Day or night, life is ‘biasa saja’
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To understand why the haze has not hit home in Jakarta, look up at the clear blue sky.
Reporter's Noteboook
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What, exactly, has Jakarta done to beat the haze?
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How much has Indonesia pledged, in word and deed, to address the haze disaster caused by its forest fires? DERWIN
‘We’re not guilty’
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Forest fires in Indonesia have been identified as being the major cause of the haze blanketing the region. A debate
Timber tycoon sees land clearing as service to govt
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INDONESIA'S best-known timber magnate argued on Wednesday that forestry and plantation firms were doing the country a service by clearing
Confusion … then Garuda plane crashes
Unofficial transcript of conversation shows control tower gave wrong instruction to pilot.
AN UNOFFICIAL transcript of the final conversation between the pilot of
Air quality at ‘dangerous’ levels as fires spread
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FOREST and ground fires are spreading to new areas in Indonesia even as Health Minister Sujudi admitted yesterday that air
Control tower may be to blame for plane crash
MEDAN'S airport control tower might have been at fault for not directing the pilot of the Garuda plane away from the deep
Suharto orders airport in Medan to be relocated
Transport and forestry chiefs pressured to quit.
PRESIDENT Suharto has ordered officials to relocate Medan's Polonia airport to ensure future flight safety -
Nerve centre operates on a shoestring
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INSIDE JAKARTA'S COMMAND POST
Its gear consists of: * Four PCs * Two telephones * Two fax machines * A printer
CRAMPED
Indonesia blames forest fires on El Nino
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INDONESIA has rejected blame for the haze blanketing large areas of South-east Asia, saying that one of the culprits is
Relatives of Garuda crash victims blame govt
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AIR DISASTER
VETERAN pilot captain Hance Rahmowiyogo, who was at the controls of the ill-fated Garuda plane which crashed on Friday,
Indonesian companies say : ‘Neither are we’
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Firms claim they don't clear land by burning.
WE ARE not at fault.
Forestry and plantation firms in Indonesia contacted by The