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July 19, 2003
Jakarta Post - July 19, 2003
Jakarta Post - July 19, 2003
A'an Suryana, Jakarta – The Development Finance Comptroller (BPKP) has found 1,435 financial irregularities worth more than Rp 1.008 trillion (…
Jakarta Post - July 19, 2003
Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, Jakarta – The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) renewed its commitment on Thursday to support the…
Jakarta Post - July 19, 2003
Jakarta/Wamena – At least two of nine soldiers, charged with involvement in April's deadly raid on the Wamena military district arsenal in the…
Kompas - July 19, 2003
Jakarta – The military operation in Aceh to incapacitate Free Aceh Movement (GAM) forces will result in prolonged trauma in children. After they…
Associated Press - July 19, 2003
Jakarta – An American reporter detained after hiding out with rebels in Aceh has been charged with immigration violations and is…
Jakarta Post - July 19, 2003
Tertiani ZB Simanjuntak, Lhokseumawe – The number of refugees in war-torn Aceh keeps changing, but their misery remains due to poor sanitation at…
July 18, 2003
Jakarta Post - July 18, 2003
Rendi A. Witular, Jakarta – The Indonesian Employers Association (Apindo), an influential business lobby, and the country's labor unions have…
Jakarta Post - July 18, 2003
Jakarta – Security personnel shot dead at least 25 rebels in two of the bloodiest days of the military offensive against the Free Aceh Movement (…
Straits Times - July 18, 2003
Roger Mitton, Washington – There are tremors of apprehension in the United States about a serious downturn in its relationship with Indonesia.…
Reuters - July 18, 2003
Dean Yates, Jakarta – FBI agents have taken evidence from last year's killing of two American schoolteachers in Indonesia's rebellious Papua…
Radio Australia - July 18, 2003
A victim of Indonesia's anti-communist purge of the 1960s has finally cleared her name after almost three decades.
The Jakarta…
Jakarta Post - July 18, 2003
A'an Suryana, Jakarta – Nine political parties have passed the screening by the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights, paving the way for their…
July 17, 2003
Jakarta Post - July 17, 2003
Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, Jakarta – Lawyers have raised concern over the government's failure to provide defense lawyers for members of the Free Aceh…
Asia Times - July 17, 2003
Bill Guerin, Jakarta – The closure of Indonesia's state-owned aircraft manufacturer PT Digantara Indonesia (DTI), which has laid off all of its…
Interpress News Service - July 17, 2003
Marwaan Macan-Markar, Bangkok – Ivete Oliveira refuses to let the past be buried, especially the past of women who were sexually abused by…
Straits Times - July 17, 2003
Robert Go, Jakarta – At the beginning of his career, an Indonesian teacher can expect a salary of just S$170 per month – a reflection of the low…
Far Eastern Economic review - July 17, 2003
The upper and lower houses of the United States Congress clearly differ over whether to restore training for Indonesian military…
Straits Times - July 17, 2003
Robert Go, Jakarta – Indonesia's chief security minister yesterday warned that the country, and South-east Asia in general, faced more terror…
Jakarta Post - July 17, 2003
Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – The government appealed to the public to stay calm but vigilant in the face of renewed terror attacks targeting Indonesia…
Agence France Presse - July 17, 2003
Indonesian troops waging war on separatist rebels in Aceh province have shot dead at least 15 guerrillas in one of the bloodiest days of their two…
Jakarta Post - July 17, 2003
Jakarta/Lhokseumawe – Responding to widespread allegations of rights abuses in Aceh, the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) is…
July 16, 2003
Associated Press - July 16, 2003
Jakarta – Indonesia's former military chief Gen. Wiranto, who is accused of war crimes in East Timor, has been nominated by a small nationalist…
Jakarta Post - July 16, 2003
Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Hundreds of people staged a rally in the Papua capital of Jayapura on Tuesday to protest the annual progress report…
Associated Press - July 16, 2003
Washington – The House voted Wednesday to deny military aid to Indonesia until that country fully investigates an ambush last year that killed two…
Associated Press - July 16, 2003
Dili – An East Timorese court Wednesday sentenced two pro-Indonesian militia leaders to eight and 12 years in prison for murdering five…
Australian Financial Review - July 16, 2003
James Eyers – East Timor's Foreign Affairs Minister, Jose Ramos-Horta, has reassured investors that Timor is happy with the treaty on sharing the…
July 15, 2003
Melbourne Age - July 15, 2003
Liz Minchin – Australia and the United States should stop warning travellers that East Timor is a possible terrorist target because they are…
OneWold US - July 15, 2003
Jim Lobe, Washington – Reports that the Bush administration will release funds train Indonesian military officers – despite a recent vote by a key…
Laksamana.Net - July 15, 2003
The General Election Commission (KPU) has determined the total number of seats in the People's Regional Council (DPRD) at the provincial as well…
Jawa Pos - July 15, 2003
Rony Panengah, Jakarta – If there are no obstacles, another political party will soon be born. What's interesting is that this political party…
Jakarta Post - July 15, 2003
Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – The central government moved closer to creating a West Irian Jaya province in Papua on Monday, despite lingering…
Laksamana.Net - July 15, 2003
Speaking at a ground breaking ceremony for the new Batam intelligence academy on 9 July, she said "in today's global world, the use of…
July 14, 2003
Melbourne Age - July 14, 2003
Brad Collis – When Sipriano Martins was in high school he had a code name to hide his identity. It was Saruntu, which means "fight like a crazy…
Miningindo.com - July 14, 2003
In Jakarta Monday July 14 a coalition of environmental groups and NGOs formed to oppose mining in Indonesia's protected forest areas issued a…
South China Morning Post - July 14, 2003
Marianne Kearney, Jakarta – Papuans are growing increasingly concerned that the Indonesian military – boosted by its apparent success against…
Detik.com - July 14, 2003
Suwarjono, Jakarta – As many as 16 opposition groups plan to form a new party to participate in the 2004 general elections. Among them are the…
July 13, 2003
The Observer (UK) Sunday - July 13, 2003
Antony Barnett – The British Government faces fresh embarrassment over its controversial policy of selling arms to Indonesia as the first evidence…
July 12, 2003
Melbourne Age - July 12, 2003
Jill Jolliffe, Fatumaca – On a sentimental journey to an unusual former guerilla support base, East Timor's President Xanana Gusmao has paid…
Jakarta Post - July 12, 2003
A'an Suryana and Nani Farida, Banda Aceh/Lhokseumawe – Entering the eighth week of the integrated operation to restore security and order in Aceh…
Jakarta Post - July 12, 2003
Damar Harsanto, Jakarta – Increasing social pressure in Jakarta is believed to be the main factor in people committing suicide, experts say, in…
Jakarta Post - July 12, 2003
Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – Two constitutional law experts have sharply criticized the newly endorsed bill on the composition of legislative bodies…
Straits Times - July 12, 2003
Derwin Pereira, Jakarta – These days, oil baron Arifin Panigoro rarely attends the central executive board meetings of the Indonesian Democratic…
Asia Times - July 12, 2003
Jim Lobe, Washington – Two of the world's largest human-rights organizations say the government of Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri is…
July 11, 2003
The Times (London) - July 11, 2003
Richard Lloyd Parry – When she first came to world attention seven years ago, Megawati Sukarnoputri was hailed as a heroine. Stubborn, matronly…
Jakarta Post - July 11, 2003
Erik W. and La Remy, Palu – Peace in the Central Sulawesi town of Poso, once wracked by bloody sectarian fighting, was put to the test on Friday…
Agence France Presse - July 11, 2003
The European Union will question the Indonesian government about a "disturbing" lack of access to war-torn Aceh province after one of its aid…
Jakarta Post - July 11, 2003
Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – The central government is accused of a lack of resolve in enforcing the special autonomy law for the troubled…
July 10, 2003
Jakarta Post - July 10, 2003
Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – The House of Representatives cleared on Wednesday the last hurdle to next year's elections by endorsing a bill on the…
Jakarta Post - July 10, 2003
Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – The House of Representatives closed its session on Wednesday with the same old problem – a massive backlog of…