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...Mexico City Although I appreciate what bill and Melinda Gates have done for the unfortunate, perhaps in the future Time will choose not only people who give because they are wealthy, but also those who give despite their poverty. They are the true Good Samaritans. Samuel Mulia Jakarta While I'm sure many people will question the choice of an Irish rock star and a pair of billionaires as Persons of the Year, Bono and the Gateses are bold and refreshing selections. 2005 was a year of great pain and frustration as a result of the war in Iraq...
...ARMS EMBARGO placed on Indonesia by the U.S. in 1999 after accusations that the nation's military led a brutal crackdown on East Timorese seeking independence; in Washington. A U.S. State Department spokesman said the removal of the embargo would bolster American security objectives in Asia, such as supporting Jakarta's fight against terrorism. Some human-rights groups criticized the U.S. decision, which they said decreased the likelihood that the Indonesian military leaders accused of planning the East Timor assault will ever face trial...
...selected, and surely many others who were not mentioned, have demonstrated that the poor can still hope to see improvement in their lives. TIME has shown that journalism can make a difference in the effort to leave our children a world worth living in. Widhyawati Ambara Jakarta...
There are few marketing challenges quite so daunting as selling chickens in a country made skittish over avian flu. At a market in south Jakarta, one enterprising butcher has placed a handwritten ?Free of Bird Flu? sign on top of a pile of dead chickens, with mixed results. Rusadi (like many Indonesians, he has only one name) made the cardboard sign because he was tired of being asked about the health of his merchandise. "I've been selling chicken for years and never had to do this," he says. Despite the reassuring signage, business is slow. Sales are down about...
...While human fatalities in Indonesia have been relatively few (13 known infections and eight dead), the number of infected birds in the country is thought to be significant. "Based on our research, the virus has spread all over the city," Agriculture Minister Anton Apriyantono told reporters last week in Jakarta. "It is very serious...