1 x 22 48 pt NCSB

1 x 22 48 pt NCSB

Local property is for all

By Martin R. Jenkins

JAKARTA (JP): As Indonesia is a nation born out of a 350-year independence struggle against Dutch colonialism, it is perhaps understandable that foreign companies and individuals are barred from owning either Indonesian land or property.

2. 4Global -- Third world should be considered in reforming global financial

1 x 40 -- 36 pt optima bold

Addressing democracy after Genoa trade talks

By Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul

BERLIN (DPA): The violent clashes at the G-7/8 Summit in Genoa have drawn attention to a serious lack of democracy in globalization. This deficit has been worrying experts and political scientists as well as those in government in both industrialized and developing nations for the longest time and they have been trying to solve it with possibilities of political co-ordination.

3. 4Herald -- A society of silent intellectuals

1 x 30 36pt NCSB

S. Korea's intellectuals end silence

By Lee Kyong-hee

SEOUL: It must be with mixed feelings of nervous relief that the public is watching the politicians toning down their war of words. The lousy verbal attacks and counterattacks between politicians of the rival parties began to markedly abate last week.