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...pairing just might work. Wiranto is viewed as a vibrant alternative to President Megawati Sukarnoputri, who is running for re-election, and his Golkar party won the biggest number of seats in April's legislative polls. The campaign is humming along nicely: according to the Jakarta Post, Wiranto raised $450,000 at a campaign dinner last week by treating his audience of businessmen to renditions of Javanese love songs. Strange bedfellows can sometimes make sweet music...
ARRESTED. ABUBAKAR BA'ASYIR, 66, Indonesian Muslim cleric; on the day he was to be freed after serving 18 months for minor immigration offenses; in Jakarta. Authorities say they have new evidence that he heads the radical group Jemaah Islamiah and that he approved a string of bombings, including the 2002 Bali attack that killed 202 people, although he has been acquitted of those charges. (He has consistently denied involvement in terrorist activities and is suing TIME for a 2002 article that linked him to terrorism...
...ARRESTED. ABUBAKAR BA'ASYIR, 66, Indonesian Muslim cleric; on the day he was to be freed after serving 18 months for minor immigration offenses and document forgery; in Jakarta. Police claim they have new evidence that he is the leader of the radical group Jemaah Islamiah and that he approved a string of bombings, including the October 2002 Bali attack that killed 202 people. (Abubakar has consistently denied involvement in terrorist activities, and is suing TIME for a 2002 article that accused him of links to terrorism...
...That Megawati is blamed for all the ills of the system isn't entirely fair. In fact, she may not be getting enough credit, particularly for bright spots in the economy, which is in its best shape in nearly a decade. The Jakarta Stock Exchange index hit an all-time high in April and foreign-currency reserves are the largest ever at $37 billion. The economy is growing at its fastest rate since 2000, fueled in part by China's soaring demand for commodities?the 17,000-island archipelago is rich in oil, natural gas, gold, copper, nickel, coal, palm...
...election, it's too soon to write her off. Various parties are forging alliances, which could swing the vote in her favor. But the incumbent must convince the electorate that her administration is dynamic and focused. "Megawati is very much a part of the past," says James Castle of Jakarta-based consulting company Castle Group. "Indonesians are now looking to the future." Parking-lot attendant Asep has already made up his mind?he's voting for Yudhoyono. "He is firm, he is a man of action, and I think he is more able to provide security," Asep says. And what...