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...represent no more than 12 percent of the Muslim population, Indonesia's radical Islamists are actively recruiting young men for training for jihad. President Megawati Sukarnoputri has plenty of political enemies among the mainstream Muslim parties that tried to keep her out of power, which leaves her having to tread warily while the campaign in Afghanistan continues...
...Pakistani police attacked with whips and clubs, herding frightened families back across the border like dumb cattle. Some enraged Afghans responded with a barrage of stones. Others headed toward the old smugglers' routes through the mountains. Some may succeed in slipping past the Pakistani border police, but they must tread carefully: the trails are peppered with thousands of land mines left over from the Soviet...
...We’re trying to tread this ground between totally throwing out these traditions and just letting them do exactly what they’ve always done,” Illingworth says. “We need to adapt these old traditions into something that’s at least somewhat consistent with the rest of the College...
When national security is at stake, American newspapers and networks take it upon themselves to tread more carefully on controversial issues - a right, rather than a requirement, of democracy. But while few would argue with our right to censor ourselves, our First Amendment alarm bells might start jangling if the government actually tried to set parameters for news coverage. Thus the curious questions raised when the U.S. government, in the interests of national security, is perceived to be reaching across borders and to rein in media coverage in foreign countries...
...five-star hotels?the backpacker would witness and experience true culture, not some resort-show pastiche. By staying in cheap hostels and eating at small family-run restaurants, he would give his money to those who needed it most. And by maintaining an environmental vigilance, he'd simply tread more softly than the package tourist. The backpacker guidebooks described the perfect win-win. "The people at Lonely Planet strongly believe that travelers can make a positive contribution to the countries they visit, both through their appreciation of the countries' culture, wildlife and natural features and through the money they spend...