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...Nature will become angry if we are arrogant." Megawati Sukarnoputri, Indonesian President, after a flash flood blamed on deforestation killed more than 100 people in North Sumatra province...
...Indonesian island has long been a cauldron of Muslim-vs.-Christian violence. More than 1,000 people were killed there from 1999 to 2001. After at least a year and a half of calm, masked gunmen recently murdered 12 Christian villagers in two attacks, with most of the killings happening on Oct. 12?the first anniversary of the Bali blasts. Jakarta launched a massive manhunt for the shooters, and the effort yielded quick results. Police killed six alleged gunmen in a firefight on Oct. 16 and arrested 17 others...
...Number of suspected separatist rebels that the Indonesian military claims to have killed in Aceh since martial law was declared six months...
...Other targets include Fresh Del Monte, which is being sued by Guatemalan laborers who say the firm hired goons who kidnapped and tortured union organizers, and ExxonMobil, which faces claims from Indonesian villagers that the oil company is liable for the brutality of local security forces. "We want to establish that multinationals, which are among the biggest players in the global economy, are bound by the rule of law," says Terry Collingsworth, executive director of the International Labor Rights Fund, which is backing many of the lawsuits. More than two dozen cases have been filed against companies doing business...
...Police have circulated detailed sketches of Azahari and Nurdin in various guises, and members of Task Force 88, a group of Indonesian police trained in counterterrorism by U.S. special forces, have joined the hunt. "Key players are still out there," says one officer close to the investigation, "and they are determined...