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...anything but surefooted. Right after the election, Gingrich declared that in the next session of Congress, House Republicans plan to introduce a constitutional amendment to permit school prayer, an item that didn't appear in the G.O.P.'s "Contract with America." When reporters asked Clinton about it in Jakarta, where he was attending the summit of Asian Pacific leaders, he replied with a small surprise of his own. "I certainly wouldn't rule it out," he offered. "It depends on what it says...
...runs as low as $1.75 a day in Indonesia), nor on the degree to which U.S. firms should challenge their host governments or support their workers in seeking political freedoms and the right to form unions. "Wages are only a small part of it," says a trade unionist in Jakarta. "What's important is that the workers have their dignity, and they'll only have that if they have the right to organize." The challenge is toughest in China, where the only legal organizer is the Communist Party, and workers can land in jail simply for complaining...
...ignoring human rightsas he cemented this week's Asian-Pacific trade deal, wrapped up his trip to Indonesia with a small about-face. His target wasn't China, but the host country, where 29 East Timorese students continued a sit-in on the grounds of the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta to protest Indonesian occupation of their nearby homeland. "We cannot turn away from that cause and we will not," Clinton declared, after Indonesian President Suharto agreed not to harass the students after the U.S. contingent left. (Suharto, not known for his bleeding heart, merely promised to deal with the issue...
...firm in Moscow and can't imagine going back to a less hectic legal career in the U.S.: "Here the work is like being a doctor in an emergency room -- everything is critical." When he does ponder life after Moscow, Firestone looks for the exotic rather than the homegrown: "Jakarta, maybe. I hear that's a pretty interesting place...
...Town News Whether you are looking for papers from around the world, or for porn just around the corner, you'll find it all right here. It's your call, but what are the odds that girl from back home is going to be in the Jakarta Times...