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...Rimbawa saw who placed the explosives inside his pub that night, he isn't telling. The bomb has made sure of that. Apart from burns that cover almost half his spindly frame, Rimbawa's proximity to the blast has left him profoundly and perhaps permanently deaf. Worse, his mind is so scrambled, so traumatized, by what he witnessed that he has refused to speak to his family and has been unable to help the police. His mother, Griya, hopes the cleansing ceremony will rid her son of the horrors in his head. "It is our only chance to save...
...tournament featured three specialty competitions on Monday afternoon. In the long-drive contest, Hegge hit a 305-yard tee shot that gave him the lead before a later entrant hit a 321-yard blast. Also, Harmeling momentarily held the lead in the putting competition...
...business community in Indonesia has had to deal with random violence in the past?two years ago, a bomb exploded in the building housing the Jakarta Stock Exchange, killing 15. But the Bali blast has dragged Indonesia into the war on terror. Foreign businessmen "knew Indonesia was unsafe, but they still came," says Harun Hajadi, managing director of property developer Ciputra Group. "After this one, I don't know if they will come. Maybe they won't want to deal with Indonesians anymore...
...country's $5 billion tourism industry?which contributes about 3% of GDP?is expected to be devastated, possibly for years to come. The Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Jakarta saw 700 room cancellations in the days after Bali. Markus Schneider, the hotel's executive assistant manager says that the blast has taken hotel traffic "back to Sept. 11 figures. We were just getting back to normal." Last week, a regional high school soccer tournament, scheduled to take place in Jakarta, was hastily moved to Malaysia, taking scores of families and probably thousands of tourist dollars with it. But the real pain...
...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...