Word: jakarta
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...Jakarta, with only a limited amount of time to buy presents for family and friends back home. Where do you head to? To the acme of batik shops, naturally. And that would be the one on Jalan Purworejo, run by Josephine Komara - better known by her Indonesian name, Obin, www.binhouse.com...
...JAKARTA Magnitude 7.9 earthquake hits Indonesia...
...TIME's Asian edition published an investigative story in 1999 demonstrating how Indonesian leader Suharto and his children had enriched themselves during his 32-year rule, the former dictator sued the magazine for libel. He asked for a remarkable sum of money - $27 billion - and he lost. The Central Jakarta District Court rejected his suit in 2000, a decision that was subsequently upheld by an intermediate appellate court and widely viewed as a victory for press freedom in the country...
...Suharto's lawyers continued to appeal the decision, however, all the way up to Indonesia's Supreme Court. There was no indication that the case had progressed, until yesterday. Press reports quoted a court spokesman in Jakarta as saying that the Supreme Court has ruled against TIME, awarding Suharto - who stepped down as President in 1998 and who, at age 86, is apparently in declining health - $106 million and calling for TIME to print an apology...
...Suharto denied the charges, and when he brought his lawsuit, many observers assumed that a foreign publication wouldn't be able to get a fair trial in Indonesia when it was up against a former President who had appointed the judges hearing the case. Yet the Jakarta court ruled that the article had been published in the public interest, a defense against defamation in Indonesia, and that Suharto had presented insufficient evidence to support his claims. The court also ruled that TIME had "covered both sides" in its article...