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...Megawati Sukarnoputri was resoundingly defeated in the recent presidential election?being the granddaughter of a Balinese, though, she managed to take the island as a whole. "I very much understand how [the victims] feel, but there are many aspects that have to be considered," says I Made Mangku Pastika, Bali's chief of police, whose investigation helped break up the Jemaah Islamiah network blamed for the attack. "We have to think about the psychological impact that an execution might have." The authorities worry that the three bombers on death row in Bali's Krobokan prison may be turned into martyrs...
...Tourists, by contrast, appear to have moved beyond their fear of traveling to Bali and are now visiting the island in numbers that promise a return to prebombing levels by the end of the year. Arrivals reached nearly 400,000 in the first four months of this year, putting the island on track to its 2001 level of more than 1.3 million foreign visitors. Occupancy rates are above half in most hotels, while bars and clubs are throbbing once again amid improved security?the authorities have more than trebled the number of intelligence operatives on the island, added patrols...
...marked with prayer and tight security. At the widows' sewing shop, orders are steady for the sarongs, shirts and bags whose sales help Endang and her friends survive a daily struggle with their emotions. "Their recovery has been good," says Dr. Denny. "I think that holds true for Bali as well...
Indonesia: Again Your article on the suicide bombing in Jakarta focused on the terrorism still prevalent in Indonesia [Sept. 20]. That attack came less than two years after the October 2002 bombing on the island of Bali that killed 202 people. Indonesians today are praying for peace in the region and an end to terrorist activities. The devastation in Indonesia has shocked the world and clearly shows that Muslim nations are strongly affected by terrorism, the same way other countries are. Peace is something the region demands. Akshay Mor Bombay...
...scene like this, witnessed recently by a TIME reporter, would not be unusual in Indonesia, which, since the Bali atrocity two years ago this week, has been periodically rocked by bombings instigated and executed by Islamic extremists. But this assembly took place in Sungai Golok, a small town deep in the Thai south, a poor region that borders Malaysia and which is home to Thailand's 6 million-strong Muslim minority. All year, the south has been wracked by a wave of violence that has already claimed more than 350 lives. Hardly a week seems to pass without a bombing...