Word: indonesianness
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With its distinctive silhouette, Silolona lends an incredible sense of romance to sailing around far-flung Indonesian islands. But its traditional style doesn't mean any sacrifice of mod cons. Five staterooms are decorated with rare Indonesian textiles and crafts from Seery's collection. Guests also enjoy a library, a sizable sundeck, a full range of diving equipment and a dining area where chef Bill Collier's superbly executed Western cuisine - with Asian accents - is something to look forward to after a day of diving or excursions on shore...
...tough to put a positive spin on the massive eruption of mud that has displaced more than 12,000 people and buried a large swath of eastern Java in roiling, putrid sludge. But PT Lapindo Brantas, the Indonesian mining company widely blamed for releasing the reservoir of pressurized mud following a drilling accident last May, has come up with a novel form of damage control: sponsoring a sinetron, or Indonesian soap opera, on Surabaya TV station JTV. The 13-part series, Gali Lubang, Tutup Lubang (Digging a Hole, Filling a Hole), is a love story set among refugees left homeless...
...Late last year Richards was a member of a scientific expedition to the neighboring Indonesian province of West Papua that found dozens of new animal and insect species in the remote Foja Mountains. As for the warty blob he discovered in the Southern Highlands, he has yet to finish the classification process. But it's likely to have a name associated with its snappy temperament. "I like a frog with attitude," he says...
...RELEASED. Hutomo Mandala Putra, 44, youngest son of former Indonesian President Suharto, better known as Tommy Suharto; after serving four years of a 10-year sentence for ordering the execution of a judge; in Jakarta. Tommy, a multimillionaire playboy who enjoyed a lavish lifestyle under the patronage of his powerful father, was convicted in 2002 of hiring two hit men to kill judge Syafiuddin Kartasasmita, who had ruled against him in a 2000 graft trial. His early release for good behavior, while the men who carried out the hit are still serving life terms, has prompted criticism that Indonesia...
...Indonesia's Jemaah Islamiyah a spent force, as some experts have suggested?The Indonesian authorities have been successful in eliminating and detaining the JI leadership, but I think they also say that at the same time they are seeing proselytizing and expansion of the organization. I think you should be cautious about making some sort of generalized assessment...