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Saturday, February 3, 2007 |
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Floods paralyze
Jakarta,
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JAKARTA: Floods blocked roads and railways in Jakarta and thousands
of people abandoned their homes in low-lying areas as torrential
downpours virtually paralyzed the Indonesian capital Friday.
Streets normally jammed with
traffic were much quieter as floods brought public transport to a
near-standstill, preventing many people from getting to work or
school.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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My baby ‘is not
a prop’—Cheney’s lesbian daughter
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WASHINGTON: Having a baby to
raise with her female partner was a personal and not a political
move, said Mary Cheney, a lesbian and a daughter of Vice President
Dick Cheney.
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inBRIEF
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BEIJING: China’s
military development is no threat to other nations and it will never
join an arms race, a top-ranking Chinese army official said in an
interview published Friday.
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