Dili – An East Timorese court Thursday convicted and sentenced two former pro-Jakarta militiaman for murdering three independence…
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October 23, 2003
Associated Press - October 23, 2003
Asia Times - October 23, 2003
Bill Guerin, Jakarta – The Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) is trying to sell the government's entire 52 percent stake in what was…
October 22, 2003
Detik.com - October 22, 2003
Jakarta – Although small in number, demonstrations opposing US President George Bush are continuing in Bali. Twenty demonstrators however, who…
Antara - October 22, 2003
Kuta – Police dispersed a peaceful rally staged on Wednesday by some 50 students from the Association of Islamic Students (HMI) and…
Jakarta Post - October 22, 2003
Nani Farida, Banda Aceh – The Banda Aceh District Court sentenced on Tuesday three negotiators of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM), including chief…
Jakarta Post - October 22, 2003
Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – Chairman of the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) Abdul Hakim Garuda Nusantara said on Tuesday that…
The Australian - October 22, 2003
Sian Powell, Jakarta – The chief of Indonesia's special forces will make history tomorrow when his trial begins in Jakarta's central court.
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Jakarta Post - October 22, 2003
Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – Golkar's presidential candidates presented their electoral platforms before some 500 party members from across the…
Jakarta Post - October 22, 2003
Tantri Yuliandini and Kasparman Piliang, Bukittinggi – Certain cultural values Indonesians hold dearly encourage corruption, making it almost…
Kompas - October 22, 2003
Jakarta - The involvement of the Armed Forces Intelligence Body (Badan Intelijen ABRI, BIA) and ABRI's Social and Political Unit (Sospol ABRI) in…
Jakarta Post - October 22, 2003
Zakki Hakim, Jakarta – Research suggests that 66.3 percent of people living in the city have yet to participate in political activities,…
Antara - October 22, 2003
Jakarta – The small, but outspoken, Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) stated here on Wednesday that it was against the visit of US…
Green Left Weekly - October 22, 2003
Max Lane, Jakarta – On October 13, the Indonesian armed forces (TNI) announced the cancellation of a November 6 visit to Australian Defence Force…
Jakarta Post Editorial - October 22, 2003
How to describe this urbane gentleman who so smoothly changed his image as Soeharto's loyal man to that of defender of democracy and development?…
Australian Associated Press - October 22, 2003
Ben Packham, Melbourne – East Timorese trade unionists have ended the nation's first-ever strike. The country's aviation workers ended…
October 21, 2003
Detik.com - October 21, 2003
Gede Suardana, Denpasar – Around 30 students demonstrated in front of the US Consulate General in Denpasar opposing a visit by George…
Kompas - October 21, 2003
Jakarta - Prospective presidential candidates who are involved in cases of corruption, collusion and nepotism (KKN), as well as those who have…
Jakarta Post - October 21, 2003
Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – Golkar's convention deputy secretary Rully Chairul Azwar admitted on Monday that the decision to delay the selection of…
Straits Times - October 21, 2003
Derwin Pereira, Jakarta – Golkar kicked off a preliminary convention last night to pick seven candidates to contest the party's presidential…
Jaknews.com - October 21, 2003
Protests against the arrival of US President George W. Bush were held today in a number of Indonesian cities. Protests occurred in Solo, Semarang…
Jakarta Post - October 21, 2003
Moch. N. Kurniawan, Jakarta – The government plans to revoke the status of 137 parties as corporate entities following their failure to pass the…
Laksamana.Net - October 21, 2003
Protests against US President George W. Bush were staged in several cities across Indonesia on Tuesday, one day ahead of his brief visit to Bali…
Reuters - October 21, 2003
Jakarta – The approach of Christmas heightens the risk of terrorist attacks in Indonesia, said chief security minister Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono…
Jakarta Post - October 21, 2003
Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – The Trikora Military Command, which is responsible for military affairs in the troubled province of Papua, has…
Associated Press - October 21, 2003
Banda Aceh – A court here on Tuesday handed a 13-year prison term to a negotiator for the separatist rebels of Aceh after convicting…
Deutsche Presse Agentur - October 21, 2003
Banda Aceh – A court here on Tuesday sentenced a female Aceh independence activist to 11 years imprisonment on charges of treason.
The Banda…
Agence France Presse - October 21, 2003
Police have broken up a training session by Indonesia's official human rights commission in Aceh province, where the military is in its sixth…
Jakarta Post - October 21, 2003
Jakarta/Banda Aceh – Experts are calling for the revocation of martial law and the establishment of a transitional administration with full…
Lusa - October 21, 2003
Dili – East Timorese leaders, returning home from a European tour, expressed optimism Tuesday about continued European Union aid but said Dili's…
Jakarta Post Editorial - October 21, 2003
The steep decline in the number of bankruptcy lawsuits filed with the Commercial Court in Jakarta by no means indicates a strong recovery in the…
ETAN Statement - October 21, 2003
The East Timor Action Network (ETAN) today urged President Bush to set the record straight and restrict all military assistance for the Indonesian…
Reuters - October 21, 2003
Jakarta – Leaders of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) and Muhammadiyah Islamic organizations, Hasyim Muzadi and Ahmad Syafii Maarif, in the meeting on…
October 20, 2003
Associated Press - October 20, 2003
Jakarta – The World Bank said Monday that Indonesia was failing to eradicate the culture of graft inherited from ex-dictator Soeharto, hampering…
Jakarta Post - October 20, 2003
Jakarta – The State Minister of National Development Planning, Kwik Kian Gie, said all the nation's problems stemmed from rampant corruption,…
Agence France Presse - October 20, 2003
Jakarta – Police have shot dead five suspects and arrested a total of 13 after a chase through the forests of the troubled Poso in…
Jakarta Post - October 20, 2003
Jakarta – The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) will withdraw its support of Governor Sutiyoso if he continues to conduct…
Financial Times - October 20, 2003
Shawn Donnan, Jakarta – Moderate Islamic leaders say they are prepared to give US President George W. Bush a tongue-lashing over the US invasion…
Z-Net - October 20, 2003
Scott Burchill – The attacks on the United States in September 2001, the subsequent wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and further terrorist attacks…
Washington Post - October 20, 2003
Dana Priest – President Bush misspoke when he said last week that the United States was ready to "go forward with" a new package of military…
Financial Times - October 20, 2003
Shawn Donnan, Jakarta – The family of former strongman Suharto and other interests tied to his 32-year regime and its widespread corruption…
Kompas - October 20, 2003
Jakarta – It is doubtful that the 2004 general elections will produce a new leadership which can break the vicious circle of continuing economic,…
Jakarta Post - October 20, 2003
Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – Golkar has decided to delay selecting a presidential candidate until after the legislative election in April 2004 instead…
Kompas - October 20, 2003
Compared to three months ago, the public's assessment of the performance of President Megawati Sukarnoputri's government in the ninth quarter of…
Jakarta Post - October 20, 2003
Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – Around 1,200 Indonesian workers who have been languishing in Malaysian jails for up to seven months were left stranded in…
Deutsche Presse Agentur - October 20, 2003
Banda Aceh – Government troops killed or captured up to 2,000 separatist rebels in the troubled province of Aceh during the first five months of…
Jakarta Post - October 20, 2003
Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – Experts have called on the government to lift martial law imposed on Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam since May 19 and back…
Melbourne Age - October 20, 2003
Jill Jolliffe, Batugade – East Timorese self-sufficiency came a step closer at the weekend as United Nations peacekeepers handed control of the…
Jakarta Post - October 20, 2003
Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – A group of frustrated Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) executives in the East Java town of…
October 18, 2003
Jakarta Post - October 18, 2003
Yemris Fointuna, Kupang – As many as 48 East Timorese citizens sneaked into East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) province seeking protection from the…
Agence France Presse - October 18, 2003
Banda Aceh – A court here on Saturday sentenced a separatist rebel to 11 years in prison for his part in a long-running independence…