As Indonesian political analyst Wimar Witular has pointed out, the daily demonstrations in front of the Australian Embassy and the U.N. mission in Jakarta have been organized primarily by paid thugs.

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On Thursday, protesters gathered in front of a U.N. building in the capital.

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In the face of its dismal performance on the U.N. front, Clinton Administration officials are putting out the word that Somalia and Haiti are really sideshows and not indicative of the overall conduct of foreign policy by this president.

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