Djakarta
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Founded by the Dutch in the seventeenth century, Djakarta resembles towns in The Netherlands.
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After Viet Nam stepped up its troop withdrawal from Kampuchea, ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations agreed to be host to peace talks in Djakarta next week between the warring sides.
From Time Magazine Archive
Oil figures importantly in Indonesia's economic development plans, and Djakarta is, in effect, counting its wells before they are proved out.
From Time Magazine Archive
Djakarta gleefully announced that the remnants of Nangolan's command were cornered on the eastern shore of Lake Toba.
From Time Magazine Archive
After last October's coup, rumors flew through Djakarta that President Sukarno was either dead, seriously ill, in jail or in flight.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was stained with red paint and contained a single word printed in enormous letters: Djakarta.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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