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...with Sri Lanka. Colombo's decision to officially pull out of a 2002 cease-fire agreement with the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (L.T.T.E.) was just a confirmation of what Sri Lankans have known for months - war has returned to the strife-torn Indian Ocean island nation...
...Hoping to capitalize on the momentum at Kaesong, the Roh government is also pushing an ambitious plan to create a second special economic zone (SEZ) in and around the West Sea port city of Haeju. One idea floated was to build a man-made island to house factories in the West Sea. But Lee Myung Bak's transition team has all but ruled out any quick movement on a West Sea project, mainly because the geopolitics of the region are still deeply contentious. The maritime border between the two countries is contested - the North and South Korean navies have skirmished...
...should not resort to violence even if we have differences.' MAUMOON GAYOOM, President of the Maldives, after an attempt to assassinate him was foiled when a boy scout waiting to greet the island nation's leader grabbed the attacker's knife as he lunged out of a crowd...
...surest signs that you're in a developing country is the trash beneath your feet, which has less to do with bad habits than the fact that arranging garbage pickup and disposal is a low and expensive priority for a poor government. And the Indonesian island of Bali, despite its breathtaking natural beauty, is no exception...
Outside the compulsively groomed resort areas, garbage grows in small piles on the side of streets on the island's growing urban areas, festering in the tropical sun. Much of what is collected finds its way to the TPA Suwung landfill, about 10 km outside the sprawling provincial capital of Denpasar. Every day trucks add up to 800 metric tons of waste to quivering piles of tattered cloth, leftover food and the ubiquitous plastic water bottles. Virtually the only waste management at Suwung comes in the form of scavengers who brave the heat to comb through the mountains of trash...