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...police. The two forces were split in 1999 and ever since have jockeyed for jurisdiction, influence and the extra income they earn through unofficial?and sometimes illegal?sidelines. (Military and police officers have been accused of involvement in unlicensed logging, prostitution and drug dealing.) "Many military personnel," says Peter van Tuijl, an adviser on police reform for the Partnership for Governance Reform in Indonesia, "cannot accept being told what to do by the police." Last week's attacks suggest they haven't faced off for the last time...
...Peter Sanderson thought he had it all figured out. A partner at a big tax firm, he’d worked non-stop to provide his wife and kids with a everything they could want. Peter (Steve Martin) had the best of intentions, but when he became oblivious to everything but the ring of his cell phone, his wife finally snapped and divorced him. Recovering from his divorce but still too caught up in the corporate rush to figure out what went wrong, he starts looking for love online...
Enter Charlene Morton (Queen Latifah). Unlike Peter, she does have it all figured out. The only thing holding her back is her armed robbery conviction...
...After Peter and Charlene hit it off online, where she poses as a blond white lawyer, she breaks out of jail and arrives on the doorstep of his suburban home, revealing her true identity and insisting that he help expunge her record.After some pushing, shoving and intense partying, they finally strike a deal in the dining room of Peter’s Augusta-like country club: she’ll protect his reputation by pretending to be his nanny, and he’ll work around the clock on her case. It’s the beginning of a beautiful...
...Peter eventually achieves self-acceptance when he ventures into a dangerous situation disguised as a “brother” in one last, desperate and side-splitting attempt to prove Charlene’s innocence...