Mideast bizmen keen to invest in Indonesia, banker says

""With their huge funds, they will leave the US and the European Union, and are ready to enter Asia, including Indonesia, for business without any political agenda," Riawan told ANTARA.As the world`s largest Muslim country with the same cultural background Indonesia should...

A book I will have to read to get a second side of the story

"Dad's image cannot be changed," Amin sighed. "If I bring an understanding, it will be very little because he's in a compartment and getting him out of there will take a thousand years. But I believe my father would take it on the chin whatever they say about him." Amin has...

Quotes

"The way of the superior man may be found, in its simple elements, in the intercourse of common men and women; but in its utmost reaches, it shines brightly through Heaven and Earth. Confucius In Serbia a lot of people hate me because they want to westernize, not...

Stoking the Fires in Lebanon

"Beirut isn't burning just yet, but if the U.S. continues to cross a red line by pushing for a politically charged trial that Syria won't stand for, a full-scale blaze will surely erupt. Beirut is boiling, as a Lebanese friend called to tell me. Over the weekend, Hizballah...

Excerpts: Saddam's courtroom clashes

"Excerpts: Saddam's courtroom clashes Saddam Hussein frequently clashed with presiding judges during the Dujail trial. Some of the sharpest exchanges occurred with Judge Rauf Abdel Rahman, who replaced Judge Rizgar Amin in January 2006. Excerpts follow."