As the Indonesia Update opened at the Australian National

As the Indonesia Update opened at the Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra recently, it was clear they had moved away from their 12 year's annual review of recent economic development that had traditionally kept women out of focus.

2. Bomb -- Afghanistan begins to unfold under the attacks 1 X 49 36pt Bodoni

The Statesman Asia News Network Calcutta

It is a trifle too early to judge but the fear is that the Americans, for all their careful and reassuring words and intensive preparations have done again what they have always preferred to do -- fought their wars long distance.

3. Women -- Taliban attitude to women is not Islam's 1 X 49 36pt Bodoni Taliban attitude to women does not represent Islam Zuraidah Ibrahim The Straits Times Palo Alto

Yusmarni Djalius is a Muslim who belongs to the matrilineal community of Minangkabau, in western Sumatra, where property is passed from mothers to daughters.