OneWorld.net (U.S.)

Gang violence in East Timor -- which claimed 30 lives and displaced 200,000 people in Dili just this summer -- is finally subsiding thanks to peace efforts by the government and local groups. The reward: a visit and lessons from martial arts master Jackie Chan.

From the issuance of a religious edict against nuclear power to the emergence of a new Islamic party with a "powerful environmental message," politics in predominantly-Muslim Indonesia have grown significantly greener over the last few years, write Saleem Ali and Haris Hidayat.