Word: indonesians
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...close friends, even as food prices spiraled. The fatal shooting of six students by police in the capital last Tuesday sparked riots and looting. "Indonesia needs to break the cycle of violence that appears to be emerging," said Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, calling for "dialogue between the Indonesian government and its citizens." Suharto cut short a visit to Egypt, but by the time he returned to Jakarta early Friday, clouds of smoke hung over the city as the country he had patiently built up for three decades burned before his eyes. Early Saturday morning the U.S. embassy began...
JAKARTA: How's Habibie doing? The new Indonesian president's cabinet appointments -- seen as the first test of Suharto's sucessor and his ability to survive -- drew a lukewarm response when they were unveiled here Friday morning. Out: Suharto golf buddy Mohammed "Bob" Hasan, as well as the former president's extremely unpopular daughter Tutut. Still in: Foreign Minister Ali Alatas, Economic Minister Ginanjar Kartasasmita. TIME Jakarta correspondent Terry McCarthy rates Habibie's cabinet a C-minus: "It's only halfway there," he says. "There's a lot of academics, and a few minor cronies. It wasn't brilliantly done...
JAKARTA, Indonesia: Prices continue to rise. The rupiah continues to fall. Growing student protests and opposition calls for Indonesian president Suharto's ouster are reminding some Indonesia-watchers of the Philippines' "people's power" movement that brought down Ferdinand Marcos in 1986. But the problem with "people power" in Indonesia is that the people don't have much...
...some ways this year's blazes, stoked by the drought caused by El Nino, have been even worse, spreading into remote reaches of the virgin rain forest. Since January, hundreds of fires have claimed 700,000 acres of woodland, casting a pall of smoke over the Indonesian province of East Kalimantan and the Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak. While recent rains have quenched many of the fires, the situation remains volatile. Moreover, the whole world may feel the heat. The burning forests are adding tons of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere, worsening the threat of global warming...
DOWNSIZED BY THE DIRECTOR In his documentary The Big One, anti-corporate crusader Michael Moore visits Nike CEO Phil Knight to challenge the shoe company's use of cheap Indonesian labor. In the film Knight seems evasive, edgy and ultimately tripped up by Moore's relentless interrogation. But did the filmmaker unfairly tailor Knight's appearance? In an effort to wipe the treadmarks off his reputation, Knight has put outtakes on Nike's Website www.nikebiz.com) There Moore, who comes off as an attack dog in the film, is heard purring to Knight, "I honestly think you're the good...