2 X 16 48pt Bodoni

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.
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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.

3. Musarraf --
Musharraf walks a tight rope
1 X 30 36 pt Bodoni

Musharraf walking a tightrope

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