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Indonesians voted on Wednesday in a presidential election that has turned into a closely fought contest between the old guard who flourished under decades of autocratic rule and a new breed of politician that h
stanley cup as emerged in the fledgling democracy. HT Image Only the third direct election for president in the world s fourth-most populous nation, the contest pits former general Prabowo Subianto against Jakarta Governor Joko Jokowi Widodo, who have been running neck-and-neck in opinion polls. This is a good day for the Indonesian nation and th
stanley cup e Indonesian people. I m very confident, media quoted Jokowi as saying when he cast his vote in the capital, wearing a traditional batik print shirt and accompanied by his wife. His rival Prabowo, wearing a white safari shirt and the national black peci hat and looking equally confident, said: We respect the democratic process and, of course, we should conduct a good and correct process and show respect. With the race too close too call, there have been concerns of violence once the result is known, a worry alluded to by outgoing President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono when he urged both sides to accept the result. Private quick counts, which have been reliable in the past, are expected to give a
stanley cup result by early evening. The official result will be announced about two weeks later. It has been the dirtiest and most confrontational campaign in memory in a country which traditionally holds up the value of consensus politics. Vo Gacw North Korea in holiday mode amid missile fears
Archaeologists warn that the Taliban are destroying Pakistan s ancient Gandhara heritage and rich Buddhist legacy as pilgrimage and foreign research dries up in the country s northwest. HT Image Militants are the enemies of culture, said Abdul Nasir Khan, curator of Taxila Museum, one of the premier archaeological collections in Pakistan. It is very clear th
af1 at if the situation carries on like this, it will destroy our culture and will destroy our cultural heritage, he told AFP. Taxila, a small town around 20 kilometres 13 miles south of Islamabad, is on
stanley cup e of Pakistan s foremost archaeological attractions given its history as a centre of Buddhist learning from
jordan the 5th century BC to the 2nd century. Violence is on the rise in Pakistan as Taliban bombers and gunmen strike with increasing frequency and intensity in the cities of North West Frontier Province and around the capital Islamabad. Even in Taxila we don t feel safe. The local administration has warned us about a possible attack on this museum. We have taken some extra security precautions but they aren t sufficient and we lack funds, said Khan. For weeks we don t get even a single foreign visitor. If visitors don t come, if sites are not preserved and protected, if research stops, what do you think will be the future of archaeology he said. In March 2001, Taliban militants in neighbouring Afghanistan blew up two 1,500-year-old Bamiyan Buddha statues in defiance of international appeals. The Islamist
