Indonesia

Bending the law to save lives: Avian flu in IndonesiaMaya Lestari Jakarta Drug patents give to an inventor for a term of years the exclusive right to make, use or sell their invention -- meaning that other companies cannot make or market the drug until the patent expires.

PT PAL launches cargo vessel

PT PAL launches cargo vessel SURABAYA: State-owned shipmaker PT PAL Indonesia launched a dry cargo vessel, with 18,500 dead weight tons, in its plant here on Friday. The vessel, ordered by Italian company Cube SpA, will be handed over in February. The contract was made on June 24, 2004.

Vatican condemns beheadings

Vatican condemns beheadings The Vatican called on Sunday the beheading of three Indonesian schoolgirls from a Christian high school a "barbaric" attack and said Pope Benedict XVI was praying for renewed peace between the region's people.

Parades banned along main roads

Parades banned along main roads JAKARTA: Those wishing to participate in takbiran parades on the eve of Idul Fitri should avoid the main thoroughfares of Jl. Sudirman and Jl. MH Thamrin in Central Jakarta, Jakarta Police warned.

Tougher tests await Irene in bid for international glory

Tougher tests await Irene in bid for international gloryMusthofid, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Teen chess prodigy Irene Kharisma lived up to the huge expectations of her last week by taking a major step toward becoming the country's first women's grand master.

checked -- JSR

checked -- JSR Cultural Heritage exhibition sees few visitors Evi Mariani The Jakarta Post/JakartaOn a typical Wednesday morning at the National Museum, fewer than 10 people were seen strolling around the three-month Shared Cultural Heritage exhibition, which is displaying hundreds of ethnographic...

Airport terminal confusion

Airport terminal confusionFrom KompasTerminal I of Soekarno-Hatta International Airport apparently receives less serious attention from Angkasa Pura, the country's airport management association.There has always been a state of confusion in the terminal's front parking area, resulting from car...

Antam's 9-month profit rises 32%

Antam's 9-month profit rises 32% JAKARTA: PT Aneka Tambang (Antam), a mining company 65 percent owned by the government, said its profit rose 32 percent in the first nine months of this year on increased sales of higher grade nickel ore, gold and silver.Net income rose to Rp 711.

Homes remain elusive for Acehnese on Idul Fitri

Homes remain elusive for Acehnese on Idul FitriNani Afrida, The Jakarta Post, Banda Aceh It was almost dusk on Sunday, but a group of children at the refugee camp were still playing outside despite the mud after a heavy downpour in Banda Aceh.

Balinese Hindus cleanse bombing site

Balinese Hindus cleanse bombing siteI Wayan Juniartha, The Jakarta Post, Kuta, Bali The whole area of Kuta Square Arcade, one of the sites targeted by terrorists in the Oct. 1 Bali bombings, was transformed into a sacred space on Sunday, when hundreds of Balinese Hindus held a ceremony to purify...

Residents block only road to Bojong dump site

Residents block only road to Bojong dump siteAbdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Consistent with their firm objection to the operation of a waste treatment plant in their area, hundreds of residents of Bojong in Klapanunggal district, Bogor, West Java, erected on Sunday a wall to block the only...

Toward a virtual caliphate

Toward a virtual caliphate Peter Mandaville Yale Center for the Study of Globalization Arlington, Virginia The recent Zawahiri- Zarqawi Letter -- purportedly a missive on strategy and tactics from al-Qaeda's to their man in Iraq -- once again raises the question of bin Laden's capacity to inspire...

China utilizes Nanning for trade with ASEAN

China utilizes Nanning for trade with ASEAN The following is the first article in the second series on the Second China-ASEAN Expo held from Oct. 19 to Oct. 22 in Nanning in the southwestern autonomous region of Guangxi, China.

1. Madi ----- 3x16

1. Madi ----- 3x16 NGOs demand independent probe into Mahdi case 2. Mudik ---- 1x28 More holiday travelers opt for motorbikes 3. Bird ----- 1x36 Asian firms bracing for bird flu catastrophe 4. Da'i ----- 1x36 Da'i pledges support for police bribery probe

Legislative oversight and the war on terror

Legislative oversight and the war on terrorBantarto Bandoro Jakarta "The proper office of a representative assembly is to watch and control the government." (John Stuart Mill, 1861) "Terrorism, like war, is too important to be left to the generals and the government intelligence agencies.

Commission put on hold

Commission put on hold JAKARTA: Attorney General Abdul Rahman Saleh said over the weekend the Prosecutor's Commission, which was supposed to be up and running by October, had been put on hold indefinitely.

New Hankam-Cikunir route eases traffic

New Hankam-Cikunir route eases trafficAbdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Suparjo, a resident of a housing complex in Lebak Bulus, South Jakarta, is thankful that during this year's rush to get out of town for the Idul Fitri holiday, the new Hankam-Cikunir toll road will let him and his family...

Indonesian experience helps to get better idea of the market

Indonesian experience helps to get better idea of the market Japanese carmaker Toyota Motor Corp. has made Indonesia and Thailand its bases for IMV (Innovative International Multi- purpose Vehicle) production in Southeast Asia.

SBY's 1.8 million hectare disaster?

SBY's 1.8 million hectare disaster? We all remember Soeharto's disastrous 1 million hectare sawah (rice field) project in Central Kalimantan, the consequences of which still affect the province.Will President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) attach his name to an even bigger ecological, sociological,...

Students ready for bird flu fight

Students ready for bird flu fight BOGOR: At least 400 Indonesian university students are ready to go house-to-house to check for bird flu in chickens that people keep in their backyards, university officials said on Saturday.

Communal conflicts and terrorism

Communal conflicts and terrorismRiwanto Tirtosudarmo, Jakarta The intention of the Indonesian Military (TNI) Chief Gen. Endriartono Sutarto to revive the territorial command is not a surprise at all. It is only a reflection of a long established self image of the military as the nation's sole...

Judicial corruption not only rampant but also shameful

Judicial corruption not only rampant but also shamefulFrans H. Winarta, Jakarta In the midst of the anticorruption campaign introduced by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in his first year term of office, an incident occurred at the Supreme Court recently in which a lawyer and five staff members...

Depok to build new bus terminal

Depok to build new bus terminal DEPOK: The Depok administration will build a new bus terminal for city, inter-city and inter-province public buses in the Jatijajar area in Cimanggis in 2006, Tempo Interaktif reported on Sunday.

BRI posts 8 percent drop in profit

BRI posts 8 percent drop in profit State-run Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI), the nation's fourth largest bank, announced that net profit dropped by 8 percent in the first nine months of the year, following a decline in its proceeds from recapitalization bonds.

Parades banned along main roads

Parades banned along main roads JAKARTA: Those wishing to participate in takbiran parades on the eve of Idul Fitri should avoid the main thoroughfares of Jl. Sudirman and Jl. MH Thamrin in Central Jakarta, Jakarta Police warned.

Sutiyoso to help pro-bono lawyers

Sutiyoso to help pro-bono lawyers JAKARTA: Governor Sutiyoso pledged funds from the city budget on Saturday to help renovate the Indonesian Legal Aid Institute's (YLBHI) building on Jl. Dponegoro, Central Jakarta."I hope the fund needed (for the renovation) is less than Rp 10 billion ...

The evil among us

The evil among us Barbaric! No other word describes the anger and exasperation many of us feel at hearing the news of the killing and beheading of three teenage girls in the Central Sulawesi district of Poso on Saturday. No decent human being could have done such a sadistic thing.

Lombok tourism 'recovering' after Bali bomb attacks

Lombok tourism 'recovering' after Bali bomb attacksThe hotel occupancy rate on Lombok island, West Nusa Tenggara, has improved after being badly affected by the Bali bombings on Oct. 1, a senior hotelier said on Saturday.

Da'i pledges support for police bribery probe

Da'i pledges support for police bribery probeThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Former National Police chief Gen. Da'i Bachtiar says he will support the ongoing investigation into allegations of high-level police corruption that allegedly occurred during his tenure.

Installment of MRP members delayed

Installment of MRP members delayedINDONESIA: The inauguration of members into the Papuan People's Council (MRP) in the provincial capital of Jayapura has been delayed for technical reasons, a senior Papuan councillor said on Saturday.

Nikko hampers have RI flavor

Nikko hampers have RI flavor To celebrate Idul Fitri, the Nikko Hotel is putting together a range of hampers, which guests can order until Nov. 3.The hampers have been beautifully arranged by executive chef Setiyanto and pastry chef Sapto Wibowo and his team.

JewelFest hopes to make Singapore a jewelry shopping destination

JewelFest hopes to make Singapore a jewelry shopping destinationStevie Emilia, The Jakarta Post/Singapore With its sparkle and shine, jewelry has long provided that extra glitz for the fashion world. But now jewelry is stepping out on its own and taking over center stage.

Hospitals need reputation management

Hospitals need reputation managementRudijanto, Contributor, Jakarta An email sent to a cyber mailing list in the third week of October warning all mailing list members about the poor coordination at a Greater Jakarta-based hospital could have a more damaging impact on the hospital's reputation once...

Man arrested with 1,000 detonators

Man arrested with 1,000 detonatorsINDONESIA: East Nusa Tenggara Police said on Saturday they had arrested a man in possession of 1,000 detonators."The preliminary assumption is that the detonators were going to be sold for illegal fishing purposes, but we are not discounting other possibilities,"...

Azyumardi Azra:

Azyumardi Azra:Islam, restraint and corruptionKurniawan Hari The Jakarta Post/Jakarta Prominent Muslim intellectual and rector at Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University (UIN) in Ciputat, Banten, Prof. Azyumardi Azra is a friendly, humble person.

When strangers call for 'THR'

When strangers call for 'THR' As I was about to leave home one morning, a man wearing the uniform of a hansip (neighborhood security guard) approached me and said in a rather loud voice,"Hadiah Lebaran! Hadiah Lebaran! (Idul Fitri presents)" I had never seen him before.

[i]Terbang (Flying):

Terbang (Flying): A Compilation of Best Poems Designed by Saritaksu Editions Lintang Tabloid, pub. 3 Kucing kecil (3 Small Cats): A Compilation of Short Stories Designed by Saritaksu Editions Lintang Tabloid, Organizing Committee of Ubud Writers & Readers Festival 2005, pub.

Three school girls beheaded near Poso

Three school girls beheaded near PosoRuslan Sangadji and Muninggar Sri Saraswati, The Jakarta Post, Poso/JakartaTension and grief remained heavy in the air in Central Sulawesi's town of Poso as three female students from a Christian high school were beheaded Saturday morning by six unidentified...

Sons, daughters coming home for holiday reunions

Sons, daughters coming home for holiday reunionsID Nugroho, The Jakarta Post, Surabaya Across the country at most of the main entry gates, scores of sons and daughters -- especially daughters -- are coming home these days for the Idul Fitri holidays.

JP/1/MIGRANT

JP/1/MIGRANTSons, daughters coming home for Idul Fitri reunionsID Nugroho The Jakarta Post/SurabayaAcross the country at most of the main entry gates, millions of sons and daughters -- especially daughters -- are coming home these days for the Idul Fitri holidays.

Marriott offers 'Lebaran' sweets

Marriott offers 'Lebaran' sweets Sailendra Deli at the JW Marriott Hotel is presenting a unique selection of traditional snacks, including lanting (crunchy snacks made of cassava) for Lebaran.The snacks can be ordered from Oct. 3 through Nov. 4.

Emergency numbers during Lebaran

Emergency numbers during Lebaran Partial list of emergency numbers, restaurants and public services that will remain open during the holidays from Nov. 2 to Nov. 8A. EMERGENCY Police 112 Jakarta Police 523-4313 West Jakarta Precinct 548-2371 North Jakarta Precinct 439-31017 Central Jakarta Precinct...

TV Program: Sunday, October 30, 2005

TV Program: Sunday, October 30, 2005.TB.30" .90"TVRI 5:00 a.m. Koran Recital6:00 Morning News 9:00 Music: Delta10:00 Sports: Antar Gelanggang11:00 News: Berita Nusantara11:30 Children Variety Show1:00 p.m.

Il Mare satiates Italian food lovers

Il Mare satiates Italian food loversKurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Down on the ground floor of the Mulia Hotel in Senayan, Italian food lovers can savor various Italian dishes and beverages in an atmosphere of tranquility.

Cultural talk show promotes art as bridge to peace in Maluku

Cultural talk show promotes art as bridge to peace in MalukuGrace Siregar, Contributor, Tobelo, North Maluku When I arrived in Tobelo, North Halmahera, of North Maluku province, in early 2005, one of the first people I met was Father Patrisius Anselmus Jeujanan, the director of SPB Radio, a local...

JP/1/Btw

JP/1/BtwWhen strangers call for THR As I was about to leave home one morning, a man wearing the uniform of a hansip (neighborhood security guard) approached me and said in a rather loud voice,"Hadiah Lebaran! Hadiah Lebaran! (Idul Fitri presents)" I had never seen him before.

~Sumber: pdpersi.co.id

~Sumber: pdpersi.co.id .rm Hospitals in Jakarta No. Name Addresses1 Abdi Waluyo, RS Jl. HOS Cokroaminoto No. 312 Agung, RS Jl. Sultan Agung No. 673 Al Kamal Jakarta, RSU Jl. Raya Al Kamal No. 2 Kedoya - Kebun Jeruk4 Asih, RS Bersalin Jl. Panglima Polim I/34 Kebayoran Baru5 Atma Jaya, RS Jl.