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...wise to get too popular when you share power with a bunch of hard men?and few come harder than the generals who run Burma. In July, Foreign Minister Win Aung told ASEAN officials at a regional gathering in Jakarta that Khin Nyunt was losing a struggle within the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC). "He is in a dangerous position," said Win Aung, according to officials privy to the conversation. "Khin Nyunt may have to flee the country. If that happens, I will have to flee with him." They didn't leave fast enough: last month, Win Aung...
...along the equator that make up the world's fourth most populous country. Still, in his first interview since being sworn in as the country's sixth chief executive on October 20, the former general appeared relaxed and confident. In a 30-minute talk at the presidential palace in Jakarta with TIME's Southeast Asia bureau chief Simon Elegant and Correspondent Jason Tedjasukmana, Yudhoyono addressed the many daunting challenges facing his fledgling presidency: doubtful economic prospects, disappearing foreign investment, rampant corruption, terrorism, and separatist and religious strife. Excerpts...
...overused slogan "ease the squeeze" - tax cuts to those on less than $A52,000 a year, rejigged family payments and an increase in the top tax-rate threshold. Two days later, as the detail of the complicated plan was still being absorbed, an explosion outside the Australian embassy in Jakarta knocked it from the front pages...
...policing equipment provided by foreign governments. "Living in fear would mean the terrorists have won, so I refuse to do it," says Theresa Disimone, a hairdresser from Melbourne. The 21-year-old admits that three of her friends decided not to join her after the Australian embassy bombing in Jakarta, but three others did in the end. "Bali needs my support, and people here have actually thanked me for coming," she says while sipping a vodka tonic at Mbargo, a club packed with surfers just down the street from where the Sari Club, destroyed during the 2002 bombings, used...
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...