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...Some believe the Bali bombing may galvanize her government to take stronger action across the economy. Even in the aftermath of the attack, a foreign stock analyst is steadfastly upbeat about the country's prospects. "The economy is still growing," he says during a phone conversation, "and some companies are doing very well." Just then, a voice booms over an intercom behind him. He puts the phone down to listen, then picks it back up and says: "There's a bomb scare. I have to leave my office...
Person of the Week A nation with a largely Muslim population, Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri ignored the warnings about Islamic extremism. But with the dead still being counted after the bombings in Bali, terror has been laid at her doorstep. With the long-awaited arrest of alleged Jemaah Islamiah leader Abubakar Ba'asyir, is "Mom" finally getting tough...
...Verbatim "Our world has disintegrated. I am trying to hold on to his love of life." RAY GAJARDO, grieving father, on the death of his younger son Marc in the Bali blast...
...recounted so that the reader better comprehends what really happened. The criticism most often hurled at the profession?that it is parasitic?is mistaken. The journalist's task is to understand, and sometimes that means getting close enough to see the tears and hear the sobbing. The bombings in Bali were the kind of story we at TIME never want to cover, yet it is precisely this type of event that brings out the best in our reporters...
...Within hours of the Bali attacks, TIME had mobilized a team of six journalists and photographers who flew to Indonesia to join our two correspondents based there. Southeast Asian correspondent Simon Elegant, business correspondent Michael Schuman, contributing writer Andrew Marshall and contributing photo-grapher John Stanmeyer headed to Jakarta. Elegant, along with reporters Jason Tedjasukmana and Zamira Loebis, uncovered the real story of what the Indonesian government knew before the blasts and its belated responses to the terror. Schuman set out from Jakarta to piece together how these attacks will economically cripple Indonesia. Marshall and Stanmeyer headed for eastern Java...