Word: indonesia
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Despite the trappings of democracy, Indonesia?s presidential election process is about as transparent as the Vatican?s College of Cardinals. And so, as the 700-seat national assembly gets set to choose a new president on Wednesday, tension over the outcome is increasing, with the legislative building surrounded by angry demonstrators. "None of the three front-runners commands a majority in the assembly, and that has laid the process open to precisely the kind of Byzantine backroom deal-making that has enraged the protestors outside," says TIME Asia reporter Nisid Hajari...
...China 1,267 million 2. India 998 million 3. U.S. 276 million 4. Indonesia 209 million 5. Brazil 168 million 6. Pakistan 152 million 7. Russia 147 million 8. Bangladesh 127 million 9. Japan 127 million 10. Nigeria 109 million...
...India 1,529 million 2. China 1,478 million 3. U.S. 349 million 4. Pakistan 345 million 5. Indonesia 312 million 6. Nigeria 244 million 7. Brazil 244 million 8. Bangladesh 212 million 9. Ethiopia 169 million 10. Congo 160 million...
...Nike did not disclose any information about factories in Indonesia, and many of the ones that were disclosed are in the U.S., even though most of the abuses occur overseas," said Beach, noting that the 42 locations are only a fraction of Nike's hundreds of factories...
After his 1996 accident, Haryanto became an advocate for workers' rights in Indonesia. Last night he addressed about 50 students and community members in Sever Hall, in a speech sponsored by the anti-sweatshop campaign of the Progressive Student Labor Movement (PSLM...