Wednesday, May 22 2013, 00:43 AM

Jakarta

Resistance to eviction in Muara Baru from only a few

Two months after the first row of houses in Muara Baru, North Jakarta, as demolished by the city administration, dozens…

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  • Taxi passengers robbed at lights

    JAKARTA (JP): Five men robbed two taxi passengers of Rp 44 million at a busy intersection on Jl. Salemba Raya, Central Jakarta on Monday, police said.

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  • News agencies called misleading

    JAKARTA (JP): Governor Sutiyoso accused several foreign news agencies of spreading misleading reports on the condition of Jakarta as the country's capital city.

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  • Fired Army officer arrested with drugs

    JAKARTA (JP): South Jakarta Police detectives shot former Army officer and suspected drug dealer Muhayat on Sunday night at his house on Jl. Pengadilan Timur, Pancoran, South Jakarta, deputy police…

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  • Djumhana passes buck to planning, museum offices

    JAKARTA (JP): Clarifying the agency's tasks and responsibilities, deputy head of the City Development Control Agency Djumhana said on Monday that itwas not responsible for illegal building work at dem

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  • ACILS says Smith was only questioned

    JAKARTA (JP): Roger Anthony Smith of the American Center for International Labor Solidarity (ACILS) has a valid work permit and residence permit and was only questioned by the police for…

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  • City administration to cooperate with universities

    JAKARTA (JP): City administration signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on Thursday with a number of state universities to conduct joint research into improving services for residents.

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  • Development control agency comes under fire

    JAKARTA (JP): The name is impressive, the City Development Control Agency. Its job is to maintain the supremacy of regulations on city planning, but many people have complained that it…

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  • Soldiers face probe over blast

    JAKARTA (JP): Jakarta Military Command spokesman Lt. Col. Djazairi Nachrowisaid on Saturday that strict measures would be taken against any of its members implicated in the grenade blast in the…

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  • West Java denies responsibility for pollution

    BANDUNG (JP): West Java Governor R. Nuriana insisted his administration wasnot responsible for the mercury that is said to have contaminated Cisadane River, whose water finds its way into homes…

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  • Police arrest doctor, midwife over abortion

    JAKARTA (JP): Police detectives in Kelapa Gading, North Jakarta, arrested adoctor, his male assistant and a midwife for allegedly performing some 200 illegal abortions over the past 11 months.

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