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...China because the costs of doing business in Indonesia were simply too high. Freshly unemployed and with poor prospects, Riza expressed his frustration at the ballot box on Sept. 20. In Indonesia's first-ever direct presidential election, Riza rejected incumbent President Megawati Sukarnoputri and voted instead for challenger Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. "I hope that there will be change under this government, especially in the creation of jobs," Riza says. "I can rely...
...final tally in Indonesia's presidential election isn't in yet, but with more than 70% of the 125 million votes counted, the partial results are already defying expectations. Front runner Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, whom pollsters had expected to take up to 45% of the votes, is now predicted to win only a third of them. Former army chief Wiranto, whose Golkar party dominated April's parliamentary elections, is now in third place, with just 22%. And in the biggest surprise, President Megawati Sukarnoputri has more than doubled her projected share to take 26% of the votes. The final results...
...accused of planning the suicide attack on the destroyer USS Cole opened in Sanaa. The attack, in Aden harbor in October 2000, left 17 American sailors dead. Alleged mastermind Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri is in U.S. custody and is being tried in absentia. Another Round INDONESIA Retired general Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono led in the first round of voting in the presidential election with early results giving him a 33% share of the vote. He appears likely to face a run-off in September against incumbent President Megawati Sukarnoputri, who placed second with 26%. MEANWHILE IN BRITAIN ... Henry...
...mistake, noting: "the problem of Aceh is not a security problem but a problem of conscience. The issue is returning dignity to the Acehnese, giving them rights with a genuine regional autonomy." But in political opinion polls, Wiranto is currently lagging behind the top contender, former Security Minister Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who supervised the imposition of martial law in Aceh. "There seems to be no way out," says Kingsbury. "It could take a generation before the two sides can get back to the negotiating table with any hope of success...
...vote, according to official results. The result is a blow to President Megawati Sukarnoputri, whose ruling PDI-P party came in second with 18.5% of the votes, down from 33.7% in 1999. Megawati faces re-election in July, and trails her former Security Minister, retired army general Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. She also faces competition from another ex-general, the Golkar candidate, Wiranto, who has been indicted for crimes against humanity by a U.N.-backed court in East Timor. Power Play HONG KONG In the biggest show of force since Hong Kong's 1997 handover to China, eight Chinese naval vessels...