5.4 STRONG QUAKE STRIKES MALUKU

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Jakarta,Mar 29(ANTARA) - The Meteorology and Geophysics Agency disclosed that an earthquake measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale had struck Maluku at about 3 a.m on Sunday.

Update - LAKE GINTUNG DEATH TOLL RISES TO 97

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Tangerang, March 29 (ANTARA) - The death toll of the Situ Gintung dam in the Cireundeu area southwest of Jakarta which burst in small hours of last Friday, rose to 97 on Sunday evening.

RIAU PROVINCE SHORT OF 67,200 BALLOTS

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Pekanbaru, March 29 (ANTARA) - Riau Province was short of 67,200 ballots for the legislative general election in Indragiri Hulu district, because of the floods which attacked the region several da

Varun charged with attempt to murder, rioting

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Pilibhit, Mar 29 (PTI) Varun Gandhi, a young leader of
India's main oposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and
party's Lok Sabha candidate, was slapped with fresh charges

2nd LD) Kim Yu-na-World Championship win

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LOS ANGELES/SEOUL, March 29 (Yonhap) -- Kim Yu-na, South Korea's figure skating super star, claimed her first women's single gold medal with a record 207.71 points at the 2009 World Figure Skating

Founder of now-defunct Kukje Group dies at 79

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SEOUL, March 29 (Yonhap) -- Yang Chung-mo, founder of South Korea's once-large business conglomerate Kukje Group, died of pneumonia Sunday, his family and hospital officials said. He was 79.

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