Jakarta – A fact-finding team of the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) have discovered that the local military was…
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March 8, 2003
Jakarta Post - March 8, 2003
Detik.com - March 8, 2003
Yulianti, Jakarta – As planned, on Saturday hundreds of protesters from the Women's Defence Alliance (Aliansi Perempuan Menggugat, APM) held a…
Detik.com - March 8, 2003
Bagus Kurniawan, Yogyakarta – International Women's Day (IWD) which falls on this day, Saturday, was also commemorated in the city of Yogyakarta.…
Sydney Morning Herald - March 8 2003
Richard Woolcott – John Howard may regard intervention in East Timor as Australia's "most positive and noble act" in 20 years, but our most senior…
Jakarta Post - March 8, 2003
Bambang Nurbianto, Jakarta – Several housewives from Cipinang Besar Selatan subdistrict in East Jakarta said they have been intimidated by two…
Jakarta Post - March 8, 2003
Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – A House of Representatives (DPR) special committee of inquiry into corruption at state oil firm Pertamina alleged on…
March 7, 2003
Asia Times - March 7, 2003
Tony Sitathan, Singapore – After last October's bombing in Bali, Indonesia's foreign investment was hit hard, sliding to a record low. According…
Australian Associated Press - March 7, 2003
Prime Minister John Howard denied yesterday bullying East Timor over a lucrative gas project as Parliament passed the crucial Timor Sea Treaty.…
The Australian - March 7, 2003
Steve Lewis and Nigel Wilson – Relations between Australia and East Timor have deteriorated even as they signed a breakthrough agreement yesterday…
Asia Times - March 7, 2003
Richel Langit, Jakarta – Using threats by poorly equipped separatist movements and prolonged religious conflicts as a pretext, Indonesia's…
Detik.com - March 7, 2003
M. Rizal Maslan, Jakarta – The Coalition for Democracy is of the opinion that granting powers to the commander of the armed forces (TNI) to…
The Australian - March 7, 2003
Mark Phillips – Australian troops in East Timor have broken up an organised crime gang after a gun battle that left a gangster dead and another…
March 6, 2003
Detik.com - March 6, 2003
M. Munab Islah Ahyani, Bandung – As many as 1000 activists from the Students Executive Council (BEM) from all institutions of higher…
Sydney Morning Herald - March 6, 2003
Cynthia Banham – The Howard Government is facing dissent from its backbenches over a decision to deport more than 1000 East Timorese refugees.…
Melbourne Age - March 6, 2003
Mark Baker – East Timor has bowed to intense political pressure from Australia and will today rush through the signing of an agreement to clear…
Sydney Morning Herald - March 6, 2003
The formal indictment of Indonesia's former armed forces chief, retired General Wiranto, and seven of his senior military officers for war crimes…
Associated Press - March 6, 2003
Jakarta – A top Indonesian Cabinet minister warned East Timor not to press ahead with the prosecutions of several Indonesian generals for alleged…
Sydney Morning Herald - March 6, 2003
Mark Baker, Singapore and Mark Riley, Canberra – East Timor has bowed to intense political pressure from Australia and will today rush through the…
Straits Times - March 6, 2003
Jakarta – A charismatic Muslim cleric in Indonesia has adopted as his foster daughter a singer whose dancing has stirred controversy…
Jakarta Post - March 6, 2003
Kurniawan Hari and Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – The recent indictment of several Indonesian military officers in East Timor shows that the…
Reuters - March 6, 2003
Jakarta – Indonesia said on Thursday it had imposed a ban on sand exports to all countries in a bid to curb rampant mining which was…
Jakarta Post - March 6, 2003
Jakarta – Army chief Gen. Ryamizard Ryacudu said the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) is not only an enemy of the Indonesian Military (TNI),…
Straits Times - March 6, 2003
Robert Go, Jakarta – Indonesia's former military chief Wiranto has been making a not-so-quiet pitch for the top job in the country.
The…
Jakarta Post - March 6, 2003
Pontianak – Haze from forest and bush fires returned here on Thursday, forcing some residents to wear masks, head of West Kalimantan…
South China Morning Post - March 6, 2003
Chris McCall, Laivai – L7 is disgusted with East Timor's government. Its leaders ran away from war to save their skins, he said, and are now back…
March 5, 2003
Asia Times - March 5, 2003
Johanna Son, Kuta – Nearly five months after the Bali bombing, the site of the blasts is curiously clean, areas of emptiness in stark contrast to…
Radio Australia - March 5, 2003
The Australian Parliament is expected to ratify the Timor Sea Treaty this week, ensuring a 20-billion dollar contract for natural gas can go ahead…
Lusa - March 5, 2003
Dili – East Timor on Wednesday created a new post of vice-prime minister in a bid to boost government efficiency in the world's newest…
Green Left Weekly - March 5, 2003
Kate Stockdale, Darwin – Local community organisations, politicians and activists – meeting regularly as the Refugee Action Network (RAN) – are…
Radio Australia - March 5, 2003
United Nations General Secretary Kofi Annan has recommended to the Security Council to slow the withdrawal of UN troops from East Timor. Citing…
Jakarta Post - March 5, 2003
Jakarta – Dozens of alleged members of the Indonesian Military (TNI) killed a police officer during an attack on a police station in…
Green Left Weekly - March 5, 2003
James Balowski, Jakarta – On February 24, hundreds of demonstrators from the People's Democratic Party (PRD) took action against US plans to…
Reuters - March 5, 2003
Surabaya – Indonesian prosecutors demanded on Wednesday a two- and-a-half-year jail term for the highest-ranking special forces soldier on trial…
Lusa - March 5, 2003
Washington – A US rights group has urged Washington and the United Nations to press Jakarta to colaborate with East Timor in trying…
Green Left Weekly - March 5, 2003
Pip Hinman – Australia-based Scottish academic Lesley McCulloch and US nurse Joy-Lee Sadler were arrested in Indonesian-occupied south Aceh on…
March 4, 2003
The Australian - March 4, 2003
Nigel Wilson – Last-minute negotiations are taking place on arrangements between Australia and East Timor that could result in legislation…
Melbourne Age - March 4, 2003
Reverend David Pargeter – In 1990 a large regional military power, Iraq, invaded a small neighbour, Kuwait, after accusing it of stealing oil from…
Posted on the ASAP News List - March 4, 2003
Max Lane – The article by Jose Ramos Horta defending the "aggressive strategy" of the US administration of George W Bush towards Iraq is not a…
Jakarta Post Editorial - March 4, 2003
Highly debatable are both the rationale used by the team of more than 30 economists to support their recommendation for abruptly ending Indonesia'…
Straits Times - March 4, 2003
Robert Go – When Singapore Technologies Telemedia (STT) paid 5.62 trillion rupiah (S$1.2 billion) for Indonesia's second-biggest telephone company…
Jakarta Post - March 4, 2003
M. Taufiqurrahman, Jakarta – Leaders of two political parties have thrown their weight behind a controversial bill giving the Indonesian Military…
Jakarta Post - March 4, 2003
Apriadi Gunawan, Parapat, North Sumatra – Ninety local and foreign environmentalists warned against the possible extinction of a total of 226…
Jakarta Post - March 4, 2003
Jakarta – Student Executive Bodies (BEMs) from universities in Greater Jakarta canceled planned demonstrations on Saturday against…
Reuters - March 4, 2003
Banda Aceh – Indonesia's first Islamic courts for criminal cases were opened in the staunchly Muslim Aceh province on Tuesday as part of efforts…
Agence France Presse - March 4, 2003
Aceh separatist rebels have accused Indonesian security forces of condoning a militia attack on the office of a peace monitoring team in hopes of…
Straits Times - March 4, 2003
Banda Aceh – A mob yesterday attacked the office of an international peace monitoring team in Aceh, injuring one Indonesian soldier and one rebel…
March 3, 2003
Straits Times - March 3, 2003
Devi Asmarani, Jakarta – Got what it takes to be Indonesia's President? A new television programme allows presidential wannabes to find out, and…
Reuters - March 3, 2003
Jakarta – The East Timor government on Monday sought to distance itself from indictments issued against a former Indonesian armed forces chief…
Jakarta Post - March 3, 2003
Imanuddin Razak, Jakarta – Army chief of staff Gen. Ryamizard Ryacudu fired a lethal shot on February 20 when he addressed a media conference,…
Straits Times - March 3, 2003
Robert Go, Jakarta – The majority of Jakarta's 151 traditional markets are firetraps and could suffer the same ill fate as the Tanah Abang textile…