Cabinet Important, Disaster Victim Handling Critical
Tuesday, August 7, 2001
Catastrophes abound while government attention is so slim.
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Until last weekend, the death toll in the flood and landslide disasters on Nias Island already reached 50, with 200 still missing. In Padang, West Sumatra, 20,000 houses were submerged by floodwater. In Central Kalimantan, thousands of villagers were threatened by starvation as river transportation was disrupted by dried-out streams. In the whole of Kalimantan, people were engulfed in smoke from burnt forests. In Jakarta? The president, vice
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