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...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...
...have worked with sincere compassion and without expecting something in return. They 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 In the face of the devastating reality of the death toll from infectious disease, we still waste massive resources on the unending war in Iraq. If the global health crisis were not so tragic, one would have to conclude that the world is a comedy. But the work...
DJALI AHIMSA Jakarta...