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Masahiro Tomiyama, a staff member of Sunshine City International Aquarium, holds baby fennecs, who were born in mid-May, in Tokyo, Saturday. AP/Koji Sasahara

39 People Committed Suicide in Bali

Wednesday, 1 July 2009 9:11 AM

DENPASAR, KOMPAS.com - A total of 39 people in several parts of Bali island committed suicide in the first semester of 2009 mostly because of desperation about persistent illness. "The figure actually represents a decrease compared with that in the same period in 2008 when 70 people took their own lives," Bali Police Chief Insp Gen T Ashikin Hussein said here Tuesday.

He said Bali’s relatively high suicide rate was due to a combination of factors and causes but the dominant cause was depression about a protracted illness.
Of the 39 cases recorded in the first half of 2009, 25 involved people who could no longer bear the suffering caused by an ailment.

Nine suicides were caused by frustration and five by economic difficulties, Hussein said. "So not all suicides happen because of the pressure of economic hardship," he said.

About the professions of the people involved, he said 22 of them were farmers, 10 private enterprise employees, five manual workers and two students. They ranged in age between 17 and 80 years.

Most of them killed themselves by hanging, and the rest by plunging into a ravine and taking poison while only one used a sharp weapon. Hussein said the government could help to reduce the suicide rate in Bali by paying greater attention to the life of poor people because most of the suicides happened in this segment of the community.

"In many cases, they cannot free themselves from illness because they cannot afford the financial cost," he said.

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When you love someone
You'll do anything
You'll do all the crazy thing
That you can't explain

Parents of Blind Baby Meet Police

Monday, 15 June 2009 12:12 PM

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Juliana Dharmadi and husband Kiki Kurniadi met Monday with the police at the Jakarta Police headquarters as the cops began to process their allegation that Omni International Hospital, Tangerang has blinded one of their sons, Jared.

"We came here (the police headquarters) invited by the police," Juliana was quoted by Kompas.com as saying

She said she did not report with the police a malpractice charge against Omni, but a negligence of its doctors.

Her twins, Jared and Jayden, developed an eye condition known as retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) which many medical institutions, including one in Australia, claimed was due to high levels of oxygen in the incubators.

Jared now has a detached retina and is blind, while Jayden suffers from a cylindrical eyesight.

Me And My Problem

Running away from your problem
Its just the same with running away from your life
You have to face anything that comes to you
Even if its make you hurt and sad

Another Letter Wanted

The letter below do not make sense. What you have to do is to insert one letter nine times and, by doing so, make a sentence of nine words.

All the words have the same initial letter.

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Big Ideas In The Small World

1. Plant More (Tree...)

One tree will help increase the availability of oxygen on our earth.

2. Save More (Energy...)

Overuse of non - renewable energyresources will leave nothing but problems for our future

generations.

3. Conserve More (Water...)

Water is the essence of life. What life would become if there is no more water on earth.

4. Be More Efficient (Produce Less Waste...)

Stop wasteful lifestyle and start living efficiently.

5. Keep The Air Clean (Pollute Less...)

We all breathe the same air. The quality of our air is our choice.

6. Recycle More (To Improve Efficency...)

With some creativ thoughts, we can produce useful things from the waste materials.