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...means to fight the flu. There are millions of chickens in small areas like the island of Java in Indonesia. Should the flocks become infected and the bird-flu virus mutate and spread to human beings, it would put Java's 114 million people at risk. Djali Ahimsa Jakarta...
...hoping to do more than effect a revolution in local retailing practices. It also sees itself as being on a cultural mission, importing all the accoutrements of 21st century cool, printed or otherwise, to a city that still regards such things as dizzying novelties. Apart from books, Aksara carries Jakarta's best selection of imported music (iPods adorn the walls, allowing listeners to check out music before buying, and CDs can be sampled at listening stations). It also stocks cameras from cult Russian manufacturer, Lomo, as well as a range of fashionable giftware and stationery. Aksara's founder...
...formula that's winning many fans. On any given day at Aksara's biggest branch in South Jakarta, you might chance upon a poetry reading or a performance from a local electronica group. The crowd is a good-natured mix of students, style mavens and young expats, while the staff-shaggy of hair and baggy of trousers-is almost entirely made up of college kids from well-off families. Previously, Jakarta's jeunesse dorée shunned service-sector jobs. Now, they're clamoring for a foot in the door...
...choice of music, the people and their vision," says Daniel Tumiwa, Universal's marketing director. "We need people who believe in content and fight for their creativity." It also helps if they know a thing or two about marketing. "There is only so much you can sell in Jakarta," says Hutabarat, "but with a little imagination you can bring a lot of good stuff to market." And the market will drink it in, if those beeping cash registers are anything...
...Oct.12, 2002 Bali bombings that killed 202, police had already made several key arrests and the first detentions in a sweep that eventually netted all but a few of the plotters. Why the big difference? For one thing, the original Bali attacks?as well as the subsequent bombings of Jakarta's Australian embassy and JW Marriott hotel?involved vehicles, whose metal frames absorbed telltale traces of the explosives used. The most recent bombs were set off by individuals carrying backpacks filled with explosives, which left only tiny amounts of residue for police to analyze, says a security official familiar with...