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...triumph in a bitter power struggle for the Indonesian presidency, she was to be found not huddling with advisers, but watching the animated movie "Shrek." By all accounts Megawati has always imagined herself less a politician than a princess - the daughter of an overthrown king who would one day oust the usurper, reclaim her father's throne and save the nation...
...Technology is energizing grassroots politics of all stripes: call it powering up. In the Philippines, protesters using cell-phone text messaging mobilized hundreds of thousands of demonstrators in January to help oust President Joseph Estrada. Miguel Arroyo, husband of new President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, says her supporters kept urging everyone to head to the edsa shrine, the main focus of the People Power II movement. "We texted everybody to go running there: 'edsa. edsa: everybody converge on edsa!'" In China, tens of thousands of followers of the spiritual group Falun Gong continue to exist - despite a harsh crackdown...
...officially commences this week at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los Angeles, and there will be business casualties. Both systems are scheduled for fall release. The winner could easily oust Sony's PlayStation 2 from the top of the charts, while the loser could just as easily go the way of Sega's defunct Dreamcast, which sold only half its projected 6 million units before Sega pulled the plug...
...quietly. Tens of thousands of his supporters have flocked to the capital, Jakarta, in a bid to stop moves to oust their leader, and the most ominous among them may be the massive militia that bears the ominous title "Brave Movement to Die Defending Gus Dur." Some of Wahid's rivals, of course, are supported by militias of their own - most notably the ambitious parliamentary speaker Amien Rais, who originally backed Wahid to keep out Megawati, but now demands his resignation - raising tensions on the streets of Jakarta to boiling point...
...Arroyo was installed in the presidency amid popular acclaim after her support among political, business and religious leaders prompted the military to back her effort to oust Estrada earlier this year. But her new government faces its first test at the polls in Senate elections later this month. A number of Estrada supporters, including his wife, are running for election, and the outcome could be an important indicator of Arroyo's ability to usher in a period of political stability. And the ousted action-movie-hero-turned-president may remain a significant obstacle to such stability, even from behind bars...