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Unsettled by sanctions, riots, and the West's steady bombing, the dictator has been firing military brass and assassinating clerics.
Reflecting a week in which 500 Indonesians were killed in street riots, in his announcement Suharto is quoted as saying, "It has become extremely difficult for me to continue the leadership of this country."
There are also pieces on the WTO riots and the mass graves in Juarez--unusually interesting stories for the A section--but for the really compelling copy you've got to venture inside "Style," where Howie Kurtz has an account of a group firing at the New York Times . The other day the Times tossed more than 20 employees from one of its clerical offices in Norfolk for sending "inappropriate and offensive" e-mails.
In fact, it was the flashpoint for protests and riots during the busing controversy in the 1970s.
An editorial argues that the embassy riots in Beijing are a warning that the United States should stop underestimating anti-American sentiment in China.