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    Bombings Target Foreigners in Jakarta

    In Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, two suicide bombers attacked the Marriott and Ritz-Carlton Hotels. The attacks were almost simultaneous, killing at least eight people and wounding more than 50. Donald Emmerson is Director of the Southeast Asia Forum at Stanford University and Affiliated Scholar at the Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    In Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, two suicide bombers attacked the Marriott and Ritz-Carlton Hotels. The attacks were almost simultaneous, killing at least eight people and wounding more than 50. Donald Emmerson is Director of the Southeast Asia Forum at Stanford University and Affiliated Scholar at the Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies.

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      Donald Emmerson

      Director of the South East Asia Forum, Stanford University's Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center

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    The full episode

    1 of 3
    Senate Confirmation: What's the Point?
    1. 0:00Bombings Target Foreigners in JakartaYou’re reading this
    2. 7:47Senate Confirmation: What's the Point?
    3. 43:42A Critical Rafsanjani Speaks Out in Iran
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