Bomb plots, ethnic and regional violence, a sinking currency, a feeble government and a restless military are compounding the sense that Indonesia is approaching meltdown.

• Should the UN send troops?

• How does this effect the surrounding region?

The Clinton administration is preparing to ask Congress to approve at least $15bn in extra spending - possibly as much as $40bn - to implement the key terms in any Middle East peace deal reached in the talks at Camp David, it emerged yesterday.

• Is Israel just another US state?

• Will this be the solution or the start to war?

The Zimbabwean president, Robert Mugabe, announced a new cabinet at the weekend, dropping several heavyweight politicians and omitting the war veterans' leader, Chenjerai Hunzvi.

• Were the elections here fair?

• What now for the land owners?

Neo-Nazis are suspected of carrying out an arson attack on a refugee hostel in the western German city of Ludwigshafen early yesterday in which an 11-year-old Kosovan girl was seriously burned.

• Should neo-nazism be outlawed in Europe?

• Why after 55 years is Nazism still attracting young people?

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