Bagus Kurniawan/BI & LM, Jakarta – Approximately 80 students from Gajah Mada University in Yogyakarta under the auspices of…
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July 24, 2000
Bagus Kurniawan/BI & LM, Yogyakarta – A spokesman for PT Pagilaran, embroiled in a land dispute with the University of Gadjah Mada and local…
The Papuan People's Congress held in Jayapura, Irian Jaya, from May 29 to June 4 declared that the Irianese want to separate from Indonesia. Agus…
East Timor – The United Nations High Commission for Refugees announced Friday that it has withdrawn its personnel from the Betun…
Mark Dodd, Dili – An Indonesian judicial team in East Timor to investigate violence by Jakarta's military and its local allies last year faced a…
D. Sangga Buana/FW & AH, Jakarta – Nearly 1500 laborers staged a rally at the Jakarta Special Province Local Administration Office today to…
Jakarta – Indonesian prosecutors plan to bring four of the country's most controversial figures to court next month, including former president…
Jakarta – Indonesian security forces seized more than 1,000 sticks of explosives from an inter-island ferry as it arrived in the riot-…
Jose Ramos-Horta, Bangkok – Who is behind the wave of sectarian violence in Ambon and other parts of the Moluccan Islands that has cost hundreds…
Jakarta – Call it hubris, denial or sheer pragmatism. But among President Abdurrahman Wahid's inner circles, the burning question of the moment is…
Damian Milverton, Washington – The international effort to repair the devastation in East Timor is meeting with some success but at the same time…
Jakarta – A respected legal aid activist says the government must guarantee the security of witnesses who are scheduled to testify later this year…
July 23, 2000
On July 20, 800 farm workers from villages in South Sumatra demonstrated outside the District Administration Offices in the area of Muara Enim,…
July 22, 2000
Vaudine England and Agencies in Jakarta – President Abdurrahman Wahid, going some way to ease political tensions, apologised to Parliament…
Tokyo – President Abdurrahman Wahid needs to reassert control over his fractured government if the country is to address problems like the slide…
Jakarta – The Indonesian press yesterday slammed President Abdurrahman Wahid's refusal to explain to parliament his decision to fire two ministers…
Jakarta – Indonesia's Golkar party said it would be ready to be in the opposition and hinted that there would be a shake-up of its executive board…
Lindsay Murdoch, Jakarta – Some of those politicians who angrily rebuked President Abdurrahman Wahid in parliament this week represent Golkar, the…
Jakarta – Minister of Mines and Energy Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has blamed the involvement of an "international movement" on growing protests…
Mark Dodd, Dili – The United Nations mission in East Timor yesterday said it had no plans to arrest notorious pro-Jakarta militia leader Eurico…
Marianne Kearney, Jakarta – Claims by the Indonesian authorities about serious efforts being made to stem plantation fires in Sumatra are being…
July 21, 2000
Jakarta – A relative of former Indonesian President Suharto who was arrested on drugs charges last month has been sent to a prison…
Jakarta – State prosecutors investigating corruption charges against ex-President Suharto on Friday impounded an office building owned…
Alex Kirby – A report by the World Resources Institute says the fires are symptomatic of "a far greater disaster – the systematic plunder and…
Jakarta – Dense haze, from forest and brush fires on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, forced the temporary closure of its most important airport…
D. Sangga Buwana/BI & LM, Jakarta – A new initiative to send Indonesian Defense Force personnel to Australia for training in defense…
Lindsay Murdoch, Jakarta – President Abdurrahman Wahid yesterday refused to answer questions from angry MPs about his sacking of two ministers,…
Vaudine England, Jakarta – Indonesian political confidence took a dive along with the rupiah yesterday as President Abdurrahman Wahid defied…
Jakarta – European observers will be allowed to travel to the strife-torn Maluku islands in three months' time, Indonesian President Abdurrahman…
July 20, 2000
Jakarta – At least 547 East Timorese refugees sheltering in squalid camps throughout Indonesian-controlled West Timor have died in the…
Justice John Dowd, Sydney – A royal commission is needed into why the Whitlam Government turned a blind eye to the Balibo killings, writes Justice…
Jakarta – Hundreds of activists gathered a mere 500 metres from the parliament grounds today protested while the Golkar Party held the second day…
Banda Aceh – Almost all of the approximately 20,000 refugees who sought shelter at Point-A area of the Exxon-Oil airport compound in Tanah Luas…
Jakarta – A series of corruption charges have been brought to light within the last two months alone, but they only add to the numerous graft…
Vaudine England, Jakarta – President Abdurrahman Wahid is due to answer questions from a fractious Parliament today in what will mark the…
Vaudine England, Jakarta – Christian militias have formed in the North Maluku island of Halmahera, intent on wreaking vengeance against Muslim…
Jakarta – PT Kaltim Prima Coal (KPC) finally reached an agreement with its striking workers on Wednesday that allowed for an immediate resumption…
July 19, 2000
Jakarta – Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid faced international and domestic pressure Wednesday to end the bloody fighting between Muslims…
Jakarta – The husband and executive secretary to Vice-President Megawati Sukarnoputri are emerging as key advisers, providing guidance and support…
Hestiana Dharmastuti/BI & Lyndal Meehan, Jakarta – Megawati Sukarnoputri seems to be facilitating 'consensus' and playing her largely…
Jakarta – Chairman of the Democratic People's Party (PRD) Budiman Sudjatmiko says President Abdurrahman Wahid and his National Awakening Party (…
Daniel Cooney, Jakarta – Police scuffled with anti-corruption demonstrators Wednesday, a day before Indonesia's president was to explain his…
Around 100 students from the Trisakti University demonstrated at the Indonesian parliament (DPR) on Tuesday demanding that the DPR for…
Jon Land - Up to 120,000 East Timorese are still languishing in refugee camps throughout West Timor 10 months after the post-referendum rampage by…
Dili – The Humanitarian Assistance and Emergency Rehabilitation Pillar recently released its three-part assessment of the Consolidated Appeal…
July 18, 2000
Djoko Tjiptono/BI & LM, Jakarta – Thousands of peasants from West Java have converged on the National Development Planning Board (Bappenas)…
Jakarta – Some 1,000 Indonesian farmers on Tuesday rallied peacefully in the national parliament complex here to demand land reform and the return…
LH, NL/FW, BS & Lyndal Meehan, Jakarta – The plot behind the bombing of the Attorney General's office on July 4 and its connection to the…
Lindsay Murdoch, Jakarta – Violence by pro-Jakarta militia in West Timor camps has sabotaged plans by the United Nations High Commissioner for…
Daniel Cooney, Dili – No one knows who really owns the blackened, burned-out building where Canadian businessman Kirk MacManus is trying to set up…




