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Vox Hunt: The Wheel Deal

Nov 18, 2008
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Show us something with wheels.

Becak: The cycle rickshaw, being a small-scale local means of transport, is also known by a variety of other names such as rickshaw, pedicab, bugbug, cyclo, or trishaw. Cycle rickshaws are human-powered, often used on a for hire basis, equipped with one or more seats for carrying passengers in addition to the driver. Cycle rickshaws are widely used in major cities around the world and are usually found in major urban centers, tourist attractions, and events that draw large crowds. Many cycle rickshaws have replaced less-efficient rickshaws that are pulled by a person on foot.

Dangdut in America?

Nov 18, 2008
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Dangdut is a genre of Indonesian popular music that is partly derived from Arabic, Indian, and Malay folk music. It developed in the 1970s among working class Muslim youth, but especially since the late 1990s has reached a broader following in Indonesia.

Puzzle of Love

Yay! Dangdut is the music of my country and it travels around the world now :D

Last Meeting?

Nov 16, 2008
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Our President is in the U.S. at the moment and he met Dubya. It might be their last meeting ever as we will elect our new President too next year.....

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BACK TO LEADERS' BUSINESS

U.S. President George W. Bush greets President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono of Indonesia as he arrives at the North Portico of the White House in Washington, on Friday. President Bush invited leaders of the G-20 community to Washington for a weekend summit to discuss the world economy and the current condition of the financial markets. (AP/Lawrence Jackson)

Vox Hunt: We Salute You

Nov 11, 2008
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Show us your favorite person in the military.

Benny Moerdani

(Late) Leonardus Benjamin Moerdani (also publicly known as LB Moerdani or Benny Moerdani) (2 October 1932 - 29 August 2004) was the ABRI Commander from 1983-1988 and also served as Indonesia's Minister of Defense and Security. He is famous due to his strong stance in many decisive situations in Indonesian political and social life. He was also significant as a leader who was Catholic in predominantly Muslim community.

Justice Wins or will Win?

Nov 8, 2008
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I wonder when the execution will be really held? The government promised it would be done early of November and we're already entering the second week now...

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ANGRY SYMPATHIZERS

Muslim men shout "God is great" during a protest against the planned execution of convicted Bali bombers Amrozi Nurhasyim, Ali Ghufron and Imam Samudra in Tenggulun, the home village of Nurhasyim and Ghufron, in Lamongan, East Java, Indonesia, Thursday. The three Indonesian militants on death row for the 2002 Bali bombings have exhausted legal options and could be executed within days. (AP/Trisnadi)

Blog Action Day: Remember Indonesian Children!

Oct 15, 2008
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Street Children in Indonesia

Sacred Childhoods: Poverty in Indonesia

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:: Join us here today! Let's fight poverty! ::

Indonesian Kids, On "Lebaran" This Year

Oct 4, 2008
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PRAYER

Wearing burqa (veils), women of the Jamaah An Nadzir sect perform their Idul Fitri prayers in Romang Lompoa, South Sulawesi. The sect celebrated Idul Fitri on Tuesday, one day earlier than most Indonesians. (JP/Andi Hajramurni)

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Families flock to recreation sites

Dozens of lively colored sailing boats sailed out toward the open sea from Ancol Beach in North Jakarta under the blistering midday sun on Thursday.

This was the scene at Ancol Beach, part of Taman Impian Jaya Ancol theme park, which is one of Jakarta's recreational areas that was thronged by visitors on Thursday, the second day of the Idul Fitri holidays.

According to park officials, approximately 157,000 people, 10,300 cars and 16,500 motorcycles had entered Ancol and not only for the beach, but also for its theme park and magic shows by international magicians.

Anything will Do

Sep 28, 2008
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One of Jakarta’s mode oftransportations, a Kopaja bus, is spotted cueing to exit the Java for Sumatra at the Merak port, Banten, on Saturday. Themassive annual homeward-bound travel for the Idul Fitri holiday often forces people to break various transportation regulations such as shown by the picture above where a chartered Kopaja bus illegally transporting passengers outside Jakarta while carryingloads beyond its limit. (JP/J. Adiguna)

Save Our Tigers

Aug 23, 2008
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A World Wildlife Fund (WWF) activist with his body painted as a Sumatran tiger crouch near large poster during a campaign for Sumatran tiger protection in Jakarta, Friday. The Sumatran tiger, or Panthera tigris sumatrae, is the world's most critically endangered tiger subspecies _ WWF estimates fewer than 400 remain in the wild in comparison to about 1,000 in the 1970s. The tigers' diminishing population is largely blamed on poaching and the destruction of their forest habitat for palm oil and wood pulp plantations. (AP/Dita Alangkara)

We're a Dancing Nation!

Aug 20, 2008
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THE LINE OF BEAUTY

Young women perform a traditional Betawi dance during a cultural parade around the National Monument (Monas) park in Jakarta on Tuesday. Cultural troupes representing the country’s 33 provinces took part in the annual festival held to celebrate Independence Day. (JP/R. Berto Wedhatama)

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DANCING FOR INDEPENDENCE

DANCING FOR INDEPENCE: Dancers from Central Java province dressed as Hanoman, or mythical white monkey perform during a celebration to mark Indonesia's 63rd anniversary of independence from Dutch colonial rule, Tuesday, in Jakarta. (AP/Achmad Ibrahim)