Quiet New Year Rituals for Indonesia’s Chinese Amid Tense Economy
In Jakarta the Chinese community marks the lunar New Year in prayer at the 300-year-old Vihara Dharma Bhakti temple as Indonesia faces an 80 percent rupiah slump and rising inflation. Fear of ethnic tension grows while authorities ban loud New Year celebrations.
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Nuclear meltdown tests raise questions on data value
At Cadarache France a French led science team unveiled results from the Phobus program showing meltdowns occurred at lower temperatures and released more hydrogen gas than expected. Critics warn data may be modestly significant while funding and political pressure loom as France seeks euro budget discipline.
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NRC
Washington
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Europe
Adolf Birkhofer
Germany
Burundi peace talks delayed after deadly helicopter crash
Talks to revive Burundi's peace process were postponed after Defense Minister Firmin Sinzoyiheba and four others died when his helicopter crashed near Bujumbura amid a morning storm. Protests and mourning were declared as four days of talks between the Tutsi-led government and opposing parties were to begin, aiming to stop escalating Hutu rebel violence.
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Gihanga
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Seea
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Pierre Buyoya
Minani
Pascal Firmin Ndimira
Sinzoysheba
Congo police arrest crocodile men for 33 deaths
Six Buma village chiefs in Bandundu province are accused by villagers and police of transforming into crocodiles and killing 33 people since 1995. A Buma fisherman named the suspects after escaping an attack and police say the group includes a local chief who confessed to five killings. The arrests follow widespread belief in sorcery and recent deadly river crocodile incidents near Kinshasa.
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Cuba weighs papal plea to free prisoners of conscience
Havana AP Cuba says it will study Pope John Paul II appeal to release prisoners on humanitarian grounds with possible sentence reductions or early releases. Speaker Ricardo Alarcon noted the request is serious though no decision was made. Vatican and U.S. officials push for clemency while some prisoners gain family visit access amid the Cuban economic crisis.
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