Word: cipinang
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...Rebel leader Xanana Gusmão is captured and later sentenced to life imprisonment in Jakarta's Cipinang prison...
...RELEASED. Abubakar Ba'asyir, 67, Indonesian cleric convicted of criminal conspiracy in the October 2002 Bali nightclub bombings that killed 202 people; after serving 26 months in prison; in Jakarta. Upon leaving the city's Cipinang prison, Abubakar denounced the U.S. as a "state terrorist." Australian President John Howard, whose country lost 88 citizens in Bali, said millions of Australians were "extremely disappointed, even distressed" that the cleric had been set free...
...about the eventual verdict, which isn't expected for some months. In the meantime, his current quarters are comfortable enough to explain some of his apparent good cheer. His cell, one of three reserved for political prisoners, is cut off from the other 2,383 inmates at the Cipinang prison-the better for the five-hour conjugal visits with his wife that have received heavy coverage in the Jakarta press. He also enjoys such amenities as a private bathroom, a 21-inch television and air-conditioning. "The air conditioning was the most important," Osmon, Tommy's aide...
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