Indonesia, a front line in war against terrorism: Indonesia has

Indonesia, a front line in war against terrorism: Indonesia has
become a crucial front line in the war against terrorism. This
development, so far, has escaped the attention of most Americans.
While the United States and its allies have been preoccupied with
other aspects of the new war, a smoldering fire is burning in the
world's largest Muslim nation.
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50,000 Poso refugees in danger of death: An estimated 50,000
mainly Christian refugees fleeing brutal sectarian violence in
Central Sulawesi could be attacked in the absence of military or
police protection, a Catholic priest in the area says. Other
eyewitness accounts point to scores of dead and thousands of
mainly-Christian homes destroyed at the hands of well organized,
uniformed militia equipped with machine-guns, rocket launchers
and even bulldozers.
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Bickering hampers reform: President Megawati Soekarnoputri said
on Friday that the legislative body had been too preoccupied with
bickering to progress the nation's reform agenda. The President's
open criticism, the most scathing she has made in public, is
likely to renew tension between the executive and legislative
bodies.
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AIDS: I Care, Do You?: With 37 million people living with Human
Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and AIDS around the world, we can no
longer just mouth platitudes like "prevention is better than
cure" -- particularly when there is no cure. Yes, prevention
continues to be very important, but many believe that it can only
be effective if it is integrated into care and support for those
infected.
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