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...another lazy day in this university town in the mountains southeast of the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, and hundreds of kids are lolling around the ubiquitous Internet cafes. In one popular "warnet," as these hangouts are known, a pack of high schoolers is waging a ferocious online battle against a gang of digital thugs, while another gaggle of teenagers gleefully downloads Japanese porn. Off in the corner, Sweetnurse and his friends are also busy online, but they will have much more to show for their efforts. "What would you like to buy today?" inquires Sweetnurse, a twentyish musician who asks...
...prescription drugs and over-the-counter medicines and supplements collect revenues as high as $30 billion a year from products inspired by the traditional knowledge of indigenous communities like the Piaroa, according to biodiversity-research organizations like the Canada-based ETC Group. Researchers view jungles from South America to Southeast Asia as bountiful sources of new treatments for cancer, AIDS and other diseases. According to the U.S. National Cancer Institute, more than 25% of the ingredients in cancer medicines today were either discovered in rain forests or synthesized in labs from discoveries made there. But the tribal shamans, who lead...
...airline in June, has run the show for nearly two decades, having worked his way up from an assistant manager for reservations. After taking over in 1984, he moved aggressively to stretch the airline worldwide; he was the main proponent of Singapore's successful push to become the first Southeast Asian country to sign a bilateral open-skies agreement with the U.S, in 1997. This treaty lets the airline fly to any American city and has inspired similar agreements throughout Asia...
...sheer arrogance of the article about California's fires was astounding. So we should not live in fire-prone areas? Perhaps people in New England shouldn't live in snow-prone areas, people in the Midwest shouldn't live in tornado-prone areas, and people in the Southeast shouldn't live in hurricane-prone areas. Storms in other parts of the U.S. cause far more deaths, injuries and economic losses every year than the relatively infrequent major fires in California do. Perhaps you can suggest a spot on the planet where we can all live free of risk. Joseph Leaser...
...domestic staples.) In general, Pahamin's strategy is to try to shut down the counterfeiters and their retail outlets, rather than go after consumers. But the outlaws are outwitting the sheriff. One night last September, Pahamin and 100 officers descended on a warehouse in Johor Bahru, some 200 miles southeast of Kuala Lumpur, a transit point that had been under surveillance for months. The building was empty, its occupants apparently warned of the raid. "As sophisticated as we are," concedes Pahamin, "the pirates are more sophisticated...