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...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...
...Last week Indonesia's Supreme Court, declaring there was insufficient evidence, overturned the conviction and 14-year prison sentence of former Garuda pilot Pollycarpus Priyanto, the only suspect charged in Munir's death. Rights groups worldwide slammed the acquittal, with Human Rights Watch calling it a "failure of the Indonesian justice system...
...Toennesson also gives Ahtisaari?s cohort in the process, Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, a 20% chance of taking the prize because he actually signed the deal. Human rights activist Rebiya Kadeer gets a 15% odds of winning for her leadership of the minority Uyghur population in northwest China...