Reuters/Larry Downing

Mon, 30 Dec 2002

Reuters/Larry Downing

INDONESIAN DIPLOMACY: Since being elected the fifth President of Indonesia, Megawati Soekarnoputri has tried to conduct diplomacy through a number of overseas trips. Her meeting with U.S. President George W. Bush at the APEC Leaders' annual meeting in Los Cabos, Mexico, on Oct. 26 this year was part of her strategy.

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Antara/Ali Anwar

PATROLLING THE SEAS: Soldiers of the Indonesian Navy search a fishing boat sailing in Acehnese waters in November, fearing that the boat may be carrying guns or other weaponry for the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) last November. Indonesian security forces find it difficult to cover the broad jurisdiction of the archipelagic country of Indonesia.

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