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INDONESIA-POLITICS-URBAN
TO GO WITH AFP STORY by Jerome RIVET
A couple bathes at the riverbank as Jakarta's huts and skylines are seen in the background on September 22, 2010. It has been the economic heartbeat of the world's fourth most populous country for almost 500 years, but Jakarta's days as Indonesia's capital could be numbered, as the traffic- and garbage-choked city along the northwest Java coast has been pushed to breaking point as its population surges above 12 million and its foundations sink under the weight of rampant development. A World Bank study has found that by 2025 the sea could by lapping at the gates of the presidential palace in the centre of the the former spice capital, known until 1942 as Batavia, and this could explain why President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono recently revived a radical plan to shift the capital to a new location. AFP PHOTO / Bay ISMOYO
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Jakarta, Java, INDONESIA |
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AFP / Mediafax Foto |
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Bay ISMOYO |
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23 Septembrie 2010 |
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3575 x 2452 (1.25 MB) |
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