Geneva – Indonesian officials and rebel leaders from Aceh have agreed to extend their ceasefire indefinitely and to hold broad political dialogue…
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February 18, 2001
February 17, 2001
Jakarta Post - February 17, 2001
Ambon – The Military Joint-Intelligence Task Force (SGI) stationed in Ambon seized on Friday hundreds of weaponry during an afternoon raid at a…
Jakarta Post - February 17, 2001
Yogyakarta – After eulogizing about the long road to democracy which Indonesia must travel, President Abdurrahman Wahid found out later on Friday…
Jakarta Post - February 17, 2001
Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office named former president Soeharto's daughter Siti Hardiyanti "Tutut" Rukmana on Friday as a suspect in a…
The Age - February 17, 2001
Lindsay Murdoch, Darwin – It was a poignant moment, full of irony. Megawati Sukarnoputri dons army fatigues and beret and climbs aboard a Scorpion…
Agence France Presse - February 17, 2001
Geneva – Indonesian government representatives and separatist Aceh rebels agreed Friday a security pact to replace the current…
Jakarta Post - February 17, 2001
Banda Aceh – Resolute rebel group Free Aceh Movement (GAM) has threatened to create trouble nationwide if the joint police and military operation…
Jakarta Post - February 17, 2001
Jakarta – The country could see another round of political probes into financial scandals if the National Awakening Party (PKB) has its way by…
Agence France Presse - February 17, 2001
Jakarta – Thousands of students took to the streets of three Indonesian cities Friday, calling on President Abdurrahman Wahid to resign, police…
Jakarta Post - February 17, 2001
Jakarta – Minister of Home Affairs and Regional Autonomy Surjadi Soedirdja installed Tursandi Alwi on Friday as acting Governor of Gorontalo and…
Jakarta Post - February 17, 2001
Jakarta – Some 500 students from various groups attacked Golkar Party's city chapter office on Jl. Cikini, Central Jakarta on Friday evening,…
February 16, 2001
Jakarta Post - February 16, 2001
Jakarta – Pressure over a housing scam allegedly involving Golkar Party chairman Akbar Tandjung is growing with National Police spokesman Brig.…
South China Morning Post - February 16, 2001
Vaudine England, Jakarta – Anti-corruption activists are backing government calls for the former ruling party, Golkar, to be investigated for…
Jakarta Post - February 16, 2001
Jakarta – Four local non-governmental organizations have threatened to call for a boycott by Indonesia's aid donors unless the government puts an…
Detik - February 16, 2001
Aulia Andri/GB, Jakarta – If the Golkar Party pointed the finger at the 'communist bogeyman' and specifically the People's Democratic Party (PRD)…
San Francisco Chronicle - February 16, 2001
Ian Timberlake – A telephone rings somewhere inside Eggi Sudjana's denim jacket. He pulls out two tiny cell phones and talks briefly into one, but…
Asiaweek - February 16, 2001
Warren Caragata – Before Indonesia can truly get back to the job of successfully running and economy, the nation needs a functioning financial…
Jakarta Post - February 16, 2001
Banda Aceh – The trial of Central Information for Aceh Referendum (SIRA) chief Muhammad Nazar remains up in the air after the…
February 15, 2001
Agence France Presse - February 15, 2001
Jakarta – Indonesia's chief economics minister Rizal Ramli lashed out at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Thursday over its dissatisfaction…
February 14, 2001
Sydney Morning Herald - February 14, 2001
Mark Dodd, Dili – East Timor could still press for a United Nations war crimes tribunal unless Indonesia brought to justice those responsible for…
Green Left Weekly - February 14, 2001
Kerryn Williams – On January 30 more than 500 high school students and 300 urban poor youth, with the help of 15 buses, mobilised in Jakarta for…
Agence France Presse - February 14, 2001
Jakarta – Around 1,000 high school students on Wednesday defied a ban on protests to call on President Abdurrahman Wahid to step down and denounce…
South China Morning Post - February 14, 2001
Vaudine England, Jakarta – President Abdurrahman Wahid's aides were trying to put together a deal yesterday to fend off pressure for him to resign…
Jakarta Post - February 14, 2001
Jakarta – The wave of support for President Abdurrahman Wahid continued in Central Java on Tuesday with demands that the President remain in…
Green Left Weekly - February 14, 2001
Max Lane – During 2000, only the People's Democratic Party (PRD) championed the political slogan: "Smash the remnants of the New Order, leave…
Green Left Weekly - February 14, 2001
Max Lane – Golkar chairperson Akbar Tanjung has accused the People's Democratic Party and two student activist organisations, Forkot and Jarkot,…
Jakarta Post - February 14, 2001
Jakarta – Tensions in Aceh remain as three more civilians were shot during military and police operations against the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) in…
Green Left Weekly - February 14, 2001
Vanya Tanaja, Dili – Public hearings held here January 14-24 to discuss the timetable for East Timor's transition to independence have revealed…
Christian Science Monitor - February 14, 2001
Dan Murphy, Aileu and Dili – Sergio Vieira de Mello watches impassively as the United Nations flag rises over a group of jungle survival experts,…
Their Nature and Causes by James Dunn - February 14, 2001
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February 13, 2001
Sydney Morning Herald - February 13, 2001
Mark Dodd, Dili – Senior bureaucrats working for the UN administration in East Timor should focus on developing the skills of local public…
Detik - February 13, 2001
Khairul Ihwan/GB, Medan – After a fellow student was slashed yesterday, Monday, 2,000 students of the Medan State University (UniMed) today…
Detik - February 13, 2001
Lukmanul Hakim/Hendra & GB, Jakarta – Representatives of 40 mass organisations which took part in the massive demonstration at the Surabaya,…
Straits Times - February 13, 2001
Marianne Kearney, Jakarta – One of President Abdurrahman Wahid's brothers has called on him to step down and hand power over to Vice-President…
Straits Times - February 13, 2001
Susan Sim – Senior cadres of the top Indonesian political parties, who have been meeting secretly for the past two months, are close to signing an…
Agence France Presse - February 13, 2001
Jakarta – A top crony of former Indonesian president Suharto, Muhammad "Bob" Hasan, was sent back to jail Tuesday after a successful appeal…
Jakarta Post - February 13, 2001
Jakarta – Finance Minister Prijadi Praptosuhardjo insisted on Monday that fuel prices must be increased by 20 percent in April to meet urgent…
February 12, 2001
Jakarta Post - February 12, 2001
Banda Aceh – Government representatives and rebel Free Aceh Movement (GAM) commanders reached an agreement here on Saturday on ways to reduce the…
Agence France Presse - February 12, 2001
Banda Aceh – Seven people were killed in Indonesia's troubled Aceh province, police and residents said Monday, as government and separatist Free…
Detik - February 12, 2001
Aulia Andri/Fitri & GB, Jakarta – An unlikely group joined the calls for President Abdurrahman Wahid to stand down. Around 40 Muslim clerics…
Agence France Presse - February 12, 2001
Jakarta – Public opinion surveys published here Monday suggest a majority of Indonesians support parliament's censure of President Abdurrahman…
Detik - February 12, 2001
Lukmanul Hakim/Fitri & GB, Jakarta – National Police Chief General S. Bimantoro has backed-up claims made by national leaders last week that…
Jakarta Post - February 12, 2001
Makassar – Golkar Party chairman Akbar Tandjung urged the government on Sunday to reassess the existence of the Democratic People's Party (PRD)…
February 11, 2001
Agence France Presse - February 11, 2001
Surabaya – Accusations that left-wing groups were behind last week's attacks on opposition offices in President Abdurrahman Wahid's home province…
February 10, 2001
Straits Times - February 10, 2001
Marianne Kearney, Jakarta – As embattled President Abdurrahman Wahid fights off moves to impeach him, analysts fear this week's unrest throughout…
Jakarta Post - February 10, 2001
Jakarta – Minister of Home Affairs and Regional Autonomy Surjadi Soedirdja officially inaugurated Bangka-Belitung as the country's 31st province…
Jakarta Post - February 10, 2001
Jakarta – The Democratic People's Party (PRD) filed a police complaint on Friday against chairman of the Golkar Party, Akbar Tandjung, and its…
February 9, 2001
Agance France-Presse - February 9, 2001
Pasuruan – Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid on Friday suggested that a "third hand" had been inciting his followers to excessive violence in…
South China Morning Post - February 9, 2001
Vaudine England – President Abdurrahman Wahid has chosen a renowned supporter of human rights and anti-corruption efforts, Baharudin…
Jakarta Post - February 9, 2001
Jakarta – A House of Representatives' special committee will question on Tuesday a number of active and retired senior army and police officers in…