JEDDAH, 13 August 2004 — Having won the May presidential election, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo is now hungrily looking for new tax revenue with which to fund government programs and to help reduce
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, 13 August 2004 — The Mahdi army is on the move again. It’s the Energizer Bunny of Iraqi urban militias. What makes it keep going and going and going? Neocons insist it’s
LONDON, 13 August 2004 — As Afghanistan moves toward its first presidential election, scheduled for Oct. 9, an international cacophony is calling for the exercise to be scrapped or postponed. Having
AMMAN, 13 August 2004 — In an oversimplified gesture of a defused crisis, Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat and his Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei kissed, hugged and raised victory signs. Not
Indonesia's armed forces have played a pivotal role in the country’s development since independence. In many instances, such as Indonesia’s hydrocarbon resources and the long term LNG supply deals
LONDON, 13 August 2004 — Most legends contain a small grain of truth, but none is to be found in the fraudulent images being presented each day by the BBC (and the US networks). The print media is
JAKARTA, 13 August 2004 — A spate of acquittals absolving Indonesian military officers of human rights violations proves how powerful the armed forces remain in the country despite their claims to
