March 29, 2016 edition

They include bankruptcy and crossborder insolvency, constitutional law, cultural property rights, economics, fundraising, management and governance for foundations, human rights and civil liberties, indigenous rights, customary law and adat communitiesthe list goes on and on. His particular specialties include arbitration, legal and judicial reform, documentation and information, legal research and analysis and planning for institutional change.
Arriving in Indonesia for the first time in late 1969-early 1970, most likely as a hippie backpacker the way he tells it but one who had just completed a sterling education at Cornell University and was gearing up to go to Harvard Law School afterwardsGreg has nurtured a love affair with Indonesia for nigh on 46 years now.

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February 23, 2016 edition

Hiromi Kano slowly walks over to a rebab (two-stringed bowed gamelan instrument). "This is one of my favorite instruments of the gamelan. It has a very unique sound," she said Friday two weeks ago.The bespectacled woman sat on the carpet in a room on the second floor of the Mojosongo Subdistrict office in Solo. With deft strokes, she draws a small bow across the strings, and a low, almost moaning sound follows.
Hiromi is not only skilled at playing the rebab. She is equally proficient with other instruments of the Javanese gamelan. Every Wednesday afternoon, she practices karawitan (Javanese vocal and instrumental music) alongside other villagers at the Mojosongo subdistrict office.

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