ONCE A PARADISE, NOW A BLOOD BATH
Suratman, a schoolteacher, tells the story of how sectarian massacres on the tropical island of Sulawesi escalated after provocateurs on both sides argued: "If we don't kill them first, they'll...
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INDIA’S LEADER REBUKES CLINTON
A proclamation by President Clinton and Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee of a new era of U.S.-Indian friendship was sidetracked Tuesday by the massacre of Sikhs, a rebuke of...
MASSACRE CLOUDS CLINTON TRIP
Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee, wearing his traditional dhoti, held talks with President Clinton on Tuesday, hours after Kashmiri rebels executed 35 Sikh villagers in a massacre apparently designed...
ACROSS ASIA, MILLIONS STRUGGLE AGAINST LONG ODDS
In a country crowded with beggars who rush traffic at red lights or stalk their quarry on crutches, Indira frequented the same crossing, just before the Qutab Minar road forks...
TAIWAN’S BUDDHISTS ARE HEROES OF QUAKE
The middle-age woman in a blue-and-white tunic resembles a beggar. Her battered carton might have been retrieved from a trash can to serve as a depository for donations. She was...
`COLLATERAL DAMAGE’ FUELING CRITICISM OF NATO AIRSTRIKES
As the U.S. F-15 fighter dived through the clouds toward its target over Serbia, the electronic eye on its Aerogram missile, already on the way, flashed back the picture of...
PAKISTAN CAUGHT IN SCHISM RAGE
The locals called it a peaceful day: five men assassinated in different parts of the city by rival religious or political groups in a country where the color of a...
HARD TIMES CHANGE A BUSINESS
Memo from Jakarta From: Uli Schmetzer. Re: In a country with a tattered economy, one entrepreneur is a rare success story. Before the economic crisis crippled Indonesia's building industry, Farida...
PHILIPPINES COMBATANTS END LONG WAR
President Fidel Ramos and Muslim rebel leader Nur Misuari embraced Monday in a muddy schoolyard on southern Mindanao island in a gesture that symbolized an end to 24 years of...
WHERE IS THE PANCHEN LAMA?
CHINA CLAMPS DOWN ON TIBETAN RELIGIOUS LIFE, REPORT SAYS Chinese officials insist the 6-year-old Tibetan boy chosen last year as the Buddhist leader is safe and sound. But human rights...