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...There are many potential Boonlerds and Jaafars out there to fuel the rise of budget airlines. Fernandes estimates that only 6% of all Malaysians have ever set foot on a plane; in Indonesia, a mere 1% of its 238 million people has. Indeed, about half the travelers on Asia's budget airlines are first-time flyers. As incomes rise steadily around Asia, industry analysts expect air travel to grow more than 5% a year across the region over the next two decades, with growth of more than 8% in China...
...successful country in the world in checking the spread of HIV. But AIDS flourish-es where attention lags, and attention is lagging not just in Thailand but in all of Asia, where 1 of every 4 new infections now occurs. HIV infection rates have hit new peaks 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...
...final tally in Indonesia's presidential election isn't in yet, but with more than 70% of the 125 million votes counted, the partial results are already defying expectations. Front runner Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, whom pollsters had expected to take up to 45% of the votes, is now predicted to win only a third of them. Former army chief Wiranto, whose Golkar party dominated April's parliamentary elections, is now in third place, with just 22%. And in the biggest surprise, President Megawati Sukarnoputri has more than doubled her projected share to take 26% of the votes. The final results...
...Qaeda members accused of planning the suicide attack on the destroyer USS Cole opened in Sanaa. The attack, in Aden harbor in October 2000, left 17 American sailors dead. Alleged mastermind Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri is in U.S. custody and is being tried in absentia. Another Round INDONESIA Retired general Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono led in the first round of voting in the presidential election with early results giving him a 33% share of the vote. He appears likely to face a run-off in September against incumbent President Megawati Sukarnoputri, who placed second with 26%. MEANWHILE IN BRITAIN ... Henry...
Barack Obama knows his background is about as unconventional as Illinois voters will probably ever see in a Senate candidate. He was born in Hawaii, the son of a Kenyan economist and a white mother from Kansas, and spent four years of his childhood in Indonesia. His last name rhymes with Osama. So he begins every campaign speech with the question on the audience's mind: "How does a skinny guy with a funny name win an election...