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...three-step questionnaire on the website (beginning with “Are you male or female” to ensure the correct gender normative color scheme for your moniker) and are privy to an instant preview of their newly christened sneaker, thanks to the site’s Java-intensive set-up. Nike’s tech-savvy also means, however, that would-be political protesters will be thwarted in their attempts to make a statement with their footwear. A recent chain email doing the rounds suggested that the Nike computers resolutely refused requests of “sweatshop...
Last Wednesday, Indonesian police swooped into a boarding house in Cirebon in West Java province and busted two alleged terrorists, identified only as Tohir and Ismail. Police suspect they were part of a five-man Jemaah Islamiah (JI) cell that planned and executed the bombing of Jakarta's JW Marriott hotel in August, killing 12. The two suspects may also have been plotting more attacks on American-owned businesses, including the branch of an international bank in Bandung, the province's bustling capital. "They had been surveying the bank but had yet to set a date for the attack," says...
Here in central Java, as in most of Indonesia, moderate and liberal Muslims are dominant. Islamists haven't made inroads in electoral politics, and recent attempts to codify Shari'a law in the country's constitution were soundly defeated. When puritanical Islamists in Solo conducted sweeps of the bars and nightclubs to shut them down for the holy days of Ramadan and trashed some establishments to make their point, Solo's drink purveyors and customers fought back with well-attended street demonstrations...
...Fair Trade Coffee Full marks to Starbucks after a traditional private school in Britain contracted them to provide its pupils with the firm's java...
...deck as his ship slices through the shimmering swells. Yet when he talks about the project, his resolve glints through his mild demeanor. "We're following the ancient Cinnamon Route," he says proudly, seated atop a coil of rope in the ship's bow as it skims across the Java Sea. "Indonesian ships sailed it thousands of years ago, bringing the spices of the islands to Africa and returning with iron, luxury goods such as ivory and leopard skins, and slaves. It was the beginning of global commerce...