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Per Unheim | April 12, 2012 10:46 | Tags: Pakistan; Islamabad; Abbottabad
Drone attacks; earthquakes and floods; bombings; kidnappings of journalists and aid workers; collusion between Pakistani intelligence agencies and the Taliban; political assassinations; systemic corruption; insecure nuclear assets; and ongoing clashes between Indian and...
Per Unheim | February 27, 2012 13:58 | Tags: Indonesia, Makassar, seafood
The starfish-shaped island of Sulawesi in the middle of the Indonesian archipelago is composed of six provinces that are home to over 16 million people. The lives of most residents are linked in some way to the ocean and fish is an essential part of everyone’s diet. The...
Per Unheim | February 07, 2012 14:01 | Tags: Indonesia, Jakarta, light rail, traffic
It’s 6:30 am on a Saturday morning in Jakarta, Indonesia, and I’m on my way to the airport in a Blue Bird taxi for my flight back home to Ottawa. While my flight doesn’t leave for another four hours and the drive should only take 45 minutes, the city’s infamous traffic leaves me...
