Aceh is a province that is blessed by abundant natural resources and wealth that have long lain undeveloped due to a 32-year insurgency that only recently came to an end. Now, in a new era of peace and development after the long years of civil unrest and the 2004 tsunami disaster, the opportunities for business appear almost endless in the country's westernmost province.

Living the life as a devoted mother/wife and a full-time career woman, 52-year-old Sri Widyawati refuses to be categorized as one of today's modern working moms -- when it comes to shopping, she always prefers to do it the traditional way! "I insist on buying fresh food every day from the itinerant grocery vendors in my neighborhood, and I shop at the mom-and-pop grocery stores near my house to buy personal-care goods.

A legal aid institution and a number of non-governmental organizations are to challenge the constitutionality of the recently enacted Investment Law, which they claim will prejudice the interests of the people. "We will ask the Constitutional Court to review five articles of the neo-liberal Law No. 1/2007 on Investment," Indonesian Legal Aid Institute Foundation (YLBHI) chairman Patra M.

JAKARTA (JP): The government will speed up the realization of Exclusive Economic Zones in three islands -- Batam, Bintan and Karimun -- in the Riau Islands province, said provincial governor Ismeth Abdullah Tuesday. "In the meeting (with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono) yesterday (Monday), the president promised to speed up the development of the Exclusive Economic Zone," Ismeth was quoted as saying Tuesday.