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  • It's all Geithner's fault

    Everything. The Treasury secretary isn't just failing to fix the crisis, says one critic. He helped cause it.
  • "It looks like the end of the world here"

    In Burma, hundreds of thousands are without food, water or shelter in the wake of the cyclone, but the military junta prioritizes its grip on power.
  • The chastity belt: It's ba-ack!

    Indonesian massage parlors are "protecting" female workers by forcing them to padlock their pants.
  • The Julia Child of Malaysian food

    James Oseland, editor in chief of Saveur magazine, talks about culinary colonialism, his love of home cooking and why Malaysian cuisine may be the next big thing.
  • Biopiracy and bird flu

    A U.S. government patent application raises a knotty question: Should a country own property rights to the diseases that afflict its citizens?
  • W.H.O. are you?

    Bird flu, AIDS, heart disease: Thailand and Indonesia have lots of problems, but does the World Health Organization have the right answers?
  • Indonesia's great pageant debate

    A militant group wants Miss Indonesia prosecuted for parading in a swimsuit competition.
  • Hair uncovered? Makeup? You're a prostitute

    Some say the effort to push Indonesia toward Islamic law unfairly restricts women.
  • Where the chick lit is political

    An Indonesian author talks about the political significance of the much-maligned genre.
  • Playboy publishers fear retribution in Indonesia

    Violent protests cause publishers to weigh risks.
  • "Playboy go to hell"

    The magazine's plans for a local edition in Indonesia anger antiporn activists.
  • Saving the rain forests of the ocean

    How greens and villagers, and a bunch of big ceramic snowflakes, are reviving the devastated coral reefs of Indonesia.
  • Saving the world by mutual back-scratching

    Activists have hit on a new way to save Indonesia's endangered tropics: Pay for local projects in exchange for conservation.
  • Wolfowitz's new agenda

    Experts say the war hawk's fealty to the oil industry could derail the World Bank's mission to reduce poverty.
  • Lost heroine

    An activist who drowned in her prison cell during last month's tsunami represented Aceh's struggle for independence.
  • An unchanged landscape in Washington

    The administration's confused and negligent policy toward human rights abuses in Indonesia is not likely to change in the wake of the tsunami.
  • Make wanderlust, not war

    Americans should stop listening to the fear-mongers and travel overseas. It's the best way to start bringing the U.S. back into the world community.
  • Indonesia at the crossroads

    The terror attack in the world's most populous Muslim nation could stir up rage against Islamic extremists, says an expert. But if the U.S. invades Iraq, all bets are off.
  • A reprimand for Reebok

    The running shoes company wanted to give a big cash prize to an Indonesian labor activist. But Dita Sari said no.
  • Hangin' with the 'tans in Borneo

    Deep in the Indonesian rain forest, our reporter braves tribal war to discover why orangutans may be driven to extinction by America's love for pool cues.
  • "Jihad jive" in Jakarta -- or the real thing?

    As Islamic militants protest the American attacks, Indonesia's new president must decide how hard to crack down on the latest threat to her complex, fragile, far-flung nation.
  • In search of the real Bali

    A little-visited village illuminates the fabled island's mundane treasures.
  • Climbing the coconut tree

    These foreign men are beautiful, brazen and as young as my son. I want something they have, but it's not what they think.
  • Bali's day of silence

    Our travel expert offers tips on a Balinese holiday, flying with hamsters and car-rental insurance.
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