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...Such anger, coupled with public concern that the bombers may be allowed new trials, sparked a backlash against the government. In the Kuta area, outgoing President Megawati Sukarnoputri was resoundingly defeated in the recent presidential election?being the granddaughter of a Balinese, though, she managed to take the island as a whole. "I very much understand how [the victims] feel, but there are many aspects that have to be considered," says I Made Mangku Pastika, Bali's chief of police, whose investigation helped break up the Jemaah Islamiah network blamed for the attack. "We have to think about the psychological...
...Many in Bali are still traumatized by the bombings their island experienced, which left 202 people dead and hundreds more injured or maimed for life. Like many of the Indonesian women who lost their husbands, Endang was a housewife with little education and few skills before the atrocity. But with the help of the government, private charities and concerned individuals, six of the Bali widows, as they are now known, have set up a sewing cooperative that allows them to pay their rent and support their children. Others have learned hairdressing at a new salon, while some sell handicrafts...
...Tourists, by contrast, appear to have moved beyond their fear of traveling to Bali and are now visiting the island in numbers that promise a return to prebombing levels by the end of the year. Arrivals reached nearly 400,000 in the first four months of this year, putting the island on track to its 2001 level of more than 1.3 million foreign visitors. Occupancy rates are above half in most hotels, while bars and clubs are throbbing once again amid improved security?the authorities have more than trebled the number of intelligence operatives on the island, added patrols...
Indonesia: Again Your article on the suicide bombing in Jakarta focused on the terrorism still prevalent in Indonesia [Sept. 20]. That attack came less than two years after the October 2002 bombing on the island of Bali that killed 202 people. Indonesians today are praying for peace in the region and an end to terrorist activities. The devastation in Indonesia has shocked the world and clearly shows that Muslim nations are strongly affected by terrorism, the same way other countries are. Peace is something the region demands. Akshay Mor Bombay...
...Whaleswim Adventures, tel: (64-9) 372 7073, run six-, seven- and nine-day tours that feature opportunities to swim with humpback whales off the island of Vaka'eitu, near Vava'u in Tonga's north. To minimize environmental impact, each tour has a limit of 12 people, of whom only four (plus a qualified marine researcher-cum-guide) are allowed in the water at any one time...