Vaudine England, Jakarta – In the style of ancient Javanese royalty, Vice-President Megawati Sukarnoputri is refusing to say whether she would…
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April 11, 2001
South China Morning Post - April 11, 2001
April 10, 2001
Agence France Presse - April 10, 2001
Jakarta – A former Indonesian economics minister under ex-president Suharto on Tuesday took the attorney general's office to court for his alleged…
Detik - April 10, 2001
Budi Sugiharto/FW & HY, Sidoarjo – Around 600 workers of PT Prima Aloi Steel, a company producing wheel rims, at Sidoarjo, East…
Straits Times - April 10, 2001
Marianne Kearney, Jakarta – Mr Andi runs a small stall selling Muslim caps on the edge of one of Jakarta's most notorious markets,…
Detik - April 10, 2001
Hestiana Dharmastuti/FW & HY, Jakarta – The People's Democratic Party (PRD) says the arrest of former minister of mines and energy, Ginandjar…
Reuters - April 10, 2001
Jakarta – Indonesia's second-largest party in parliament said on Tuesday it would support Vice-President Megawati Sukarnoputri if she were to take…
Sydney Morning Herald - April 10, 2001
Lindsay Jakarta – After months of indecision amid a damaging power struggle in Jakarta, Vice-President Megawati Sukarnoputri has finally set…
Jakarta Post - April 10, 2001
Jakarta – President Abdurrahman Wahid said on Monday that the Indonesian Military (TNI) must remain vigilant and refuse to succumb to the…
Jakarta Post - April 10, 2001
Sampit – The East Kotawaringin regency capital of Sampit turned into a battlefield again on Monday afternoon as police clashed with hundreds of…
Jakarta Post - April 10, 2001
Jakarta – The trial of last year's bombing of the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) building, which claimed 10 lives, began on Monday at the South…
April 9, 2001
Newsweek - April 9, 2001
Ron Moreau – Soldiers dressed in combat fatigues and black hoods would normally inspire fear in an Acehnese village. But not these commandos. As…
Agence France Presse - April 9, 2001
Jakarta – East Timorese refugees are dying from a rapidly spreading diarrhoea epidemic in fetid camps in Indonesian-ruled West Timor, a Catholic…
Associated Press - April 9, 2001 (slightly abridged)
Dili – Manuel Carrascalao, a veteran of East Timor's 24-year struggle for freedom, was elected to head the territory's transitional…
Straits Times - April 9, 2001
Enrique Soriano – The bleak panorama that unfolds on the drive from Lhokseumawe, the main town in North Aceh, to Medan is punctuated only by the…
Jakarta Post - April 9, 2001
Banda Aceh – Land transportation from Banda Aceh capital of Aceh province to Meulaboh in West Aceh has been interrupted over the last three days…
Associated Press - April 9, 2001
Jakarta – President Abdurrahman Wahid blasted the United States Monday for its embargo on weapons sales to Indonesia and said the military would…
April 8, 2001
Jakarta Post - April 8, 2001
Kusrini, Yogyakarta – Steadfast and unyielding in the face of ordeals – these are the two qualities one can find in Mardiyem, a former jugun ianfu…
Reuters - April 8, 2001
Jakarta – Three policemen and six locals were killed in a clash during a police sweep for weapons in Indonesian Borneo, national Police Chief…
April 6, 2001
Indonesian Observer - April 6, 2001
Jakarta - A human rights commission has formally accused ten police officials in Irian Jaya are suspected of involvement in human…
Jakarta Post - April 6, 2001
Jakarta – Attorney General Marzuki Darusman said on Thursday data processing was an obstacle in investigating alleged corruption cases involving…
Jakarta Post - April 6, 2001
Surabaya – Pledges to defend President Abdurrahman Wahid to the death continued to pour in here on Thursday, with claims that over 20,000 people…
Jakarta Post - April 6, 2001
Palembang, South Sumatra – The provinces of South Sumatra and neighboring Jambi are urging the Ministry of Forestry and Plantations to…
Straits Times - April 6, 2001
Robert Go, Jakarta – The Indonesian government will step up tax-collection efforts, including the targeting of foreigners now living in the…
Indonesian Observer - April 6, 2001
Jakarta – Violence marred an anti-Soeharto protest held by the City Forum (Forkot) group in Central Jakarta yesterday. Police had to disperse the…
The Australian - April 6, 2001
Stephen Romei, New York – At the risk of exposing himself to political parody, Xanana Gusmao has a simple message for the international community…
Jakarta Post - April 6, 2001
Jakarta – An 18-year-old migrant worker said on Thursday that she had been taken hostage by a labor export company for a month because she failed…
South China Morning Post - April 6, 2001
Reuters in United Nations – Xanana Gusmao, the popular East Timorese resistance leader, said overnight he would not be a candidate for president…
April 5, 2001
Agence France Presse - April 5, 2001
Jakarta – At least four people have been killed in the latest violence in Aceh, a report said Thursday, a day after the latest peace initiative in…
Agence France Presse - April 5, 2001
Sydney – East Timorese independence leader Xanana Gusmao will inevitably become his country's first president, even though he says he does not…
Agence France Presse - April 5, 2001 (abridged)
Jakarta – The government must shoulder its share of the blame for any consequences of a military deployment in restive Aceh province,…
UN News - April 5, 2001
Civil disturbances in East Timor, the forthcoming elections and the resignation of Xanana Gusmco as president of the National Council dominated…
Associated Press - April 5, 2001
Palu – Police fired warning shots Thursday as a stone-throwing Muslim mob outside a court house where three Christians were sentenced…
Antara - April 5, 2001
New York – Asking the international community to try those involved in criminal actions in East Timor is not a priority to the East Timorese at…
South China Morning Post - April 5, 2001
Vaudine England – The politicians presiding over Jakarta's latest political crisis, currency tumble and perhaps national disintegration are doing…
April 4, 2001
Straits Times - April 4, 2001
Derwin Pereira, Jakarta – President Abdurrahman Wahid yesterday cast doubt on Vice-President Megawati Sukarnoputri's ability to run Indonesia as…
Agence France Presse - April 4, 2001
Jakarta – The third-largest faction in Indonesia's national assembly yesterday did an about-face and called on President Abdurrahman…
South China Morning Post - April 4, 2001 (abridged)
Vaudine England, Jakarta – The Marine Corps is to investigate the death of one of its own in a shootout in central Jakarta which arose after East…
Straits Times - April 4, 2001
Marianne Kearney, Jakarta – Clerics supporting Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid will decide today whether it is justifiable under Islamic…
April 3, 2001
Associated Press - April 3, 2001
Dili – New violence broke out along East Timor's border with Indonesia when unidentified gunmen threw grenades and fired shots at UN peacekeepers…
Asia Times - April 3, 2001
Jakarta – Indonesia's major creditors have agreed to roll over the country's debt repayment based on an agreement in the Paris Club of official…
Agence France Presse - April 3, 2001
Jakarta – Indonesia has admitted failure in meeting forestry protection commitments to its key donor group, the Consultative Group on Indonesia (…
Straits Times - April 3, 2001
Derwin Pereira, Jakarta – Aceh could split from Indonesia within a year if the Indonesian armed forces (TNI) does not step up operations to crush…
Reuters - April 3, 2001
Indonesia's Bank Restructuring Agency (Ibra) yesterday rejected a local newspaper report that key officials, including the agency's chief, planned…
Sydney Morning Herald - April 3, 2001
Jacqueline M. Koch in Banda Aceh and Lindsay Murdoch in Jakarta – Soldiers patrol villages, their high-powered weapons ready to fire. Tanks rumble…
Associated Press - April 3, 2001
Jakarta – Indonesia's foreign minister Tuesday denied claims reported by a local newsmagazine that President Abdurrahman Wahid…
Associated Press - April 3, 2001
Jakarta – Attorneys for East Timorese militia leader Eurico Guterres Tuesday demanded that weapons charges against him be dropped on the grounds…
April 2, 2001
Detik - April 2, 2001
Nuruddin Lazuardi/HY, Jakarta – Around 300 student from various universities in South Jakarta, who call themselves the Southern…
Straits Times - April 2, 2001
Yeoh En Lai – Almost two years after the independence referendum in East Timor, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is…
Reuters - April 2, 2001
Jakarta – Indonesia's finance minister on Monday warned the 2001 budget deficit could be wider than expected, hit by a weak rupiah,…
Detik - April 2, 2001
Nuruddin Lazuardi/Heather, Jakarta – Around 600 Postal workers from PT Pos Indo (Posindo) staged a rally outside the Ministry of…