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...long ago, the only Indonesians you could see kissing in the movies were teens in the back row of the theater. Now it's all up there on the screen. When a determined gay client locks lips with his architect in the recent film Arisan!, a satirical exploration of Jakarta's nouveaux riches, audiences can't get enough. "Very little is taboo anymore," says Titi Kamal, an up-and-coming actress who appeared in the biggest hit of last year, Eiffel ... I'm in Love, a teen romance set in Jakarta and Paris. Since its November release Eiffel has drawn...
...remorseful because Muslims became victims. The ones who I targeted were Americans. Now I have to be accountable." Mohammed Rais, suspected Islamic militant, on trial for his alleged involvement in last August's bombing at Jakarta's JW Marriott hotel. Eleven of the 12 who died were Indonesian...
...LOST. By KORAN TEMPO, a leading Indonesian daily newspaper; a libel lawsuit brought by tycoon Tomy Winata over a February 2003 story reporting rumors that Winata planned to open a casino in Central Sulawesi province despite laws against gambling; in Jakarta. The court ruling was seen by media groups as threatening press freedoms that emerged after the fall of the Suharto dictatorship in 1998. The newspaper, which was ordered to pay Winata $1 million, said it planned to appeal...
...with your spouse? Try this: when you arrive at a relaxed moment, "make agreements... to be used as guidance in critical times, especially during a fight." That gem of wisdom comes from Twenty Practical Ways to Educate Your Wife, a self-help tome making the rounds of publishers in Jakarta. Its author: Ali Ghufron, a.k.a. Mukhlas, the self-confessed mastermind behind the Bali bombings of 2002, which claimed 202 lives. Mukhlas, while appealing the death sentence he received in October, kept himself busy in his Bali jail by penning his marital guide and two other books: The Men Who Influenced...
...Both moves signal the army is dictating Papua policy, says Sidney Jones, head of the Jakarta office of the International Crisis Group. A cycle of tit-for-tat violence may have begun: on Dec. 1, a Papuan mob stabbed to death an Indonesian soldier in apparent retaliation for the killing last month of at least 10 alleged members of the Free Papua Movement. Such incidents will make any crackdown more severe, says Jones: "The military see Papua as a threat to Indonesia's territorial integrity. They intend to crush the autonomy movement...