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HEADLINES OF MAJOR INDONESIAN NEWSPAPERS ON FRIDAY

Jakarta, Feb. 27 (ANTARA) - The following are headlines in major Indonesian newspapers published here on Friday.

The Jakarta Post
SBY, KALLA REINSTATE OLD UNITY

In a rare show of unity, the President and Vice President attended Thursday the inauguration of military monuments. It was the first appearance in the public together since political tensions began boiling over following Kalla's stated readiness last week to challenge Yudhoyono in the presidential elections.

Jakarta Globe
FURY AT KPU'S POLL DATE REBUFF

The general Elections Commission of KPU, on Thursday rejected demands by Christian groups to change the date of the April 9 national election in East Nusa Tenggara, which falls in the holiest week for the faith, sparking protest and allegation of discrimination.

Media Indonesia
PKS OPENLY SUPPORTS KALLA AS PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE

The Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) has openly expressed its wish to propose Jusuf Kalla as a presidential candidate.

Kompas
20,000 HOUSES INUNDATED AGAIN, BIGGEST FLOOD SINCE 1982

In less than a month, Bengawan Solo river again overflowed on Wednesday and Thursday (Feb. 26), inundated around 20,000 houses and thousands of hectares of rice fields, and killed two people in Central Java and East Java, following incessant downpours
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