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February 20, 2001

Banten
New Disaster for New Province

ARMACI, 20, was sitting beneath a tent. Her eyes stared blankly. She ignored the festivity of the crowds welcoming Vice President Megawati Sukarnoputri to the hardest hit areas in the landslide disaster of Kampung Lebaksangka, Banten on Thursday. No wonder. In a matter of minutes, she lost many of her family: father, mother, five brothers and sisters, and her 2-year-old only child. All of them were buri


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