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July 18, 2001
The Australian - July 18, 2001
Agence France Presse - July 18, 2001
Banda Aceh – Indonesian troops shot dead three more separatist rebels in Aceh as representatives from both sides entered a third-day of talks here…
Sydney Morning Herald - July 18, 2001
Craig Skehan – An official history of Australia's role in East Timor's transition to independence reveals that the Federal Government knew more…
July 17, 2001
Australian Associated Press - July 17, 2001
Karen Polglaze, Canberra – A new book on Australia's foreign policy approach to East Timor from 1998 to 2000 is highly selective and partisan,…
Lusa - July 17, 2001
East Timor's Independent Electoral Commission has rejected more than 70 potential candidates for the August 30 constituent assembly elections. The…
Agence France Presse - July 17, 2001
Jakarta – Indonesian police said yesterday they suspected a concerted bombing campaign was under way after a woman was injured in the second blast…
Jakarta Post - July 17, 2001
Jakarta – The Indonesian Military and the National Police reconfirmed on Monday their opposition to President Abdurrahman Wahid's intention to…
Reuters - July 17, 2001
Joanne Collins, Jakarta – The International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday it was still aiming to release a delayed $400 million loan to Indonesia…
Jakarta Post - July 17, 2001
Jakarta – The Central Jakarta District Court started hearing on Monday a lawsuit filed by five non-governmental organizations (NGOs) against the…
Jakarta Post - July 17, 2001
Jakarta – Political activists are calling for an act of civil disobedience by rejecting all regulations, policies and taxes imposed by the…
BBC Worldwide Monitoring - July 17, 2001
Kupang Pos, Kupang – Political discourse on the formation of an Independent Timor (Negara Timor Raya-NTR) within East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) West…
Straits Times - July 17, 2001
Derwin Pereira, Jakarta – A defiant General Suroyo Bimantoro, the sacked national police chief, said yesterday that President Abdurrahman Wahid's…
July 16, 2001
South China Morning Post - July 16, 2001
Vaudine England, Jakarta – Campaigning began yesterday for East Timor's first election, but confusion reigns in the minds of voters about what…
UN News - July 16, 2001
East Timor's transitional administration saw a flurry of moves today and over the weekend as political activity began to heat up in the half-…
The Australian - July 16, 2001
Tony Kevin – Tomorrow, Alexander Downer launches a book on Australia's role in East Timor between 1998 and 2000. One wonders why he should wish to…
Reuters - July 16, 2001
Dili – East Timor's defacto parliament, the National Council, was dissolved on Saturday, one day before the start of political campaigning for a…
Sydney Morning Herald - July 16, 2001
Mark Dodd, Dili – Campaigning for East Timor's first democratic elections began at the weekend, but hopes for a smooth start were marred by a…
Agence France Presse - July 16, 2001
Banda Aceh – Violence pitting Indonesian government forces against separatist rebles in the restive province of Aceh has claimed another four…
Agence France Presse - July 16, 2001
G.K. Goh, Jakarta – Indonesia is targeting economic growth of 3.0-3.5 percent this year and inflation of below 10 percent by year-end, according…
Straits Times - July 16, 2001
Robert Go, Jakarta – It's just trash for most people, but some Jakarta residents are finding novel ways of using garbage to help build their…
July 15, 2001
Green Left Weekly - July 15, 2001
Max Lane – There are now more political prisoners in Indonesia than there were during the last 12 months of General Suharto's 32-year rule. There…
Agence France Presse - July 15, 2001
Jakarta – Indonesians are bracing for a stormy countdown to the August 1 national assembly session which will decide the fate of embattled…
Green Left Weekly - July 15, 2001
Jon Land – The start of the formal election campaign period for East Timor's new Constituent Assembly began on July 15. Some 16 political parties…
July 14, 2001
Straits Times - July 14, 2001
Devi Asmarani, Jakarta – It is personal ambition, not political partisanship, that is fuelling a dispute between middle and high-ranking officers…
Straits Times - July 14, 2001
Marianne Kearney, Jakarta – The current standoff between Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid and his police chief, and within the top ranks of…
Straits Times - July 14, 2001
Marianne Kearney, Jakarta – Thursday's order to arrest Indonesia's sacked police chief Bimantoro and yesterday's backdown from the arrest indicate…
South China Morning Post - July 14, 2001 (abridged)
Agencies in Cirebon and Jakarta – Isolated and facing open defiance within the police force, President Abdurrahman Wahid said yesterday he will…
Straits Times - July 14, 2001
Robert Go, Jakarta – A new draft agreement between the International Monetary Fund and Indonesia will impose fewer conditions and targets for the…
Jakarta Post - July 14, 2001
Jakarta – Top Army officials held on Friday a closed-door consolidation meeting at Wiladatika field in Cibubur, East Jakarta on Friday canceling…
July 13, 2001
Straits Times - July 13, 2001
Robert Go, Jakarta – A long-delayed International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan tranche to Indonesia, worth around US$400 million (S$728 million),…
Jakarta Post - July 13, 2001
Surabaya – East Java's security forces were ready to anticipate possible outbreaks of violence, ahead of the August1 special session of the People…
Reuters - July 13, 2001
Jakarta – Indonesian police who rushed to their commander's home to protect him from arrest pulled back overnight after President Abdurrahman…
South China Morning Post - July 13, 2001
Vaudine England, Jakarta – President Abdurrahman Wahid yesterday ordered the arrest of the police chief he has been trying to sack for weeks,…
Straits Times - July 13, 2001
Marianne Kearney, Jakarta – The Indonesian army is training and equipping Javanese migrants in Aceh to defend themselves against independence…
Jakarta Post - July 13, 2001
Jakarta – Indonesian Military (TNI) chief Adm. Widodo A.S. sounded on Thursday his strong support for stern measures taken by joint-security…
Asia Times - July 13, 2001
Jakarta – Indonesian legislators have asked the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to write off the country's foreign debts, including those to…
Lusa - July 13, 2001
East Timor's Independent Electoral Commission Friday determined the order in which the territory's 16 political parties and five…
Sydney Morning Herald - July 13, 2001
Mark Dodd, Dili – Two days before the start of East Timor's election campaign for a Constituent Assembly, the territory's United Nations…
July 12, 2001
Far Eastern Economic Review - July 12, 2001
Sadanand Dhume, Jakarta – If the script had unfolded as planned on June 30 officials at the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency, or IBRA, would…
Agence France Presse - July 12, 2001
Jakarta – Smoke haze attributed to underground fires continued to choke the city of Pontianak on Indonesian Borneo Thursday, local officials said…
Far Eastern Economic Review - July 12, 2001
John McBeth, Jakarta – Smartly dressed in a suit, tie and polished shoes, the nervous Indonesian visa applicant gave the American consular…
Straits Times - July 12, 2001
Devi Asmarani, Jakarta – A three-day registration period now under way for the start of the new school year is bringing smiles – and extra income…
Sydney Morning Herald - July 12, 2001
Lindsay Murdoch, Jakarta – Indonesia has started forming East Timor-style militias in oil- and gas-rich Aceh, where scores of civilians are being…
Jakarta Post - July 12, 2001
Jakarta – A US lobbyist for Indonesia revealed on Wednesday that he would try to help foster dialog between the United States government and the…
South China Morning Post - July 12, 2001
Vaudine England in Jakarta – A Javanese militia has formed in Central Aceh and, with encouragement from security forces, is stoking conflict…
July 11, 2001
Jakarta Post - July 11, 2001
Jakarta – While neighboring countries have been complaining about the choking haze caused by Indonesia's forest fires and have called on Indonesia…
Straits Times - July 11, 2001
London – The situation within the Sukarno family is deteriorating with a clear split between the sisters widening and "becoming more serious now…
Straits Times - July 11, 2001
Devi Asmarani, Jakarta – Political compromise, intimidation, constitutional deadlock and a divide-and-rule approach to weaken his enemies are some…
Green Left Weekly - July 11, 2001
On July 5, representatives of the East Timor Transitional Cabinet, the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor and the Australian…
Jakarta Post - July 11, 2001
Jakarta – President Abdurrahman Wahid appointed on Tuesday his old friend and current Minister of Justice and Human Rights Marsillam Simanjuntak…