In Indonesian Unrest, a Rector Searches for Middle Ground and Is Murdered

By BURTON BOLLAG

His death reflects the dangers faced by academics who mediate political and ethnic conflicts

At 6:30 one morning last fall, two men rode up to the white, two-story house

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