Indonesia may launch a military assault on a West Papua province, putting thousands of innocent lives at risk, now that a New Zealand pilot has been released.
The Pontiff is in Singapore, the last stop on what has been generally acknowledged as a successful 12-day, 20,000 mile tour of the Asia-Pacific region.
Nusantara, Indonesia’s new capital city, has been beset by delays but finally became the centre of the country’s independence celebrations this weekend.