RAIN

MALANG, 4/1 - HINGGA MARET. A number of students are forced to pay banana leaves to protect their body from rain when returning school, in the village of Cemoro Cage, Malang, East Java, Friday (4/1). BMG (Badan Meteorology and Geophysics) estimates the rainy season will last until March 2008 with normal rainfall, due to unaffected global phenomena such as La Nina and pressure differences in the Pacific. ANTARA/Ari Bowo Holypto/Koz/ama/08.