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Aussie FM: Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop (left) talks with her Indonesian counterpart Marty Natalegawa after their meeting in Jakarta Thursday. (AP/Tatan Syuflana)
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Practice makes perfect: Mangku Sitepoe, a co-founder of the Bhakti Sosial Kesehatan clinic, sits in his examination room after conducting check-ups. Mangku received an award from the Health Ministry last month for his success in managing the low-cost clinic in Kebayoran Lama, South Jakarta, where patients only pay Rp 10,000 (84 US cents) to Rp 15,000 for consultations and prescriptions.(JP/Nadia Sarasati)
Practice makes perfect
Big smiles: Yemen’s Industry and Trade Minister Saadaldeen Talib (left) poses with World Trade Organization (WTO) director general Roberto Azevedo (right) and Indonesian Trade Minister Gita Wirjawan during Yemen’s accession ceremony on Wednesday.(JP/Agung Parameswara)
Big smiles
Dancing Santa: Hundreds of people dressed as Santa Claus take part in a dance event in which participants followed the dance styling of TV artist Cesar on Jl. Boulevard in Manado, North Sulawesi, on Wednesday. These people have participated in similar events in the past as part of Christmas celebrations.(Antara/Fiqman Sunandar)
Dancing Santa
Unprotected: Students grouped under the Indonesian Muslim Students Action Front (KAMMI) protest at Simpang Lima Square in Banda Aceh on Wednesday. The group denounced the distribution of condoms by the Health Ministry, saying the safe sex campaign encouraged promiscuity.(Antara/Ampelsa)
Unprotected
Let's fight graft
Good example: A worker sweeps the pedestrian path at Bungkul Park in Surabaya, East Java, on Wednesday. Surabaya Mayor Tri Rismaharini has said that the city would construct another public park in the former Keputih garbage disposal site with free Wi-Fi and drinking fountains.(JP/Indra Harsaputra)
Good example
Seasonal commute: Road users proceed carefully on an inundated Jl. Gunung Sahari in North Jakarta on Wednesday. The road became flooded when the nearby Ancol River burst its banks.(JP/PJ Leo)
Seasonal commute
Light moment: Manulife Indonesia CEO and president director Chris Bendl (second left) converses with PT Bank ICBC Indonesia deputy president director Surjawaty Tatang (second right), PT Bank ICBC Indonesia director Rolyta Manulang (left) and Hans de Waal, the executive vice president and chief partnership officer of Manulife Indonesia, after an agreement between the lender and the insurance company in Jakarta on Wednesday.(JP/Nurhayati)
Light moment
Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa and his Australian counterpart, Julie Bishop, held a meeting at the former's office in Jakarta on Thursday in a…
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono visited Sampang on Madura Island on Wednesday to inspect Sunni-Shia reconciliation efforts as the displaced Shiites continued to languish…
The latest unannounced visit made by Governor Joko “Jokowi” Widodo to a subdistrict office on Wednesday has brought to the attention of many…
Vice President Boediono has said he will not meet the House of Representatives summons to testify in the House’s probe into the graft-ridden…
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