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ID Daily English Version: January 2009
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Thursday, January 01, 2009. Madurese services a century-old tradition. ID Nugroho, The Jakarta Post, Jember, East Java, Fri, 01/02/2009 10:30 AM, Java Brew. Adhu Yesus Alla kasokan se toron, Rabu e alam dunya karsa merokon, Enggi e antarana reng-oreng se odhi, Jugan kaula neka ampon e tembeli. Jesus came to earth, Earth and nature received peace, This was felt by all humankind, Who have been forgiven their sins.). Even the Bible they use, called Alketab, is a special Madurese edition. JD Wollterbeek wrot...
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ID Daily English Version: September 2008
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Monday, September 29, 2008. Poet Moe'inah: The struggle for justice continues. The Jakarta Post , Blitar, East Java Tue, 09/30/2008 10:17 AM People. More than 40 years since the widespread killings that followed the September 30 Movement in 1965, the tragedy remains an open wound for the victims. Poet Moe'inah, now 80, lost her husband and sister during the killings, and her freedom of expression for several years afterward when she was imprisoned. Put's involvement in politics began with her father, Haj...
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ID Daily English Version: Workers demand respect for their right to associate
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Friday, February 27, 2009. Workers demand respect for their right to associate. THE JAKARTA POST , SURABAYA Thu, 02/26/2009 1:58 PM The Archipelago. Hundreds of workers grouped under a number of different organizations staged a rally Wednesday to demand the East Java High Court respect their right to form workers' associations. In their speeches, the workers said that although they still faced gloomy conditions, that did not mean they had no right to associate. But they insisted they could not give a cop...
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ID Daily English Version: Majelis: Guardian of the singing stones
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Friday, February 27, 2009. Majelis: Guardian of the singing stones. THE JAKARTA POST , BONDOWOSO, EAST JAVA Fri, 02/27/2009 2:33 PM People. Night had already long fallen when Majelis, from the Trowulan Archaeological Office in Wringin, East Java, was helping guard a site near Glingseran village. The father of four was accompanied by three of his colleagues. They wanted to foil any attempts by robbers to steal ancient artifacts in his region. At the time, there was a crime wave underway. Majelis and the a...
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ID Daily English Version: January 2008
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Tuesday, January 22, 2008. Sidoarjo residents say water polluted. ID Nugroho, The Jakarta Post, Sidoarjo. Residents in Sidoarjo, East Java, have reported that pollution from the mudflow has left the water in their wells unfit for consumption. Residents say they can only use the water for cleaning, and have to purchase water for drinking and cooking. Villagers blame the pollution on the dumping of mud into the river. He said people now had to buy all their drinking water. The river has badly silted up sin...
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ID Daily English Version: Stop abusing Ponari, Children’s rights activists urge
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Friday, February 27, 2009. Stop abusing Ponari, Children’s rights activists urge. ID Nugroho and Indra Harsaputra. The Jakarta Post , SURABAYA Sat, 02/21/2009 11:33 AM The Archipelago. The emergence of child “healer” Ponari in Balongsari village, Megaluh, Jombang, has given rise to heated public debate. The healing practice has claimed four lives, and is now fuelling allegations of rights abuses, with activists calling for the so-called “magical” health activity to end. 8220;The law guarantees PonariR...
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ID Daily English Version: February 2008
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Friday, February 29, 2008. Bojonegoro regency struggles for flood recovery. Tuesday, February 05, 2008. ID Nugroho, The Jakarta Post, Bojonegoro. Kanor village in Bojonegoro, East Java, located along the Bengawan Solo River, was hit by floods more than a month ago, but recovery work has yet to restore conditions. Many dams and bridges in the village were damaged in the floods, along with homes, schools, graveyards and thousands of hectares of ready-to-harvest rice fields. When it rains now, residents sai...
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ID Daily English Version: December 2008
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Monday, December 22, 2008. Chinese deputy PM visits bridge project. ID Nugroho, The Jakarta Post, Surabaya, Mon, 12/22/2008 11:05 AM, Headlines. Chinese Deputy Prime Minister Li Keqiang inspected a bridge project in East Java on Sunday to consider a further loan of US$68.93 million for the bridge, which connects Java and Madura. The visit is part of a planned disbursement of the second stage of the loan by the Chinese government," head of Suramadu bridge development Atyanto Busono said in Surabaya. The b...
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ID Daily English Version: June 2008
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Thursday, June 05, 2008. Disappearing traces of the 'Son of Dawn'. The Jakarta Post, Tulungagung, Fri, 06/06/2008 9:47 AM. The great name of the late Sukarno, one of the two people who proclaimed Indonesia's independence, is inseparable from East Java. This province - where Sukarno was born, first became acquainted with political circles and was eventually buried - holds fond memories of the former first president. However, it is believed that this is the house in which Sukarno was born on June 6, 1901.
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ID Daily English Version: May 2008
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Wednesday, May 14, 2008. Victim of Flood Still Suffering. Situbondo, East Java. Victims of Situbondo’s flood, have rejected governments plan to relocated them to a new and safer places. Besides the new location is outlaying place, they though that plan is just a trick from “bad government officers” to corrupt a funds. That’s why Situbondo’s flood victims still living in suffer until now. Situbondo sub district was the worst flooded place. About 112 houses have gone with water and 703 houses got hard ...