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Tupperware hits its ‘sweet spot’ in Indonesia
Tupperware, once a fixture in middle-class U.S. kitchens, has become a bit of an afterthought in its home country even as its popularity has risen abroad.
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Nations spurn migrants; desperation grows on boat at sea for 3 months
Several hundred people from Myanmar, crying for water, were thought to be aboard a fishing boat that was turned away by Malaysia on Thursday. The recent influx of such migrants seeking shelter has...
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Indonesia pushes to ban alcohol for health of bodies, if not souls
Critics of the Islamic parties backing the ban say their concern for drinkers’ health is a cover for pushing Indonesia toward becoming an Islamic state under Shariah law.
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In Indonesia, an Islamic edict seeks to keep Santa hats off Muslims
The council’s edict is not legally binding, but it is adding to growing political, ethnic and religious tensions prompted by the prosecution of Jakarta’s popular governor, who is Christian and ethnic...
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The hard life of a pedestrian in Jakarta
Walking in central Jakarta is a perilous enterprise. Sidewalks’ pavement are often cracked and uneven; there are missing sewer covers, exposed electrical wires and aggressive motorcyclists using the...
View ArticleRefugees seeking asylum in Australia face danger, deceit
JAKARTA, Indonesia — In January, Naqsh Murtaza had had enough of war-torn Afghanistan. Naqsh, a 27-year-old Afghan, fled with his mother and two younger brothers into Pakistan, the first stop on a...
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Push to rid Indonesia of alcohol worries tourism industry
LEGIAN, Indonesia — They have defaced Britney Spears posters, denounced Pamela Anderson’s charitable work and threatened Lady Gaga and Miss World beauty pageant contestants. Now hard-line Muslims in...
View ArticleHot, toxic ash hindering rescue efforts near Indonesian volcano
JAKARTA, Indonesia — The death toll from the sudden eruption of an active volcano on Indonesia’s Sumatra Island rose to 15, officials said Sunday, as toxic clouds of hot ash hampered search-and-rescue...
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Drones take center stage at SE Asia’s largest air show
SINGAPORE — While the supersonic jets, attack helicopters and surface-to-air missiles longer than a stretch limousine wowed an estimated 80,000 people who attended the final days of the Singapore...
View ArticleIndonesia’s new president vows to shake up vast Muslim-majority nation
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Joko Widodo, a commoner who was born in a Javan slum, was sworn in Monday as president of Indonesia, completing an improbable political rise from hometown mayor to leader of the...
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Indonesia’s ‘sick’ new suicide bombers: parents with their children
Indonesia has a homegrown terrorism problem. But the use of children in such plots, analysts say, represents a new and shocking development amid a wave of suicide bombings Sunday and Monday.
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