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...inside Australian waters to flee. Instead, the Customs crew thinks, it will try to hide behind large rocks or in mosquito-infested mangroves. The boat's presence is unquestionably illegal. But the foreign fishers have few alternatives. Almost all of them are from Merauke, a village in Indonesia's Irian Jaya, about 145 nautical mi. (270 km) to the northwest. If they can avoid detection, the men could bring home a spectacular catch of shark fin (which can sell for $A200 a kg) and retire. The court houses and lock-ups on Thursday Island and in the Arnhem Land town...
...NOTEBOOK Korea: More woes for Roh Indonesia: Upping the Heat Milestones Verbatim Letters...
...most successful country in the world in checking the spread of HIV. But AIDS flourishes where attention lags, and attention is lagging not just in Thailand but in all of Asia, where 1 of every 4 new infections occurs. HIV infection rates have hit new highs in China, Indonesia and Vietnam. And in India 5.1 million people are now thought to be HIV-positive--making it second only to South Africa in number of cases. AIDS is not invincible, but it is relentless. -By Christine Gorman. Reported by Andrew Perrin/Bangkok
...SETUP The year is 2021. An ultra-high-tech multinational battle fleet (led by the U.S.S. Hillary Clinton, a George Bush--class supercarrier) is cruising off the coast of Indonesia, when suddenly a nearby high-energy physics experiment has a whoopsie, and the year isn't 2021 anymore. It's 1942, shortly before the Battle of Midway. So much for history as we know it. Birmingham could have just left this story as one big battle scene--he describes military hardware with an exuberance and virtuosity that's positively Clancyesque--but he also shows a surprisingly tender touch with...
...Jakarta luxury hotel swarming with journalists, Jenkins, who has lived in North Korea for four decades, simply said he was "very happy." The North Carolina native has refused an offer to live in Japan for fear he might be handed over to the U.S. for trial as a deserter. (Indonesia doesn't have an extradition treaty with the U.S.) Where Jenkins goes next has not been disclosed...