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...side meeting of rainforest nations, where they called for forest protections to be a larger part of Kyoto's successor agreement when negotiations start in Bali. (Deforestation is responsible roughly 20% of global carbon emissions.) "There is no better chance than in Bali to act decisively," Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono told delegates at the close of the summit...
...With the recent British bomb plots focusing attention again on terror, what lessons can the world learn from Indonesia's success? First, counterterrorism has to be seen as a local fight, rather than something imposed by the West. After Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was elected Indonesia's President in 2004, he made a public declaration of war on terrorism and vowed to convince his countrymen that Islamic radicalism was a threat not just to the West but to Indonesians themselves. Contrast that with the approach of Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf. Though he has been locked in battle with extremists since...
...Unlike Iran or Saudi Arabia, however, the Republic of Indonesia is governed by a constitution that guarantees a separation of mosque and state. Those secular underpinnings, say some legal experts, call into question the very constitutionality of the Shari'a bylaws. But the administration of Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has sidestepped this debate. Vice President Jusuf Kalla calls the faith-based regulations "normal" in a Muslim-majority state, insisting: "It is not Shari'a law but laws influenced by Shari'a." Yudhoyono himself has avoided any public comment on the bylaws' legality. "The President will do nothing on this...
...help in the search for the aircraft on Thursday, local officials in East Java continued rescue efforts for the victims of a shipping disaster that left more than 400 missing when a ferry with 628 passengers went down off the coast of Java last Friday. On Wednesday, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono announced the creation of a special team to evaluate the nation's transport sector. "There are new paradigms, including the emergence of low-cost carriers and the worsening weather conditions in the past 10 years," Air Transport Director-General Ikhsan Tatang told reporters after meeting with the President...
...forging papers to get on Munir's flight. His release "could be a chance for us to determine who was really behind Munir's death and what role the intelligence services played," says Usman Hamid, coordinator of Kontras, the rights group Munir founded. Munir's widow, Suciwati, wants President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to launch a new investigation to go after those suspected of plotting the killing. "How come the government is able to roll up the terrorist networks and make so many arrests and convictions?" she asks. "This case is far less complicated and yet the government does not seem...