Indonesia's stance: There is an urgent need for Indonesia to

Indonesia's stance: There is an urgent need for Indonesia to
clearly articulate and explain its diplomatic position and
international legal obligations with regard to Afghanistan. As a
member of the UN, Indonesia has Charter obligations to "accept
and carry out" the decisions of the Security Council. Indonesia
represented Asia on the Security Council in 1995-1996. Page 4

Aceh: Many Acehnese have learned to live with fear. It has been
part of their lives for the last decade or so. But the situation
has become worse, particularly in the last three years. Pages 6,7

Taufik quits badminton: World number five Taufik Hidayat
decided to follow many of his teammates' footsteps by quitting
badminton to continue his studies. The 20-year-old shuttler said
his disappointment with coach Agus Dwi Santoso's decision to pull
him out of the six-star Denmark Open scheduled to begin Tuesday
was the last straw in his decision to resign. Page 13

World Hunger: The world is slipping further behind target in its
effort to halve hunger by 2015, the United Nations food body said
on Monday. The Food and Agriculture Organization urged countries
to rally political will and resources to reduce hunger and
poverty. "Progress has been made in reducing the absolute number
of hungry people in the world, but this is not happening fast
enough to achieve the 1996 World Food Summit target -- that of
halving the number of hungry people by 2015," FAO said. Page 21

Protection: U.S.-based oil companies Devon Energy and PT Caltex
Pacific Indonesia (CPI) praised the Indonesian government's
effort to safeguard their presence in the country amid the
growing anti-American sentiment since the Sept. 11 terrorist
attacks in the U.S. "We're satisfied with the security guarantee
given by the government," Devon spokesman Erwin Lebe told the
Jakarta Post over the weekend. Page 24