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  • Stimulus to spur economy to 5%

    Tue, 01/06/2009 - 7:11 AM
    Having earmarked Rp 50 trillion (US$4.9 billion) for a stimulus package to help the country survive the economic crisis, the government said Monday the money could help the economy grow by as much...

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  • Ex lawmaker gets 8 years for graft

    Tue, 01/06/2009 - 7:05 AM
    The Corruption Court appeared in no celebratory mood Monday, despite the holiday period, as it handed down its verdict to former legislator Al Amien Nur Nasution, sentencing him to eight years in...

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  • Sleepy heads bemoan new school hours; Roads clearer

    Tue, 01/06/2009 - 7:01 AM
    Students and teachers in Jakarta were left scratching their sleepy heads Monday — at least the ones that woke up on time — and trying to figure out the reasoning behind the Jakarta...

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A HIGHER CALLING: A cardinal, at left in background, gestures as Pope Benedict XVI walks past during an Epiphany mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Tuesday Jan. 6, 2009. The pontiff spoke to pilgrims and tourists Tuesday, and said he wants to encourage efforts to get Israelis and Palestinians to sit down together in peace talks over the Gaza conflict.A HIGHER CALLING: A cardinal, at left in background, gestures as Pope Benedict XVI walks past during an Epiphany mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Tuesday Jan. 6, 2009. The pontiff spoke to pilgrims and tourists Tuesday, and said he wants to encourage efforts to get Israelis and Palestinians to sit down together in peace talks over the Gaza conflict.
WALK, DON'T WALK: High school students cross cross a busy downtown street in Pasar Baru, Central Jakarta, on Tuesday. Hard to find pedestrian right of ways and lax street discipline has contributed to traffic accidents in the country's capital. (JP/J. Adiguna)WALK, DON'T WALK: High school students cross cross a busy downtown street in Pasar Baru, Central Jakarta, on Tuesday. Hard to find pedestrian right of ways and lax street discipline has contributed to traffic accidents in the country's capital. (JP/J. Adiguna)
WHERE DID THE MONEY GO: PT Sarijaya Permana Sekuritas (SPS) employees are seen serving clients in Jakarta on Tuesday. The Indonesian Stock Exchange (BEI) recently suspended trading of SPS shares in an alleged Rp embezzlement scam worth some Rp 240 billion. WHERE DID THE MONEY GO: PT Sarijaya Permana Sekuritas (SPS) employees are seen serving clients in Jakarta on Tuesday. The Indonesian Stock Exchange (BEI) recently suspended trading of SPS shares in an alleged embezzlement scam worth some Rp 240 billion.
LATIN DAKAR: A rider competes during the 3rd stage of the Argentina Dakar Rally 2009 between Puerto Madryn and Ingeniero Jacobacci, Argentina, on Monday. LATIN DAKAR: A rider competes during the 3rd stage of the Argentina Dakar Rally 2009 between Puerto Madryn and Ingeniero Jacobacci, Argentina, on Monday.
ROW OF BOATS: Jakarta Military commander Maj. Gen. Darpito Pudyastungkoro (left) inspects rubber dinghies and other equipment at a flood emergency response training session on Tuesday. ROW OF BOATS: Jakarta Military commander Maj. Gen. Darpito Pudyastungkoro (left) inspects rubber dinghies and other equipment at a flood emergency response training session on Tuesday.
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  • LAPINDO IMPACT
    LAPINDO IMPACT
    A resident of Siring Barat village in Porong district, Sidoarjo, East Java, looks at the rubble of his house, which collapsed on Monday.

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  • Editorial: Gaza civilians need aid, now

    Tue, 01/06/2009 - 11:11 AM
    It is only human for emotions to run high in conflict situations such as the current Israeli operation in Gaza. Cries of alarm and harsh condemnation have been heard worldwide since Israel began its...

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  • Exports continue to fall amidst economic downturn

    Tue, 01/06/2009 - 11:12 AM
    The global economic downturn continues to strike the country's exports hard as weakening demand and falling commodity prices pushed down November's exports by around 11 percent from a month earlier,...

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  • City sees 11.11 percent inflation in 2008

    Tue, 01/06/2009 - 11:12 AM
    The city saw year-on-year inflation of 11.11 percent in 2008, slightly lower than its inflation target of 11.5 percent, the Jakarta Statistics Agency reported Monday.

  • Drivers await for greener bajaj
    Drivers await for greener 'bajaj'
    The life of the smoke-belching bajaj (motorized pedicab) has been extended because its greener brother, the gas-powered bajaj has not taken over the city yet.

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  • All about Wagyu
    All about Wagyu
    After reading an article on Wagyu, a friend said she felt a pang of envy.

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  • Question:
    Indonesia will increase the airport exit tax to Rp 2.5 million (US$227) from Rp 1 million beginning Jan. 1 for those without a tax number (NPWP), whereas those with a NPWP will be exempt from it. What do you think?

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  • The poor Indonesian who dont have income for to pay tax cannot go anywhere even when they are invited . But the rich can go everywhere and dont pay...

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  • There was this huge world out there, independent of us human beings and standing before us like a great, eternal riddle, at least partly accessible to our inspection and thought. The contemplation of that world beckoned like a liberation - Albert Einstein

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  • Plant-eating dinosaurs did not eat grass, because there wasn't any - so it is thought. During the Mesozoic Era, when the dinosaurs lived, conifers - cone-bearing trees and shrubs - dominated the landscape. They included redwoods, yews, pines, palms, cypress and the monkey puzzle tree. Flowering plants and grass evolved only later.