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Appendix 1.
The Types of Cohesion Employed in the Headline of Jakarta Post Online Media.
Text 1
Title : Mount Merapi forces flight cancellations
Date of edition: Tue, 11/02/2010 1:36 PM
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ties
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1. Mount Merapi forced international airlines to cancel flights to
nearby airports for the first time Tuesday, as fiery lava lit the
rumbling mountain's cauldron and plumes of smoke blackened the
sky.
0
2. Scientists warned, meanwhile, that the slow but deadly eruption
could continue for weeks, like a "marathon, not a sprint."
5 Meanwhile
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That
But
For
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3. No casualties were reported in Mount Merapi's latest blasts, which
came as Indonesia struggled to respond to an earthquake-
generated tsunami that devastated a remote chain of islands.
3 MountMerapi
That
Indonesia
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Mount merapi
Indonesia
4. The two disasters unfolding in separate parts of the country have
killed nearly 470 people and strained the government's emergency
response network.
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And
People
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5. Indonesia, a vast archipelago of 235 million people, is prone to
earthquakes and volcanos because it sits along the Pacific "Ring
of Fire," a horseshoe-shaped string of faults that lines the western
and eastern Pacific.
5 Indonesia
And
Because
It
That
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C 1
C 3
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R 2
Indonesia
Indonesia
6. Merapi - one of 22 active earthquakes now on alert - has killed 38
people since springing back to life just over a week ago, at times
forcing the temporary closure of two nearby airports.
3 Merapi
People
The
L 1
L 1
R 2
Mount merapi
People
The temporary
7. Officials in Yogyakarta, the gateway to the famed 9th-century
Borobudur temples visited by 1 million tourists a year, and nearby
Solo, have cited poor visibility and heavy ash on the runway.
2 And
The
C 1
R 2
The gateway
8. Both airports were running Tuesday, but Malaysia's budget airline
AirAsia and Singapore's SilkAir announced the temporary
suspension of several international flights because of the
smoldering mountain, just 20 miles (30 kilometers) away.
3 Both
And
The
E 1
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Airport
Smoldering
9. There have been more than 10 large eruptions at Merapi since the
first big explosion on Oct. 26, including a violent burst Monday
that appeared to have eased pressure inside the crater by creating a
vent for magma to escape.
2 Merapi
That
L 1
R 2
Mount Merapi
10. "There's no way of knowing for sure, of course," said Safari
Dwiyono, who has observed the mountain for more than 15 years.
2 For
The mountain
C 3
L 4
Mount Merapi
11. "But based on what we've seen in the last few days, we're hoping
there won't be a massive explosion. It's looking like we're in for a
marathon, not a sprint."
4 But
We
Its
For
C 2
R 1
R 1
C 3
Safari and friends
Explosion
12. The nearly 70,000 villagers evacuated from the area around
Merapi's once-fertile slopes - now blanketed by gray ash - have
5 Merapi
Villagers
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People
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been told they could be expected to stay in crowded government
camps for at least three more weeks. The
They
For
R 2
R 1
C 3
The villagers
13. More than 800 miles (1,300 kilometers) to the west, meanwhile, a
C-130 transport plane, six helicopters and four boats were ferrying
aid to the most distant corners of the Mentawai islands, where last
week's tsunami destroyed hundreds of homes, schools, churches
and mosques.
3
Meanwhile
And
Tsunami
C 4
C 1
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The tsunami
14. The tsunami death toll stood Monday at 431, the National Disaster
Management Agency said
1 Tsunami
R 1 The tsunami
15. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said relief efforts must be
sped up, expressing dismay that it took days for aid to reach the
isolated islands, though he acknowledged that violent storms were
largely to blame.
4 That
It
He
The
R 2
R 1
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Efforts
President
The isolated island
16 The fault line that spawned the killer wave - and the 2004 Indian
Ocean tsunami - is the meeting point of the two of the Earth's
dozen major plates, which have been pushing against and under
each other for millions of years, causing huge stresses to build up.
4 That
The
And
For
R 2
R 2
C 1
C 3
The fault line
17 The government has raised alert levels of 21 other volcanos to the
second- and third- highest levels in the last two months because
they have shown an increase in activity, state volcanologists
Syamsul Rizal said Monday.
5 The goverment
They
And
Volcanologists
because
L 1
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The goverment
The goverments
Syamsul Rizal
18 That's twice the number usually on the government "watch" list. 2 That
The goverment
R 2
L 1
The goverment
19 Hundreds of flights were canceled in Europe after the eruption of
Iceland's Eyjafjallajokul volcano in April.
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Text 2
Title : Volunteers leave Mentawai due to storms, lack of skills
Date of edition: Thu, 11/04/2010 9:38 AM
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ties
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1. Dozens of volunteers left the Mentawai Islands, West Sumatra, on
Wednesday — more than a week after a tsunami killed 428 people.
0
2. Severe weather has slowed aid distribution to the worst-hit islands,
leading to a backlog of relief supplies at the main disaster
management post in Sikakap district.
1 The
R 2
The main disaster
3. It also left volunteers without much to do. 2 It
Volunteers
R 1
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Mentawai
volunteers
4. One person fell into the water and was rushed to hospital as more
than 200 volunteers scrambled to board the Indonesian Navy ship
Teluk Cirebon, which was to set sail from Mentawai for the
provincial capital, Padang, as reported by Antara news agency.
4 the
and
Volunteers
Mentawai
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Volunteers
Mentawai
5. Former vice president and Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) chairman
Jusuf Kalla said it would be better
to send trained volunteers to disaster zones.
2 Vice President
It
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Jusuf Kala
Sending
6. ―There are plenty of volunteers now. It‘s fine to send volunteers —
but they should have skills and courage,‖ Kalla said in Surabaya,
East Java, on Wednesday as quoted by Antara.
5 It‘s
But
They
And
Kalla
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R 1
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L 1
Volunteers
Volunteers
Jusuf Kalla
7. Kalla said volunteers should not burden the government or
residents affected by the disasters.
2 Kalla
Vollunteers
L 1
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Jusuf Kalla
Volunteers
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8. ―If the volunteers are afraid of big waves in Mentawai, don‘t go
there.
2 Volunteers
Mentawai
L 1
L 1
Volunteers
Mentawai
9. The waves are huge, not to mention that there is frequent rain and
storms,‖ he said after installing new PMI executives in East Java.
4 He
The
That
And
R 1
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R 2
C 1
Jusuf Kalla
The wave
10. Kalla said unskilled volunteers should not be sent to disaster sites,
such as flood-stricken Wasior, West Papua; the tsunami-stricken
Mentawai Islands or Yogyakarta, which has been suffering during
the eruption of Mount Merapi.
3 Kalla
Volunteers
Or
L 1
L 1
C 1
Jusuf Kalla
Volunteers
―If they can, send volunteers who have the skills to build houses or
evacuate victims,‖ Kalla said.
2 They
Kalla
R 1
L 1
Volunteers
Jusuf Kalla
11 The PMI has sent volunteers to the three disaster sites, including
teams sent to Central Java to aid thousands of residents displaced
by Merapi‘s eruption, he said.
4 PMI
Volunteers
He
Merapi
L 1
L 1
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PMI
Volunteers
Jusuf kalla
Mount Merapi
12. ―We have to meet their needs for food and medicine,‖ he added. 5 We
Their
He
For
And
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C 3
C 1
PMI
Volunteers
Jusuf Kalla
13. At the Sikakap community health center is plagued by a lack of
medical equipment.
1 Equipment L 2 Tools
14. Mulhendra, a physician from the West Sumatra Health Office, said
many tsunami victims were suffering from pneumonia after they
were swept away by tsunami.
3 A physician
Tsunami
They
R 1
L 1
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Mulhendra
Tsunami
Victims
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15. If not properly treated, the patients might die, Mulhendra said,
adding that the afflicted should be taken to hospitals in Padang for
treatment — a luxury given limited medevac capabilities.
3 Mulhendra
The
For
L 1
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C 3
Mulhendra
The patients
16. Doctors could not do much for the sick in Sikakap, even a week
after the tsunami, due to limited medical facilities, Mulhendra said.
3 Mulhendra
Tsunami
For
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L 1
C 3
Mulhendra
The Tsunami
17. ―We‘re stressed not because of there is so much work but because
we can‘t do much in the face of limited facilities.
3 We
But
The
R 1
C 2
R 2
Doctors
The face
18. Even if we could perform surgery, it would be for small
procedures only,‖ Mulhendra said, as reported by kompas.com.
3 We
It
Mulhendra
R 1
R 1
L 1
Doctors
Surgery
Mulhendra
19. The tsunami that struck Mentawai Islands on the evening of Oct.
25 killed 428 people, according to
officials, including a 10-year-old boy, whose body was found in
Malakopak village on South Pagai Island on Tuesday.
3 Tsunami
Mentawai
Pagai island
L 1
L 1
L 3
The tsunami
Mentawai
Malakopak village
20. Thousands were forced to evacuate after their homes were
destroyed.
1 Their
R 1 Victims
21. The sense of emergency following the disaster was apparently not
shared by West Sumatra Governor Irwan Prayitno, who recently
left on an official trip to Germany.
1 The disaster
L 4 Tsunami
22. An official said tsunami victims needed temporary housing in
addition to medical assistance.
1 An official R 1 The goverment
23. West Sumatra PMI spokesperson Eko Suhadi said makeshift tents
were not enough to protect evacuees from bad weather.
1 Spokesperson R 1 Eko S
24. ―The refugee situation is very bad. Many refugees, mostly
children, have been traumatized while their health has worsened,‖
3 Refuges
Their
L 2
R 1
Victims
Victims
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he said He R 1 Eko S
25. ―Many are suffering from diarrhea due to a lack of clean water and
poor sanitation around the makeshift tents,‖ Eko told The Jakarta
Post
2 Eko
and
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Eko
Text 3
Title : Merapi spits out ‘worst eruption’ in a century
Date of edition: Fri, 11/05/2010 9:25 AM
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ties
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1. Mount Merapi showed no signs of abating on Thursday, shooting
clouds of hot ash 10 kilometers into the sky. 0
2. Volcanic activity on Thursday led authorities to recommend the
evacuation of 32 villages near Merapi in four regencies in Central
Java and Yogyakarta.
3 The
Merapi
Villagges
R 2
L 1
L 2
Th evacuation
Mount merapi
Regencies
3. Seventeen of the villages are in Magelang, four in Klaten and
three in Boyolali in Central Java. Eight villages are in Sleman,
Yogyakarta.
3 Villages
Central java
Yogyakrta
L 1
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L 3
Magelang, klaten
Sleman
4. ―This is Merapi‘s worst eruption in the last 100 years,‖ Energy
and Mineral Resources Ministry geology chief R. Sukhyar,
referring to the scale of activity and the size of the volcano‘s
exclusion zone.
2 Merapi
Geology Chief
L 1
R 1
Mount Merapi
R. Sukhyar
5. He spoke at a press conference with Volcanology and Geological
Disaster Mitigation Center (PVMBG) chief Surono and
Yogyakarta Volcanic Technology Development and Research
4 He
Chief
Head
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Surono
Subandrio
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Center head Subandrio. And C 1
6. Sukhyar said Merapi was in critical condition, evinced by
explosive outbursts which sent hot clouds 11 kilometers down its
slopes.
2 Sukhyar
Its
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R Sukhyar
Explosive
7. In 1994, 60 people were killed when the volcano erupted. 4 People
When
Volcano
Erupted
L 1
C 4
L 1
L 1
People
Volcanic
Eruption
8. In 1930, when volcanic monitoring was in its infancy, another
eruption claimed more than 1,300 lives.
3 When
Volcanic
Eruption
C 4
L 1
L 1
Volcano
Erupted
9. Forty-four people have perished since Merapi‘s most recent
eruption began on Oct. 26.
3 People
merapi
Eruption
L 1
L 1
L 1
People
Mount Merapi
Erupted
10. ―It‘s never acted like this before,‖ Surono said as quoted by AP.
―It looks like we may be entering an even worse stage.‖
3 It‘s
Surono
We
R 1
L 1
R 1
Merapi
Surono
PVMBG
11. Currently, all residents living within 12 kilometers of Mt. Merapi
have been evacuated, after authorities expanded the volcano‘s
danger zone from 10 to 15 kilometers on Wednesday.
4 Currently
Residents
Merapi
Volcano
C 4
L 2
L 1
L 1
Regency
Mount Merapi
volcanic
12. Sukhyar said magma was now forming 100 kilometers under the
volcano and might trigger a larger eruption.
4 Sukhyar
The
And
eruption
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Sukhyar
Volcano
Eruption
13. ―Considering the danger from Merapi, we recommended that the
32 villages be emptied and residents evacuated to safe zones,‖ he
said.
6 The
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That
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The danger
Misnistry
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Vilages
And
He
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Villages
Sukhyar
14. Thursday‘s eruptions were accompanied by thundering sounds
that could be heard up to 25 kilometers away.
2 Eruptions
That
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Eruption
15. Trees near Merapi were black with ash and the smell of sulfur was
strong on Thursday.
1 And C 1
16. Rain on Wednesday carried volcanic effuse to nearby rivers,
leading to flooding at the Gendol, Kuning and Boyong Rivers on
Thursday.
2 Volcanic
Rivers
L 1
L 3
Volcanic
Gendol, kuning,
boyong
17. Five houses, a bridge and pipes belonging to Sleman regency‘s tap
water company (PDAM) were swept away.
1 Regency L 1
Regency
18. Several evacuation centers were closed on Thursday and residents
relocated to safer areas.
2 And
Residents
C 1
L 2
Regency
19. Frequent moves have left some evacuees, mostly children,
traumatized.
1 Some E 1
20. Six-year-old Nely Agustin was now afraid to look at the volcano
and always cried at night, said her mother, Sri Suprihatin.
3 And
Volcano
Her
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L 1
R 1
Volcano
Sri S
21. Sri said her family had been moving from one shelter to another. 2 Sri
her
R 1
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Sri S
Sri s
22. ―First we took shelter at Umbulharjo, then at Wukirsari. Later, we
were back at Umbulharjo and now we have to move again,‖ Sri
said.
5 First
We
Then
And
Sri
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R 1
C 3
C 1
L 1
She and Her family
Sri S
23. With the expansion of the danger zone, the number of evacuees
has increased to more than 25,000 in Yogyakarta and 60,000 in
Central Java.
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24. The Central Java provincial administration said its Rp 21 billion
(US$2.35 million) disaster fund might be expended sooner than
expected.
2 Its
Disaster
R 1
L 1
Disaster
25. ―Funds for the disaster may run out in less than a month,‖ Central
Java legislator Rukma Setia Budi told The Jakarta Post on
Thursday.
3 Disaster
For
Central Java
legislator
L 1
C 3
R 1
disaster
Rukma
26. The PVMBG recently raised the warning status for 19 other
volcanoes to its second-highest level,
including Mount Papandayan, Mount Bromo and Mount Anak
Krakatau.
3 Volcanoes
Its
Mount
L 1
R 1
L 4
Volcano
Raised
Bromo and krakatau
Text 4
Title : Hospital overwhelmed by Indonesia volcano victims
Date of edition: Sat, 11/06/2010 1:40 PM
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ties
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1. The tiny hospital at the foot of Indonesia's most volatile volcano is
struggling to cope with victims brought in after the mountain's
most powerful eruption in a century.
0
2. Some have clothes, blankets and even mattresses fused to their
skin.
3 Some
And
Their
E 1
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victims
3. With just a few beds in the only burn unit in town, doctors have
been forced to turn people away.
2 The
People
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The burn
Victims
4. A surge of searing gas raced down the sides of Mount Merapi at 4 The R 2 The side
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highway speeds Friday, setting houses and trees ablaze and
blackening the bodies of those caught in its path. merapi
and
its
L 1
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Mount Merapi
Merapi
5. The nightmarish eruption raised the number of people killed by
Merapi since Oct. 26 to 118 and sent tens of thousands more into
already crowded emergency shelters in the shadow of the volcano.
4 People
Merapi
And
The
L 1
L 1
C 1
R 2
People
Mount merapi
The nighmarish
6. It continued to rumble and groan Saturday, spitting gray clouds of
ash and gas high into the air.
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And
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C 1
Eruption
7. "It's scary. ... The eruption just keeps going on," said Wajiman,
58, who was sitting in a shelter near a girl reading a newspaper
headlined "Merapi isn't finished yet."
2 Its
Merapi
R 1
L 1
The eruption
Mount Merapi
8. The worst hit village of Bronggang lay nine miles (15 kilometers)
from the fiery crater, just on the perimeter of the government-
delineated "danger zone."
2 The
Bronggang
R 2
L 2
village
9. Crumpled roofs, charred carcasses of cattle and broken chairs - all
layered in white ash and soot - dotted the smoldering landscape.
2 And
The
C 1
R 2
The smoldering
10. The zone has since been expanded to a ring 12 miles (20
kilometers) from the peak, bringing it to the edge of the ancient
royal capital of Yogyakarta, which has been put on its highest
alert.
4 The zone
It
The
Its
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Danger zone
Danger zone
The zone
The zone
11. Poor visibility from ash showers snarled traffic and forced closed
the city's airport for a second day Saturday.
2 And
For
C 1
C 3
12. The biggest threat is the Code River, which flows from the 9,700-
foot (3,000-meter) mountain into the heart of the city of 400,000
and could act as conduit for deadly volcanic mudflows that can
race at speeds of 60 mph (100 kph).
3 And
That
Mountain
C 1
R 2
L 4
Mount Merapi
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13. Already, it is clogged with cold lava, mud, rocks and other debris 3 Already
It
And
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mudflow
14. Sri Sucirathasri said her family had stayed in their Bronggang
home Thursday night because they hadn't been told to leave.
3 Her
Their
They
R 1
R 1
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Sri S
Sri and her family
Sri and her family
15. They awoke in the dark as the mountain let out thunderous claps
and tried desperately to outrun the flows on a motorbike.
3 They
Mountain
And
R 1
L 1
C 1
Sri and her family
Mount Merapi
16. Her mother, father and 12-year-old sister, Prisca, left first, but
with gray ash blocking out any light, they mistakenly drove into -
rather than away from - the volcano's dangerous discharge.
4 Her
And
But
They
R 1
C 1
C 2
R 1
Sri S
Sri, Parents, Prisca
17. The 18-year-old Sri went looking for them when she heard her
mother's screams, leaving at home an older sister, who died when
the house was engulfed in flames.
3 Them
When
She
R 1
C 4
R 1
Sri and her family
Sri
18. "It was a safe place. There were no signs to evacuate," said Sri, a
vacant gaze fixed on Prisca, whose neck and face were burned a
shiny ebony, her features nearly melted away.
3 It
And
Her
R 1
C 2
R 1
The house
Sri
19. Their mother was still missing. Their father, whose feet and ankles
were burned, was being treated in another ward.
1 Their
And
R 1
C 2
sri‘s parents
20. "I don't know what to say," she whispered when asked if she
blamed officials for not warning the family. "Angry at who? I'm
just sad. And very sick."
4 I
She
When
And
R 1
R 1
C 4
C 2
Sri
Sri
21. Merapi's latest round of eruptions began Oct. 26, followed by
more than a dozen other powerful blasts and thousands of tremors.
2 Merapi
And
L 1
C 2
Mount Merapi
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22. With each new eruption, scientists and officials have steadily
pushed the villagers who live along Merapi's fertile slopes farther
from the crater.
4 scientists
And
The
Merapi
L 1
C 2
R 2
L 1
Scientists
Mount Merapi
23. But after initially predicting earlier eruptions would ease pressure
under the magma dome, experts who have spent a lifetime
studying the volcano now say they don't know what to expect.
3 But
the
they
C 2
R 2
R 1
The magma
experts
24. Scientists can study the patterns of volcanoes, but their eruptions
are essentially unpredictable, as Merapi's increasingly intense
blasts have shown.
4 Scientists
But
Their
Merapi
L 1
C 2
R 1
L 1
Scientists
The volcanoes
Mount Merapi
25. Towering plumes of ash continued to dust windshields, roof tops
and leaves on trees hundreds of miles (kilometers) away Saturday.
1 And
C 2
26. The fallout was so bad, that at least one international airline,
Malaysia Airlines, decided to reroute flights that were supposed to
land in the city of Bandung, 220 miles (380 kilometers) west of
Merapi.
2 That
The
R 2
R 2
27. The latest eruption released 1,765 million cubic feet (50 million
cubic meters) of volcanic material, making it "the biggest in at
least a century," state volcanologist Gede Swantika said as plumes
of smoke continued to shoot up more than 30,000 feet (10,000
meters).
3 The
It
Volcanologist
R 2
R 2
R 1
The latest
Eruption
Gede Swantika
28. Soldiers pulled at least 78 bodies from homes and streets blanketd
by ash up to a foot (30 centimeters) deep, raising the overall toll to
118, according to the National Disaster Management Agency.
3 Bodies
And
The
L 2
C 2
R 2
Victims
The overall
29. With bodies found in front of houses and in streets, it appeared
that many of the villagers died from the blistering gas while trying
to escape, said Col. Tjiptono, a deputy plice chief.
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And
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Bodies
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It
That
The
While
Deputy Plice
R 1
R 2
R 2
C 4
R 1
Body
The villager
Col, Tjiptono
30. "The heat surrounded us and there was white smoke everywhere,"
said Niti Raharjo, 47, who was thrown from his motorbike along
with his 19-year-old son while trying to flee.
4 The
And
His
While
R 2
C 2
R 1
C 4
The heat
Niti R
31. The living were carried away on stretchers following the first big
explosion just before midnight.
2 The
The first
R 2
C 4
The living
32. More than 2 injured people - with burns, respiratory problems,
broken bones and cuts - waited to be treated at the tiny Sardjito
hospital, where the bodies piled up in its morgue, and two other
hospitals.
4 People
And
The
Bodies
L 1
C 2
R 2
L 1
People
The bodies
Bodies
33. "We're totally overwhelmed here!" hospital spokesman Heru
Nogroho said.
3 We
Here
Spokesman
R 1
R 2
R 1
Sarjito
Heru N
34. Some of Merapi's victims had burn covering up to 95 percent of
their bodies.
3 Some
Their
Bodies
E 1
R 1
L 1
Victims
Bodies
35. The facility's burn unit is limited to 10 beds, however, and it turns
away any patient without facial burns or whose body is burned
less than 40 percent, according to Sigit Priohutomo, a senior
official at Sardjito.
5 The
However
And
It
Or
R 2
C 2
C 2
R 2
C 1
The facility
Facility
36. Nearly 200,000 people living on the mountan have been evacuated
to crowded emergency shelters, many by force, in the last week.
2 People
Mountain
L 1
L 1
People
Mount Merapi
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37. Some return to their villages during lulls in activity, however, to
tend to their livestock.
3 Some
Their
However
E 1
R 1
C 2
Victims
38. They were told to stay away Saturday. 1 They R 1 Victims
39. The government also announced an $11 million program to buy
the cows on the mountain to kep farmers off its slopes, and to
provide compensation for animals lost in the eruptions.
2 The
And
R 2
C 2
40. Indonesia, a vast archipelago of 235 million people, is prone to
earthquakes and volcanoes because it sits along the Pacific "Ring
of Fire," a horseshoe-shaped string of faults that lines the Pacific
Ocean.
5 People
Because
It
The
That
L 1
C 2
R 1
R 2
R 2
People
Indonesia
The pasific
41. While Friday's explosion was the largest in volume in a century,
an eruption at Merapi in 1930 killed many more - 1,300.
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42. Even that toll pales in comparison to other volcanoes in the
region, including Indonesia.
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43. Krakatoa killed at least 36,000 people in 1883, in an eruption that
could be heard 2,000 miles (3,200 kilometers) away and
blackened skies region-wide for months.
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Text 5
Title : Livestock, residents’ reluctance halts Merapi evacuation
Date of edition: Sun, 11/07/2010 7:25 PM
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1. Despite calls from authority to flee their homes following the
Mount Merapi eruption, some residents in several Boyolali
villages have chosen to return home for either feeding their
livestocks or taking their valuables.
O
2. Sahir, who lives in Kupo village, nine kilometers away from
Mount Merapi, said he and his wife left their refugee camp in
Ampel , Boyolali, every morning to feed their five cows at home.
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Sahir
He and his wife
3. "We spent around an hour to cut grass for them [the cows]," said
the father of three, whose village, located in Cepogo district, lies
only nine kilometers away from Mt. Merapi.
2 We
Them
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He and his wife
The cows
4. Sahir said he and some other farmers under refugee had used to
pay someone for taking care of their livestock, including finding
them grass and delivering it home.
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5. "With five cows, I need to pay at least Rp 40,000 (US$4.5) per
day for such service. Since I'm running out money, I now have no
option except feeding my cows by myself," he said.
1
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6. Cepogo police chief First. Insp. Bambang Brusitom said the local 1 His R 1 Bambang B
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authority had worked hard to convince residents in his area to
immediately move to a safer location.
7. He said the police had deployed their officers to assist the search
and rescue team looking for residents who still stay at their homes.
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Bambang
Officers
8. "It is our responsibility to ensure the safety, but honestly, we can't
do nothing if they insist [to stay]," said Bambang, who on Sunday
closed his office in Cepogo and moving it some 15 kilometers
away from Mt. Merapi.
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Bambang
Bambang
9. Some SAR officers met by the Post along the street heading to Mt.
Merapi also shared the same concern.
2 Some
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10. "They [who refused to flee] gave us classic reasons, like they are
afraid I'd someone steal their cows or other valuables at home," an
officer said.
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Their
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Farmers
Farmers
Text 6
Title : Many flee Mt. Merapi amid fears of eruption
Date of edition: Mon, 11/08/2010 6:59 PM
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1. Frightened residents abandoned their homes in a bustling city of
400,000 at the foot of Indonesia's rumbling volcano Monday,
cramming onto trains, buses and rented vehicles as authorities
warned Mount Merapi could erupt again at any time.
O
2. A mass burial late Sunday for many of the 141 people killed in the
last two weeks served as a reminder of the mountain's devastating
power that culminated in its deadliest blast in 80 years, sending
hot clouds of gas, rocks and debris avalanching down its slopes.
6 The
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Mountain
3. With the closest airport closed by ash, rail traffic leaving
Yogyakarta has doubled in recent days, as residents - many of
them students from the city's universities - tried desperately to get
out.
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Students
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Students
The city
4. "My parents have been calling ... saying 'You have to get out of
there! You have to come home!"' said Linda Ervana, a 21-year-old
history student who was waiting with friends at a train station.
1 Student
L 1 Student
5. After days of failing to get tickets - long lines stretch all the way
through the main hall - they decided to rent a minibus with other
classmates.
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They
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The main hall
Linda and her
friends
6. "It feels like that movie '2012,"' said her 22-year-old friend,
Paulina Setin. "Like a disaster in a movie."
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Paulin Setin
7. Concerns about airborne ash after Friday's massive eruption
prompted many international airlines to cancel flights to the
capital, Jakarta, just days before President Barack Obama's
planned trip to Indonesia - his second stop in a 10-day Asian tour.
3 The
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The capital
Obama
Obama
7. All were flying again Monday, and White House officials said 1 Obama L 1 Obama
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Obama was still scheduled to touch down on Tuesday.
8. Merapi, one of the world's most active volcanoes, has erupted
many times in the last century, killing more than 1,400. But Friday
was the mountain's deadliest day since 1930, with nearly 100 lives
lost.
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mount merapi
9. Islam mandates that the dead be buried quickly, so authorities
gave relatives three days to identify their loved ones.
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The dead
The dead people
Love people
10. To speed up the process, most families chose to have their
relatives interred in a mass grave - a common practice in
Indonesia following a disaster.
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Their
Disaster
R 2
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The proccess
Family
Eruption,
11. One by one the bodies - some too charred to be identified - were
lowered into a massive trench in the shadow of the volcano.
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The volcano
12. Merapi was still issuing explosive roars Monday as it shot clouds
of gas and debris up to 3,000 feet (1 kilometer) in the air as ash
and pyroclastic flows poured down its slopes.
5 Merapi
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Its
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Merapi
Merapi eruption
The air
Eruption
13. "Based on what we're seeing now, it could erupt again any time,"
said Surono, a state volcanologist.
3 We
It
Surono
R 1
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Volcanologist
Merapi
Volcanologist
14. The National Disaster Management Agency said the overall death
toll from the volcano climbed from 138 to 141 on Monday after
search and rescue teams found more bodies on the mountain.
2 The
And
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The volcano
15. The Indonesian government has put Yogyakarta, 20 miles (30
kilometers) away, on high alert.
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16. The city's airport was closed yet again on Monday and the ash
hung so thickly in the air that breathing became painful and
clothes stunk of smoke after any time spent outdoors.
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The city
17. Though there have been no orders to evacuate Yogyakarta, many
residents have decided to go on their own.
1 Their R 1 People
18. Small hamlets on the edge of the city looked like ghost towns,
houses shuttered, some with laundry still hanging outside.
2 The
Some
R 2
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The edge
19. "What choice do we have?" asked Sukirno, 37, as he sped away
with his wife and their 8-year-old daughter on a motorbike, saying
they would join relatives far away over fears the effect of the ash
on their health.
5 He
His
Their
They
The
R 1
R 1
R 1
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Sukirno
Sukirno
Sukirno and family
Sukrino and family
The effect
20. The biggest threat to the city, experts say, is not searing gas
clouds, but the Code River, which flows right into the city's heart
from the 9,700-foot (3,000-meter) mountain.
2 But
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Moutain
21. It could act as a conduit for deadly volcanic mudflows that form in
heavy rains, racing at speeds of up to 60 mph (100 kph) and
destroying everything in their path.
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That
And
Their
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Merapi
Volcanic mudflow
22. A thick, black volcanic sludge has already inundated one city
neighborhood that starts at the river bank and climbs a hillside.
3 One
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And
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City
23. In Romomangun, the mud burst the banks and poured into
buildings.
2 The
And
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The mud burst
24. It has filled a path that runs along the river - which is usually 3 It R 1 Volcanic
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about three feet (a meter) below a retaining wall but is now even
with it.. But
that
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25. The sludge also rushed into a small, one-room building on the
bank that houses a public bathroom
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Te sludge
Room
26. The top of the entry door is now at waist level. 1 The R 2 The entrya door
27. Nearly 280,000 people - many of whom normally live on the
fertile slopes of the volcano - have jammed into emergency
shelters.
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Whom
The
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People
People
The volcano
28. Indonesia, a vast archipelago of 235 million people, is prone to
earthquakes and volcanoes because it sits along the Pacific "Ring
of Fire," a horseshoe-shaped string of faults that lines the Pacific
Ocean.
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Because
It
That
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People
Indonesia
Text 7
Title : Lawmakers plan to join Gayus investigations
Date of edition: Tue, 11/09/2010 1:48 PM
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1. Lawmakers plan to inspect Kelapa Dua Police Detention Center in
Depok, West Java, following allegations that graft convict Gayus
Tambunan misused a temporary medical check up permit
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2. ―I am organizing support from other lawmakers [for the
inspection],‖ said legislator Ahmad Yani from the United
Development Party.
2 Ahmad yani
The
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Ahmad yani
The United
Development
3. The lawmakers will focus on finding loopholes in the police‘s
internal monitoring system, he said.
3 Lawmakers
The
He
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Lawmakers
The polices internal
Ahmad Yani
4. The results of the inspection would be passed on to the team of
police investigators in charge of the case.
1 The
R 2 The result
5. Yani said he had been informed that several police officers had
been questioned by the team led by National Police detective chief
Comr. Gen. Ito Sumardi.
3 Yani
That
The
L 1
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Ahmad Yani
6. ―We are now waiting for the newly appointed National Police
chief Gen. Timur Pradopo to fulfill his promise, to take firm
action against those who have violated the law,‖ he said.
4 We
Those
The
He
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Detective police
Ito sumardi
7. Gayus Tambunan was alleged to have misused his temporary
medical check up permit to watch a tennis event in Nusa Dua,
Bali, last week.
2 Gayus
His
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Gayus
Gayus
8. Separately, House of Representatives' deputy spokesman Pramono
Anung called on police to investigate reports implicating Gayus
Tambunan
2 Separatley
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Gayus
9. ―I urge the police internal affairs division to investigate the
reports. Severe punishments should be handed down for those
involved,‖ Pramono, a lawmaker from the Indonesian Democratic
Party of Struggle (PDIP), said Tuesday.
4 The
For
Those
Lawmaker
R 2
C 2
R 2
L 1
The police
Lawmakers
10. ―The Gayus story isn't the first incident to take place in our justice
system,‖ he said.
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The gayus story
Gayus
Pramono Anung
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Text 8
Title : Bakso, nasi goreng ... semuanya enak!’
Date of edition: Wed, 11/10/2010 9:22 AM
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1. ―Terima kasih untuk bakso, nasi goreng, emping, krupuk.
Semuanya enak!‖ Those were the words of a US president in
Indonesian, thanking his host after being served with delicacies he
used to love as a young boy living here in the city.
0
2. In what many Indonesians saw as a homecoming visit on Tuesday,
Barack Obama was generally welcomed with warmth and a sense
of kinship by those who met him and those watching him on TV,
or even just listening to his voice on the radio
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Or
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Obama
The radio
3. Reflecting on the four years he spent here as a child back in the
1960s, Obama said Jakarta had changed so much
3 He
The
Obama
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Obama
The four years
Obama
4. ―I barely recognize the city… Sarinah used to be the tallest
building and now it is one of the shorter buildings on the road,‖ he
said
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Building
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Jakarta
The tallest
Building
Sarinah
5. Visiting the city as the US president was disorienting, Obama
added
3 The city
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The US president
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Obama
6. ―The landscape has changed completely since I was here in 1967.
I remember people on becak — bicycle rickshaw things — or
bemo, which were sort of like taxis… Now, as president, I can‘t
see the traffic. The streets are blocked,‖ he said, followed by
laughter from a crowd of officials and reporters
4 The
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and
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The landscape
Obama
7. Obama said it was ―wonderful‖ to be back in Indonesia with first
lady Michelle Obama and that he pondered returning to Indonesia
with his two daughters to visit the country‘s cultural sites
9 Obama
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And
That
He
His
The
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Obama
Jakarta
Indonesia
Obama
Obama
The country
Indonesia
8. Nostalgia aside, Obama‘s visit is a realization of his promise to
repair the US‘ tarnished image through a foreign policy that relies
more on the country‘s soft power in engaging with the Muslim
world
4 Obama
His
The
That
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Obama
Obama
The musim world
9. In a press conference held after a bilateral meeting with
Indonesian counterpart President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono,
Obama said that focusing solely on security issues would not help
the US achieve the aim of ending mistrust with Muslim countries
3 Obama
That
The
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Obama
The US
10. ―We don‘t expect to completely eliminate misunderstanding and
mistrust that we‘ve developed over a long period of time, but we
do think that we‘re on the right path.‖
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And
That
But
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The right path
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11. He also took the time to criticize Israel‘s plans to build new
apartments in disputed East Jerusalem.
2 He
The
R 1
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Obama
The time
12. ―This kind of activity is never helpful when it comes to peace
negotiations,‖ Obama said
3 This
It
Obama
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Obama
13. Today, Obama is scheduled to visit the Istiqlal Mosque, the largest
in Southeast Asia, where he will meet clerics to exchange views
on the peaceful teaching of Islam
3 Obama
The
He
L 1
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Obama
The Istiqlal Mosque
Obama
14. ―I think broadening the relationship strengthens it, to build trust,
build more people-to-people contact, that will be good for our
security,‖ he added
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For
Our
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The relationship
Relationship
Indonesia and US
Obama
15. Obama cited the US‘ recent organizing of an entrepreneur summit
in Washington involving young business leaders from a number of
Muslim countries, as well as the US‘ relationship with Indonesia,
which has just entered a new stage with the launch of the
Comprehensive Partnership between the US and Indonesia that
touches on more than just economic and security issues.
5 Obama
The
Indonesia
And
That
L 1
R 2
L 1
C 1
R 2
Obama
The US
Indonesia
16. Obama said he was not happy that the US was Indonesia‘s third-
largest trading and investment partner.
5 Obama
He
That
Indonesia
And
L 1
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R 2
L 1
C 1
Obama
Obama
Indonesia
17. ―I‘ve informed [Yudhoyono] that we don‘t like to be No. 3. We
want to be No. 1,‖ he said
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We
He
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Obama
18. Another area in the partnership, he said, was to improve the 5 He R 1 Obama
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people-to-people partnership, particularly the cooperation and
exchanges between US and Indonesian students and universities. The
And
US
Indonesia
R 2
C 1
L 1
L 1
The cooperation
US
Indonesia
19. For this purpose, Obama is scheduled to visit the University of
Indonesia today to deliver a lecture.
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purpose
Obama
The
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Obama
The University Of
Indonesia
20. ―The third element in our Comprehensive Partnership is to deepen
our political and security cooperation.‖
2 Our
And
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US and Indonesia
21. He said this included the ―already strong cooperation‖ between
Indonesia and the US in terrorism and piracy prevention and the
US‘ partnering with Indonesia in East Asia, in which he look
forward to Indonesia‘s leadership as chair of ASEAN and to
returning to Jakarta next year for the East Asia Summit
6 He
This
The
Indonesia
US
And
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R 2
L 1
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Obama
The US
Indonesia
US
22. At a dinner banquet hosted by Yudhoyono at the State Palace,
Obama said that, although different, Indonesia and the US shared
many similarities that served as common grounds for stronger
bonds, including the struggle for independence and democratic
movements
8 The
Obama
That
Although
Indonesia
US
For
And
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L 1
L 1
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The US
Obama
Indonesia
US
23. ―Like bamboo on the riverbank, we have to rely on each other. No
country is an island, even those made of thousands of islands,‖
Obama said
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Those
Obama
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L 1
The US
Obama
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Text 9
Title : Officers get 5 months in prison in ‘red herring’ torture trial
Date of edition: Thu, 11/11/2010 12:40 PM
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1. Three low-ranking officers of the Pam Rahwan Yonif 753/Arga
Vira Tama squad, based in Nabire, Papua, were handed down five
months‘ imprisonment on Thursday for their involvement in the
torture of several Puncak Jaya residents in March
0
2. The officers were Chief Pvt Sahminan Husain Lubis, Second Pvt
Joko Sulistiono and Second Pvt Dwi Purwanto
2 The
And
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The officers
3. The verdict, read out by chief judge Lt. Col. Adil Karokaro at the
Cendarawasih Military Court III/19 in Jayapura, was heavier than
the three months previously demanded the military prosecutor
1 The
R 2 The verdict
4. According to tempointeraktif.com, The panel of judges said the
defendants had breached the Indonesian Military Code of Conduct
1 The R 2 The panel
5. The trial, trumpeted by Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang
Yudhoyono as evidence of Indonesia's commitment to upholding
human rights ahead of Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard's
visit last week, has been widely criticized by human rights
activists as deceptive, and was labeled by one international media
outlet as a ―red-herring‖
3 The trial
And
One
L 1
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The trial
Media
6. The trial of the four soldiers began amid assurances that the
defendants were soldiers who had appeared in a widely distributed
video depicting the graphic torture of two Papuan men that was
presumed to have been recorded on May 30.
4 The trial
The
That
Video
L 1
R 2
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L 1
The trial
The defendants
Videoa
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7. The torture video shows the soldiers using burning sticks to scald
the victims‘ genitals
3 Video
The
Soldier
L 1
R 2
L 1
Video
The torture
Soldier
8. However, as the trial began it became apparent that the four
defendants had nothing to do with the events that took place in the
widely publicized video
5 However
The trial
It
That
The
C 2
L 1
R 1
R 2
R 2
The trial
The trial
The trial
9. Instead, the four soldiers were involved in a separate case that
took place in March, which was also captured on video, but one
that was much less disturbing
7 Instead
The
Soldier
That
Video
But
One
C 2
R 2
L 1
R 2
L 1
C 2
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The four soldier
Sodier
Video
Video
10. Earlier on Thursday, the officer‘s superior, Second Lt. Cosmos,
was sentenced to seven months in prison by the same court in
relation to the same case
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thurday
The
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The officer
Text 10
Title : Evacuation volunteers rely on radios for safety
Date of edition: Fri, 11/12/2010 9:36 AM
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1. Danger zone: Members of a joint evacuation team consisting of
military and public officers and volunteers on Thursday inspect
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what was a hamlet wiped out by pyroclastic flows from Mount
Merapi‘s Nov. 5 eruption, the biggest since it began exploding on
Oct. 26
2. JP/Slamet Susanto The handheld radio transceiver is a vital
instrument for volunteers evacuating victims from erupting Mount
Merapi as they anticipate hot clouds that unpredictably spew from
the world‘s most active volcano
4 The
For
They
That
R 2
C 3
R 1
R 2
The handheld
Slamet‘s
3. When hot clouds (pyroclastic flow) spew, the evacuation teams‘
radio units sound an alarm.
2 When
The
C 4
R 2
The evacuation
4. The sound is relayed from the seismographs section at the
Volcanic Technology Development and Research Center
(BPPTK) Yogyakarta
3 Sound
The
And
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C 1
Sound
The sound
5. ―If we use cellular phones to alert our team of pyroclastic flows,
the flow will reach us before the SMS,‖ said Hamid Tolchah, 30,
an evacuation team member from the Yogyakarta Red Cross
(PMI) on Thursday
5 We
Our
The
Hamid
Team member
R 1
R 1
R 2
L 1
L 1
BPPTK
Team
The flow
Hamid
Team leader
6. With handheld radios, he said, volunteers could stay tuned to one
channel and receive vital information simultaneously
4 He
Volunteers
One
And
R 1
L 1
S 1
C 1
Hamid
Volunteer
Chanel
7. ―When it sounds an alarm, everyone knows what to do: Run!‖
Hamid, who has been a PMI member for about a year, said
4 When
It
Sounds
Hamid
C 4
R 1
L 1
L 1
The sound
Sound
Hamid
8. Before the danger zone was expanded to a 20-kilometer radius
from the crater of Merapi, following the biggest eruption in
recorded history on Nov. 5, Hamid was tasked with distributing
3 The
Hamid
Danger zone
R 2
L 1
L 1
The danger zone
Hamid
Danger zone
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clean water to refugees within the previous 10-kilometer danger
zone
9. He said this time was valuable as an evacuation team member
because he was familiar with the geography of fields that later
became danger zones
6 He
This
Team member
That
because
Danger zone
R 1
R 2
L 1
R 2
C 3
L 1
Hamid
Team member
Danger zone
10. Such solid knowledge on the ―red zones‖ is a requirement for
evacuation team members
3 The
For
Team
members
R 2
C 3
L 1
The red zon
Team members
11. Thursday‘s evacuation team leader Lt. Col. Iwan Setiawan, deputy
chief commander of military unit Kopassus, thoroughly studied
the map of the red zones before leading the team
2 Team leader
The
L 3
R 2
Team members
12. He also involved residents who knew the areas well in the
evacuation process
3 He
The
Resident
R 1
R 2
L 2
Iwan
The areas
Areas
13. Merapi‘s eruptions, which have claimed more than 180 lives, have
devastated villages within danger zones, turning the regions into
layers of hot volcanic materials
5 Danger zone
Merapi
The
Villages
Regions
L 1
L 1
R 2
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Danger zone
Merapi
The regions
Villages
Area
14. A number of villages are still inaccessible, also because of threats
from hot clouds that can eject from Merapi at any time. ―We
prioritize the safety of volunteers,‖ Iwan said
5 Villages
Because
That
We
Iwan
L 1
C 3
R 2
R 1
L 1
Villages
Team evacuation
Iwan
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15. For safety reasons, the team was divided into several groups: the
evacuation, vehicle and information sections
4 For
The team
Several group
And
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L 2
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Evacuation,vehicle
infromation
16. Iwan said the information team, holders of the handheld radios,
had a central role in the evacuation process
2 Iwan
The
L 1
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Iwan
The information
17. He said they monitored and communicated with the Meteorology,
Climatology and Geology Agency (BMKG) and BPPTK
regarding the real-time condition of Merapi through handheld
radios
4 He
They
And
The
R 1
R 1
C 1
R 2
Iwan
Evacuator
The real-time
18. ―The lives of the evacuation team depend on these devices,‖ said
Iwan
3 The
Iwan
Evacuation
team
R 2
L 1
L 1
The live
Iwan
Evacuation team
19. With the peak of the smoldering volcano mostly covered with
thick cloud and ash, handheld radios assured the safety of the
evacuation team Thursday.
3 The
And
Evacuation
team
R 2
C 1
L 1
The peak
Evacuation team
20. The team, comprised of Kopassus, marines, police mobile brigade
and other volunteers, retreated empty handed Thursday
3 The team
And
Volunteers
L 4
C 1
L 1
Evacuation, vehicle,
information
Volunteers
21. . ―We ran back as the hot cloud signal was heard,‖ said Ferry,
commander of Search and Rescue team (SAR), Yogyakarta
2 We
The
R 1
R 2
SAR
The hot cloud
22. He said rivers on the slopes of Merapi, which are full of volcanic
material, helped slow down flows from the crater
3 He
The
Merapi
R 1
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L 1
Ferry
The slopes
Merapi
23. However, ―We don‘t dare take any risks. Flows can travel very 2 However C 2
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Title : KPK highlights need for separate prison, corrupt officials
Date of edition: Sat, 11/13/2010 11:12 AM
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1. Constitutional Court chief Mahfud MD urged law enforcement
officials to punish hard graft defendant Gayus H Tambunan,
following his absence from his detention cell last week
0
2. ―His crime has impoverished many people and he seemed to feel
no guilty at all. He could even laugh during interviews. He must
be punished hard, for example, through an impoverishment
against him,‖ Mahfud said Saturday during a talkshow in Jakarta
4 His
And
He
Him
R 1
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Gayus
Gayus
Gayus
3. ―The case involved more than only officers in where Gayus was
detained. Why Bali if they could meet Gayus in Jakarta?‖ he said
3 The
Gayus
He
R 2
L 1
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The case
Gayus
Mahfud
4. Last week, Gayus is believed to leave police custody in Kelapa
Dua Police Detention Center in Depok, West Java, and watch a
tennis match in Bali.
2 Gayus
And
L 1
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Gayus
5. He demanded law enforcement officials to solve the case to its
roots.
3 He
The
Its
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R 1
Gayus
The case
The case
6. ―This case is important and obviously there are people helping
Gayus. Law enforcers have to dismantle his networks and punish
5 This
His
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Gayus
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them all,‖ he said Them
And
He
R 1
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Coruptor
Mahfud
7. He added that the society was severely impaired by such corrupt
attitudes mostly coming from government and public officials like
Gayus
6 He
Added
That
The
Goverment
Public offical
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R 2
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Mahfud
The society
Goverment
Public official
8. ―Government and public officials supposed to be role models. So,
any officials and officers who involved in Gayus‘s outing should
also be punished hard. I‘d say a lifetime in prison would do,‖ he
added.
7 Goverment
And
Public official
So
Gayus
He
Added
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Goverment
Public official
Gayus
Mahfud
Text 12
Title : South Korea picks up 4 Asian Games gold’s Sunday
Date of edition: Sun, 11/14/2010 3:10 PM
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1. South Korea swept all four shooting gold medals Sunday and
Japan won the men's triathlon to put a small dent into China's
overwhelming gold medal haul at the Asian Games
0
2. South Korean shooter Lee Dae-myung won the men's 10-meter air 3 South Korea L 1 South Korea
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pistol and helped secure a victory in the team competition on the
second morning. The
And
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C 1
The team
3. Later, Gim Yun-mi won the women's 10-meter air pistol and
South Korea the women's team gold
3 The
And
South Korea
R 2
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L 1
The women
South Korea
4. Meanwhile China, which won 18 of the 28 golds on the first day,
added to its tally Sunday with wins in both single slalom kayak
and canoe and in track cycling's team sprint event
6 Meanwhile
Added
Its
And
Both
China
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C 1
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C 1
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The tally
Single slalom kayak
and canoe
China
5. China topped the medal count at the last Asian Games in Doha
with 166 gold medals and is on its way to repeating that
7 China
The
Gold medals
And
Its
That
Asian games
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L 1
C 1
R 1
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China
The medal
Gold medal
The Way
Asian Games
6. There are 476 gold medals to be awarded in Guangzhou 1 Golds medal L 1 Gold Medal
7. Japanese triathletes finished first and second in the men's race just
24 hours after two of their female compatriots took the major
medals in the women's event
3 And
The
Their
C 1
R 2
R 1
The major medal
Japanese
8. On Sunday, Yuichi Hosoda and Ryosuke Yamamoto finished one-
two to make Japan the undisputed triathlon champions of the
Asian Games
4 The
Asian Games
And
Finished
R 2
L 1
C 1
L 1
The Asian Games
Asian Games
Finished
9. On Saturday, Mariko Adachi and Akane Tsuchihashi of Japan
won gold and silver, respectively, in the women's race
2 And
The
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10. Hosoda finished in one hour, 52 minutes, 15 seconds, with
Yamamoto 25 seconds behind. Dmitry Gaag of Kazakhstan, who
won at the 2006 Doha Asian Games and who served a two-year
doping ban for EPO in between, took the bronze in 1:53.08
4 Finished
The
Asian games
And
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C 1
Finished
The bronze
Asian Games
11. The Olympic distance triathlon included a 1.5-kilometer swim in
Centre Lake at the University Town complex, followed by a
seven-lap, 40-kilometer cycle on a flat course and a 10-kilometer
run
2 The
And
R 2
C 1
The Olimpic
12. Hosoda was fourth out of the water behind swim leader Heo Min-
ho of South Korea, but led after the cycle leg and relegated Heo to
second place. Heo faltered in the run leg to finish fifth
3 The
But
And
R 2
C 2
C 1
The water
13. "I am glad I was able to go so strongly at the finish," Hosoda said
of his time of 31 minutes, 25 seconds in the run. "I am very happy
we were able to win the gold and silver medals."
3 The
We
And
R 2
R 1
C 1
The finish
Japanese
14. Teng Zhiqiang won the canoe slalom single and Huang Cunguang
the kayak version while the Chinese team of Zhang Lei, Zhang
Miao and Cheng Changsong beat Japan in the gold medal final in
the cycling men's sprint. Iran beat Malaysia for the bronze
2 And
The
C 1
R 2
The canoe
15. China increased its gold count to 22, well ahead of South Korea's
eight and Japan's five. Judo, swimming and weightlifting were
among those events scheduled later among 35 finals
2 And
Those
C 1
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Judo, Sim,
weighttlifting
16. In morning swim heats, Olympic champions Kosuke Kitajima of
Japan and Park Tae-hwan of South Korea made their first
appearances
2 And
Their
C 1
R 1
Olimpic Chamapion
17. Breaststroke specialist Kitajima was second in his 50-meter heat
with a time of 28.38 seconds, 0.53 seconds behind China's Li
Xiayan.
1 His R 1
18. Overall, the four-time Olympic gold medalist qualified fifth for 3 For C 3
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the final, trailing Li, domestic rival Ryo Tateishi and swimmers
from Iran and Kazakhstan The
And
R 2
C 1
The final
19. Park, the 400-meter freestyle champion from the 2008 Beijing
Olympics, is trying to recover from a disappointing showing at
last year's world championships, where he didn't qualify for the
final
3 The
He
For
R 2
R 1
C 3
The final
Park
20. The 21-year-old Park won his heat in the 200 freestyle but
qualified only third for the final with a time of 1 minute, 49.15
seconds, behind Chinese swimmers Sun Yang and Zhang Lin,
runner-up to Park at the 2008 Games
3 His
But
And
R 1
C 2
C 1
Park
21. Park said he was happy with his performance 2 He
His
R 1
R 1
Park
Park
22. "My condition was not bad and I engaged in the race quite
comfortably," he said, adding, "I think I will have to post a better
result in the final."
4 And
The
He
Adding
C 1
R 2
R 1
C 1
The race
Park
Text 13
Title : Warden says Gayus had 68 times since July
Date of edition: Mon, 11/15/2010 10:54 AM
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1. Graft suspect Gayus Tambunan bribed his way out of his cell 68
times since July, alleged his former warden, Comr. Iwan Siswanto
0
2. Iwan told investigators that Gayus had frequently asked to
temporarily leave his cell at the National Police Mobile Brigade
7 Iwan
That
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detention center in Depok, West Java, since his trial on graft
allegations began earlier this year Gayus
His cell
The
His
This
L 1
L1
R 2
R 1
R 2
Gayus
His cell
The Nation Police
Iwan
The year
3. Gayus was alleged to have left his cell three times in July, 19
times in both August and September, 23 times in October and at
least four times in November
4 Gayus
His cell
Both
And
L 1
L 1
E 1
C 1
Gayu
His cell
4. Iwan alleged he received Rp 368 million (US$40,000) in bribes
from Gayus to let the former low-level tax official out of detention
while waiting for his trial
4 Iwan
He
Gayus
The
L 1
R 1
L 1
R 2
Iwan
Iwan
Gayus
Th former
5. According to an investigation document given to Tempo, Iwan
said he gave Gayus no special treatment
3 Iwan
He
Gayus
L 1
R 1
L 1
Iwan
Iwan
Gayus
6. One guard said that Gayus typically left his cell around 3 p.m., but
sometimes as late as 8 p.m
5 That
Gayus
His
But
The guard
R 2
L 1
R 1
C 2
L 1
Gayus
Gayus
The guard
7. After the detention center‘s gates were opened, Gayus was taken
by motorcycle to either a gas station or a Bank Mandiri branch
near the University of Indonesia
3 The
Gayus
Or
R 2
L 1
C 1
The detention
Gayus
8. ―He had his own car and a driver waiting there to pick him up‖,
the guard told investigators
4 He
His
And
The guard
R 1
R 1
C 1
L 1
Gayus
Gayus
The guard
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Text 14
Title : Cities in Java, Bali to hold Idul Adha mass prayers Tuesday
Date of edition: Tue, 11/16/2010 7:56 AM
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1. The country‘s second largest Muslim organization,
Muhammadiyah, announces a list of mosques and locations in
Java and Bali where mass Idul Adha prayers are to be held
Tuesday
0
2. The list, which can be accessed includes five mosques in Bali,
more than 35 in Jakarta and dozens of others in Yogyakarta,
Bantul and Gunung Kidul, Central Java
3 The list
And
Central java
L 1
C 1
L 4
The list
Yogya, Bantul,
Gunung kidul
3. Locations in Jakarta include the Baitul Hikmah mosque on Jl.
Gelong Baru Selatan, Tomang, and the Failaka Mosque on Jl.
Palmerah Utara Raya, West Jakarta, as well as the Al Muhajirin
Mosque in Tanah Abang and Al Falah Mosque in Bendungan
Hilir, Central Jakarta.
2 The
And
R 2
C 1
The Baitul Hikmah
4. The government announced that the Muslim holy day of Idul
Adha would fall on Wednesday
1 That
R 2
5. However, Muhammadiyah, based on its moon observation
calculation, stated that the day falls on Tuesday
3 However
Its
That
C 2
R 1
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Text 15
Title : A celebration ‘in a time of mourning’
Date of edition: Thu, 11/18/2010 9:21 AM
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1. No hustle no meat: Hundreds of people jostle for meat from cattle
slaughtered as part of the observance of the Day of Sacrifice at the
Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) offices in Jakarta on Wednesday
0
2. The BPK slaughtered eight cows and 14 goats and gave the meat
away to the poor
3 The BPK
And
The
L 1
C 1
R 2
BPK
The meat
3. JP/R. Berto Wedhatama An appeal for solidarity and tolerance
marked commemorations of the Islamic Day of Sacrifice, or Idul
Adha, which was celebrated on either Tuesday or Wednesday, in
accordance to diverse beliefs here
3 And
Or
An appeal
C 1
C 1
L 1
Appeal
4. The appeals for solidarity referred to the tens of thousands who
have lost loved ones and who were displaced from their homes in
recent disasters in West Sumatra, Yogyakarta, Central Java, and
Papua
4 The appeal
The
Ones
Their
L 1
R 2
S 1
R 1
Appeal
The appeals
Lost home
People
5. ―We celebrate Idul Adha at a time when Indonesia is mourning
from strings of disasters: the flash flood in Wasior, the tsunami in
Mentawai, and the Merapi eruption.
3 We
Idul adha
Disasters
R 1
L 1
L 3
Moslem
Idul Adha
Flash flood, tsunami,
merapi
6. The time is high for us to contemplate more,‖ said Din
Syamsuddin, leader of the second-largest Islamic organization,
Muhammadiyah, in his sermon after leading prayers in Surabaya,
4 The
His
For
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C 3
The time
Din
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East Java, on Tuesday Din
Syamsudin
L 1 Din Syamsudin
7. Din also called on Muslims to persevere in the face of the natural
disasters. ―We have to be patient .... Those who are patient are
people who are tested but are faithful to God,‖ he said
6 Din
The
We
Those
But
He
L 1
R 2
R 1
R 2
C 2
R 1
Din Syamsudin
The face
Din and other
muslim
Din
8. While Yogyakarta, among the areas hit by the volcanic eruptions,
is a base area of Muhammadiyah, which celebrated Idul Adha on
Tuesday, the governor and traditional monarch Sri Sultan
Hamengkubuwono X was seen joining the congregation
Wednesday with refugees at Maguwoharjo Stadium
4 Yogyakarta
The
Idul adha
And
L 1
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L 1
C 1
Yogyakarta
The areas
Idul Adha
9. Schools in Yogyakarta were closed on both Tuesday and
Wednesday, while municipal secretary Rapingun called for
―tolerance and harmony‖ despite the different dates chosen to
mark the Islamic holiday
3 Yogyakarta
And
For
L 1
C 1
C 3
Yogyakrta
10. The national holiday was on Wednesday 1 The R 2 The Islamic holiday
11. In Jakarta thoroughfares were relatively quiet on Wednesday, as
residents chose to spend their time in amusement parks or visiting
cemeteries
2 Their
Or
R 1
C 1
Thoroughfares
12. The Istiqlal Grand Mosque here announced it would donate Rp
92.4 million (US$10,348) to victims of the ongoing Mt. Merapi
eruptions in Central Java and the tsunami that struck the Mentawai
Islands last month
5 It
And
That
The
Istiqlal
R 1
C 1
R 2
R 2
L 1
The Istiqlal Mosque
The tsunami
Istiqlal
13. Istiqlal also announced it would distribute the meat of 17 cows
and 318 goats to the needy through a voucher system early
3 Istiqlal
It
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Istiqlal
Istiqlal
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Thursday And C 1
14. The mosque‘s manager, Mubarok, said Wednesday that more than
5,000 vouchers had been prepared
1 That R 2
15. He said the mosque had decided to impose the new regulation ―to
avoid stampedes‖
2 He
The mosque
R 1
L 4
Mubarok
Istiqlal
16. In previous years, the mosque would distribute meat immediately
after the animals were slaughtered, which led to incidents of
fighting among the awaiting crowds
2 In previous
years
The
C 4
R 2
The mosque
17. Divine mercy: Residents of Jarak hamlet, 5 kilometers from the
crater of Mt. Merapi (background) in the Central Java regency of
Boyolali, hold kenduri, a traditional ritual asking God for safety
from the volcano on Wednesday.
2 The
For
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C 3
The crater
18. Antara/Andika Betha ―We will mark those who have received
packages so that no one gets two,‖ he said
5 We
Those
So
That
He
R 1
R 2
S 1
R 2
R 1
Antara
Andika
19. One voucher will entitle the bearer to 1 kilogram of meat, Antara
news agency reported
1 One
S 1
20. Most of the sacrificed cows and goats had undergone medical
checks
2 The
And
R 2
C 1
The sacrificed
21. Data from the Jakarta administration showed that this year the
administration slaughtered 180 cows and 473 goats, compared to
142 cows and 318 goats in 2009
4 That
This
The
And
R 2
R 2
R 2
C 1
The Jakarta
22. Many Jakartans also opted to spend their holidays in amusement
parks, such as Taman Mini Indonesia Indah in Cipayung, East
Jakarta
2 Their
R 1
Jakartans
23. The miniature park, which is usually quiet on weekdays, was 1 And C 1
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packed with both domestic and foreign tourists
24. The parks‘ publication supervisor Fitriana said it was normal for
the park to receive between 25,000 and 30,000 visitors each Idul
Adha
3 It
For
And
R 2
C 3
C 1
The park
25. Hundreds of Jakartans were also seen at cemeteries in Rawa
Wadas, Pondok Kelapa and Utan Kayu.
1 And C 1
26. It is a tradition for Muslims here to visit the graves of loved ones
on Islamic holy days
3 It
here
Ones
R 2
C 2
S 1
Visitors
Islamic holidays
Text 16
Title : Indonesia lands first gold in China’s traditional sport
Date of edition: Fri, 11/19/2010 9:56 AM
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1. After six days of waiting, Indonesia finally won its first gold
medal in the men‘s 1,000-meter Straight Race at Zeng Cheng
Dragon Boat Lake on Thursday
0
2. ―We have been focusing on the men‘s 1,000 since the beginning
of our training for the Asian Games as we had little information
about China‘s men‘s team and our athletes trained 20 kilometers a
day,‖ Indonesian Rowing and Canoeing Association chair
Achmad Sutjipto told The Jakarta Post after the race
4 We
The
For
And
R 1
R 2
C 3
C 1
Zeng Cheng Dragon
Boat
The Asian games
3. ―The dragon boat is China‘s legacy. It is China‘s heritage, but we
expected to win the race in China,‖ Sutjipto said
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But
We
R 1 Indonesian Rowing
And Canoing
Association
4. ―This is within our expectations and we have fulfilled our goal 3 This
And
We
R 2
C 1
R 1
Indonesian Rowing
And Canoing
Association
5. We have passion and commitment 2 We
And
R 1
C 1
Indonesian Rowing
And Canoing
Association
6. We are happy that this is the first gold medal we won at the
Guangzhou Asian Games.‖
4 We
That
This
That
R 1
R 2
R 2
R 2
Indonesian Rowing
And Canoing
Association
7. The Indonesian team led from the very beginning, defeating
Myanmar, North Korea and even the host, China
2 The
And
R 2
C 1
The Indonesian team
8. Starting in lane four, Indonesia clocked in at 51.156 seconds for
the first 250 meters, continued to lead at 500 meters and was still
ahead at 750 meters before crossing the finish line at 03:32.016
4 Indonesia
For
The
And
L 1
C 3
R 2
C 1
Indonesia
The finish
9. In lane one, China passed the first 250 meters in 51.608 seconds,
second only to Indonesia, continuing to chase Indonesia at 500
meters
1 Indonesia
L 1 Indonesia
10. Myanmar eclipsed the host team at the 750 meter mark, finishing
second at 03:34.542
1 The
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11. South Korea, which started in lane three, finished third, clocking
in at 03:37.254
12. The Indonesian team has been training hard at Jatiluhur dam in
West Java, with their main focus to enhance their endurance and
power, Sutjipto said
4 Indonesian
Their
And
Sutjipto
L 1
R 1
C 1
L 1
Indonesia
Indonesian team
Sutjipto
13. ―We worked out three times a day — in the morning, afternoon
and night. We decreased the volume to two sessions each day
before the race and increased the intensity,‖ he said
4 We
And
The
He
R 1
C 1
R 2
R 1
Indonesian team
The volume
Sutjipto
14. Sutjipto said China was strong in almost every sport, but didn‘t
focus on the dragon boat
2 Sutjipto
But
L 1
C 2
Sutjipto
15. ―If they had worked harder, they would have had better results.‖ 1 They R 1 Idonesian team
16. The Indonesian team also won their medal in unfamiliar weather
conditions, he added
3 Indonesian
Their
He
L 1
R 1
R 1
Indonesian
Indonesian team
Sutjipto
17. ―The weather in China is quite cold compared to Indonesia. It was
a little bit difficult for us to adapt,‖ coach Mohammad Suryadi
said a day before the race.
3 The
It
For
R 2
R 1
C 3
The weather
Weather
18. ―We had to purchase waterproof shoes and visited Guangzhou
yesterday to find them. Unfortunately, we didn‘t find any. We
need to continue [the search].
4 We
And
Them
Unfortunately
R 1
C 1
R 1
C 4
Indonesian team
Indonesian team
19. It is very cold when we get out of the boat with wet feet.‖ 3 It
We
The
R 1
R 1
R 2
Weather
Indonesian team
The boat
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20. The Indonesian women‘s team won a silver medal in the 1,000-
meter race after finishing at 04: 14.590 behind China at 04:03.706
2 Indonesian
The
L 1
R 2
Indonesian
The indonesian
woman‘s team
21. The bronze medal went to Thailand. 1 The R 2 The bronze medal
22. ―We respect China‘s women‘s team for winning gold today, but
we will try to fight back in the upcoming events
3 We
For
But
R 1
C 3
C 2
Indonesian woman‘s
team
23. Indonesia is even stronger at short distance races,‖ Suryadi said 1 Indonesia L 1
Indonesia
24. Indonesia will also compete in the men‘s and women‘s 50-meter
straight races on Friday and the men‘s and women‘s 250-meter
straight race
3 Indonesia
The
And
L 1
R 2
C 1
Indonesia
The men
25. Rita Subowo, the Indonesian National Olympic Committee
(KONI) chairwoman, hoped the first gold for the dragon boat
event would ―motivate all athletes to perform well‖, especially in
karate, badminton and track and field, Antara reported
2 The
And
R 2
C 1
The dragon boat
Text 17
Title : Govt steps up heat on S. Arabia over worker abuse
Date of edition: Sat, 11/20/2010 11:22 AM
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ties
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1. Until day seven of the 16th Asian Games (not 26th Games as
reported on Friday on this page) the only two gold medals
collected by the country were in the aquatic sport of the dragon
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boat — which resembles many traditional rowing sports in
Indonesia
2. The first gold was won on Thursday in the men‘s 1,000-meter
Straight Race, while the second gold was in the men‘s 500-meter
Straight Race on Friday
1 The
R 2 The first gold
3. Starting in lane four, the Indonesian team of 20 was left behind by
Myanmar, who got off to an early start
2 Indonesian
myanmar
L 1
L 1
Indonesia
myanmar
4. But after 200 meters Indonesia took the lead, clocking in at 51.952
for the first 250 meters and hitting the finish line at 01:44.506
4 But
The
For
And
C 2
R 2
C 3
C 1
The lead
5. Team Myanmar, the favorite, crossed the finish line second at
01:45.622, while host team China secured the bronze in 01:46.480
2 Myanmar
The
L 1
R 2
Myanmar
The favorite
6. ―It felt good. I wasn‘t exhausted during today‘s competition. We
will keep our energy up for tomorrow
2 It
We
R 1
R 1
The lead
Indonesian racer
7. We are equally good at both of the shorter races,‖ Indonesian team
captain Asnawir said.
1 We R 1 Indonesian team
8. ―We hope we can get the gold in the 250-meter race.‖ 2 We
The
R 1
R 2
Indonesian team
9. Team manager Djamal Uddin Young Mardinal said he and his
squad were happy, despite not being the favorite to win in the
class
4 He
And
His
The
R 1
C 1
R 1
R 2
Djamal
Indonesian squad
The class
10. ―In our last two meetings, at the 2007 Southeast Asian Games and
the 2008 Asian Beach Games, we were always second [to
Myanmar]
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Games
Indonesian team
11. We actually just grabbed the gold from their hands,‖ Djamal told 2 We R 1 Indonesian team
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The Jakarta Post after the race. The R 2
The gold
12. After learning from defeat in their last two meetings, the team
evaluated their strengths and weaknesses and focused on what
they could do to defeat Myanmar, Djamal said
5 Their
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Myanmar team
Indonesian team
13. Didin Rusdiana, one of the team members, said the victory was a
result of seven months of training at Jatiluhur Dam in West Java,
where the team focused on improving their power and endurance
in order to defeat Myanmar
4 Team
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Indonesian team
14. ―We trained five days a week, three times a day, in the morning,
afternoon and evening.
2 We
And
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Indonesian team
15. We rowed 15 to 20 kilometers each session with different weights
and at different speeds,‖ the 31-year-old Bogor civil servant said
2 We
And
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Indonesian team
16. The women‘s team also shone in the 500-meter straight race after
crossing the finish line at 02:02.875 to grab the silver medal,
second only to the Chinese team
1 The
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17. Thailand finished third
18. Indonesia‘s head coach Mohammad Suryadi, however, was not
content with the women‘s finish, blaming a lack of preparation for
their failure to win gold
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Indonesian team
19. ―The men‘s team has been preparing for this competition since
late February, but the women‘s team began in June,‖ Suryadi said
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Women‘s
team
20. The dragon boat competition is divided into six divisions, made
up of men‘s and women‘s races in the 1,000-, 500- and 250-meter,
each team has 20 rowers, one steersman and one drummer
3 And
The
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The dragon
Drummer
21. The teams, with almost the same members, will compete in the
men‘s and women‘s 250-meter races on Saturday
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Text 18
Title : Maid abuse investigation team still idle due to visa delay
Date of edition: Sun, 11/21/2010 4:18 PM
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1. A team organized to investigate the recent case of maid abuse has
not yet been able to carry out its duties because visas have not
been issued by the Saudi Arabian administration, a high official
says
0
2. ―Until now I haven‘t received a visa and that is why the team
hasn‘t begun any investigation of this case,‖ Minister of Woman‘s
Empowerment Linda Amalia Sari Gumelar said, as quoted by
Kompas.com news portal on Sunday
2 And
That
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3. She said unlike ministry officials, whose visas were granted by
officials at the Saudi Arabia Embassy here, a visa for a minister
needed to be issued directly by the official at the Saudi Arabian
Foreign Affairs Ministry
3 She
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The Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
4. When asked whether the delay signaled the Saudi Arabian 2 The R 2 The delay
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administration‘s resistance to permitting the investigation team
from contributing, Linda said that she didn‘t want to be influenced
by such prejudice
Linda L 1
Linda
5. ―I‘ve been informed that the officials there are still off duty due to
national holidays. Thus, let us allow some time to wait,‖ she said
3 That
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Linda
6. She said even though still idle to date, part of the team comprised
of technical officials from the Foreign Affairs Ministry and the
Women‘s Empowerment Ministry had already landed in Saudi
Arabia
4 She
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Linda
The team
Saudi Arabia
7. A team comprising three ministers has been organized to
investigate the reasons behind the abuse that caused severe injury
to an Indonesian maid, Sumiati, who is now hospitalized at the
King Fahd Hospital
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Text 19
Title : Rights watchdog calls for thorough investigation into Papua torture video
Date of edition: Mon, 11/22/2010 12:43 PM
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1. The Indonesian government should use the newly available video
testimony of a torture victim to mount a thorough, impartial and
transparent investigation into the case, Human Rights Watch says
0
2. Human Rights Watch's Asia division deputy director Phil
Robertson said he lamented that the Indonesian authorities were
―sitting on their hands rather than fulfilling their obligations and
5 He
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proactively identifying and prosecuting the soldiers responsible‖
Their
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authorities
Human Right Watch
3. Robertson was referring to the torture of Tunaliwor Kiwo, a
Papuan farmer, and his neighbor, Telangga Gire, by Indonesian
soldiers as depicted in a video that surfaced last month
4 Robertson
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The torture
Robertson
4. The 10 minute video, captured on a cell phone on May 30 shows
soldiers kicking Kiwo‘s face and chest, burning his face with a
cigarette, burning his genitals with a glowing bamboo stick and
placing a knife at Gire‘s neck
2 And
His
C 1
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Kiwo
5. In a video just made available, Kiwo describes the forms of torture
he suffered for three days before he escaped from the soldiers on
June 2
3 The
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Kiwo
Soldiers
6. Soldiers also tortured Gire, who was eventually released from
custody after pleas from his wife and mother
3 Soldiers
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Soldiers
Kiwo
7. The government has promised to investigate the case, but claims it
cannot identify the perpetrators.
3 The
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The goverment
Investigation
8. .―Kiwo has shown tremendous bravery in coming forward – he
deserves justice and protection from retaliation, not another half-
hearted army investigation and cover-up,‖ Robertson said in
statement made available to The Jakarta Post on Monday
4 Kiwo
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Kiwo
Robertson
9. Indonesia is a party in the United Nations Convention Against
Torture and has strict obligations to investigate and prosecute
promptly all incidents of torture occurring on its soil and to ensure
that victims and witnesses are protected against all ill-treatment or
5 And
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intimidation as a consequence offiling a complaint or giving
evidence, he said He R 1 Robertson
10. In the video, Kiwo said he and Gire had been riding a motorcycle
from their hometown, Tingginambut, to Mulia, the capital of
Puncak Jaya, when soldiers stopped them at a military checkpoint
in Kwanggok Nalime, Yogorini.
6 Kiwo
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Kiwo
Kiwo and Gire
The capital of
Puncak Jaya
Kiwo and Gire
Gire
11. Kiwo said the soldiers seized and hit them, bound their arms with
rope, dragged them to the back of the army post, and tied their feet
with bar bed wire
5 Kiwo
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The soldiers
Kiwo and Gire
The soldiers
12. He said the soldiers tortured him for three days, beating him with
their hands and sticks, crushing his toes with pliers, suffocating
him with a plastic bag, burning his genitals and other body parts,
cutting his face and head and smearing crushed chilies into his
wounds, as well as other forms of abuse
5 He
Him
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Kiwo
Soldiers
Kiwo
13. Kiwo‘s videotaped testimony, which has subtitles in English and
Indonesian, can be viewed on the Engage Media website
2 Kiwo
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14. ―The Indonesian government at the highest levels should
guarantee that Tunaliwor Kiwo and Telangga Gire will be
protected from retaliation and considered witnesses to crimes,‖
Robertson said
6 The
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Gire
And
Robertson
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Kiwo
Gire
Robertson
15. ―The testimony of these two men will be critically important in 4 Two men L 4 The soldiers
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prosecuting the soldiers who tortured them, so protecting them
needs to be a top priority.‖ Soldier
Them
So
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Soldiers
Kiwo and Gire
16. The October media coverage of the May 30 torture video
prompted President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to hold a limited
Cabinet meeting on Oct. 22, after which the Coordinating Minister
for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Djoko Suyanto declared
the video showed Indonesian soldiers torturing Papuan villagers
2 And
For
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17. The video showing Kiwo‘s account of his captivity was released
while the President was in Papua to promote development.
2 Kiwo
His
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Kiwo
Text 20
Title : Lao Yi fastest in Asia, Suryo only sixth
Date of edition: Tue, 11/23/2010 8:19 AM
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1. It was a different story for Indonesian sprinter Suryo Agung
Wibowo, a two-time Southeast Asian Games winner, who finished
sixth at 10.37 seconds.
0
2. His time was far behind his personal best of the 10.17 seconds he
set at the 2009 SEA Games in Vientiane, Laos.
2 His
He
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Suryo Agung
Suryo Agung
3. ―I started late so I had to chase them afterward. I don‘t know why,
and I was ready and fully focused. If my start was better, the result
would be different,‖ Suryo said
4 So
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Suryo
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4. ―The replay on the screen shows that I looked ‗lost‘ in the first
step and that‘s what I felt.‖
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5. With the 16th Asian Games nearing its end, Indonesia only added
another silver from the bowling lane with the women‘s team of
five finishing second after almost four hours of competition at
Tianhe Bowling Hall
1 Its
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6. Indonesians Tannya Roumimper, Novie Phang, Lvana Hie,
Sharon Santoso and Putty Armien scored 6,340 points compared
to South Korea‘s 6,711 and Malaysia‘s 6,295
1 And
C 1
7. In the men‘s team of five, the 2006 Doha Games men‘s singles
gold medalist Ryan Lalisang and teammates unexpectedly
finished ninth
2 The
And
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The men‘s team five
8. South Korea won the gold medal after scoring 6,654 points,
followed by Malaysia with 6,579 and Hong Kong with 6,475
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9. Earlier in the day, national cyclist Ariehaan Hilman only finished
23rd in the men‘s individual road race in the Triathlon Venue
while compatriot Tonton Susanto finished 35th
1 The
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The day
10. The final phase of the 180-kilometer event was a neck-to-neck
race among the medalists
1 The
R 2 The final
11. For the women‘s kayak double 500 meter pair, Indonesia‘s old
hands Sarce Aronggear and Rasima qualified for the final after
finishing third in the first heat at the International Rowing Center
by clocking 1:56.237 behind Japan pair Shinobu Kitamoto and
Asumi Ohmura (1:44.642) and Korean pair Yoo Mi Na and Shin
Jin Ah (1:52.487)
3 For
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12. Sarce, however, failed to qualify for the women‘s kayak single
200 meters after finishing fourth in the first heat
3 However
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13. Indonesian pair Silo and Muchlis, who helped win three golds in
the dragon-boat race, failed to qualify for both finals of the men‘s
2 And
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kayak double 1,000 meters and men‘s kayak double 200 meters
14. Teammate Tarra Anwar only finished fifth in the men‘s canoe
single 200-meter first heat and failed to reach the final
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15. In two diving events at the Aoti Aquatics Center, Indonesian
divers went home empty handed
1 The R 2 The Aoti Aquatics
Center
16. Muhammad Nasrulah and Noor Husaini collected only 315.51
points to stand sixth in the men‘s synchronized 10-meter platform
final.
1 And
C 1
17. Sari Ambarwati and Maria Natalia also finished sixth in the
women‘s synchronized 3-meter springboard final
2 And
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synchronized
Text 21
Title : House to test Busyro, Bambang for KPK top post
Date of edition: Wed, 11/24/2010 11:13 AM
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1. The House of Representatives will carry out a fit-and-proper test
on two candidates – Busyro Muqodas and Bambang Widjojanto –
nominated to head the Corruption Eradication Commission
(KPK).
0
2. Busyro, the current chairman of Judicial Commission and a PP
Muhammadiyah adviser, will sit the test at 2 p.m. today, and
Bambang, a human rights activist and former Legal Aid
Foundation Board chairman, will take the test at 7:30 p.m
3 Busyro
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The test
3. House of Representatives Commission III deputy chairman Azis 3 The R 2 The test
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Syamsuddin said the two candidates would face a bombardment
of questions put to them by legislators to test their knowledge of
the law
Them
Their
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Bambang
Two candidates
4. The candidates should show that they are well versed in various
issues regarding law enforcement and corruption eradication as
well as general philosophy as stipulated in the United Nations
Convention against Corruption, Azisa dded
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Busyro and bambang
5. ―They have to prove their knowledge about legislation so that as
the commission chief or as an investigator they can maintain their
impartiality and accountability in law-enforcement proceedings,‖
Azis said as quoted by Kompas.com
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Bambang and
Busyro
Bambang and
Busyro
6. The House commission will vote to select the new KPK chief on
Thursday
1 The
R 2 The House
commision
7. Busyro or Bambang would fill a position that has been vacant
since former KPK chief Antasari Azhar was sentenced to 18 years
in prison for masterminding the murder of businessman Nasrudin
Zulkarnaen in March, 2009
5 Busyro
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Bambang
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Busyro
Bambang
The murder of
businessman
8. The commission is scheduled on Thursday to select two people to
lead the KPK, one from the commission‘s current leadership,
including M Jasin, Haryono, Bibit S Rianto, Chandra M Hamzah,
and also one of the two new nominees
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Text 22
Title : Jakarta no longer appropriate as capital
Date of edition: Thu, 11/25/2010 10:44 AM
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1. Heavy traffic congestion, regular flooding, clean- water shortages
and unaffordable land have prompted discourse on relocating the
capital city.
0
2. ―If we do not take action to overcome these problems, social and
environmental problems in Jakarta as well as development
disparity between the city and other regions in the country will
only worsen,‖ Regional Representatives Council deputy chairman
Laode Ida told a seminar on the sustainability of Jakarta as the
capital and center of government at the University of Indonesia in
Depok on Wednesday
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Deputy
Jakarta
3. Currently, 661-square-kilometer Jakarta is home to about 9.6
million people, but during daytime the number can reach more
than 12 million considering most people in the satellite cities work
in Jakarta
3 Jakarta
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Jakarta
The number
4. The condition is worsened by the fact that the number of vehicles
has surpassed the city‘s population. There are already 11.3 million
vehicles in the city
2 The
That
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The condition
5. Furthermore, a study has found that Jakarta will be totally grid-
locked by 2014
3 Furthermore
That
Jakarta
C 1
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L 1
Jakarta
6. Laode said moving the center of government to a region outside of
Java was one option, considering the island is overly crowded
3 Laode
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One S 1 Option
7. About 60 percent of Indonesia‘s more than 230 million people
reside in Java
1 People L 1 People
8. The second option, he said, was moving only legislative and
executive activities, ―but that would not offer significant change.‖
5 Second
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Laode
9. A third option would be to develop other regions so that people
would not be attracted to migrate only to Jakarta
3 Third
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People
10. However, Laode said, the first and second options would cost the
government more as it would have to build infrastructure in any
region chosen as the new capital, as well as relocate all public
servants
5 However
Laode
The first
The second
The
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Laode
The the first
11. ―Considering the complexity of the process, the government needs
to prepare a long-term plan as well as anticipate any social
problems that may occur,‖ he said
3 The
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He
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The goverment
Laode
12. The third option would also be a financial burden on the central
government in supporting development in the other regions, but it
would have a positive impact because the distribution of migrants
would be more even between one region and another
5 The third
But
It
Because
And
C 4
C 2
R 1
C 3
C 1
Financial burden
13. However, the third option had the potential to spark social conflict
between newcomers and indigenous people, he warned
4 However
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Laode
14. Sociologist Adrinof Chaniago, who is also the coordinator of the 5 The R 2 The coordinator
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Indonesian Vision for 2033 team, said a study had been conducted
on which region would be the most appropriate as the new capital
and it concluded that the ideal region was somewhere in
Kalimantan due to its accessibility, comfort and environmental
capacity
And
It
That
Its
C 1
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The new capital
The ideal region
15. ―In order to reorganize Jakarta, we must lighten its burden first,‖
he said
4 Jakarta
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Adrinof Chaniago
Ideal region
Adrinof
16. However, the head of the Presidential Advisory Council, Emil
Salim, said it would be better to use the funds to cover the cost of
moving the center of government on solving the threat of gridlock
in Jakarta in 2014 as it could have a vast political impact on the
country
2 However
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C 2
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The new capital
17. ―Beside, we already have all the infrastructure for government
buildings, an electricity network and much more in Jakarta, so
why bother developing a new one in a new region?‖
3 We
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R 1
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Presidential
Advisory Council
18. He said to overcome the problems currently faced by Jakarta, the
city administration should devise integrated development with its
satellite cities, starting from a transportation system, industry,
education, health and culture so that people would be less tempted
to migrate to Jakarta
7 He
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Jakarta
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Emil salim
The city
Satellite
People
Jakarta
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Text 23
Title : SBY offers consolation post to Bambang Widjojanto
Date of edition: Fri, 11/26/2010 3:15 PM
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1. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is offering lawyer-
activist Bambang Widjojanto a top post in the Attorney
General's Office Commission following the latter's defeat in the
Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) leadership election
0
2. Yudhoyono said he wanted to offer the nominee who lost the
KPK leader election the position as AGO commission head
3 Yudhoyono
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Yudhoyono
The nominee
3. ―I hope Bambang is willing to lead the AGOcommission,
‖Yudhoyono told reporters. He added that both the eventual
winner of the KPK leader election Busyro Muqoddas and
Bambang were credible figures
4 Bambang
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Yudhoyono
Busyro and
Bambang
4. Busyro, Judicial Commission chairman, reigned in two rounds
of elections at the House of Representatives
2 Busyro
The
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Busyro
The House of
Representative
5. He beat Bambang in the first round for the KPK leadership
position and outshadowed four KPK deputies to claim the KPK
chief post in the second-round election later in the day
4 He
Bambang
And
The
R 1
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R 2
Busyro
Bambang
The first round
6. ―The Vice President, Cabinet ministers and I all agree that
anyone who does not acquire the duty [to lead KPK], can lead
the AGO commission,‖ he said
3 And
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Yudhoyono
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7. Yudhoyono said the offer was related to the government's
commitment to empowering the AGO commission and National
Police commission
2 Yudhoyono
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8. ―We have prepared presidential decrees to give a greater role to
both commissions so that they can undertake their duties with
greater authority and more effectively,‖he said
7 We
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Their
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He
R 1
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Yudhoyono
Busyro and
Bambang
Busyro and bambang
Yudhoyono
9. The commission, he asserted, would ensure reform in both
police and AGO institutions.
3 He
And
Both
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Yudhoyono
Police and AGO
10. Late on Thursday, Yudhoyono appointed former deputy attorney
general Basrief Arief as the new attorney general, a surprise
decision hailed by prosecutors and deplored by antigraft activists
3 Yudhoyono
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The new attorney
Text 24
Title : Korea says sound of artillery heard on island
Date of edition: Sun, 11/28/2010 10:25 AM
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1. North Korean artllery was heard Sunday on the frontline South 0
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Korean island attacked last week, though no shells landed on the
island, South Korea's military said
2. One artillery round was heard from a North Korean military base
north of the sea border dividing the two Koreas, an official with
South Korea's Joint Chiefs o Staff said.
3 One
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North Korea
S 1
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L 1
Artillery
The sea
North Korea
3. He spoke on condition of anonymity, citing office rules 1 He R 1 Joint
4. Residents of Yeonpyeong Island were ordered to take shelter
because of the sound, he said.
2 Because
He
C 3
R 1
Joint
5. The evacuation order was later lifted 1 The R 2 The evacuation
6. Four South Koreans died last week after the North rained artillery
on the small Yellow Sea island, which is home to both fishing
communities and military bases
2 The
And
R 2
C 1
The North
7. The artillery sound and the evacuation came just hours after South
Korea and the United States launched joint military drills near the
area
3 And
The
Just
C 1
R 2
C 4
The artillery
8. The exercises came as the North worked to justify one of the
worst assaults on South Korean territory since the 1950-53 Korean
War
3 One
The
North
S 1
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L 1
The worst
The worst
North
9. North Korea said civilians were used as a "human shield" around
artillery positions and lashed out at what it called a "propaganda
campaign" against Pyongyang
3 North Korea
And
It
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North Korea
Human shield
10. It claimed the United States orchestrated last Tuesday's clash so
that it could stage joint naval exercises inthe Yellow Sea with the
South that include a U.S. nuclear powered supercarrier - enraging
the North and making neighboring China uneasy.
4 It
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And
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Propaganda
campaign
The United States
11. Also Sunday, a Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo met with
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak in Seoul, according to
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Lee's office, which provided no details.
12. South Korea's Yonhap news agency said they discussed the North
Korean attack and how to ease tensions
3 They
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The North Korean
Text 25
Title : Police launch crackdown on illegally parked cars
Date of edition: Tue, 11/30/2010 10:58 AM
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1. Watch out! The police say 20 tow trucks are at the ready to haul
away illegally parked cars on the city‘s streets – starting on
Tuesday
0
2. ―We will tow the cars right away without prior notice,‖ City
Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Boy Rafli Amar said on Monday
evening as quoted by Antara news agency
2 We
The
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The cars
3. Boy said that officers would also ticket the cars‘ owners 2 Boy
That
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4. Towing illegally parked vehicles was needed to ensure the smooth
flow of traffic in Jakarta, Boy added
2 The
Boy
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Boy
5. Illegal parking and an influx of new cars are the leading cause of
the city‘s traffic woes, according to experts
2 And
The
C 1
R 2
The leading cause
7. On Monday, the Jakarta Police and administration signed a
memorandum of understanding on joint measures to ease traffic
congestion in the capital.
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Text 26
Title : Tax hike coming for Jakarta’s car owners
Date of edition: Wed, 12/01/2010 1:30 PM
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1. The Jakarta administration says it will impose taxes on the city‘s
car owners starting on Jan. 1
0
2. The tax would range from 1 percent to 4 percent of a vehicle‘s
price, depending on the number of vehicles owned, according to
Jakarta Tax Agency regulatory head Arif Susilo
3 The tax
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L 1
The tax
The tax
3. ―The City Council has approved the draft bylaw and it is ready to
be endorsed,‖ Arif said on Wednesday
4 The
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The City Council
Draft
Arif
4. The tax was aimed at easing Jakarta‘s traffic congestion and
would discourage residents from owning more than one car, he
said
3 The tax
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R 1
The tax
Arif
5. Arif said the tax would be levied on all eligible vehicles,
regardless of age
2 Arif
The tax
L 1
L 1
Arif
The tax
6. ―Cheap cars and old cars are also subject to this ruling,‖ he said as
quoted by tempointeraktif.com news portal
2 And
He
C 1
R 1
Arif
7. Under the draft by law, a person who owned one car would pay 1
percent of the vehicle‘s price, a second car at 2 percent, a third car
at 2.5 percent and four or more cars at 4 percent
2 The
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The draft
8. According to the Jakarta administration, 5 million cars were now 2 The R 2 The city
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operating in the city, Arif said Arif L 1 Arif
Text 27
Title : Airport customs wants to levy gift duties
Date of edition: Thu, 12/02/2010 10:43 AM
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1. The customs office says it will start checking the luggage of
arriving airline passengers for gifts - and levying duties on
presents it finds that are worth more than US$250
0
2. Customs and Excise Office spokesman Evi Suhartantyo said on
Wednesday that all arriving foreign and Indonesian passengers
would have their luggage rechecked by officers after completing
current luggage scans
4 Evi S
That
And
Their
L 1
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C 1
R 1
Evi S
Passengers
3. ―If we find that they have [gifts] worth more than US$250, we
will charge an import duty,‖ Evi said
5 We
That
They
We
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R 1
R 1
L 1
Custom and Excise
office
All foreign and
passengers
Custom and Excise
office
Evi
4. More officers would be deployed to avoid long lines, he said 1 He R 1 Evi S
5. Evi said the office would install bank counters in the customs area
so passengers could pay by bank transfer
4 Evi
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Evi s
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The
So
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S 1
The office
6. ―There will be no loopholes for bribery,‖ he said as quoted by
kontan.co.id business news portal
2 For
He
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R 1
Evi S
7. Passengers would not be allowed to pay a duty to bring in more
than one liter of alcohol or 250 cigarettes under existing
regulations, Evi said, adding that excess alcohol and cigarettes
would be confiscated
4 Or
Evi
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And
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Evi
8. Evi did not provide a timetable for implementing the duty 2 Evi
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Text 28
Title : Indonesia creates team to study WikiLeaks cables
Date of edition: Fri, 12/03/2010 9:40 PM
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1. Communication and Information Technology Minister Tifatul
Sembiring said his ministry had assigned a team to collect
diplomatic documents leaked by whistle blowing website
WikiLeaks related to Indonesia
0
2. Tifatul said the results of the study would be submitted to the
Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs
Djoko Suyanto
3 Tifatul
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And
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C 1
Tifatul
The result
3. We are still in the preliminary document collection process. 1 We R 1 Communicator and
Information Minister
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4. We need to explain to the public should we find [the documents]
invalid, ‖Tifatul said
3 We
The
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R 1
R 2
L 1
Communicator and
Information Minister
The public
Tifatul
5. Early on Sunday, the UK‘s The Guardian reported WikiLeaks had
provided advance copies of 251,287 documents, 3,059 of which
came from the US Embassy in Jakarta and 167 from the US
Consulate in Surabaya, East Java
2 The
And
R 2
C 1
The US Embassy
6. ―We need to clarify and respond, for example, if some of the
documents contain propaganda,‖ he said, as quoted by
tempointeraktif.com
5 We
And
For
The
He
R 1
C 1
C 3
R 2
R 1
Communicator and
Information Minister
The document
Tifatul
7. Meanwhile, Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa said the
Indonesian government was cooperating with the US Embassy in
Jakarta and the Indonesian Embassy in Washington to monitor the
leaked documents
3 Meanwhile
The
And
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R 2
C 1
The Indonesian
Goverment
8. "We are continuing to follow the updates to see whether or not
[confidential information] was leaked relating to Indonesia,‖ he
said
3 We
Or
He
R 1
C 1
R 1
Communicator and
Information Minister
Tifatul
9. Guardian.co.uk reported today that the US is being accused of
opening up a dramatic new front against WikiLeaks, effectively
―killing‖ the website just days after Amazon pulled the site from
its servers following political pressure
3 That
The
Its
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R 1
The US
Website
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10. The website went offline for the third time in a week this morning
– the biggest threat to its online presence yet
4 The
For
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Its
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C 3
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R 1
The website
Website
11. Joe Lieberman, chairman of the US Senate‘s committee on
homeland security, earlier this week called for any organization
helping to sustain WikiLeaks to ―immediately terminate‖ its
relationship with the site.
4 This
For
Its
The
R 1
C 3
R 1
R 2
WikiLeaks
the site
12. On Friday morning, WikiLeaks and its cache of secret diplomatic
documents that have proved to be a scourge for governments
around the world, was only accessible through a string of digits
known as a DNS address
6 And
Its
That
For
The
WikiLeaks
C 1
R 1
R 2
C 3
R 2
L 1
WikiLeaks
The world
WikiLeaks
13. The site later reemerged with a Swiss domain, WikiLeaks.ch 2 The
WikiLeaks
R 2
L 2
The site
WikiLeaks
14. Julian Assange said today that the development is an example of
the ―privatization of state censorship‖ in the US and is a ―serious
problem.‖
3 That
The
And
R 2
R 2
C 1
The development
15. ―These attacks will not stop our mission, but should be setting off
alarm bells about the rule of law in the United States,‖ he said
4 These
Our
But
He
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C 1
C 2
R 1
Attack
Julian Assange
16. The California-based Internet provider that dropped WikiLeaks at
3 a.m. GMT on Friday (10 a.m. Jakarta time), Everydays, says it
did so to prevent its other 500,000 customers from being affected
by the intense cyber attacks targeted at WikiLeaks
4 WikiLeaks
that
it
L 1
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R 1
wikiLeaks
dropped
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Text 29
Title : US cable: China leaders ordered hacking on Google
Date of edition: Sun, 12/05/2010 1:10 PM
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ties
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1. Sources told American diplomats that hacking attacks against
Google were ordered by China's top ruling body and a senior
leader demanded action after finding search results critical of him,
leaked U.S. government cables show
0
2. The American Embassy sent a cable to Washington saying a
source told diplomats the Chinese government coordinated late
last year's attacks on Google under the direction of the Politburo
Standing Committee
2 Source
The
L 1
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Source
The American
Embassy
3. It was impossible to verify the details of the cables, but if true,
they show the political pressures facing Google when it decided in
March to close its China-based search engine
5 It
The
But
They
Its
R 1
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C 2
R 1
R 1
Chinese Goverment
4. The cable about the hacking attacks against Google, which was
classified as secret by Deputy Chief of Mission Robert Goldberg,
was released by WikiLeaks to The New York Times and The
Guardian newspapers
3 The cable
The
And
L 1
R 2
C 1
The cable
The cable
5. It notes that it is unclear if Chinese President Hu Jintao and 3 It R 1 Note
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Premier Wen Jiabao were aware of these reported actions before
Google went public about the attacks in January That
And
R 2
C 1
6. Another source said in that cable he believed an official on the top
political body was "working actively with Chinese Internet search
engine Baidu against Google's interests in China."
4 That
He
The
China
R 2
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R 2
L 1
Hu Jintao
The top Political
China
7. Google's relations with Beijing have been tense since the U.S.-
based search giant said in January it no longer wanted to
cooperate with Chinese Web filtering following computer hacking
attacks on Google's computer code and efforts to break into the e-
mail accounts of human rights activists
3 The
It
And
R 2
R 1
C 1
The US
Relation
8. Google closed its China-based search engine March 22 and began
routing users to its unfiltered Hong Kong site.
3 Google
Its
And
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C 1
Google
Relation
9. Google's spokeswoman in Tokyo, Jessica Powell, said the
company had no comment on the cables released by Wikileaks,
and on the hacking attacks, referred to a January statement that
said it had evidence that the attack came from China
5 The
WikiLeaks
and
that
it
R 2
L 1
C 1
R 2
R 1
The company
WikiLeaks
The Hacking Attack
10. Google did not release any details then 1 Google L 1 Google
11. A man who answered the phone at the spokesperson's office of the
Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said no one was
around to comment Sunday. Calls to the State Council
Information Office and the Foreign Ministry rang unanswered
2 The
And
R 2
C 1
The phone
12. A separate cable released by WikiLeaks showed a Politburo
member demanded action against Google after looking for his
own name on the search engine and finding criticism of him
4 WikiLeak
for
his
and
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R 1
C 1
wikiLEaks
Jessica Powell
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13. The May 18, 2009, cable did not identify the leader but The New
York Times reported it was propaganda chief Li Changchun, the
fifth-ranked official in the country
3 But
It
The
C 2
R 1
R 2
Propaganda
The New York Time
14. The cable classified as confidential cited a source as saying the
Chinese official had realized that Google's worldwide site is
uncensored, capable of Chinese language searches and search
results, and that there is a link from the home page of its China
site, google.cn, to google.com
5 The cable
The
That
And
Its
L 1
R 2
R 2
C 1
R 1
The cable
The Chinese
The cited
15. The official "allegedly entered his own name and found results
critical of him," and asked three government ministries to write a
report about Google and "demand that the company ceases its
'illegal activities,' which include linking to google.com," the cable
said
5 And
Him
That
Its
The cable
C 1
R 1
R 2
R 1
L 1
L Changchun
The cable
16. The cable said American officials could neither confirm nor deny
the details given by the source about the Chinese leadership's
action
2 The cable
The
L 2
R 2
The cable
The cable
Text 30
Title : Korea starts naval firing drills amid tension
Date of edition: Mon, 12/06/2010 11:03 AM
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1. South Korea is conducting naval firing drills just a day after North
Korea warned such exercises would aggravate already high
tensions between the rival neighbors
0
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2. South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff officers said Monday's drills
off the Korean peninsula are not near the tense western sea border
where the North shelled a front-line island last month
2 South Korea
The
L 1
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South Korea
The Korean
3. Officials say the drill are to continue through Sunday. 1 The R 2 The drill
4. They spoke on condition of anonymity citing office rules 1 They R 1 officials
5. North Korea rained shells on Yeonpyeong Island on Nov. 23.
Pyongyang said South Korea first fired artillery toward its
territorial waters
2 South Korea
Its
L 1
R 1
South Korea
Island
6. The shelling killed four South Koreans 1 South Korean L 1 South Korean
7. South Korea says it fired shells southward, not toward North
Korea, as part of routine exercises
2 South korea
it
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South Koren
The shelling
Text 31
Title : Gayus admits his Rp 28b from Bakrie firms
Date of edition: Wed, 12/08/2010 5:37 PM
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ties
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1. Graft defendant, former low-ranking tax officer Gayus Tambunan,
testified Wednesday during a trial hearing he had amassed Rp28
billion (US$3.11 million) from three giant miners partly owned by
the family of Golkar Party chairman Aburizal Bakrie
0
2. "My money in 21 bank accounts, which were freezed by the
police in 2009, came from three services I provided for Bakrie
companies," Gayus told the hearing at South Jakarta District Court
3 The
For
Gayus
R 2
C 3
L 1
The polica
Gayus
3. Gayus explained the first service was for helping PT Kaltim Prima
Coal (KPC) settle a tax problem with a tax office in Gambir,
5 Gayus
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Central Jakarta. From this job he received US$500,000 This
A tax
The first
R 2
L 1
C 4
Job
The tax
4. Gayus received $1 million for the second service, helping PT
Bumi Resources settle a tax dispute at the tax tribunal
4 Gayus
For
The tax
The second
L 1
C 3
L 1
C 4
Gayus
The tax
5. The third service gave Gayus $1.5 million jointly from PT KPC
and Arutmin for his aid in processing a tax policy called the
"sunset policy"
4 The third
For
His
A tax
C 4
C 3
R 1
L 1
Gayus
The tax
6. According to police documents, Gayus had testified to detectives
the source of his illicit funds.
3 Gayus
The
His
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R 1
Gayus
The source
Gayus
7. This time was the first time he revealed it before a court hearing 4 This
The
He
it
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R 1
R 1
The first time
Gayus
The time
Text 32
Title : SE Asia considers single currency
Date of edition: Thu, 12/09/2010 4:48 PM
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1. Southeast Asian central banks may consider an eventual currency 0
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convergence to strengthen economic cooperation between the
neighboring nations, officials say
2. BI deputy governor Halim Alamsyah said on the sidelines of a
seminar with central bankers from the region that it may be
possible to resolve cross-border issues by applying a single
currency for Southeast Asian countries
4 The
That
It
for
R 2
R 2
R 1
C 3
The sideline
Convergence
3. ―But it will take a lot of time. By 2015, there will be a Southeast
Asian common market, and if it succeeds a single currency is
possible.
3 But
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And
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R 1
C 1
Convergence
4. But before that, we need to converge the economies,‖ he told
reporters in Jimbaran, Bali
4 But
That
We
He
C 2
R 2
R 1
R 1
BI governor
Halim Alamsyah
5. The South East Asian Central Banks (SEACEN) Center‘s
executive director Karunasena agreed, saying there would be a lot
of pre-conditions before a single Southeast Asian currency were
applied
1 SEACEN
L 2 The South East
Asian Central Bank
6. ―For now, regional pooling and other initiatives are more practical
and easy to work,‖ he added
3 For
And
He
C 3
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R 1
Halim Alamsyah
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Text 33
Title : Cool minds needed to discuss Yogyakarta bill: Yudhoyono’s son
Date of edition: Sun, 12/12/2010 2:43 PM
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1. Democratic Party secretary-general Edhie Baskoro Yudhoyono
has said cool minds were needed to discuss the bill on
Yogyakarta‘s status to avoid further misunderstanding
0
2. Edhie Baskoro, alias Ibas, who is the son of President Susilo
Bambang Yudhoyono, said the current debate was normal to
ensure the quality of the law
2 Ibas
The
L 1
R 2
Ibas
The current debate
3. ―However, we should not lose direction in the current debate. We
need to remain calm in discussions and resolve problems so that
democracy and the [Yogyakarta] sultanate system can work
together,‖ he said in a press release Sunday
7 However
We
The
And
So
That
He
C 2
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R 2
C 1
S 1
R 2
R 1
Democratic Party
The current debate
Ibas
4. Ibas said the public should also respect the bill deliberation at the
House of Representatives
3 Ibas
The
Also
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C 1
Ibas
The public
5. Options to name the Yogyakarta governor through appointment or
direct election remained open in the bill, he said, adding that at
present, Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono X was still the best person
for the position of Yogyakarta governor
5 Or
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He
That
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R 2
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C 3
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Ibas
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For
6. Ibas also said the Yogyakarta sultanate system could not be
canceled since it was part of the country‘s tradition
4 Ibas
Also
The
It
L 1
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R 2
R 1
Ibas
The yogakarta
sultanate
System
Text 34
Title : Govt slammed for cutting KPK’s investigation budget
Date of edition: Tue, 12/14/2010 3:41 PM
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1. The government is being slammed for reducing the investigation
and prosecution budget of the Corruption Eradication
Commission (KPK) from Rp 26.3 billion (approximately
US$2.9 million) in 2010 to Rp 19.2 billion in 2011
0
2. The Indonesian Forum for Budget Transparency (FITRA) said
the Rp 7.1 billion decrease was proof of the government‘s lack
of commitment to combating graft
2 FITRA
The
L 1
R 2
FITRA
The Indonesian
Forum
3. ―The budget is an instrument reflecting the government‘s level
of seriousness in upholding law and combating corruption
1 And C 1
4. The decline in the budget shows the government‘s declining
commitment,‖ FITRA coordinator for advocating and
investigation, Uchok Sky Khadafi, told the press Tuesday as
quoted by tempointeraktif.com
4 The
FITRA
For
And
R 2
L 1
C 3
C 1
The budget
FITRA
5. Uchok said the KPK‘s overall budget for 2011, Rp 575 billion in 2 Uchok L 1 Uchok
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total, was actually an increase from the Rp 392 billion this year This R 2
6. ―But, the increases are in insubstantial units, such as in human
resources management, public relations and protocol activities,‖
he added
3 But
The
And
C 2
R 2
C 1
The increases
7. Uchok also put the blame on the House of Representatives,
which approved the government‘s bill on the anti-graft body‘s
2011 budget
3 Uchok
Also
The
L 1
C 1
R 2
Uchok
The blame
Text 35
Title : Dozens of Indonesians expelled from Malaysia everyday
Date of edition: Thu, 12/16/2010 8:07 AM
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ties
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1. Dozens of Indonesians are expelled from Malaysia on a daily
basis mainly due to lacking necessary documents such as
passports and work permits, an official says
0
2. ―These Indonesians are arrested from various locations in several
cities across Malaysia and then put in police custody before they
are taken here,‖ Sufyan of the Malaysia Police told journalists
who visited the Entikong border Wednesday
5 These
And
Then
They
The
R 2
C 1
R 2
R 1
R 2
Indonesian
The Entikong border
3. Thirty-four Indonesians were expelled Wednesday mainly because
they were without the proper documents
3 Because
They
The
C 3
R 1
R 2
Indonesian
The proper
4. Ruslan, one of the expelled Indonesians from Southeast Sulawesi, 4 The R 2 The expelled
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admitted that he had equipped himself only with courage and not a
passport That
He
And
R 2
R 1
C 1
Ruslan
5. ―My friend asked me to come with him. And I have spent around
Rp 300,000 [US$30] to follow him down to Kuching with the
promise of a job at a plantation,‖ he told journalists
4 Him
And
The
He
R 1
C 1
R 2
R 1
Ruslan
The promise
Ruslan
6. ―But I was arrested before I got any job there.‖ 1 But C 2
7. Rosalia, another Indonesian of Entikong origin who
acknowledged that she had been working as a domestic helper in
Kuching for the last three years, said she had been fooled by her
agent who had said that her passport was legal
5 That
She
For
Her
That
R 2
R 1
C 3
R 1
R 2
Rosalia
Rosalia
Text 36
Title : RI to play aggressive soccer tonight: Coach
Date of edition: Sun, 12/19/2010 9:18 AM
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ties
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1. Indonesia will play aggressive one-two touch soccer instead of
long ball against the Philippines in the second semifinal match of
the 2010 AEAN Football Federation Cup tonight, coach Alfred
Riedl says
0
2. ―We learned from the first match. Long ball was not that effective
for us. We will play the way we did in the group stage,‖ Riedl
5 We R 1
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said Saturday The
That
For
Riedl
R 2
C 3
L 1
Riedl
3. He said he expected the strategy would allow Indonesian players
to score early
2 He
The
R 1
R 2
Riedl
The strategy
4. Indonesia beat the Philippines 1-0 in the first semifinal match on
Thursday
2 Indonesia
The
L 1
R 2
Indonesia
The first semifinal
5. In the group stage, Indonesia crushed Malaysia 5-1 and Laos 6-0,
and sent home arch-rival Thailand with a 2-1 win
3 The
Indonesia
And
R 2
L 1
C 1
The grup stage
Indonesia
6. For tonight's match, 34-year-old striker Cristian Gonzales will
team up with young Irfan Bachdim, while experienced striker
Bambang Pamungkas will come off the bench
1 For C 3
7. In midfield, Ahmad Bustomi, Oktovianus Maniani and M. Ridwan
will share the responsibility of moving the ball to the two strikers
along with skipper Firman Utina
2 And
The
C 1
R 2
The responsibility
8. If Firman cannot play, Eka Ramdani will be given the opportunity 1 The R 2 Opportunity
9. On defense, Maman Abdurrahman and Hamka Hamzah, who have
created a strong partnership during the tournament with Indonesia
conceding only two goals, will keep their eye on the Philippines‘
most dangerous players Philip James Placer Younghusband and
James Joseph Placer Younghusband
4 And
The
Indonesia
Their
C 1
R 2
L 1
R 1
The tournament
Indonesia
Maman and hamkah
10. This will allow wingbacks M. Nasuha and Zulkifly Syukur to join
in the attack. Markus Haris Maulana will stay Indonesia's goalie.
3 This
And
The
R 2
C 1
R 2
The attack
11. Malaysia has already secured a spot in the finals after beating
Vietnam 2-0 in their first match, and holding them to a 0-0 draw
in the second
4 The
Their
And
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R 1
C 1
The finals
Malaysia
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Them R 1 Malaysia
Text 37
Title : 320 extra flights to run out of Jakarta over holidays
Date of edition: Tue, 12/21/2010 11:37 AM
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ties
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1. State airport operator PT Angkasa Pura II announced Tuesday that
320 extra flights would run out of Soekarno-Hatta International
Airport to accommodate the high number of travelers over the
holiday period
0
2. ―Several airlines have reported to us that they will run additional
flights to serve more passengers during Christmas and New Year,‖
Angkasa Pura II president director Tri Sunoko said in Jakarta
4 That
They
And
Sunoko
R 2
R 1
C 1
L 1
Soekarno hatta
International Airport
Sunoko
3. The airlines include national carrier PT Garuda Indonesia,
Indonesia AirAsia and Mandala Airlines
2 The airline
And
L 4
C 1
Garuda and air asia
4. Garuda will run 16 additional flights between Jakarta and
Denpasar, two more flights to Surabaya and 46 more flights to
Pontianak
2 Garuda
And
L 3
C 1
The airline
5. AirAsia will run 144 extra flights to Denpasar, 16 more to
Singapore, and Mandala Airlines will run 16 additional flights to
Hong Kong, Sunoko said
4 Air asia
And
Mandala
L 4
C 1
L 4
The airline
The airline
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Sunoko L 1 The airline
Text 38
Title : Corruption eradication to be part of 2011 curriculum: Govt
Date of edition: Thu, 12/23/2010 12:49 PM
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ties
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1. Following a discussion with the Corruption Eradication
Commission (KPK), the Education Ministry has announced plans
to include an anticorruption module in the 2011 curriculum
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Title : Pope celebrates Christmas Eve amid security
Date of edition: Sat, 12/25/2010 8:28 AM
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1. Pope Benedict XVI ushered in Christmas Eve with an evening
Mass on Friday amid heightened security concerns following the
package bombings at two Rome embassies and Christmas Eve
security breaches at the Vatican the past two years
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the start and end of the Mass without incident; with his normal
phalanx of bodyguards on either side, he stopped several times to
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assailant as Susanna Maiolo, a Swiss-Italian national with a
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Title : SBY, economic ministers discuss 10-yr master plan in Bogor
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1. On Thursday, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono opened a
meeting with his economic ministers and two coordinating
ministers to discuss Indonesia‘s economic ―master plan‖ for the
next 10 years.
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West Java at around 10.30 a.m., Yudhoyono said he wanted the
master plan to contain ―concrete‖ action plans, including ―clear
agendas, clear targets, clear timelines, and clarity about who will
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Title : State firms book net profit of Rp 84.8t in 2010
Date of edition: Fri, 12/31/2010 4:56 PM
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1. Indonesia's 141 state firms booked a total of Rp 84.8 trillion (US$
9.4 billion) in net profits this year, State Owned Enterprises
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Appendix 2.
The Text Issued on November- December, 2010
Text 1
Title : Mount Merapi forces flight cancellations
Date of edition : Tue, 11/02/2010 1:36 PM
Mount Merapi forced international airlines to cancel flights to nearby airports for the first
time Tuesday, as fiery lava lit the rumbling mountain's cauldron and plumes of smoke
blackened the sky.
Scientists warned, meanwhile, that the slow but deadly eruption could continue for
weeks, like a "marathon, not a sprint."
No casualties were reported in Mount Merapi's latest blasts, which came as Indonesia
struggled to respond to an earthquake-generated tsunami that devastated a remote chain
of islands. The two disasters unfolding in separate parts of the country have killed nearly
470 people and strained the government's emergency response network.
Indonesia, a vast archipelago of 235 million people, is prone to earthquakes and volcanos
because it sits along the Pacific "Ring of Fire," a horseshoe-shaped string of faults that
lines the western and eastern Pacific.
Merapi - one of 22 active earthquakes now on alert - has killed 38 people since springing
back to life just over a week ago, at times forcing the temporary closure of two nearby
airports.
Officials in Yogyakarta, the gateway to the famed 9th-century Borobudur temples visited
by 1 million tourists a year, and nearby Solo, have cited poor visibility and heavy ash on
the runway.
Both airports were running Tuesday, but Malaysia's budget airline AirAsia and
Singapore's SilkAir announced the temporary suspension of several international flights
because of the smoldering mountain, just 20 miles (30 kilometers) away.
There have been more than 10 large eruptions at Merapi since the first big explosion on
Oct. 26, including a violent burst Monday that appeared to have eased pressure inside the
crater by creating a vent for magma to escape.
A series of three much smaller eruptions followed Tuesday.
"There's no way of knowing for sure, of course," said Safari Dwiyono, who has observed
the mountain for more than 15 years. "But based on what we've seen in the last few days,
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we're hoping there won't be a massive explosion. It's looking like we're in for a marathon,
not a sprint."
The nearly 70,000 villagers evacuated from the area around Merapi's once-fertile slopes -
now blanketed by gray ash - have been told they could be expected to stay in crowded
government camps for at least three more weeks.
More than 800 miles (1,300 kilometers) to the west, meanwhile, a C-130 transport plane,
six helicopters and four boats were ferrying aid to the most distant corners of the
Mentawai islands, where last week's tsunami destroyed hundreds of homes, schools,
churches and mosques. The tsunami death toll stood Monday at 431, the National
Disaster Management Agency said.
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said relief efforts must be sped up, expressing
dismay that it took days for aid to reach the isolated islands, though he acknowledged that
violent storms were largely to blame.
The fault line that spawned the killer wave - and the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami - is the
meeting point of the two of the Earth's dozen major plates, which have been pushing
against and under each other for millions of years, causing huge stresses to build up.
The government has raised alert levels of 21 other volcanos to the second- and third-
highest levels in the last two months because they have shown an increase in activity,
state volcanologists Syamsul Rizal said Monday.
That's twice the number usually on the government "watch" list.
Hundreds of flights were canceled in Europe after the eruption of Iceland's Eyjafjallajokul
volcano in April.
Text 2
Title : Volunteers leave Mentawai due to storms, lack of skills
Date of edition : Thu, 11/04/2010 9:38 AM
Dozens of volunteers left the Mentawai Islands, West Sumatra, on Wednesday — more
than a week after a tsunami killed 428 people. Severe weather has slowed aid distribution
to the worst-hit islands, leading to a backlog of relief supplies at the main disaster
management post in Sikakap district.
It also left volunteers without much to do.
One person fell into the water and was rushed to hospital as more than 200 volunteers
scrambled to board the Indonesian Navy ship Teluk Cirebon, which was to set sail from
Mentawai for the provincial capital, Padang, as reported by Antara news agency.
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Former vice president and Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) chairman Jusuf Kalla said it
would be better to send trained volunteers to disaster zones.
―There are plenty of volunteers now. It‘s fine to send volunteers — but they should have
skills and courage,‖ Kalla said in Surabaya, East Java, on Wednesday as quoted by
Antara.
Kalla said volunteers should not burden the government or residents affected by the
disasters.
―If the volunteers are afraid of big waves in Mentawai, don‘t go there. The waves are
huge, not to mention that there is frequent rain and storms,‖ he said after installing new
PMI executives in East Java.
Kalla said unskilled volunteers should not be sent to disaster sites, such as flood-stricken
Wasior, West Papua; the tsunami-stricken Mentawai Islands or Yogyakarta, which has
been suffering during the eruption of Mount Merapi.
―If they can, send volunteers who have the skills to build houses or evacuate victims,‖
Kalla said.
The PMI has sent volunteers to the three disaster sites, including teams sent to Central
Java to aid thousands of residents displaced by Merapi‘s eruption, he said. ―We have to
meet their needs for food and medicine,‖ he added.
At the Sikakap community health center is plagued by a lack of medical equipment.
Mulhendra, a physician from the West Sumatra Health Office, said many tsunami victims
were suffering from pneumonia after they were swept away by tsunami.
If not properly treated, the patients might die, Mulhendra said, adding that the afflicted
should be taken to hospitals in Padang for treatment — a luxury given limited medevac
capabilities.
Doctors could not do much for the sick in Sikakap, even a week after the tsunami, due to
limited medical facilities, Mulhendra said.
―We‘re stressed not because of there is so much work but because we can‘t do much in
the face of limited facilities. Even if we could perform surgery, it would be for small
procedures only,‖ Mulhendra said, as reported by kompas.com.
The tsunami that struck Mentawai Islands on the evening of Oct. 25 killed 428 people,
according to officials, including a 10-year-old boy, whose body was found in Malakopak
village on South Pagai Island on Tuesday. Thousands were forced to evacuate after their
homes were destroyed.
The sense of emergency following the disaster was apparently not shared by West
Sumatra Governor Irwan Prayitno, who recently left on an official trip to Germany.
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An official said tsunami victims needed temporary housing in addition to medical
assistance.
West Sumatra PMI spokesperson Eko Suhadi said makeshift tents were not enough to
protect evacuees from bad weather.
―The refugee situation is very bad. Many refugees, mostly children, have been
traumatized while their health has worsened,‖ he said.
―Many are suffering from diarrhea due to a lack of clean water and poor sanitation
around the makeshift tents,‖ Eko told The Jakarta Post.
Text 3
Title : Merapi spits out ‘worst eruption’ in a century
Date of edition : Fri, 11/05/2010 9:25 AM
Mount Merapi showed no signs of abating on Thursday, shooting clouds of hot ash 10
kilometers into the sky. Volcanic activity on Thursday led authorities to recommend the
evacuation of 32 villages near Merapi in four regencies in Central Java and Yogyakarta.
Seventeen of the villages are in Magelang, four in Klaten and three in Boyolali in Central
Java. Eight villages are in Sleman, Yogyakarta.
―This is Merapi‘s worst eruption in the last 100 years,‖ Energy and Mineral Resources
Ministry geology chief R. Sukhyar, referring to the scale of activity and the size of the
volcano‘s exclusion zone.
He spoke at a press conference with Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation
Center (PVMBG) chief Surono and Yogyakarta Volcanic Technology Development and
Research Center head Subandrio.
Sukhyar said Merapi was in critical condition, evinced by explosive outbursts which sent
hot clouds 11 kilometers down its slopes.
In 1994, 60 people were killed when the volcano erupted. In 1930, when volcanic
monitoring was in its infancy, another eruption claimed more than 1,300 lives. Forty-four
people have perished since Merapi‘s most recent eruption began on Oct. 26.
―It‘s never acted like this before,‖ Surono said as quoted by AP. ―It looks like we may be
entering an even worse stage.‖
Currently, all residents living within 12 kilometers of Mt. Merapi have been evacuated,
after authorities expanded the volcano‘s danger zone from 10 to 15 kilometers on
Wednesday.
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Sukhyar said magma was now forming 100 kilometers under the volcano and might
trigger a larger eruption.
―Considering the danger from Merapi, we recommended that the 32 villages be emptied
and residents evacuated to safe zones,‖ he said.
Thursday‘s eruptions were accompanied by thundering sounds that could be heard up to
25 kilometers away.
Trees near Merapi were black with ash and the smell of sulfur was strong on Thursday.
Rain on Wednesday carried volcanic effuse to nearby rivers, leading to flooding at the
Gendol, Kuning and Boyong Rivers on Thursday. Five houses, a bridge and pipes
belonging to Sleman regency‘s tap water company (PDAM) were swept away.
Several evacuation centers were closed on Thursday and residents relocated to safer
areas.
Frequent moves have left some evacuees, mostly children, traumatized. Six-year-old Nely
Agustin was now afraid to look at the volcano and always cried at night, said her mother,
Sri Suprihatin.
Sri said her family had been moving from one shelter to another.
―First we took shelter at Umbulharjo, then at Wukirsari. Later, we were back at
Umbulharjo and now we have to move again,‖ Sri said.
With the expansion of the danger zone, the number of evacuees has increased to more
than 25,000 in Yogyakarta and 60,000 in Central Java.
The Central Java provincial administration said its Rp 21 billion (US$2.35 million)
disaster fund might be expended sooner than expected.
―Funds for the disaster may run out in less than a month,‖ Central Java legislator Rukma
Setia Budi told The Jakarta Post on Thursday.
The PVMBG recently raised the warning status for 19 other volcanoes to its second-
highest level, including Mount Papandayan, Mount Bromo and Mount Anak Krakatau.
Text 4
Title : Hospital overwhelmed by Indonesia volcano victims
Date of edition : Sat, 11/06/2010 1:40 PM
The tiny hospital at the foot of Indonesia's most volatile volcano is struggling to cope
with victims brought in after the mountain's most powerful eruption in a century. Some
have clothes, blankets and even mattresses fused to their skin.
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With just a few beds in the only burn unit in town, doctors have been forced to turn
people away. A surge of searing gas raced down the sides of Mount Merapi at highway
speeds Friday, setting houses and trees ablaze and blackening the bodies of those caught
in its path. The nightmarish eruption raised the number of people killed by Merapi since
Oct. 26 to 118 and sent tens of thousands more into already crowded emergency shelters
in the shadow of the volcano. It continued to rumble and groan Saturday, spitting gray
clouds of ash and gas high into the air. "It's scary. ... The eruption just keeps going on,"
said Wajiman, 58, who was sitting in a shelter near a girl reading a newspaper headlined
"Merapi isn't finished yet."
The worst hit village of Bronggang lay nine miles (15 kilometers) from the fiery crater,
just on the perimeter of the government-delineated "danger zone." Crumpled roofs,
charred carcasses of cattle and broken chairs - all layered in white ash and soot - dotted
the smoldering landscape. The zone has since been expanded to a ring 12 miles (20
kilometers) from the peak, bringing it to the edge of the ancient royal capital of
Yogyakarta, which has been put on its highest alert. Poor visibility from ash showers
snarled traffic and forced closed the city's airport for a second day Saturday.
The biggest threat is the Code River, which flows from the 9,700-foot (3,000-meter)
mountain into the heart of the city of 400,000 and could act as conduit for deadly volcanic
mudflows that can race at speeds of 60 mph (100 kph).
Already, it is clogged with cold lava, mud, rocks and other debris.
Sri Sucirathasri said her family had stayed in their Bronggang home Thursday night
because they hadn't been told to leave. They awoke in the dark as the mountain let out
thunderous claps and tried desperately to outrun the flows on a motorbike. Her mother,
father and 12-year-old sister, Prisca, left first, but with gray ash blocking out any light,
they mistakenly drove into - rather than away from- the volcano's dangerous discharge.
The 18-year-old Sri went looking for them when she heard her mother's screams, leaving
at home an older sister, who died when the house was engulfed in flames. "It was a safe
place. There were no signs to evacuate," said Sri, a vacant gaze fixed on Prisca, whose
neck and face were burned a shiny ebony, her features nearly melted away. Their mother
was still missing. Their father, whose feet and ankles were burned, was being treated in
another ward. "I don't know what to say," she whispered when asked if she blamed
officials for not warning the family. "Angry at who? I'm just sad. And very sick."
Merapi's latest round of eruptions began Oct. 26, followed by more than a dozen other
powerful blasts and thousands of tremors. With each new eruption, scientists and officials
have steadily pushed the villagers who live along Merapi's fertile slopes farther from the
crater. But after initially predicting earlier eruptions would ease pressure under the
magma dome, experts who have spent a lifetime studying the volcano now say the don't
know what to expect. Scientists can study the patterns of volcanoes, but their eruptions
are essentially unpredictable, as Merapi's increasingly intense blasts have shown.
Towering plumes of ash continued to dust windshields, roof tops and leaves on trees
hundreds of miles (kilometers) away Saturday. The fallout was so bad, that at least one
international airline, Malaysia Airlines, decided to reroute flights that were supposed to
land in the city of Bandung, 220 miles (380 kilometers) west of Merapi.
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The latest eruption released 1,765 million cubic feet (50 million cubic meters) of volcanic
material, making it "the biggest in at least a century," state volcanologist Gede Swantika
said as plumes of smoke continued to shoot up more than 30,000 feet(10,000meters).
Soldiers pulled at least 78 bodies from homes and streets blanketd by ash up to a foot (30
centimeters) deep, raising the overall toll to 118, according to the National Disaster
Management Agency.With bodies found in front of houses and in streets, it appeared that
many of the villagers died from the blistering gas while trying to escape, said Col.
Tjiptono, a deputy plice chief. "The heat surrounded us and there was white smoke
everywhere," said Niti Raharjo, 47, who was thrown from his motorbike along with his
19-year-old son while trying to flee. The living were carried away on stretchers following
the first big explosion just before midnight. More than 2 injured people - with burns,
respiratory problems, broken bones and cuts - waited to be treated at the tiny Sardjito
hospital, where the bodies piled up in its morgue, and two other hospitals.
"We're totally overwhelmed here!" hospital spokesman Heru Nogroho said.
Some of Merapi's victims had burn covering up to 95 percent of their bodies.
The facility's burn unit is limited to 10 beds, however, and it turns away any patient
without facial burns or whose body is burned less than 40 percent, according to Sigit
Priohutomo, a senior official at Sardjito. Nearly 200,000 people living on the mountan
have been evacuated to crowded emergency shelters, many by force, in the last week.
Some return to their villages during lulls in activity, however,to tend to their live stock.
They were told to stay away Saturday. The government also announced an $11 million
program to buy the cows on the mountain to kep farmers off its slopes, and to provide
compensation for animals lost in the eruptions. Indonesia, a vast archipelago of 235
million people, is prone to earthquakes and volcanoes because it sits along the Pacific
"Ring of Fire," a horseshoe-shaped string of faults that lines the Pacific Ocean.
While Friday's explosion was the largest in volume in a century, an eruption at Merapi in
1930 killed many more-1,300. Even that toll pales in comparison to other volcanoes in
the region, including Indonesia. Krakatoa killed at least 36,000 people in 1883, in an
eruption that could be heard 2,000 miles (3,200 kilometers) away and blackened skies
region-wide for months.
Text 5
Title : Livestock, residents’ reluctance halts Merapi evacuation
Date of edition : Sun, 11/07/2010 7:25 PM
Despite calls from authority to flee their homes following the Mount Merapi eruption,
some residents in several Boyolali villages have chosen to return home for either feeding
their livestocks or taking their valuables. Sahir, who lives in Kupo village, nine
kilometers away from Mount Merapi, said he and his wife left their refugee camp in
Ampel , Boyolali, every morning to feed their five cows at home.
"We spent around an hour to cut grass for them [the cows]," said the father of three,
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whose village, located in Cepogo district, lies only nine kilometers away from
Mt.Merapi. Sahir said he and some other farmers under refugee had used to pay someone
for taking care of their livestock, including finding them grass and delivering it home.
"With five cows, I need to pay at least Rp 40,000 (US$4.5) per day for such service.
Since I'm running out money, I now have no option except feeding my cows by myself,"
hesaid. Cepogo police chief First. Insp. Bambang Brusitom said the local authority had
worked hard to convince residents in his area to immediately move to a safer location. He
said the police had deployed their officers to assist the search and rescue team looking for
residents who still stay at their homes. "It is our responsibility to ensure the safety, but
honestly, we can't do nothing if they insist [to stay]," said Bambang, who on Sunday
closed his office in Cepogo and moving it some 15 kilometers away from Mt. Merapi.
Some SAR officers met by the Post along the street heading to Mt. Merapi also shared the
same concern. "They [who refused to flee] gave us classic reasons, like they are afraid I'd
someone steal their cows or other valuables at home," an officer said.
Text 6
Title : Many flee Mt. Merapi amid fears of eruption
Date of edition : Mon, 11/08/2010 6:59 PM
Frightened residents abandoned their homes in a bustling city of 400,000 at the foot of
Indonesia's rumbling volcano Monday, cramming onto trains, buses and rented vehicles
as authorities warned Mount Merapi could erupt again at any time.
A mass burial late Sunday for many of the 141 people killed in the last two weeks served
as a reminder of the mountain's devastating power that culminated in its deadliest blast in
80 years, sending hot clouds of gas, rocks and debris avalanching down its slopes. With
the closest airport closed by ash, rail traffic leaving Yogyakarta has doubled in recent
days, as residents - many of them students from the city's universities - tried desperately
to get out.
"My parents have been calling ... saying 'You have to get out of there! You have to come
home!"' said Linda Ervana, a 21-year-old history student who was waiting with friends at
a train station. After days of failing to get tickets - long lines stretch all the way through
the main hall - they decided to rent a minibus without her classmates. "It feels like that
movie '2012,"' said her 22-year-old friend, Paulina Setin."Like a disaster in a movie."
Concerns about airborne ash after Friday's massive eruption prompted many international
airlines to cancel flights to the capital, Jakarta, just days before President Barack Obama's
planned trip to Indonesia - his second stop in a 10-day Asian tour.
All were flying again Monday, and White House officials said Obama was still scheduled
to touch down on Tuesday. Merapi, one of the world's most active volcanoes, has erupted
many times in the last century, killing more than 1,400. But Friday was the mountain's
deadliest day since 1930, with nearly 100 lives lost.
Islam mandates that the dead be buried quickly, so authorities gave relatives three days to
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identify their loved ones. To speed up the process, most families chose to have their
relatives interred in a mass grave - a common practice in Indonesia following a disaster.
One by one the bodies - some too charred to be identified - were lowered into a massive
trench in the shadow of the volcano.
Merapi was still issuing explosive roars Monday as it shot clouds of gas and debris up to
3,000 feet (1 kilometer) in the air as ash and pyroclastic flows poured down its slopes.
"Based on what we're seeing now, it could erupt again any time," said Surono, astate
volcanologist. The National Disaster Management Agency said the overall death toll from
the volcano climbed from 138 to 141 on Monday after search and rescue teams found
more bodies on the mountain.
The Indonesian government has put Yogyakarta, 20 miles (30 kilometers) away, on high
alert. The city's airport was closed yet again on Monday and the ash hung so thickly in the
air that breathing became painful and clothes stunk of smoke after any time spent out
doors. Though there have been no orders to evacuate Yogyakarta, many residents have
decided to go on their own. Small hamlets on the edge of the city looked like ghost towns,
houses shuttered, some with laundry still hanging outside. "What choice do we have?"
asked Sukirno, 37, as he sped away with his wife and their 8-year-old daughter on a
motorbike, saying they would join relatives far away over fears the effect of the ash on
their health.
The biggest threat to the city, experts say, is not searing gas clouds, but the Code River,
which flows right into the city's heart from the 9,700-foot (3,000-meter) mountain.
It could act as a conduit for deadly volcanic mudflows that form in heavy rains, racing at
speeds of up to 60 mph (100 kph) and destroying everything in their path. A thick, black
volcanic sludge has already inundated one city neighborhood that starts at the river bank
and climbs a hillside. In Romomangun, the mud burst the bank sand poured in to
buildings. It has filled a path that runs along the river - which is usually about three feet (a
meter) below a retaining wall but is now even with it. The sludge also rushed into a small,
one-room building on the bank that houses a public bathroom. The top of the entry door is
now at waist level.
Nearly 280,000 people - many of whom normally live on the fertile slopes of the volcano
- have jammed into emergency shelters. Many have complained of poor sanitation, saying
there were not enough toilets or clean drinking water.
Indonesia, a vast archipelago of 235 million people, is prone to earthquakes and
volcanoes because it sits along the Pacific "Ring of Fire," a horseshoe-shaped string of
faults that lines the Pacific Ocean.
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Title : Lawmakers plan to join Gayus investigations
Date of edition : Tue, 11/09/2010 1:48 PM
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Lawmakers plan to inspect Kelapa Dua Police Detention Center in Depok, West Java,
following allegations that graft convict Gayus Tambunan misused a temporary medical
check up permit.
―I am organizing support from other lawmakers [for the inspection],‖ said legislator
Ahmad Yani from the United Development Party.
The lawmakers will focus on finding loopholes in the police‘s internal monitoring system,
he said.The results of the inspection would be passed on to the team of police
investigators in charge of the case.
Yani said he had been informed that several police officers had been questioned by the
team led by National Police detective chief Comr. Gen. Ito Sumardi.
―We are now waiting for the newly appointed National Police chief Gen. Timur Pradopo
to fulfill his promise, to take firm action against those who have violated the law,‖ he
said.
Gayus Tambunan was alleged to have misused his temporary medical check up permit to
watch a tennis event in Nusa Dua, Bali, last week.
Separately, House of Representatives' deputy spokesman Pramono Anung called on
police to investigate reports implicating Gayus Tambunan.
―I urge the police internal affairs division to investigate the reports. Severe punishments
should be handed down for those involved,‖ Pramono, a lawmaker from the Indonesian
Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP), said Tuesday.
―The Gayus story isn't the first incident to take place in our justice system,‖ he said.
Text 8
Title : Bakso, nasi goreng ... semuanya enak!’
Date of edition : Wed, 11/10/2010 9:22 AM
―Terima kasih untuk bakso, nasi goreng, emping, krupuk. Semuanya enak!‖ Those were
the words of a US president in Indonesian, thanking his host after being served with
delicacies he used to love as a young boy living here in the city.
In what many Indonesians saw as a homecoming visit on Tuesday, Barack Obama was
generally welcomed with warmth and a sense of kinship by those who met him and those
watching him on TV, or even just listening to his voice on the radio.
Reflecting on the four years he spent here as a child back in the 1960s, Obama said
Jakarta had changed so much.
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―I barely recognize the city… Sarinah used to be the tallest building and now it is one of
the shorter buildings on the road,‖ he said.
Visiting the city as the US president was disorienting, Obama added.
―The landscape has changed completely since I was here in 1967. I remember people on
becak — bicycle rickshaw things — or bemo, which were sort of like taxis… Now, as
president, I can‘t see the traffic. The streets are blocked,‖ he said, followed by laughter
from a crowd of officials and reporters.
Obama said it was ―wonderful‖ to be back in Indonesia with first lady Michelle Obama
and that he pondered returning to Indonesia with his two daughters to visit the country‘s
cultural sites.
Nostalgia aside, Obama‘s visit is a realization of his promise to repair the US‘ tarnished
image through a foreign policy that relies more on the country‘s soft power in engaging
with the Muslim world.
In a press conference held after a bilateral meeting with Indonesian counterpart President
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Obama said that focusing solely on security issues would
not help the US achieve the aim of ending mistrust with Muslim countries.
―We don‘t expect to completely eliminate misunderstanding and mistrust that we‘ve
developed over a long period of time, but we do think that we‘re on the right path.‖
He also took the time to criticize Israel‘s plans to build new apartments in disputed East
Jerusalem. ―This kind of activity is never helpful when it comes to peace negotiations,‖
Obama said.
Today, Obama is scheduled to visit the Istiqlal Mosque, the largest in Southeast Asia,
where he will meet clerics to exchange views on the peaceful teaching of Islam.
―I think broadening the relationship strengthens it, to build trust, build more people-to-
people contact, that will be good for our security,‖ he added.
Obama cited the US‘ recent organizing of an entrepreneur summit in Washington
involving young business leaders from a number of Muslim countries, as well as the US‘
relationship with Indonesia, which has just entered a new stage with the launch of the
Comprehensive Partnership between the US and Indonesia that touches on more than just
economic and security issues.
Obama said he was not happy that the US was Indonesia‘s third-largest trading and
investment partner. ―I‘ve informed [Yudhoyono] that we don‘t like to be No. 3. We want
to be No. 1,‖ he said.
Another area in the partnership, he said, was to improve the people-to-people partnership,
particularly the cooperation and exchanges between US and Indonesian students and
universities. For this purpose, Obama is scheduled to visit the University of Indonesia
today to deliver a lecture.
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―The third element in our Comprehensive Partnership is to deepen our political and
security cooperation.‖
He said this included the ―already strong cooperation‖ between Indonesia and the US in
terrorism and piracy prevention and the US‘ partnering with Indonesia in East Asia, in
which he look forward to Indonesia‘s leadership as chair of ASEAN and to returning to
Jakarta next year for the East Asia Summit.
At a dinner banquet hosted by Yudhoyono at the State Palace, Obama said that, although
different, Indonesia and the US shared many similarities that served as common grounds
for stronger bonds, including the struggle for independence and democratic movements.
―Like bamboo on the riverbank, we have to rely on each other. No country is an island,
even those made of thousands of islands,‖ Obama said. (gzl)
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Title : Officers get 5 months in prison in ‘red herring’ torture trial
Date of edition : Thu, 11/11/2010 12:40 PM
Three low-ranking officers of the Pam Rahwan Yonif 753/Arga Vira Tama squad, based
in Nabire, Papua, were handed down five months‘ imprisonment on Thursday for their
involvement in the torture of several Puncak Jaya residents in March.
The officers were Chief Pvt Sahminan Husain Lubis, Second Pvt Joko Sulistiono and
Second Pvt Dwi Purwanto. The verdict, read out by chief judge Lt. Col. Adil Karokaro at
the Cendarawasih Military Court III/19 in Jayapura, was heavier than the three months
previously demanded the military prosecutor.
According to tempointeraktif.com, The panel of judges said the defendants had breached
the Indonesian Military Code of Conduct. The trial, trumpeted by Indonesia's President
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono as evidence of Indonesia's commitment to upholding human
rights ahead of Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard's visit last week, has been widely
criticized by human rights activists as deceptive, and was labeled by one international
media outlet as a ―red-herring‖.
The trial of the four soldiers began amid assurances that the defendants were soldiers who
had appeared in a widely distributed video depicting the graphic torture of two Papuan
men that was presumed to have been recorded on May 30. The torture video shows the
soldiers using burning sticks to scald the victims‘ genitals.
However, as the trial began it became apparent that the four defendants had nothing to do
with the events that took place in the widely publicized video.
Instead, the four soldiers were involved in a separate case that took place in March, which
was also captured on video, but one that was much less disturbing.
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Earlier on Thursday, the officer‘s superior, Second Lt. Cosmos, was sentenced to seven
months in prison by the same court in relation to the same case.
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Title : Evacuation volunteers rely on radios for safety
Date of edition : Fri, 11/12/2010 9:36 AM
Danger zone: Members of a joint evacuation team consisting of military and public
officers and volunteers on Thursday inspect what was a hamlet wiped out by pyroclastic
flows from Mount Merapi‘s Nov. 5 eruption, the biggest since it began exploding on Oct.
26. JP/Slamet Susanto The handheld radio transceiver is a vital instrument for volunteers
evacuating victims from erupting Mount Merapi as they anticipate hot clouds that
unpredictably spew from the world‘s most active volcano.
When hot clouds (pyroclastic flow) spew, the evacuation teams‘ radio units sound an
alarm. The sound is relayed from the seismographs section at the Volcanic Technology
Development and Research Center (BPPTK) Yogyakarta.
―If we use cellular phones to alert our team of pyroclastic flows, the flow will reach us
before the SMS,‖ said Hamid Tolchah, 30, an evacuation team member from the
Yogyakarta Red Cross (PMI) on Thursday.
With handheld radios, he said, volunteers could stay tuned to one channel and receive
vital information simultaneously.
―When it sounds an alarm, everyone knows what to do: Run!‖ Hamid, who has been a
PMI member for about a year, said.
Before the danger zone was expanded to a 20-kilometer radius from the crater of Merapi,
following the biggest eruption in recorded history on Nov. 5, Hamid was tasked with
distributing clean water to refugees within the previous 10-kilometer danger zone.
He said this time was valuable as an evacuation team member because he was familiar
with the geography of fields that later became danger zones.
Such solid knowledge on the ―red zones‖ is a requirement for evacuation team members.
Thursday‘s evacuation team leader Lt. Col. Iwan Setiawan, deputy chief commander of
military unit Kopassus, thoroughly studied the map of the red zones before leading the
team. He also involved residents who knew the areas well in the evacuation process.
Merapi‘s eruptions, which have claimed more than 180 lives, have devastated villages
within danger zones, turning the regions into layers of hot volcanic materials.
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A number of villages are still inaccessible, also because of threats from hot clouds that
can eject from Merapi at any time. ―We prioritize the safety of volunteers,‖ Iwan said.
For safety reasons, the team was divided into several groups: the evacuation, vehicle and
information sections.
Iwan said the information team, holders of the handheld radios, had a central role in the
evacuation process. He said they monitored and communicated with the Meteorology,
Climatology and Geology Agency (BMKG) and BPPTK regarding the real-time
condition of Merapi through handheld radios.
―The lives of the evacuation team depend on these devices,‖ said Iwan.
With the peak of the smoldering volcano mostly covered with thick cloud and ash,
handheld radios assured the safety of the evacuation team Thursday. The team, comprised
of Kopassus, marines, police mobile brigade and other volunteers, retreated empty
handed Thursday. ―We ran back as the hot cloud signal was heard,‖ said Ferry,
commander of Search and Rescue team (SAR), Yogyakarta.
He said rivers on the slopes of Merapi, which are full of volcanic material, helped slow
down flows from the crater.
However, ―We don‘t dare take any risks. Flows can travel very fast,‖ Ferry said.
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Title : KPK highlights need for separate prison, corrupt officials
Date of edition : Sat, 11/13/2010 11:12 AM
Constitutional Court chief Mahfud MD urged law enforcement officials to punish hard
graft defendant Gayus H Tambunan, following his absence from his detention cell last
week. ―His crime has impoverished many people and he seemed to feel no guilty at all.
He could even laugh during interviews. He must be punished hard, for example, through
an impoverishment against him,‖ Mahfud said Saturday during a talk show in Jakarta.
―The case involved more than only officers in where Gayus was detained. Why Bali if
they could meet Gayus in Jakarta?‖ he said.
Last week, Gayus is believed to leave police custody in Kelapa Dua Police Detention
Center in Depok, West Java, and watch a tennis match in Bali. He demanded law
enforcement officials to solve the case to its roots. ―This case is important and obviously
there are people helping Gayus. Law enforcers have to dismantle his network sand punish
the mall,‖ he said. He added that the society was severely impaired by such corrupt
attitudes mostly coming from government and public officials like Gayus. ―Government
and public officials supposed to be role models. So, any officials and officers who
involved in Gayus‘s outing should also be punished hard. I‘d say a lifetime in prison
would do,‖ he added. (ipa)
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Title : South Korea picks up 4 Asian Games golds Sunday
Date of edition : Sun, 11/14/2010 3:10 PM
South Korea swept all four shooting gold medals Sunday and Japan won the men's
triathlon to put a small dent into China's overwhelming gold medal haul at the Asian
Games.
South Korean shooter Lee Dae-myung won the men's 10-meter air pistol and helped
secure a victory in the team competition on the second morning. Later, Gim Yun-mi won
the women's 10-meter air pistol and South Korea the women's team gold.
Meanwhile China, which won 18 of the 28 golds on the first day, added to its tally
Sunday with wins in both single slalom kayak and canoe and in track cycling's team
sprint event.
China topped the medal count at the last Asian Games in Doha with 166 gold medals and
is on its way to repeating that. There are 476 gold medals to be awarded in Guangzhou.
Japanese triathletes finished first and second in the men's race just 24 hours after two of
their female compatriots took the major medals in the women's event.
On Sunday, Yuichi Hosoda and Ryosuke Yamamoto finished one-two to make Japan the
undisputed triathlon champions of the Asian Games. On Saturday, Mariko Adachi and
Akane Tsuchihashi of Japan won gold and silver, respectively, in the women's race.
Hosoda finished in one hour, 52 minutes, 15 seconds, with Yamamoto 25 seconds behind.
Dmitry Gaag of Kazakhstan, who won at the 2006 Doha Asian Games and who served a
two-year doping ban for EPO in between, took the bronze in 1:53.08.
The Olympic distance triathlon included a 1.5-kilometer swim in Centre Lake at the
University Town complex, followed by a seven-lap, 40-kilometer cycle on a flat course
and a 10-kilometer run.
Hosoda was fourth out of the water behind swim leader Heo Min-ho of South Korea, but
led after the cycle leg and relegated Heo to second place. Heo faltered in the run leg to
finish fifth.
"I am glad I was able to go so strongly at the finish," Hosoda said of his time of 31
minutes, 25 seconds in the run. "I am very happy we were able to win the gold and silver
medals."
Teng Zhiqiang won the canoe slalom single and Huang Cunguang the kayak version
while the Chinese team of Zhang Lei, Zhang Miao and Cheng Changsong beat Japan in
the gold medal final in the cycling men's sprint. Iran beat Malaysia for the bronze.
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China increased its gold count to 22, well ahead of South Korea's eight and Japan's five.
Judo, swimming and weightlifting were among those events scheduled later among 35
finals.
In morning swim heats, Olympic champions Kosuke Kitajima of Japan and Park Tae-
hwan of South Korea made their first appearances.
Breaststroke specialist Kitajima was second in his 50-meter heat with a time of 28.38
seconds, 0.53 seconds behind China's Li Xiayan. Overall, the four-time Olympic gold
medalist qualified fifth for the final, trailing Li, domestic rival Ryo Tateishi and
swimmers from Iran and Kazakhstan.
Park, the 400-meter freestyle champion from the 2008 Beijing Olympics, is trying to
recover from a disappointing showing at last year's world championships, where he didn't
qualify for the final.
The 21-year-old Park won his heat in the 200 freestyle but qualified only third for the
final with a time of 1 minute, 49.15 seconds, behind Chinese swimmers Sun Yang and
Zhang Lin, runner-up to Park at the 2008 Games.
Park said he was happy with his performance.
"My condition was not bad and I engaged in the race quite comfortably," he said, adding,
"I think I will have to post a better result in the final."
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Title : Warden says Gayus had 68 times since July
Date of edition : Mon, 11/15/2010 10:54 AM
Graft suspect Gayus Tambunan bribed his way out of his cell 68 times since July, alleged
his former warden, Comr. Iwan Siswanto.
Iwan told investigators that Gayus had frequently asked to temporarily leave his cell at
the National Police Mobile Brigade detention center in Depok, West Java, since his trial
on graft allegations began earlier this year.
Gayus was alleged to have left his cell three times in July, 19 times in both August and
September, 23 times in October and at least four times in November.
Iwan alleged he received Rp 368 million (US$40,000) in bribes from Gayus to let the
former low-level tax official out of detention while waiting for his trial.
According to an investigation document given to Tempo, Iwan said he gave Gayus no
special treatment.
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One guard said that Gayus typically left his cell around 3 p.m., but sometimes as late as 8
p.m.
After the detention center‘s gates were opened, Gayus was taken by motorcycle to either
a gas station or a Bank Mandiri branch near the University of Indonesia.
―He had his own car and a driver waiting there to pick him up‖, the guard told
investigators.
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Title : Cities in Java, Bali to hold Idul Adha mass prayers Tuesday
Date of edition : Tue, 11/16/2010 7:56 AM
The country‘s second largest Muslim organization, Muhammadiyah, announces a list of
mosques and locations in Java and Bali where mass Idul Adha prayers are to be held
Tuesday.
The list, which can be accessed includes five mosques in Bali, more than 35 in Jakarta
and dozens of others in Yogyakarta, Bantul and Gunung Kidul, Central Java.
Locations in Jakarta include the Baitul Hikmah mosque on Jl. Gelong Baru Selatan,
Tomang, and the Failaka Mosque on Jl. Palmerah Utara Raya, West Jakarta, as well as
the Al Muhajirin Mosque in Tanah Abang and Al Falah Mosque in Bendungan Hilir,
Central Jakarta.
The government announced that the Muslim holy day of Idul Adha would fall on
Wednesday.
However, Muhammadiyah, based on its moon observation calculation, stated that the day
falls on Tuesday.
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Title : A celebration ‘in a time of mourning’
Date of edition : Thu, 11/18/2010 9:21 AM
No hustle no meat: Hundreds of people jostle for meat from cattle slaughtered as part of
the observance of the Day of Sacrifice at the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) offices in
Jakarta on Wednesday. The BPK slaughtered eight cows and 14 goats and gave the meat
away to the poor. JP/R. Berto Wedhatama An appeal for solidarity and tolerance marked
commemorations of the Islamic Day of Sacrifice, or Idul Adha, which was celebrated on
either Tuesday or Wednesday, in accordance to diverse beliefs here.
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The appeals for solidarity referred to the tens of thousands who have lost loved ones and
who were displaced from their homes in recent disasters in West Sumatra, Yogyakarta,
Central Java, and Papua.
―We celebrate Idul Adha at a time when Indonesia is mourning from strings of disasters:
the flash flood in Wasior, the tsunami in Mentawai, and the Merapi eruption. The time is
high for us to contemplate more,‖ said Din Syamsuddin, leader of the second-largest
Islamic organization, Muhammadiyah, in his sermon after leading prayers in Surabaya,
East Java, on Tuesday.
Din also called on Muslims to persevere in the face of the natural disasters. ―We have to
be patient .... Those who are patient are people who are tested but are faithful to God,‖ he
said.
While Yogyakarta, among the areas hit by the volcanic eruptions, is a base area of
Muhammadiyah, which celebrated Idul Adha on Tuesday, the governor and traditional
monarch Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono X was seen joining the congregation Wednesday
with refugees at Maguwoharjo Stadium.
Schools in Yogyakarta were closed on both Tuesday and Wednesday, while municipal
secretary Rapingun called for ―tolerance and harmony‖ despite the different dates chosen
to mark the Islamic holiday.
The national holiday was on Wednesday.
In Jakarta thoroughfares were relatively quiet on Wednesday, as residents chose to spend
their time in amusement parks or visiting cemeteries.
The Istiqlal Grand Mosque here announced it would donate Rp 92.4 million (US$10,348)
to victims of the ongoing Mt. Merapi eruptions in Central Java and the tsunami that
struck the Mentawai Islands last month.
Istiqlal also announced it would distribute the meat of 17 cows and 318 goats to the
needy through a voucher system early Thursday.
The mosque‘s manager, Mubarok, said Wednesday that more than 5,000 vouchers had
been prepared. He said the mosque had decided to impose the new regulation ―to avoid
stampedes‖.
In previous years, the mosque would distribute meat immediately after the animals were
slaughtered, which led to incidents of fighting among the awaiting crowds.
Divine mercy: Residents of Jarak hamlet, 5 kilometers from the crater of Mt. Merapi
(background) in the Central Java regency of Boyolali, hold kenduri, a traditional ritual
asking God for safety from the volcano on Wednesday. Antara/Andika Betha ―We will
mark those who have received packages so that no one gets two,‖ he said.
One voucher will entitle the bearer to 1 kilogram of meat, Antara news agency reported.
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Most of the sacrificed cows and goats had undergone medical checks. Data from the
Jakarta administration showed that this year the administration slaughtered 180 cows and
473 goats, compared to 142 cows and 318 goats in 2009.
Many Jakartans also opted to spend their holidays in amusement parks, such as Taman
Mini Indonesia Indah in Cipayung, East Jakarta. The miniature park, which is usually
quiet on weekdays, was packed with both domestic and foreign tourists.
The parks‘ publication supervisor Fitriana said it was normal for the park to receive
between 25,000 and 30,000 visitors each Idul Adha.
Hundreds of Jakartans were also seen at cemeteries in Rawa Wadas, Pondok Kelapa and
Utan Kayu. It is a tradition for Muslims here to visit the graves of loved ones on Islamic
holy days.
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Title : Indonesia lands first gold in China’s traditional sport
Date of edition : Fri, 11/19/2010 9:56 AM
After six days of waiting, Indonesia finally won its first gold medal in the men‘s 1,000-
meter Straight Race at Zeng Cheng Dragon Boat Lake on Thursday.
―We have been focusing on the men‘s 1,000 since the beginning of our training for the
Asian Games as we had little information about China‘s men‘s team and our athletes
trained 20 kilometers a day,‖ Indonesian Rowing and Canoeing Association chair
Achmad Sutjipto told The Jakarta Post after the race.
―The dragon boat is China‘s legacy. It is China‘s heritage, but we expected to win the
race in China,‖ Sutjipto said.
―This is within our expectations and we have fulfilled our goal. We have passion and
commitment. We are happy that this is the first gold medal we won at the Guangzhou
Asian Games.‖
The Indonesian team led from the very beginning, defeating Myanmar, North Korea and
even the host, China.
Starting in lane four, Indonesia clocked in at 51.156 seconds for the first 250 meters,
continued to lead at 500 meters and was still ahead at 750 meters before crossing the
finish line at 03:32.016.
In lane one, China passed the first 250 meters in 51.608 seconds, second only to
Indonesia, continuing to chase Indonesia at 500 meters. Myanmar eclipsed the host team
at the 750 meter mark, finishing second at 03:34.542.
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South Korea, which started in lane three, finished third, clocking in at 03:37.254.
The Indonesian team has been training hard at Jatiluhur dam in West Java, with their
main focus to enhance their endurance and power, Sutjipto said.
―We worked out three times a day — in the morning, afternoon and night. We decreased
the volume to two sessions each day before the race and increased the intensity,‖ he said.
Sutjipto said China was strong in almost every sport, but didn‘t focus on the dragon boat.
―If they had worked harder, they would have had better results.‖
The Indonesian team also won their medal in unfamiliar weather conditions, he added.
―The weather in China is quite cold compared to Indonesia. It was a little bit difficult for
us to adapt,‖ coach Mohammad Suryadi said a day before the race. ―We had to purchase
waterproof shoes and visited Guangzhou yesterday to find them. Unfortunately, we didn‘t
find any. We need to continue [the search]. It is very cold when we get out of the boat
with wet feet.‖
The Indonesian women‘s team won a silver medal in the 1,000-meter race after finishing
at 04: 14.590 behind China at 04:03.706. The bronze medal went to Thailand.
―We respect China‘s women‘s team for winning gold today, but we will try to fight back
in the upcoming events. Indonesia is even stronger at short distance races,‖ Suryadi said.
Indonesia will also compete in the men‘s and women‘s 50-meter straight races on Friday
and the men‘s and women‘s 250-meter straight race.
Rita Subowo, the Indonesian National Olympic Committee (KONI) chairwoman, hoped
the first gold for the dragon boat event would ―motivate all athletes to perform well‖,
especially in karate, badminton and track and field, Antara reported.
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Title : Govt steps up heat on S. Arabia over worker abuse
Date of edition : Sat, 11/20/2010 11:22 AM
Until day seven of the 16th Asian Games (not 26th Games as reported on Friday on this
page) the only two gold medals collected by the country were in the aquatic sport of the
dragon boat — which resembles many traditional rowing sports in Indonesia.
The first gold was won on Thursday in the men‘s 1,000-meter Straight Race, while the
second gold was in the men‘s 500-meter Straight Race on Friday.
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Starting in lane four, the Indonesian team of 20 was left behind by Myanmar, who got off
to an early start. But after 200 meters Indonesia took the lead, clocking in at 51.952 for
the first 250 meters and hitting the finish line at 01:44.506.
Team Myanmar, the favorite, crossed the finish line second at 01:45.622, while host team
China secured the bronze in 01:46.480.
―It felt good. I wasn‘t exhausted during today‘s competition. We will keep our energy up
for tomorrow. We are equally good at both of the shorter races,‖ Indonesian team captain
Asnawir said. ―We hope we can get the gold in the 250-meter race.‖
Team manager Djamal Uddin Young Mardinal said he and his squad were happy, despite
not being the favorite to win in the class.
―In our last two meetings, at the 2007 Southeast Asian Games and the 2008 Asian Beach
Games, we were always second [to Myanmar]. We actually just grabbed the gold from
their hands,‖ Djamal told The Jakarta Post after the race.
After learning from defeat in their last two meetings, the team evaluated their strengths
and weaknesses and focused on what they could do to defeat Myanmar, Djamal said.
Didin Rusdiana, one of the team members, said the victory was a result of seven months
of training at Jatiluhur Dam in West Java, where the team focused on improving their
power and endurance in order to defeat Myanmar.
―We trained five days a week, three times a day, in the morning, afternoon and evening.
We rowed 15 to 20 kilometers each session with different weights and at different
speeds,‖ the 31-year-old Bogor civil servant said.
The women‘s team also shone in the 500-meter straight race after crossing the finish line
at 02:02.875 to grab the silver medal, second only to the Chinese team. Thailand finished
third.
Indonesia‘s head coach Mohammad Suryadi, however, was not content with the women‘s
finish, blaming a lack of preparation for their failure to win gold.
―The men‘s team has been preparing for this competition since late February, but the
women‘s team began in June,‖ Suryadi said.
The dragon boat competition is divided into six divisions, made up of men‘s and
women‘s races in the 1,000-, 500- and 250-meter. Each team has 20 rowers, one
steersman and one drummer.
The teams, with almost the same members, will compete in the men‘s and women‘s 250-
meter races on Saturday.
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Title : Maid abuse investigation team still idle due to visa delay
Date of edition : Sun, 11/21/2010 4:18 PM
A team organized to investigate the recent case of maid abuse has not yet been able to
carry out its duties because visas have not been issued by the Saudi Arabian
administration, a high official says.
―Until now I haven‘t received a visa and that is why the team hasn‘t begun any
investigation of this case,‖ Minister of Woman‘s Empowerment Linda Amalia Sari
Gumelar said, as quoted by Kompas.com news portal on Sunday.
She said unlike ministry officials, whose visas were granted by officials at the Saudi
Arabia Embassy here, a visa for a minister needed to be issued directly by the official at
the Saudi Arabian Foreign Affairs Ministry.
When asked whether the delay signaled the Saudi Arabian administration‘s resistance to
permitting the investigation team from contributing, Linda said that she didn‘t want to be
influenced by such prejudice.
―I‘ve been informed that the officials there are still off duty due to national holidays.
Thus, let us allow some time to wait,‖ she said.
She said even though still idle to date, part of the team comprised of technical officials
from the Foreign Affairs Ministry and the Women‘s Empowerment Ministry had already
landed in Saudi Arabia.
A team comprising three ministers has been organized to investigate the reasons behind
the abuse that caused severe injury to an Indonesian maid, Sumiati, who is now
hospitalized at the King Fahd Hospital.
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Title : Rights watchdog calls for thorough investigation into Papua torture video
Date of edition : Mon, 11/22/2010 12:43 PM
The Indonesian government should use the newly available video testimony of a torture
victim to mount a thorough, impartial and transparent investigation into the case, Human
Rights Watch says. Human Rights Watch's Asia division deputy director Phil Robertson
said he lamented that the Indonesian authorities were ―sitting on their hands rather than
fulfilling their obligations and proactively identifying and prosecuting the soldiers
responsible‖. Robertson was referring to the torture of Tunaliwor Kiwo, a Papuan farmer,
and his neighbor, Telangga Gire, by Indonesian soldiers as depicted in a video that
surfaced last month. The 10 minute video, captured on a cell phone on May 30 shows
soldiers kicking Kiwo‘s face and chest, burning his face with a cigarette, burning his
genitals with a glowing bamboo stick and placing a knife at Gire‘s neck.
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In a video just made available, Kiwo describes the forms of torture he suffered for three
days before he escaped from the soldiers on June 2. Soldiers also tortured Gire, who was
eventually released from custody after pleas from his wife and mother.
The government has promised to investigate the case, but claims it cannot identify the
perpetrators.―Kiwo has shown tremendous bravery in coming forward – he deserves
justice and protection from retaliation, not another half-hearted army investigation and
cover-up,‖ Robertson said in statement made available to The Jakarta Post on Monday.
Indonesia is a party in the United Nations Convention Against Torture and has strict
obligations to investigate and prosecute promptly all incidents of torture occurring on its
soil and to ensure that victims and witnesses are protected against all ill-treatment or
intimidation as a consequence offiling a complaint or giving evidence, he said. In the
video, Kiwo said he and Gire had been riding a motorcycle from their hometown,
Tingginambut, to Mulia, the capital of Puncak Jaya, when soldiers stopped them at a
military checkpoint in Kwanggok Nalime, Yogorini. Kiwo said the soldiers seized and hit
them, bound their arms with rope, dragged them to the back of the army post, and tied
their feet with bar bed wire. He said the soldiers tortured him for three days, beating him
with their hands and sticks, crushing his toes with pliers, suffocating him with a plastic
bag, burning his genitals and other body parts, cutting his face and head and smearing
crushed chilies into his wounds, as well as other forms of abuse.
Kiwo‘s videotaped testimony, which has subtitles in English and Indonesian, can be
viewed on the Engage Media website. ―The Indonesian government at the highest levels
should guarantee that Tunaliwor Kiwo and Telangga Gire will be protected from
retaliation and considered witnesses to crimes,‖ Robertson said. ―The testimony of these
two men will be critically important in prosecuting the soldiers who tortured them, so
protecting them needs to be a top priority.‖
The October media coverage of the May 30 torture video prompted President Susilo
Bambang Yudhoyono to hold a limited Cabinet meeting on Oct. 22, after which the
Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Djoko Suyanto declared
the video showed Indonesian soldiers torturing Papuan villagers.
The video showing Kiwo‘s account of his captivity was released while the President was
in Papua to promote development.
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Title : Lao Yi fastest in Asia, Suryo only sixth
Date of edition : Tue, 11/23/2010 8:19 AM
It was a different story for Indonesian sprinter Suryo Agung Wibowo, a two-time
Southeast Asian Games winner, who finished sixth at 10.37 seconds. His time was far
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behind his personal best of the 10.17 seconds he set at the 2009 SEA Games in Vientiane,
Laos.
―I started late so I had to chase them afterward. I don‘t know why, and I was ready and
fully focused. If my start was better, the result would be different,‖ Suryo said.
―The replay on the screen shows that I looked ‗lost‘ in the first step and that‘s what I
felt.‖
With the 16th Asian Games nearing its end, Indonesia only added another silver from the
bowling lane with the women‘s team of five finishing second after almost four hours of
competition at Tianhe Bowling Hall.
Indonesians Tannya Roumimper, Novie Phang, Lvana Hie, Sharon Santoso and Putty
Armien scored 6,340 points compared to South Korea‘s 6,711 and Malaysia‘s 6,295.
In the men‘s team of five, the 2006 Doha Games men‘s singles gold medalist Ryan
Lalisang and teammates unexpectedly finished ninth. South Korea won the gold medal
after scoring 6,654 points, followed by Malaysia with 6,579 and Hong Kong with 6,475.
Earlier in the day, national cyclist Ariehaan Hilman only finished 23rd in the men‘s
individual road race in the Triathlon Venue while compatriot Tonton Susanto finished
35th.
The final phase of the 180-kilometer event was a neck-to-neck race among the medalists.
Wong Kam Po of Hong Kong won the race by clocking 4 hours 14 minutes and 54.18
seconds followed by Takashi Miyazawa of Japan with 4:14:54.33 and Zou Rongxi of
China with 4:14:54.96.
For the women‘s kayak double 500 meter pair, Indonesia‘s old hands Sarce Aronggear
and Rasima qualified for the final after finishing third in the first heat at the International
Rowing Center by clocking 1:56.237 behind Japan pair Shinobu Kitamoto and Asumi
Ohmura (1:44.642) and Korean pair Yoo Mi Na and Shin Jin Ah (1:52.487).
Sarce, however, failed to qualify for the women‘s kayak single 200 meters after finishing
fourth in the first heat.
Indonesian pair Silo and Muchlis, who helped win three golds in the dragon-boat race,
failed to qualify for both finals of the men‘s kayak double 1,000 meters and men‘s kayak
double 200 meters.
Teammate Tarra Anwar only finished fifth in the men‘s canoe single 200-meter first heat
and failed to reach the final.
In two diving events at the Aoti Aquatics Center, Indonesian divers went home empty
handed.
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Muhammad Nasrulah and Noor Husaini collected only 315.51 points to stand sixth in the
men‘s synchronized 10-meter platform final.
Sari Ambarwati and Maria Natalia also finished sixth in the women‘s synchronized 3-
meter springboard final.
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Title : House to test Busyro, Bambang for KPK top post
Date of edition : Wed, 11/24/2010 11:13 AM
The House of Representatives will carry out a fit-and-proper test on two candidates –
Busyro Muqodas and Bambang Widjojanto – nominated to head the Corruption
Eradication Commission (KPK). Busyro, the current chairman of Judicial Commission
and a PP Muhammadiyah adviser, will sit the test at 2 p.m. today, and Bambang, a human
rights activist and former Legal Aid Foundation Board chairman, will take the test at 7:30
p.m. House of Representatives Commission III deputy chairman Azis Syamsuddin said
the two candidates would face a bombardment of questions put to them by legislators to
test their knowledge of the law.
The candidates should show that they are well versed in various issues regarding law
enforcement and corruption eradication as well as general philosophy as stipulated in the
United Nations Convention against Corruption, Azisa dded. ―They have to prove their
knowledge about legislation so that as the commission chief or as an investigator they can
maintain their impartiality and accountability in law-enforcement proceedings,‖ Azis said
as quoted by Kompas.com.
The House commission will vote to select the new KPK chief on Thursday. Busyro or
Bambang would fill a position that has been vacant since former KPK chief Antasari
Azhar was sentenced to 18 years in prison for masterminding the murder of businessman
Nasrudin Zulkarnaen in March, 2009. The commission is scheduled on Thursday to select
two people to lead the KPK, one from the commission‘s current leadership, including M
Jasin, Haryono, Bibit S Rianto, Chandra M Hamzah, and also one of the two new
nominees.
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Title : Jakarta no longer appropriate as capital
Date of edition : Thu, 11/25/2010 10:44 AM
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Heavy traffic congestion, regular flooding, clean- water shortages and unaffordable land
have prompted discourse on relocating the capital city.
―If we do not take action to overcome these problems, social and environmental problems
in Jakarta as well as development disparity between the city and other regions in the
country will only worsen,‖ Regional Representatives Council deputy chairman Laode Ida
told a seminar on the sustainability of Jakarta as the capital and center of government at
the University of Indonesia in Depok on Wednesday.
Currently, 661-square-kilometer Jakarta is home to about 9.6 million people, but during
daytime the number can reach more than 12 million considering most people in the
satellite cities work in Jakarta. The condition is worsened by the fact that the number of
vehicles has surpassed the city‘s population. There are already 11.3 million vehicles in
the city.
Furthermore, a study has found that Jakarta will be totally grid-locked by 2014.
Laode said moving the center of government to a region outside of Java was one option,
considering the island is overly crowded. About 60 percent of Indonesia‘s more than 230
million people reside in Java.
The second option, he said, was moving only legislative and executive activities, ―but that
would not offer significant change.‖
A third option would be to develop other regions so that people would not be attracted to
migrate only to Jakarta.
However, Laode said, the first and second options would cost the government more as it
would have to build infrastructure in any region chosen as the new capital, as well as
relocate all public servants. ―Considering the complexity of the process, the government
needs to prepare a long-term plan as well as anticipate any social problems that may
occur,‖ he said.
The third option would also be a financial burden on the central government in supporting
development in the other regions, but it would have a positive impact because the
distribution of migrants would be more even between one region and another.
However, the third option had the potential to spark social conflict between newcomers
and indigenous people, he warned.
Sociologist Adrinof Chaniago, who is also the coordinator of the Indonesian Vision for
2033 team, said a study had been conducted on which region would be the most
appropriate as the new capital and it concluded that the ideal region was somewhere in
Kalimantan due to its accessibility, comfort and environmental capacity.
―In order to reorganize Jakarta, we must lighten its burden first,‖ he said.
However, the head of the Presidential Advisory Council, Emil Salim, said it would be
better to use the funds to cover the cost of moving the center of government on solving
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the threat of gridlock in Jakarta in 2014 as it could have a vast political impact on the
country.
―Beside, we already have all the infrastructure for government buildings, an electricity
network and much more in Jakarta, so why bother developing a new one in a new
region?‖
He said to overcome the problems currently faced by Jakarta, the city administration
should devise integrated development with its satellite cities, starting from a
transportation system, industry, education, health and culture so that people would be less
tempted to migrate to Jakarta.
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Title : SBY offers consolation post to Bambang Widjojanto
Date of edition : Fri, 11/26/2010 3:15 PM
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is offering lawyer-activist Bambang Widjojanto a
top post in the Attorney General's Office Commission following the latter's defeat in the
Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) leadership election.
Yudhoyono said he wanted to offer the nominee who lost the KPK leader election the
position as AGO commission head. ―I hope Bambang is willing to lead the
AGOcommission, ‖Yudhoyono told reporters.He added that both the eventual winner of
the KPK leader election Busyro Muqoddas and Bambang were credible figures.
Busyro, Judicial Commission chairman, reigned in two rounds of elections at the House
of Representatives. He beat Bambang in the first round for the KPK leadership position
and outshadowed four KPK deputies to claim the KPK chief post in the second-round
election later in the day.
―The Vice President, Cabinet ministers and I all agree that anyone who does not acquire
the duty [to lead KPK], can lead the AGO commission,‖ he said.
Yudhoyono said the offer was related to the government's commitment to empowering
the AGO commission and National Police commission.
―We have prepared presidential decrees to give a greater role to both commissions so that
they can undertake their duties with greater authority and more effectively,‖he said. The
commission, he asserted, would ensure reform in both police and AGO institutions. Late
on Thursday, Yudhoyono appointed former deputy attorney general Basrief Arief as the
new attorney general, a surprise decision hailed by prosecutors and deplored by antigraft
activists.
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Title : Korea says sound of artillery heard on island
Date of edition : Sun, 11/28/2010 10:25 AM
North Korean artllery was heard Sunday on the frontline South Korean island attacked
last week, though no shells landed on the island, South Korea's military said.
One artillery round was heard from a North Korean military base north of the sea border
dividing the two Koreas, an official with South Korea's Joint Chiefs o Staff said. He
spoke on condition of anonymity, citing office rules.
Residents of Yeonpyeong Island were ordered to take shelter because of the sound, he
said. The evacuation order was later lifted.
Four South Koreans died last week after the North rained artillery on the small Yellow
Sea island, whih is home to both fishing communities and military bases.
The artillery sound and the evacuation came just hours after South Korea and the United
States launched joint military drills near the area.
The exercises came as the North worked to justify one of the worst assaults on South
Korean territory snce the 1950-53 Korean War.
North Korea said civilians were used as a "human shield" around artillery positions and
lashed out at what it called a "propaganda campaign" against Pyongyang.
It claimed the United States orchestrated last Tuesday's clash so that it could stage joint
naval exercises inthe Yellow Sea with the South that include a U.S. nuclear powered
supercarrier - enraging the North and making neighboring China uneasy.
Also Sunday, a Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo met with South Korean President
Lee Myung-bak in Seoul, according to Lee's office, which provided no details. South
Korea's Yonhap news agency said they discussed the North Korean attack and how to
ease tensions.
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Title : Police launch crackdown on illegally parked cars
Date of edition : Tue, 11/30/2010 10:58 AM
Watch out! The police say 20 tow trucks are at the ready to haul away illegally parked
cars on the city‘s streets – starting on Tuesday.
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―We will tow the cars right away without prior notice,‖ City Police spokesman Sr. Comr.
Boy Rafli Amar said on Monday evening as quoted by Antara news agency.
Boy said that officers would also ticket the cars‘ owners.
Towing illegally parked vehicles was needed to ensure the smooth flow of traffic in
Jakarta, Boy added.
Illegal parking and an influx of new cars are the leading cause of the city‘s traffic woes,
according to experts.
On Monday, the Jakarta Police and administration signed a memorandum of
understanding on joint measures to ease traffic congestion in the capital.
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Title : Tax hike coming for Jakarta’s car owners
Date of edition : Wed, 12/01/2010 1:30 PM
The Jakarta administration says it will impose taxes on the city‘s car owners starting on
Jan. 1.
The tax would range from 1 percent to 4 percent of a vehicle‘s price, depending on the
number of vehicles owned, according to Jakarta Tax Agency regulatory head Arif Susilo.
―The City Council has approved the draft bylaw and it is ready to be endorsed,‖ Arif said
on Wednesday.
The tax was aimed at easing Jakarta‘s traffic congestion and would discourage residents
from owning more than one car, he said.
Arif said the tax would be levied on all eligible vehicles, regardless of age.
―Cheap cars and old cars are also subject to this ruling,‖ he said as quoted by
tempointeraktif.com news portal.
Under the draft bylaw, a person who owned one car would pay 1 percent of the vehicle‘s
price, a second car at 2 percent, a third car at 2.5 percent and four or more cars at 4
percent.
According to the Jakarta administration, 5 million cars were now operating in the city,
Arif said.
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Title : Airport customs wants to levy gift duties
Date of edition : Thu, 12/02/2010 10:43 AM
The customs office says it will start checking the luggage of arriving airline passengers
for gifts - and levying duties on presents it finds that are worth more than US$250.
Customs and Excise Office spokesman Evi Suhartantyo said on Wednesday that all
arriving foreign and Indonesian passengers would have their luggage rechecked by
officers after completing current luggage scans.
―If we find that they have [gifts] worth more than US$250, we will charge an import
duty,‖ Evi said.
More officers would be deployed to avoid long lines, he said.
Evi said the office would install bank counters in the customs area so passengers could
pay by bank transfer.
―There will be no loopholes for bribery,‖ he said as quoted by kontan.co.id business news
portal.
Passengers would not be allowed to pay a duty to bring in more than one liter of alcohol
or 250 cigarettes under existing regulations, Evi said, adding that excess alcohol and
cigarettes would be confiscated.
Evi did not provide a timetable for implementing the duty.
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Title : Indonesia creates team to study WikiLeaks cables
Date of edition : Fri, 12/03/2010 9:40 PM
Communication and Information Technology Minister Tifatul Sembiring said his
ministry had assigned a team to collect diplomatic documents leaked by whistle blowing
website WikiLeaks related to Indonesia. Tifatul said the results of the study would be
submitted to the Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Djoko
Suyanto. We are still in the preliminary document collection process. We need to explain
to the public should we find [the documents] invalid, ‖Tifatul said. Early on Sunday, the
UK‘s The Guardian reported WikiLeaks had provided advance copies of 251,287
documents, 3,059 of which came from the US Embassy in Jakarta and 167 from the US
Consulate in Surabaya, East Java. ―We need to clarify and respond, for example, if some
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of the documents contain propaganda,‖ he said, as quoted by tempointeraktif.com.
Meanwhile, Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa said the Indonesian government was
cooperating with the US Embassy in Jakarta and the Indonesian Embassy in Washington
to monitor the leaked documents."We are continuing to follow the updates to see whether
or not [confidential information] was leaked relating to Indonesia,‖ he said.
Guardian.co.uk reported today that the US is being accused of opening up a dramatic new
front against WikiLeaks, effectively ―killing‖ the website just days after Amazon pulled
the site from its servers following political pressure.
The website went offline for the third time in a week this morning – the biggest threat to
its online presence yet. Joe Lieberman, chairman of the US Senate‘s committee on
homeland security, earlier this week called for any organization helping to sustain
WikiLeaks to ―immediately terminate‖ its relationship with the site.
On Friday morning, WikiLeaks and its cache of secret diplomatic documents that have
proved to be a scourge for governments around the world, was only accessible through a
string of digits known as a DNS address. The site later reemerged with a Swiss domain,
WikiLeaks.ch.
Julian Assange said today that the development is an example of the ―privatization of
state censorship‖ in the US and is a ―serious problem.‖
―These attacks will not stop our mission, but should be setting off alarm bells about the
rule of law in the United States,‖ he said.
The California-based Internet provider that dropped WikiLeaks at 3 a.m. GMT on Friday
(10 a.m. Jakarta time), Everydns, says it did so to prevent its other 500,000 customers
from being affected by the intense cyber attacks targeted at WikiLeaks.
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Title : US cable: China leaders ordered hacking on Google
Date of edition : Sun, 12/05/2010 1:10 PM
Sources told American diplomats that hacking attacks against Google were ordered by
China's top ruling body and a senior leader demanded action after finding search results
critical of him, leaked U.S. government cables show.
The American Embassy sent a cable to Washington saying a source told diplomats the
Chinese government coordinated late last year's attacks on Google under the direction of
the Politburo Standing Committee.
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It was impossible to verify the details of the cables, but if true, they show the political
pressures facing Google when it decided in March to close its China-based search engine.
The cable about the hacking attacks against Google, which was classified as secret by
Deputy Chief of Mission Robert Goldberg, was released by WikiLeaks to The New York
Times and The Guardian newspapers.
It notes that it is unclear if Chinese President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao were
aware of these reported actions before Google went public about the attacks in January.
Another source said in that cable he believed an official on the top political body was
"working actively with Chinese Internet search engine Baidu against Google's interests in
China."
Google's relations with Beijing have been tense since the U.S.-based search giant said in
January it no longer wanted to cooperate with Chinese Web filtering following computer
hacking attacks on Google's computer code and efforts to break into the e-mail accounts
of human rights activists. Google closed its China-based search engine March 22 and
began routing users to its unfiltered Hong Kong site.
Google's spokeswoman in Tokyo, Jessica Powell, said the company had no comment on
the cables released by Wikileaks, and on the hacking attacks, referred to a January
statement that said it had evidence that the attack came from China. Google did not
release any details then.
A man who answered the phone at the spokesperson's office of the Ministry of Industry
and Information Technology said no one was around to comment Sunday. Calls to the
State Council Information Office and the Foreign Ministry rang unanswered.
A separate cable released by WikiLeaks showed a Politburo member demanded action
against Google after looking for his own name on the search engine and finding criticism
of him.
The May 18, 2009, cable did not identify the leader but The New York Times reported it
was propaganda chief Li Changchun, the fifth-ranked official in the country.
The cable classified as confidential cited a source as saying the Chinese official had
realized that Google's worldwide site is uncensored, capable of Chinese language
searches and search results, and that there is a link from the home page of its China site,
google.cn, to google.com.
The official "allegedly entered his own name and found results critical of him," and asked
three government ministries to write a report about Google and "demand that the
company ceases its 'illegal activities,' which include linking to google.com," the cable
said.
The cable said American officials could neither confirm nor deny the details given by the
source about the Chinese leadership's action.
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Title : Korea starts naval firing drills amid tension
Date of edition : Mon, 12/06/2010 11:03 AM
South Korea is conducting naval firing drills just a day after North Korea warned such
exercises would aggravate already high tensions between the rival neighbors.
South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff officers said Monday's drills off the Korean peninsula
are not near the tense western sea border where the North shelled a front-line island last
month.
Officials say the drill are to continue through Sunday. They spoke on condition of
anonymity citing office rules.
North Korea rained shells on Yeonpyeong Island on Nov. 23. Pyongyang said South
Korea first fired artillery toward its territorial waters. The shelling killed four South
Koreans.
South Korea says it fired shells southward, not toward North Korea, as part of routine
exercises.
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Title : Gayus admits his Rp 28b from Bakrie firms
Date of edition : Wed, 12/08/2010 5:37 PM
Graft defendant, former low-ranking tax officer Gayus Tambunan, testified Wednesday
during a trial hearing he had amassed Rp28 billion (US$3.11 million) from three giant
miners partly owned by the family of Golkar Party chairman Aburizal Bakrie.
"My money in 21 bank accounts, which were freezed by the police in 2009, came from
three services I provided for Bakrie companies," Gayus told the hearing at South Jakarta
District Court.
Gayus explained the first service was for helping PT Kaltim Prima Coal (KPC) settle a
tax problem with a tax office in Gambir, Central Jakarta. From this job he received
US$500,000.
Gayus received $1 million for the second service, helping PT Bumi Resources settle a tax
dispute at the tax tribunal.
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The third service gave Gayus $1.5 million jointly from PT KPC and Arutmin for his aid
in processing a tax policy called the "sunset policy".
According to police documents, Gayus had testified to detectives the source of his illicit
funds. This time was the first time he revealed it before a court hearing.
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Title : SE Asia considers single currency
Date of edition : Thu, 12/09/2010 4:48 PM
Southeast Asian central banks may consider an eventual currency convergence to
strengthen economic cooperation between the neighboring nations, officials say.
BI deputy governor Halim Alamsyah said on the sidelines of a seminar with central
bankers from the region that it may be possible to resolve cross-border issues by applying
a single currency for Southeast Asian countries. ―But it will take a lot of time. By 2015,
there will be a Southeast Asian common market, and if it succeeds a single currency is
possible. But before that, we need to converge the economies,‖ he told reporters in
Jimbaran,Bali.
The South East Asian Central Banks (SEACEN) Center‘s executive director Karunasena
agreed, saying there would be a lot of pre-conditions before a single Southeast Asian
currency were applied. ―For now, regional pooling and other initiatives are more practical
and easy to work,‖ he added. (est)
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Title : Cool minds needed to discuss Yogyakarta bill: Yudhoyono’s son
Date of edition : Sun, 12/12/2010 2:43 PM
Democratic Party secretary-general Edhie Baskoro Yudhoyono has said cool minds were
needed to discuss the bill on Yogyakarta‘s status to avoid further misunderstanding.
Edhie Baskoro, alias Ibas, who is the son of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, said
the current debate was normal to ensure the quality of the law.
―However, we should not lose direction in the current debate. We need to remain calm in
discussions and resolve problems so that democracy and the [Yogyakarta] sultanate
system can work together,‖ he said in a press
release Sunday. Ibas said the public should also respect the bill deliberation at the House
of Representatives. Options to name the Yogyakarta governor through appointment or
direct election remained open in the bill, he said, adding that at present, Sri Sultan
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Hamengkubuwono X was still the best person for the position of Yogyakarta governor.
Ibas also said the Yogyakarta sultanate system could not be canceled since it was part of
the country‘s tradition.
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Title : Govt slammed for cutting KPK’s investigation budget
Date of edition : Tue, 12/14/2010 3:41 PM
The government is being slammed for reducing the investigation and prosecution budget
of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) from Rp 26.3 billion (approximately
US$2.9 million) in 2010 to Rp 19.2 billion in 2011.
The Indonesian Forum for Budget Transparency (FITRA) said the Rp 7.1 billion decrease
was proof of the government‘s lack of commitment to combating graft.
―The budget is an instrument reflecting the government‘s level of seriousness in
upholding law and combating corruption. The decline in the budget shows the
government‘s declining commitment,‖ FITRA coordinator for advocating and
investigation, Uchok Sky Khadafi, told the press Tuesday as quoted by
tempointeraktif.com.
Uchok said the KPK‘s overall budget for 2011, Rp 575 billion in total, was actually an
increase from the Rp 392 billion this year. ―But, the increases are in insubstantial units,
such as in human resources management, public relations and protocol activities,‖ he
added.
Uchok also put the blame on the House of Representatives, which approved the
government‘s bill on the anti-graft body‘s 2011 budget.
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Title : Dozens of Indonesians expelled from Malaysia everyday
Date of edition : Thu, 12/16/2010 8:07 AM
Dozens of Indonesians are expelled from Malaysia on a daily basis mainly due to lacking
necessary documents such as passports and work permits, an official says.
―These Indonesians are arrested from various locations in several cities across Malaysia
and then put in police custody before they are taken here,‖ Sufyan of the Malaysia Police
told journalists who visited the Entikong border Wednesday.
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Thirty-four Indonesians were expelled Wednesday mainly because they were without the
proper documents. Ruslan, one of the expelled Indonesians from Southeast Sulawesi,
admitted that he had equipped himself only with courage and not a passport.
―My friend asked me to come with him. And I have spent around Rp 300,000 [US$30] to
follow him down to Kuching with the promise of a job at a plantation,‖ he told
journalists. ―But I was arrested before I got any job there.‖
Rosalia, another Indonesian of Entikong origin who acknowledged that she had been
working as a domestic helper in Kuching for the last three years, said she had been fooled
by her agent who had said that her passport was legal.
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Title : RI to play aggressive soccer tonight: Coach
Date of edition : Sun, 12/19/2010 9:18 AM
Indonesia will play aggressive one-two touch soccer instead of long ball against the
Philippines in the second semifinal match of the 2010 AEAN Football Federation Cup
tonight, coach Alfred Riedl says.
―We learned from the first match. Long ball was not that effective for us. We will play
the way we did in the group stage,‖ Riedl said Saturday.
He said he expected the strategy would allow Indonesian players to score early.
Indonesia beat the Philippines 1-0 in the first semifinal match on Thursday. In the group
stage, Indonesia crushed Malaysia 5-1 and Laos 6-0, and sent home arch-rival Thailand
with a 2-1 win.
For tonight's match, 34-year-old striker Cristian Gonzales will team up with young Irfan
Bachdim, while experienced striker Bambang Pamungkas will come off the bench.
In midfield, Ahmad Bustomi, Oktovianus Maniani and M. Ridwan will share the
responsibility of moving the ball to the two strikers along with skipper Firman Utina. If
Firman cannot play, Eka Ramdani will be given the opportunity.
On defense, Maman Abdurrahman and Hamka Hamzah, who have created a strong
partnership during the tournament with Indonesia conceding only two goals, will keep
their eye on the Philippines‘ most dangerous players Philip James Placer Younghusband
and James Joseph Placer Younghusband.
This will allow wingbacks M. Nasuha and Zulkifly Syukur to join in the attack. Markus
Haris Maulana will stay Indonesia's goalie.
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Malaysia has already secured a spot in the finals after beating Vietnam 2-0 in their first
match, and holding them to a 0-0 draw in the second .
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Title : 320 extra flights to run out of Jakarta over holidays
Date of edition : Tue, 12/21/2010 11:37 AM
State airport operator PT Angkasa Pura II announced Tuesday that 320 extra flights
would run out of Soekarno-Hatta International Airport to accommodate the high number
of travelers over the holiday period.
―Several airlines have reported to us that they will run additional flights to serve more
passengers during Christmas and New Year,‖ Angkasa Pura II president director Tri
Sunoko said in Jakarta.
The airlines include national carrier PT Garuda Indonesia, Indonesia AirAsia and
Mandala Airlines.
Garuda will run 16 additional flights between Jakarta and Denpasar, two more flights to
Surabaya and 46 more flights to Pontianak.
AirAsia will run 144 extra flights to Denpasar, 16 more to Singapore, and Mandala
Airlines will run 16 additional flights to Hong Kong, Sunoko said.
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Title : Corruption eradication to be part of 2011 curriculum: Govt
Date of edition : Thu, 12/23/2010 12:49 PM
Following a discussion with the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), the
Education Ministry has announced plans to include an anticorruption module in the 2011
curriculum.
―Corruption can be reduced by arresting people, but these effort should also involve the
education system,‖ Education Minister Mohammad Nuh said Thursday as quoted by
tempointeraktif.com.
Nuh said corruption was not just an adult problem.
―It is also a problem for children because they will grow and become adults and parents.‖
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Children must be provided with honest education, he said.
―The anticorruption education program can be shared by children with their parents,‖ Nuh
said.
The module is anticipated to be part of the curriculums, from elementary to university
levels.
―Children will be given anticorruption material suited to their age,‖ Nuh said.
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Title : Pope celebrates Christmas Eve amid security
Date of edition : Sat, 12/25/2010 8:28 AM
Pope Benedict XVI ushered in Christmas Eve with an evening Mass on Friday amid
heightened security concerns following the package bombings at two Rome embassies
and Christmas Eve security breaches at the Vatican the past two years.
Benedict processed down the central aisle of St. Peter's Basilica at the start and end of the
Mass without incident; with his normal phalanx of bodyguards on either side, he stopped
several times to bless babies held up to him from the pews.
During the same service in 2008 and 2009, a mentally disturbed woman lunged at the
pope as he processed down the aisle - and last year she managed to pull him to the
ground.
Friday's service saw no such interruptions. In his homily, Benedict recalled the birth of
Jesus which is commemorated on Christmas and prayed that the faithful today become
more like Christ.
"Help us to recognize your face in others who need our assistance, in those who are
suffering or forsaken, in all people, and help us to live together with you as brothers and
sisters, so as to become one family, your family," he said.
In addition to the past breaches, security was also vigilant Friday due to the package
bombings a day earlier at the Swiss and Chilean embassies, for which anarchists claimed
responsibility. The two people who opened the envelopes were injured.
The bombings added to tensions in the capital following a violent, anti-government
protest last week in the historic center and a fake bomb found Tuesday on a Rome
subway.
The Vatican identified the pope's 2008 and 2009 Christmas Eve assailant as Susanna
Maiolo, a Swiss-Italian national with a history of psychiatric problems. Both years she
wore a telltale red sweat shirt.
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In 2008, the pope's security detail blocked her from getting to him. But in 2009, she
jumped the wooden security barrier along the basilica's central aisle, grabbed Benedict's
vestments and pulled him to the ground when the pope's bodyguards toppled her.
The pontiff wasn't hurt and continued with the Mass. But Cardinal Roger Etchegaray, a
retired Vatican diplomat who was near the pope, suffered a broken hip in the fall.
Maiolo was treated for some time at a clinic in Rome, and Benedict's personal secretary,
Monsignor Georg Gaenswein, visited her there. Three weeks later, Maiolo and her family
met privately with the pope at the Vatican and the pontiff forgave her.
The Vatican reviewed security procedures after the knockdown. But officials have long
warned there will always be risks to the pontiff since he is regularly surrounded by tens of
thousands of people for his weekly audiences, Masses, papal greetings and other events.
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Title : SBY, economic ministers discuss 10-yr master plan in Bogor
Date of edition : Thu, 12/30/2010 2:30 PM
On Thursday, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono opened a meeting with his
economic ministers and two coordinating ministers to discuss Indonesia‘s economic
―master plan‖ for the next 10 years.
In his opening address for the meeting at Bogor State Palace in West Java at around 10.30
a.m., Yudhoyono said he wanted the master plan to contain ―concrete‖ action plans,
including ―clear agendas, clear targets, clear timelines, and clarity about who will do
what‖.
―We need definite plans. I‘ve compared documents from other governments and
countries, and they have such plans. There‘s nothing wrong with drafting more definite
plans aside from our strategic documents,‖ he said.
―We want this Bogor meeting to produce the core of a master plan for our economic
growth and expansion for the next 10 years, and especially the next four years of the
Indonesian United Cabinet II term,‖ the President added.
Yudhoyono said the meeting would likely continue until around 10 p.m., and that
officials attending it could take the day off on Friday.
Beside the three coordinating ministers and economic ministers, the Bogor meeting is
also attended by Vice President Boediono, Presidential Unit for Development Monitoring
and Control (UKP4) chief Kuntoro Mangkusubroto, and Jakarta Governor Fauzi Bowo.
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Title : State firms book net profit of Rp 84.8t in 2010
Date of edition : Fri, 12/31/2010 4:56 PM
Indonesia's 141 state firms booked a total of Rp 84.8 trillion (US$ 9.4 billion) in net
profits this year, State Owned Enterprises Minister Mustafa Abubakar said in Jakarta on
Friday.
―This was excluding profits from 17 state firms listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange,‖
Mustafa said, adding that he was pleased with the result. Last year, state firms booked Rp
74 trillion in profit.
According to separate reports, the 17 state firms listed on the Indonesian bourse gained
Rp 37.9 trillion in net profits during the third quarter of this year.
State firms concentrating in the energy sector had accounted for the biggest portion of the
profits, contributing Rp 33.3 trillion, Mustafa said.
