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COFFEE BREAK The Starbucks bug has bitten Shanghai, but head instead to the Old China Hand Reading Room, a pleasant library cum caféopened by a local photographer. Try the java with slices of thick buttered toast or go local and sip fragrant rose-bud tea. 27 Shaoxing Road, near Ruijin Er Road...
...Islamic state and involved in attacks on Christian villages in central Sulawesi province. Beginning in mid-1999, al-Faruq claims, he launched a succession of audacious but generally unsuccessful terrorist plots. In May of that year, al-Faruq met with several potential accomplices at a villa in west Java and hatched a plan to kill current Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri, who was then a candidate for the presidency. The plot involved buying weapons in Malaysia and the Philippines, but the group failed to get the guns into Indonesia. Last year a second assassination scheme--it involved detonating a bomb...
...planned to bomb American embassies and consulates in the region the week of the first anniversary of Sept. 11. Despite this and related disclosures that indict him as at least a suspect, Ba'asyir (who has denied these accusations) remains free, openly running his Islamic school in the central Java town of Solo. Indonesia, says Rohan Gunaratna, an expert on terrorism and author of a recent book on al-Qaeda, "is the only place in the world where radicals tied to al-Qaeda aren't being hunted down." Adds a Western intelligence source in Jakarta: "The country's like...
...quell your fears of fire and brimstone and killer surf, Flores represents a gentle face of Indonesia. It's a perfect antidote for those bored with Bali and jittery about politically volatile Java. The friendly, predominantly Christian populace has remained free of the religious and tribal violence that has wracked the archipelago. Much of the island is postcard gorgeous. The mineral glitter of its beaches cedes to vertiginous mountains and the misty mysteries of half-hidden valleys. "Most visitors are surprised by the unspoiled beauty of Flores," says Koro. "And the people here have realized tourism is our only hope...
...sophisticated games that users can play off-line. To promote the service, Verizon is selling Sharp's Z-800 full-color phone for $399 and this fall will introduce cheaper models made by Motorola and Korea's LG for around $250. A competing technology developed by Sun, called Java virtual machine, or JVM, is also starting to bubble. Although it is available on just a few phones--such as those made by Siemens, Nokia and Motorola--analysts predict that by 2003 one-quarter of the 660 million new mobile phones sold worldwide will be equipped with...