Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare Jusuf Kalla said on Friday that the central government would assist certain regional…
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September 8, 2001
Jakarta Post - September 8, 2001
September 7, 2001
Jakarta Post - September 7, 2001
Banda Aceh – State Syiah Kuala University rector Dayan Dawood, 54, was shot dead by unidentified people on his way home from campus here on…
Reuters - September 7, 2001
Joanne Collins, Jakarta – Indonesia's new government handed down its 2002 budget on Friday, walking a tightrope between fiscal prudence and…
Agence France Presse - September 7, 2001 (slightly abridged)
Jakarta – A human rights worker was Friday found shot dead and eight alleged rebels were reported killed in Indonesia's troubled province of Aceh…
Jakarta Post - September 7, 2001
Jakarta – Thousands of public-school teachers in several regions continued their strikes on Thursday as their demands for six-months' back pay got…
Jakarta Post - September 7, 2001
Jakarta – Most factions in the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) turned down on Thursday the proposal advanced by NGOs for the establishment of…
Sydney Morning Herald - September 7, 2001
Mark Dodd, Dili – Fretilin, the party that led East Timor's 24-year struggle for independence from Indonesia, has won the fledgling nation's first…
Jakarta Post - September 7, 2001
Jakarta – High expectations by the public of a thoroughgoing eradication of corruption have turned into strong criticism of the Public Servants'…
September 7, 2001
- Total Votes Cast: 384,248
- Total Valid Votes: 363,501
- Invalid Votes: 20,747
National Ballot
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Straits Times - September 7, 2001
Jakarta - The National Police are reviving investigation of several defamation cases against former president Abdurrahman Wahid.
…Jakarta Post - September 7, 2001
Jakarta – National Police chief Gen. Surojo Bimantoro finally released on Thursday afternoon the eight middle-ranking officers who had…
Straits Times - September 7, 2001
Robert Go, Jakarta – Indonesia is already hard-pressed to meet asset-sale targets of over 33.5 trillion rupiah (S$6.7 billion) this year, but…
Straits Times - September 7, 2001 (abridged)
Jakarta – An avalanche of red tape caused by Indonesia's attempts to devolve power to the local authorities has left business leaders…
September 6, 2001
Lusa - September 6, 2001
Despite its decision to contest the election process, East Timor's UDT party congratulated Thursday the Fretilin party for its victory in last…
UNTAET Daily Briefing - September 6, 2001
Dili – The Chief Electoral Officer of the East Timor's Independent Electoral Commission (IEC), Carlos Valenzuela, today presented the full and…
Lusa - September 6, 2001
Results of last week's elections in East Timor indicate that the territory's new 88-seat Constituent Assembly will have a total of 24…
Straits Times - September 6, 2001
Devi Asmarani, Jakarta – With the police and military leaders repeatedly labelling him an agent of the separatist Free Aceh Movement (GAM), Mr…
Sydney Morning Herald - September 6, 2001
Lindsay Murdoch – The smugglers' plan went like clockwork. Paid up asylum seekers were flown in small groups from Pakistan to Jakarta, transiting…
Jakarta Post - September 6, 2001
Jakarta – The police physically abused two student activists arrested during a demonstration protesting the recent fuel price hike, their lawyer…
Agence France Presse - September 6, 2001
Jakarta – Millions of Indonesia's poorest are among the worst hit by corruption since they feel powerless to stand up to greedy local officials…
September 5, 2001
Straits Times - September 5, 2001
Jakarta – There is increasing concern that Saudi billionaire Osama bin Laden and his terrorist organisation are looking to Indonesia as a…
Reuters - September 5, 2001
Jonathan Thatcher, Jakarta – A senior Indonesian official said the government wanted to change controversial laws giving greater autonomy to its…
BBC Monitoring Service - September 5, 2001
For Fretilin [East Timor Revolutionary Front] – the party most likely to win the recent Timor Lorosae (TL) elections – there are three main things…
Reuters - September 5, 2001
Joanne Collins, Jakarta – Indonesia will unveil on Friday a draft budget constrained by a mountain of debt that has left President Megawati…
Lusa - September 5, 2001
The leader of East Timor's ASDT party, Fransico Xavier do Amaral, told Lusa Wednesday in Dili that he would not be a future candidate for…
Timor Post - September 5, 2001
The Deputy President of the Dili District Court Rui Pereira dos Santoas stressed that the Timor Lorosae Judiciary will continue using…
September 4, 2001
Jakarta Post - September 4, 2001
Jakarta – Minister of Manpower Jacob Nuwa Wea here on Monday criticized an International Labor Organization (ILO) Convention which…
Suara Timor Lorosae - September 4, 2001
Xanana's interview with Tempo magazine:
Tempo: At first you dithered on being nominated as president. But you changed your mind later. Why…
Straits Times - September 4, 2001
Devi Asmarani, Jakarta – Millions of poor Indonesians are among the hardest-hit by corruption, as various unofficial levies charged by low-level…
AFX Asia - September 4, 2001
Jakarta – The gap between transparency and accountability within Indonesia's public sector is a major challenge to its economic reform program,…
September 3, 2001
Agence France Presse - September 3, 2001 (abridged)
Banda Aceh – Ships using the Malacca Strait – one of the world's busiest sea lanes – should "seek permission" from separatist guerrillas in…
Straits Times - September 3, 2001
Devi Asmarani, Jakarta – They are valuable for criminals on the run; handy for men who want to take a second wife, and indispensable for people…
Lusa - September 3, 2001
East Timor's Defense Force would be willing to accept Indonesian military aid if the offer was made by Jakarta, the force's commander…
Lusa - September 3, 2001
Jose Ramos Horta said Monday in Dili he was "profoundly sad" about the "unhappy", "lamentable" and "incendiary" criticism of the East Timorese…
Agence France Presse - September 3, 2001
Dili – The winners of last week's historic election in East Timor must listen to the people when drafting a constitution as a prelude to…
Canberra Times - September 3, 2001
Lincoln Wright – Two star witnesses behind the allegation that Defence knew beforehand of the murder of five Australian journalists at Balibo in…
September 2, 2001
The Jakarta Post - September 2, 2001
Jakarta – An East Timorese claimed on Saturday that members of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) have made secret contacts with proindependence East…
Agence France Presse - September 2, 2001
Banda Aceh, – A provincial legislator and five other civilians have been killed in the restive Indonesian province of Aceh, police and residents…
September 1, 2001
BBC Monitoring Service - September 1, 2001
Presenter: Sergio Vieira de Mello, head of UNTAET, the UN Transitional Administration in East Timor, has replied to the fraud accusations, made by…
Jakarta Post - September 1, 2001
Annastashya Emmanuelle, Jakarta – Complicated bureaucratic procedures await street vendors who wish to claim their belongings after being…
Associated Press - September 1, 2001
Chris Brummitt, Nusakambangan Island – A group of Afghan refugees detained for two weeks after their ship sank off an Indonesian prison island…
Straits Times - September 1, 2001
Jakarta – Desperate officials are scrambling to find funds, including taking commercial loans if necessary, to pay striking teachers demanding…
Straits Times - September 1, 2001
Jakarta – The World Bank has warned the Indonesian government to seriously tackle corruption, saying that progress in stamping out loan abuse was…
Straits Times - September 1, 2001
Jakarta – Indonesia must properly punish the killers of three UN workers before the United States can resume full military ties, a senior US…
August 31, 2001
Straits Times - August 31, 2001
Derwin Pereira, Jakarta – A military reformer, once tipped as a leading candidate to head the powerful Indonesian armed forces (TNI), died…
Reuters - August 31, 2001
Jakarta – Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri has postponed a September 2 visit to rebellious Aceh province, an official said, citing…
Sydney Morning Herald - August 31, 2001
Lindsay Murdoch in Liquica and agencies – East Timorese kept what the United Nations had called a date with democracy yesterday, voting in the…
August 30, 2001
Agence France Presse - August 30, 2001
Jakarta – Feared ex-militia leader Eurico Guterres declared Thursday a "day of mourning for East Timor" and said its people could end up second-…
Sydney Morning Herald - August 30, 2001
Lindsay Murdoch, Dili – Carlos first introduced himself as a driver. When none of Dili's dilapidated taxis could be found, he would always produce…
Lusa - August 30, 2001
Five people arrested Thursday in the East Timorese capital had various weapons in their possession, the UN civil police spokesman said…