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...community from the arid island of Madura. And concepts like rule of law began to seem completely irrelevant when the Dayaks, following their traditional custom, began eating the body parts of their victims to gain spiritual strength. More than 500 Madurese were butchered; 30,000 more were shipped from Borneo to Java by military and civilian boats; 15,000 more, like Syamsudin, are waiting in Sampit, desperate...
...Jakarta is voluntarily loosening its control of Indonesia's 361 regions, and that may be a factor in last week's gruesome troubles on Borneo. But in at least one part of the country, West Sumatra, decentralization is raising hopes of a more comfortable?and long-term?relationship with the central government. "Decentralization should be about taking power away from the government and handing it back to the people," says Alis Marajo, the head of Lima Puluh Kota district. "That's what we're doing in West Sumatra...
...Losers WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Busted! Pipes found in the Bard's home reveal traces of cocaine. Doobie, or not doobie? ALAIN DUCASSE We thought the tuna melt was fine. Michelin guide dethrones French gastronomic king ABDURRAHMAN WAHID Indonesian Prez goes on pilgrimage while Borneo burns. Too tragic for a quip Verbatim...
...Savage fighting between Borneo's indigenous Dayak population and settlers from the island of Madura left at least 165 dead and sent thousands of Madurese refugees fleeing the province. Local Dayak government officials were blamed for inciting the violence, which soon became a fearsome frenzy, as machete-wielding gangs mutilated helpless immigrants and set fire to their homes. The instability added to the woes of Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid. The World Bank last week warned that ethnic unrest threatens to dismember the world's fourth-largest country and precipitate its financial collapse...
...combines a sense of humor and emotion with an irreverent brand of extreme naturalism that crosses the WWF (World Wildlife Fund) with the WWF (World Wrestling Federation). There's Ian ("Shark") Gordon, who gets jaw-snappingly close to great whites. There's Jeff Corwin, who, facing angry elephants in Borneo, explains the need to stand still: "What you do privately in your underpants is your business. You don't run away...