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Over the last several weeks, al Qaeda has reemerged on the terrorist scene. In Bali, a powerful bomb killed 181 people, mostly foreigners; both President Bush and the Indonesian government have tied the blast to al Qaeda. In Kuwait, two men shot two American soldiers, killing one; the leader of the attack professed his allegiance to Osama bin Laden in a videotape. In Yemen, a French oil tanker was apparently rammed by a smaller craft packed with explosives in an attack reminiscent of the U.S.S. Cole incident two years ago. President Bush has said these incidents prove the need...
Until now, fear of a devastating domestic backlash has restrained Indonesia's President Megawati Sukarnoputri from cracking down on her nation's increasingly vocal and active supporters of Osama bin Laden. Now, she may have no choice but to bite the bullet. The weekend bomb blast in Bali that killed 189, mostly foreign revelers at two local nightclubs could force Megawati to choose between Washington and the mainstream Muslim political parties on whose support she has been partly dependent...
...finest batiks are produced in a smattering of shops in the village of Trusmi, five kilometers from Cirebon. Showrooms such as Batik Masina and Traditional Cirebon abound with wearable art that sells for a tiny fraction of the prices tourists pay in Bali or Jakarta, including silk shawls so delicate they are virtually transparent. Both stores welcome visitors to adjoining workshops to watch batiks slowly take form. Patterns are drawn or stamped on cloth using melted wax. Dyes are applied, the waxed areas resist the new color and retain their original hue. The process is repeated dozens of times, creating...
...Sprawling across 20 hectares in the hills above Magelang, the 75-year-old coffee plantation has received a marvelous sprucing up by Gabriella Teggia, one of the founders of the Amandari resort in Bali. Teggia added sunken tubs, facial rubs and comfy antiques?all the frills expected of a luxurious retreat. Yet she avoided altering the rustic allure of life on the former Van ders Wan farm. The original 1828 farmhouse is now a library and a lounge. Guests enter the resort through an 1878 train station, moved from Mayong junction 250 kilometers away...
...high season in Bali, but, according to a Kuta hotel employee named Ketut, this October has been unusually busy. There has never been an attack like this in Bali, he explains. There have been rare tribal disputes in the past, but nobody has ever targeted foreigners. A tragedy like this, explains Ketut, will be devastating for the tourism industry in Bali and the rest of Indonesia. "We are going into bankrupcy," said Ketut. For Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri, already facing criticism for not pulling her weight in the war on terror, the attacks reveal the horrible human cost of delaying...