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2 X 16 48pt Bodoni Future looks bright for Poland, RI ties JP/ /POLAND

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Jointly sponsored by the Polish embassy in Jakarta, the Indonesian embassy in Warsaw and the national airlines, Garuda Indonesia, three Indonesian journalists visited Poland to observe the parliamentarian elections held on Sept. 23 and to meet with officials of the two countries regarding bilateral ties.

Following is the first of two articles by The Jakarta Post's staff writer Oei Eng Goan who took part in the visit. ====================================================================

2. Mideast -- Mid-East mirage

1 X 30 36 pt Bodoni Has the world really changed? The Strait Times Asia News Network Singapore

The saddest statistics of Intifada II, the Palestinians' internecine warfare against Israeli occupation which passed its first year last Friday, are not of the 680 Palestinians and 180 Israelis killed, the 4,000 Palestinian homes destroyed or damaged, the 170 schools closed. They are just grim.

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The Statesman Asia News Network Calcutta

The death of 26 and injuries to another sixty innocent people, as militants of the Jaish-e-Mohammed, headed by Maulana Masoor Azhar, exchanged for innocent civilians on board the hijacked