Wanderlust's Official Travel Book Partner S A L O N E M P O R I U M FREE! 12-ounce bag of Salon Blend with a purchase of $30 or more. While supplies last.		- - - - - - + this week_.I N_.T R A V E L Wanderlust's selective guide to the top travel-related news stories of the week. - - - - - - + From the Chicago Tribune Eight thousand students gathered in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, on Wednesday, calling for the country's new president, B.J. Habibie, to step down. The students, angered by rising unemployment, poverty and inflation, say Habibie's government is filled with too many supporters of former ruler Suharto and that, as a result, democratic reforms won't be approved until the 1999 elections. Five months ago, Suharto was forced to resign in the wake of riots and protests that killed 1,200 people. - - - - - - + From the Dallas Morning News This week the Federal Aviation Administration warned pilots against using Viagra because of side effects that may hinder a person's ability to differentiate between blue and green. Although the problem affects only 3 percent of those who use the drug, it would be dangerous for pilots to use, the FAA warned, since blue and green lights are used widely and critically in aviation -- from instrument displays to runway and taxiway lights. - - - - - - + From USA Today Although Hurricane Mitch has been downgraded from a "catastrophic" Category 5 to a "minimal" Category 1 hurricane, it's still dangerous. As it pounds Honduras with strong winds and rain, forecasters are warning residents in its predicted path -- Belize, Guatemala and Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, which includes the resort towns of Cancun and Cozumel -- to start preparing for Mitch's arrival. - - - - - - + From theTrip.com Swissair flight 111, which crashed on Sept. 2 after smoke filled the cockpit, killing all 230 passengers and personnel aboard, has become a cautionary symbol. In the past two weeks, three planes have made emergency landings after reporting in-flight smoke. That's a dramatic increase, according to the Federal Aviation Administration, which usually receives about two reports a month of smoke-related landings. Industry insiders say pilots are just becoming more careful. "It's not that they're necessarily doing anything differently than they were doing, but if you have a situation such as smoke in the cockpit, [a crash] elevates that from the mental back burner to the front burner," said a spokesman for the Air Line Pilots Association. - - - - - - + From ABC News Egypt may offer a new tourist attraction in the future: Cleopatra's palace. The fact that the palace is currently underwater is not a hindrance, say some archaeologists. Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities has proposed turning the third-century ruin into an underwater museum -- with tunnels along the sea floor for the viewing public -- instead of trying to dredge the priceless artifacts to the surface. - - - - - - + From CNN The long, bloody dispute over a 48-mile stretch of land situated between Peru and Ecuador seems to have come to an end. At least, that's what officials from the two countries hope after signing a peace treaty on Monday that sets a new border for the contested region. Under the treaty, the countries will be divided by the Cordillera del Condor mountain range, with the exception of one hill on the Peruvian side, which will be considered private Ecuadorean property. - - - - - - + From the South China Morning Post It wasn't difficult for the hijacker of an Air China flight to get past security guards and onto the plane. After all, Yuan Bin was the plane's captain. On Wednesday, Yuan rerouted the plane, which was supposed to fly to Kunming and Rangoon, to Taiwan, where he was detained by police on arrival. Prosecutors say Yuan was protesting grievances with the airline, which included its boarding system. SALON | Oct. 30, 1998