[b]Indonesia must go beyond Paris Club

Indonesia must go beyond Paris Club
to seek larger debt relief

To reach a rescheduling of Indonesia's foreign debt an
independent arbitrator is needed, says Binny Buchori who
coordinates the International NGO Forum on Indonesian Development
(INFID). She spoke to The Jakarta Post's staff writer Riyadi
Suparno.

2. 5Hadi -- Demand for cuts in debt repayment will raise problems
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Demand for debt cuts
will raise new problems

Demanding cuts in the repayment of foreign debts will affect
Indonesia's reputation which will in turn make it more difficult
for the country to look for new borrowing in the future, says
Hadi Soesastro, executive director of the Center for Strategic
and International Studies (CSIS).

3. 5Spratly -- A vision for the Spratlys
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Unresolved conflicts about Spratlys haunt the region

By Sylvia L. Mayuga

MANILA: As President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo refocuses the
Philippines's relationship with our ASEAN neighbors, one wonders
whether she has already taken notice of a vital input from the
environmental community -- the concept of a trans-boundary
biosphere reserve in the Spratlys.

If not, a well thought-out paper presented by Dr. Mike Fortes
of the UP Marine Science Institute at a Unesco conference in
Pamplona, Spain three years ago is well worth revisiting.