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...chon (weasel) would eat the choicest coffee beans, then digest the outer shells, leaving the innards to, um, emerge in long strings. Farmers collected the beans and roasted them?presumably after a thorough washing?to make a rich brew. While Vietnam isn't alone in making such coffee (Indonesia has beans predigested by civets), Vu has brought Ca Phe Chon back in a more sanitary incarnation. He processes the beans in enzymes that he says approximates a weasel stomach. True or not, Vietnamese love...
...President Wahid of Indonesia...
...essential. The only problem with this notion is that many countries in the 11-member organization feel short of cash, a hangover from the time, only two years ago, when oil was selling at close to $10 per bbl. That cost such major producer countries as Saudi Arabia, Indonesia and Venezuela tens of billions of dollars in revenue and has left OPEC wary of increasing supplies beyond the 3.7 million bbl. a day it has released onto the world market so far this year...
...SOUTH Investing in Asia has never been for those with weak stomachs. Last year the region showed a sturdy recovery from its 1997 financial crisis. This year? Different story. In dollar terms, year to date, South Korea's stock market is down 48%, Taiwan's is down 36%, and Indonesia's is down 54%. Excluding fixed currencies such as the Hong Kong dollar and the Chinese renminbi, the majority of Asian currencies are having a difficult time maintaining their strengths. Looking for a bottom? Be patient. The region is marred by inflated oil prices and political unrest, so most analysts...
...Kennedy Cuomo's interviews with 50 activists, including seven Nobel laureates, tell the stories of these courageous souls in their own sometimes straightforward words. East Timor's Jose Ramos-Horta remembers when the U.S. was a foe: "My own sister Maria was killed by a plane delivered to Indonesia two weeks before by the Carter Administration." Black-and-white portraits by the Pulitzer-prizewinning photographer Eddie Adams add power to the text. An exhibit of the photos will travel around the country later this year...