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Zero tax for eco-cars may worsen traffic

The newly issued government regulation to provide special tax breaks for so-called eco-friendly vehicles may only exacerbate traffic in the…

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  • Five die in car accident

    TANGERANG (JP): Five passengers of an angkot (public minivan) were killed when a truck speeding in the wrong direction hit the vehicle on Jl. Daan Mogot at Tanah Tinggi area…

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  • Free circumcision for students

    JAKARTA (JP): The student senate at the Medical School of the University ofIndonesia held a one-day free circumcision service for teenagers living near the Salemba campus in Central Jakarta on…

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  • Rp 1m fake note found in Bogor

    BOGOR (JP): Residents at the BPPT housing complex on Jl. Pajajaran in Central Bogor handed over three men, along with bundles of fake bank notes worth Rp 1 billion, to…

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  • Collector offers wide range of rare books

    JAKARTA (JP): Having trouble locating books and other printed materials dealing with the history of Indonesia?

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  • Student working as taxi driver murdered

    JAKARTA (JP): Efendi Manurung, a college student who earned his living driving a taxi, was killed by two thieves pretending to be passengers on Saturday evening.

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  • Corporal detained for being 'trigger-happy'

    JAKARTA (JP): The city police have detained a police corporal over the shooting of an 18-year-old student in the midst of Saturday's street brawl in Jatinegara, East Jakarta, an officer…

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  • Study center to be established at Jakarta Historical Museum

    JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta Historical Museum will have a study center for Jakarta history, an official said on Saturday.

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  • Matraman residents called to settle battle themselves

    JAKARTA (JP): City police chief Maj. Gen. Nurfaizi regretted the seemingly endless dispute between two neighboring residents in the Matraman area, East Jakarta, urging the disputed parties to settle t

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  • Violence taints protests near Soeharto residence

    JAKARTA (JP): Violence marred protests against the controversial fuel pricehike and former president Soeharto on Saturday.

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  • Western Java's history written on stones

    JAKARTA (JP): The capital, along with neighboring Bogor and the Banten area, once formed part of Tarumanagara, the oldest kingdom in Java.

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