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...Indonesian police investigating the bomb blasts that tore the heart out of Bali's Kuta tourist district on Oct. 12, killing around 200 and injuring hundreds more, believe Rimbawa may hold the key to identifying at least one of the killers responsible. Rimbawa was a sweeper in Paddy's Irish Pub, and witnesses say he was standing near a 1-kilogram TNT bomb that detonated on a table inside the popular bar. That explosion sent scores of frantic patrons rushing out?into the range of a far more deadly bomb packed inside a white Mitsubishi minivan parked outside the Sari...
...assistant manager says that the blast has taken hotel traffic "back to Sept. 11 figures. We were just getting back to normal." Last week, a regional high school soccer tournament, scheduled to take place in Jakarta, was hastily moved to Malaysia, taking scores of families and probably thousands of tourist dollars with it. But the real pain may come in lost jobs, since tourism supports 12 million Indonesians. "A drop in a million tourists potentially means a million unemployed," says Alistair Speirs, chairman of the Indonesian chapter of the Pacific Asia Travel Association. The country is already hard pressed...
...originally from Latin, not Greek. BOTTOM LINES "I know very well that the Stability Pact is stupid." Romano Prodi, European Commission President, admitting that E.U. deficit limits are too rigid "Of all the places to be marooned by a strike I guess this is the best." Emma Marsh, tourist in Venice, after her flight home was canceled when unions launched Italy's second general strike this year "Sentencing Andersen at this point is akin to sentencing someone you've already executed." Jonathan Hamilton, editor of Public Accounting Report, on last week's sentence of Andersen Accounting to five years' probation...
...voice among many in Megawati's divided cabinet, where some ministers have been urging a crackdown on extremist groups. The Bali bombing is likely to strengthen their case by alienating the Indonesian public, for whom the impact of the catastrophic blow to the nation's all-important tourist industry will be felt most acutely in their pocket books. It's also a direct challenge both to Megawati's own regime and its relationship with the West, as well as to the military's ability to maintain domestic security...
...almost immediately. Baking in the midday sun, marijuana bushes the size of a man give off the same dank stench that permeates hip parties from New York City to New South Wales. For the decade before the Soviet army invaded in 1979, the teahouses of Afghanistan were the toking tourist's hangout of choice. And even during 23 years of war, when the Afghans fought the Soviets and then one another, the hash trade thrived. "Afghan black" remained a staple sale for cannabis dealers across the world. Mazar-i-Sharif gave its name to a particularly potent variety. And last...