Derwin Pereira, Jakarta – One of Indonesia's most senior politicians, Parliamentary Speaker Akbar Tandjung, yesterday declared that three of the…
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January 25, 2003
Straits Times - January 25, 2003
Agence France Presse - January 25, 2003
Jakarta – Indonesia's former armed forces chief, General Wiranto, denied yesterday that he has tried to seize power from President…
Jakarta Post - January 25, 2003
Ainur Sophiaan, Surabaya – The panel of judges trying seven of the Army Special Forces (Kopassus) personnel charged with killing Papuan…
Sydney Morning Herald - January 25, 2003
Jill Jolliffe, Dili – Members of an armed militia group arrested here last week say they agreed to return as guerillas because Indonesian…
Agence France Presse - January 25, 2003
A committee monitoring a ceasefire in Aceh province has for the first time criticised both the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) separatist group and the…
Sydney Morning Herald - January 25, 2003
John Martinkus – Almost three weeks after a series of militia incursions into East Timor from neighbouring Indonesia left five people dead, the…
Jakarta Post - January 25, 2003
Moch. N. Kurniawan and Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – US senators voted down on Thursday an attempt to limit US military training for Indonesian…
January 24, 2003
Jakarta Post - January 24, 2003
Jakarta – In another effort to curb illegal logging, the government has issued a joint ministerial decree on the transportation of logs and a…
Jakarta Post - January 24, 2003
Jakarta – With war looming in Iraq, Quds Production garment workshop owner Syahrul Arief mass produces tee-shirts supporting Iraqi…
World Socialist Web Site - January 24, 2003
John Roberts – After inconclusive Indonesian investigations into an ambush near the Freeport mine in West Papua last year, a team of US FBI…
Asia Times - January 24, 2003
Bill Guerin – A key Indonesian Christian leader working for an end to the violence in the Spice Islands (Malukus) is reported to have been…
Jakarta Post - January 24, 2003
Jakarta – Father Raphael dos Santos, an East Timorese priest, said on Thursday Indonesian Military soldiers and policemen were among the attackers…
Jakarta Post - January 24, 2003
Jakarta – Jakarta Police released on Friday 20 protesters who staged a rally in front of the residence of President Megawati…
Agence France Presse - January 24, 2003
US senators voted down an attempt to limit US military training for Indonesia, triggering outrage from campaigners striving to bring East Timor…
Jakarta Post - January 24, 2003
Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – Complicated procedures have put an early damper on moves to show House of Representatives Speaker Akbar Tandjung the…
Associated Press - January 24, 2003
Jakarta – Human rights groups reacted angrily Friday to a US Senate decision not to block military ties with Indonesia over reports that army…
January 23, 2003
PNG Post Courier - January 23, 2003
Policemen and soldiers deployed on border duties have yet to receive their operational orders from superiors. With only seven days to go before…
Melbourne Age - January 23, 2003
Jill Jolliffe, Dili – President Xanana Gusmao has denied a report that East Timor is seeking increased Australian military involvement in the…
Straits Times - January 23, 2003
Robert Go, Nusa Dua – International donors have pledged US$2.7 billion in fresh aid to cash-strapped Indonesia this year, despite ongoing concerns…
The Australian - January 23, 2003
John Kerin and Terry Plane – East Timorese Foreign Minister Jose Ramos Horta wants Australia's UN peacekeepers to be involved in joint operations…
ETAN Press Release - January 23, 2003
"Today's Senate floor vote against an amendment offered by Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) to restrict International Military Education and Training…
Jakarta Post - January 23, 2003
Moch. N. Kurniawan, Jakarta – Noted scholars warned the government on Wednesday of social upheaval that could explode at any time as people were…
Melbourne Age - January 23 2003
Marian Wilkinson, Washington – A confidential FBI report revealing that a key member of the extremist group Jemaah Islamiah planned to bomb…
Jakarta Post - January 23, 2003
M. Taufiqurrahman, Jakarta – A group of religious leaders publicly condemned abortion on Wednesday, saying it was against the teaching of all…
Agence France Presse - January 23, 2003
Jakarta – Timor Leste faces the worst threat to its stability since independence as security forces counter raids by armed gangs from…
Laksamana.Net - January 23, 2003
The insistence of House Speaker Akbar Tanjung on retaining his position in Golkar and in the House is likely to provoke post-power syndrome groups…
Jakarta Post - January 23, 2003
Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – A group of women legislators have taken the lead in the movement to force out House of Representatives Speaker Akbar…
Straits Times - January 23, 2003
Derwin Pereira, Jakarta – President Megawati Sukarnoputri fired the opening salvo in her campaign for next year's election by challenging her…
January 22, 2003
Laksamana.Net - January 22, 2003
The Army's elite Special Forces (Kopassus) is reportedly behind recent incursions into East Timor by militia fighters.
A leaked United…
Radio Australia - January 22, 2003
The former head of Indonesia's national human rights commission says the agency's independence is under threat because of recent legislative…
Asia Times - January 22, 2003
Bill Guerin – International aid donors led by the World Bank may, just may, put more pressure on Indonesia to reform its forestry policy.…
Green Left Weekly - January 22, 2003
Max Lane, Jakarta – On the evening of January 15, senior Indonesian cabinet ministers announced the postponement of a proposed 22% increase in…
Reuters - January 22, 2003
Joanne Collins, Bali – Indonesia would not need to "beg" for money from the international community if it tackled the corruption costing the cash-…
Green Left Weekly - January 22, 2003
Pip Hinman – When Indonesian judge Asril Marwan on December 30 sentenced Joy-Lee Sadler to four months' jail and Lesley McCulloch to five months,…
Washington Post - January 22, 2003
Alan Sipress, Banda Aceh – On New Year's Eve, city streets once emptied by fear swelled with revelers, despite persistent drizzle. Soldiers shed…
Radio Australia - January 22, 2003
East Timor's Foreign Minister, Jose Ramos Horta, has warned that the United Nations peacekeepers stationed in the new nation are not managing to…
Kabar-Irian News - January 22, 2003
Anna Peltola, Malmo, Sweden – A Christian rebel group in Indonesia accused Jakarta on Wednesday of helping Islamic militants set up bases in the…
Radio Australia - January 22, 2003
In Indonesia's Papua Province, human rights groups have warned the presence of American investigators will do little to bring the perpetrators of…
January 21, 2003
Sydney Morning Herald - January 21, 2003
Jill Jolliffe, Atsabe – The hamlet of Tiarlelo is only a few kilometres from Atsabe, itself 25 kilometres from the border with West Timor, but the…
Jakarta Post - January 21, 2003
Moch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Former Dili police chief Lt. Col. Hulman Gultom was sentenced to three years in prison on Monday by…
Jakarta Post - January 21, 2003
Tiarma Siboro, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The top security minister warned on Monday that Indonesia could withdraw from the peace agreement with…
Sydney Morning Herald - January 21, 2003
Matthew Moore – In a nation where conspiracy theories and rice are two of life's staples, Indonesians appear to be changing their habits. You can…
Jakarta Post - January 21, 2003
Students, workers and employers vowed on Monday to continue their street rallies to force the government to make radical changes to economic…
Sydney Morning Herald - January 21, 2003
Mathew Moore, Jakarta – Despite certain criticism from its international financial backers, Indonesia's Government is set to abandon a series of…
Jakarta Post - January 21, 2003
Jakarta – Three male bodies have been unearthedfrom one grave in Aceh province despite the ceasefire in the separatist war, AFP…
Reuters - January 21, 2003
Joanne Collins, Bali – Indonesia's government said on Tuesday it wanted an end to IMF funding this year, seeking to break a financial lifeline in…
Reuters - January 21, 2003
Bali – Indonesia's moves to reduce earlier announced rises in fuel prices were very understandable and would not compromise its goals…
January 20, 2003
Straits Times - January 20, 2003
Jakarta – Indonesian activists vowed yesterday to hold more protests against recent price rises despite government promises to delay some…
Jakarta Post - January 20, 2003
Multa Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, Tangerang As the sun sets, some factory workers rush to their boarding houses to refresh themselves. They take off…
Jakarta Post - January 20, 2003
Sri Wahyuni, Yogyakarta – Police fired warning shots and beat hundreds of anti-CGI protesters with batons, while representatives of Indonesia's…