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