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JAKARTA POST

- INDONESIA'S TOURISM PROGRAMME TO FOCUS ON VISITOR TARGET

Indonesia's tourism minister said he was optimistic about drawing 7 million foreign visitors to the country in 2008 during the Visit Indonesia Year despite missing last year's target.

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KOMPAS

- FORMER PARLIAMENT SPEAKER TURNED AWAY FROM SUHARTO VISIT

A former parliament speaker, Harmoko, was not allowed to see ailing former president Suharto or his family when he visited the hospital a day after former president Habibie was turned away from seeing the former general.

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