Jakarta – Public opinion surveys published here Monday suggest a majority of Indonesians support parliament's censure of President Abdurrahman Wahid, but were less eager for him to resign or be impeached.

Lukmanul Hakim/Fitri & GB, Jakarta – National Police Chief General S. Bimantoro has backed-up claims made by national leaders last week that People's Democratic Party (PRD) members were involved in creating anarchy at a rally of pro-President Abdurrahman Wahid supporters in East Java last week.

Makassar – Golkar Party chairman Akbar Tandjung urged the government on Sunday to reassess the existence of the Democratic People's Party (PRD) following allegations of its involvement in vandalism of Golkar offices in East Java.

Surabaya – Accusations that left-wing groups were behind last week's attacks on opposition offices in President Abdurrahman Wahid's home province were misguided attempts to turn his supporters against them, analysts said here.

Marianne Kearney, Jakarta – As embattled President Abdurrahman Wahid fights off moves to impeach him, analysts fear this week's unrest throughout Java could easily spin out of control as Mr Abdurrahman's allies and opponents use mass movements to oppose each other.

Jakarta – Minister of Home Affairs and Regional Autonomy Surjadi Soedirdja officially inaugurated Bangka-Belitung as the country's 31st province on Friday, and installed Amur Muchasim as the province's acting governor.

Jakarta – The Democratic People's Party (PRD) filed a police complaint on Friday against chairman of the Golkar Party, Akbar Tandjung, and its deputy chairman, Mahadi Sinambela, for accusing PRD of being behind the vandalism of Golkar offices in East Java.

Pasuruan – Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid on Friday suggested that a "third hand" had been inciting his followers to excessive violence in East Java, and urged his people to conduct vigilante-style arrests to stop them

Vaudine England – President Abdurrahman Wahid has chosen a renowned supporter of human rights and anti-corruption efforts, Baharudin Lopa, as his justice minister, following the sacking of Jusril Ihza Mahendra.

Jakarta – A House of Representatives' special committee will question on Tuesday a number of active and retired senior army and police officers in connection with the May 12, 1998 shooting of Trisakti University students, the committee chairman announced on Thursday.

Jakarta – Defence Minister Muhammad Mahfud has confirmed rumours that President Abdurrahman Wahid proposed to impose martial law prior to parliament's decision to censure him last Thursday.

Surabaya – The supporters of President Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid continued on Thursday to vent their rage against what they see as a conspiracy to unseat the President by vandalizing another Golkar Party office, this time in Lamongan, situated some 40 kilometers northwest of here.

Kompas Cyber Media/Fitri & GB, Jakarta – Few people were surprised when Chairman of the Golkar Party Akbar Tandjung and Head of the party's Central Leaders' Council Mahadi Sinambela accused the People's Democratic Party (PRD) of being behind the anarchy which erupted during a massive demonstration of pro-President Abdurrahman Wahid supporters in East Java on Wednesday.

Banda Aceh – Separatist rebels on Friday shot dead an Acehnese army trooper and wounded 13 others in a pre-dawn ambush on the village prayer house where they were resting in Indonesia's restive Aceh province, military sources said.

Marianne Kearney, Jakarta – Cracks have appeared in President Abdurrahman Wahid's Cabinet, as his firing yesterday of an outspoken minister led other parties to call on their ministers to resign.

Marianne Kearney, Jakarta – As 50,000 supporters of President Abdurrahman Wahid ran amok in Surabaya, burning Golkar buildings and the houses of rival Muslim leaders, their alarmed followers in the Indonesian Parliament last night called unexpectedly on the President to declare a civil emergency in the province.

Vaudine England, Surabaya and agencies in Jakarta – In a sign that President Abdurrahman Wahid's Government may be cracking under the pressure of a parliamentary censure, his justice minister angrily left the cabinet yesterday accused of disloyalty after urging the head of state to quit.

Jakarta – Chairman of the East Java chapter of the Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) organization Ali Maschan Moesa supports police efforts to arrest those involved in the burning of the East Java provincial office of the Golkar party in Surabaya.

Surabaya – The anger of President Abdurrahman Wahid's supporters boiled over on Wednesday when they torched Golkar Party offices in Surabaya, Mojokerto and Malang, all in East Java.

Jakarta – Threatened with impeachment, Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid is playing a dangerous game by mobilising thousands of supporters in his stronghold of East Java, diplomats said Thursday.

Police said they had found 1,400 bombs in a warehouse in the Indonesian capital. Two people, a guard and the owner of the warehouse in north Jakarta, were being questioned but the owner of the bombs was still on the run, Jakarta police detective chief Harry Montolalu said.

Stephen Fidler, Washington – The International Monetary Fund has warned Indonesia its proposed central bank reforms could jeopardise release of new IMF loans. The IMF fears the reforms could threaten the central bank's independence.

Jayapura – Willem Onde, the leader of the Free Papua Movement (OPM), released on Wednesday afternoon three hostages, including two Koreans, who had been held for 23 days.

MMI Ahyani/Hendra & GB, Bandung – Mass actions to support President Abdurrahman Wahid not only occurred in East Java today. Around 300 people gathered at the Bandung Municipal Legislative Council building in West Java demanding the Golkar Party be disbursed.

Banda Aceh – A massive solidarity strike involving truck drivers and state oil company Pertamina workers has resulted in fuel supply shortages and power outages in restive Aceh.

Banda Aceh capital, along with Aceh Besar, Pidie and West Aceh regencies, has had power outages from Monday night up to Tuesday due to a lack of fuel supplies.

Jon Land – Imagine someone referring to prime minister John Howard and his foreign minister, Alexander Downer, as "more generous than Mother Theresa". You wouldn't be surprised if it came from a Coalition backbencher – but these are the precise words of East Timorese leader Jose Ramos Horta.

Joanna Jolly, Dili – In a legal first for East Timor, United Nations prosecutors yesterday filed multiple rape charges against an Indonesian army officer and two militia leaders. The men allegedly committed the attacks during a wave of violence before and after the 1999 independence referendum.

Max Lane – In an escalation of tensions between President Abdurrahman Wahid and right-wing forces in the country's parliament, a full session of the DPR, the Indonesian house of representatives, voted almost unanimously on February 2 to accept a special committee report concluding that the president was "involved" in two financial scandals.

Mark Dodd, Dili – An East Timorese independence fighter pleaded for acquittal yesterday at the end of his trial for the killing of a pro-Indonesian militiaman in retaliation for the militia violence unleashed after the 1999 vote for independence.

Vaudine England in Surabaya and Agencies in Jakarta – Floundering President Abdurrahman Wahid yesterday appeared to stave off a push to bring forward an impeachment hearing after the country's two main parties rejected the move.

Lindsay Murdoch, Jakarta – Scores of MPs backed a petition calling for the immediate convening of a special session of Parliament to force the resignation of President Abdurrahman Wahid, as riot police fired warning shots to disperse thousands of rampaging Wahid loyalists in East Java.

Surabaya – Disgruntled supporters of the incumbent President Abdurrahman Wahid continued venting their anger in East Java on Monday by vandalizing the National Awakening Party (PAN) and Golkar Party offices in the town of Gresik, some 30 kilometers northwest of Surabaya.

Djoko Tjiptono/Hendra & GB, Jakarta – On Tuesday, around 1000 students from several student and youth groups under the banner of the Joint Alliance Against The New Order rallied at the parliament complex in Senayan and then made their way to the head offices of the Golkar party. Their main banner depicted a banyan tree – Golkar's party symbol – smeared with red paint.

Jakarta – East Timorese are expected later this month to begin preparations for a constituent assembly election likely to be held around August 30, the first major political exercise in the post-Indonesian rule of the territory, a senior UN official said Tuesday.

Yogi Arief Nugraha/Fitri & GB, Jakarta – The National Commission for Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has released its report on the causes of two years of sectarian conflict in the Moluccus, Indonesia's famous spice islands. The report was produced by the Investigation Commission for Human Rights Violations and Mediation in Maluku (KPMM) led by Bambang W.

Vaudine England, Jakarta – A Supreme Court ruling in Jakarta has staved off the prospect of former president Suharto facing corruption charges in court again soon but leaves open the possibility of a trial if and when he regains his health.

Joe Leahy, Hong Kong – The Jakarta stock market has a reputation for defying gravity and the first few weeks of this year have been no exception.

The benchmark Jakarta composite index has risen nearly 11 per cent since end-December even as efforts to impeach the country's leader, President Abdurrahman Wahid, for corruption have gathered speed.

Banda Aceh – The dossier on the detained chief of the Aceh Referendum Information Center (SIRA), Muhammad Nazar, has been handed over to the court in Medan to be processed for trial, an official said on Monday.

"The dossier was received on Friday," an official at the court was quoted by Antara as saying. The date of Nazar's trial, however, has not been set.

Hestiana Dharmastuti/Hendra & GB, Jakarta – To keep sidewalk traders under control, the Jakarta special province government has reportedly sought out petty criminals and gang hooligans, or "preman" as they're known in Indonesia. Each day, each "preman" can earn Rp 50,000 while their bosses receive Rp 100,000 for intimidating traders.

Jill Jolliffe – The house in East Timor's second city, Baucau, stands derelict, its windows boarded up and a tap running endlessly inside. The family which lived there fled with the Indonesian forces and their militia allies after the 1999 vote for independence.

Robert Go, Jakarta – Labour unrest and strikes cost the Indonesian economy up to US$2 billion (S$3.5 billion) last year, analysts estimate.

Jakarta – Fighting in Indonesia's restive Irian Jaya province killed four soldiers from the country's elite special forces and a separatist rebel, media reports said Sunday. The death toll was the highest since a series of skirmishes in December that killed at least 20 people.

Chaidir Anwar Tanjung/Fitri & GB, Pekanbaru – Tens of families from Betung village, Pangkalankuras subdistrict, Belelawan regency, Riau province, have fled to the shelter of a neighbouring village following an attack by 700 'employees' of PT Arara Abadi – a subsidiary of PT Kiat Pulp and Paper – on Saturday afternoon.

Denpasar – Nearly 200 followers of different religions yesterday staged a rally in Denpasar, capital city of the resort island of Bali, calling for an end to religious violence and ethnic unrest that has hit several parts of the country over the past year.

Vaudine England, Jakarta – Thousands of members of Indonesia's largest Muslim group rallied in Jakarta in support of President Abdurrahman Wahid yesterday, while in the President's heartland of East Java security forces guarded offices of the Golkar and United Development parties amid continuing protests.

Vaudine England, Jakarta – Since becoming chairman of the Peoples' Consultative Assembly, Amien Rais' hair has gone grey. An impish-looking straight-talker, Mr Rais, 56, last week suggested constitutional processes could be speeded up to depose President Abdurrahman Wahid.

Jakarta – A Golkar Party branch office in Pasuruan, East Java was attacked as rallies in support for President Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid continued on Sunday.

Jakarta – An association of minor Islamic political parties yesterday called on embattled president Abdurrahman Wahid to exercise greater wisdom, but rejected calls for him to resign.

Jakarta – In a show of unity two days after being censured by the House of Representatives (DPR) for his alleged involvement in two financial scandals, President Abdurrahman Wahid called an emergency Cabinet meeting on Saturday.

Jakarta – Overshadowed by the tumultuous events in Indonesia this week the groups at the forefront of the overthrow of former dictator Suharto declared they would have no part in the furore over whether President Abdurrahman Wahid should resign.