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Word: indonesianness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
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Somewhere between low-brow movies and art-house fare is a sweet spot occupied by films that explore weighty subjects while still managing to entertain in a populist sense. Indonesian director Nia Dinata hit that spot in 2002 with Ca-bau-kan (The Courtesan), which looked at Chinese-Indonesian identity during the republic's early years. Since then, she has directed two more films, Arisan! (The Gathering, 2003) and Berbagi Suami (Love for Share, 2006), and co-directed another, Perempuan Punya Cerita (Chants of Lotus, 2007). Each one depicts subjects rarely discussed in Indonesian society, such as homosexuality and polygamy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: She Ain't Heavy | 1/14/2009 | See Source »

...Papua New Guinea's Kevin Conrad, one of TIME's Heroes of the Environment. That has prompted big rain-forest nations like Indonesia and Brazil, which were initially suspicious of exposing their sovereign forests to an international carbon market, to rethink REDD. Last month, representatives from a handful of Indonesian and Brazilian states signed a memorandum of understanding with several large U.S. states - including California, which has already adopted a carbon cap of its own - to explore avoided deforestation projects. The possibility of tapping into California's rich carbon markets has tropical nations salivating. "Until now, no one has said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Green Banks: Paying Countries to Keep their Trees | 12/4/2008 | See Source »

...thickets of stubby palm trees where the constant smugglers' traffic has flattened an area the size of a basketball court. It is littered with the yellow hessian bags used to carry contraband and the remains of smugglers' campfires. "I see the police about once a week," says Alfredo, an Indonesian petrol smuggler. Other smugglers say the regular local police patrol consists of two unarmed officers who walk to the clearing and turn back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Missing the Beat | 11/27/2008 | See Source »

...health situation is extraordinary, so we have to take extraordinary action.' WEYNAND WATARI, Indonesian lawmaker, on a proposal to use microchips to track sexually aggressive HIV/AIDS patients...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim | 11/26/2008 | See Source »

...People with AIDS aren't animals. We have to respect their rights.' TAHI GANYANG BUTARBUTAR, an Indonesian activist, saying such a bill would violate privacy rights...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim | 11/26/2008 | See Source »

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