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September 28, 1998

Agence France Presse - September 28, 1998

Sydney – Indonesian opposition leader Amien Rais said Monday he could form a coalition government if elected to power but still insisted on major…

Jakarta Post - September 28, 1998

Jakarta – About 15,000 Moslem youths packed the Senayan Sports Hall on Sunday for the launching of the Jakarta chapter of the Justice Party,…

Jakarta Post - September 28, 1998

Bogor – An expert has expressed concern that the rood crisis and malnutrition affecting an untold number of babies in various Indonesian areas…

Agence France Presse - September 28, 1998 (abridged)

Jakarta – A group of university graduates in the troubled territory of East Timor have set up a forum advocating a referendum on self…

Dow Jones Newswires - September 28, 1998

Jakarta – Indonesian forestry companies grouped under Masyarakat Perhutanan Indonesia will launch an investigation of an estimated $2.04 billion…

Agence France Presse - September 28, 1998 (abridged)

Jakarta – A group in the remote Indonesian province of Irian Jaya has called for a mass rally in support of independence from…

September 27, 1998

Agence France Presse - September 27, 1998

Jakarta – A long-time critic of former president Suharto was allowed to return to Indonesia Sunday but the euphoria was overshadowed by fears of a…

September 25, 1998

South China Morning Post - September 25, 1998

Jenny Grant, Jakarta – Experts have advised separating the police from the armed forces and redefining the President's control over military…

Straits Times - September 25, 1998

Bogor – Hundreds of farmers took to the streets yesterday in this West Javanese hill town and in Jakarta to protest against the taking…

September 24, 1998

South China Morning Post - September 24, 1998

Jenny Grant, Jakarta – The mental and physical growth of a generation of children is under threat as Indonesia's economic crisis worsens. More…

South China Morning Post - September 24, 1998

Jenny Grant – Faced with increasing demonstrations, the Governor of North Sumatra has armed hundreds of his staff with rattan sticks.

September 23, 1998

Sydney Morning Herald - September 23, 1998

Louise Williams, Jakarta – Indonesia's former president has threatened to sue those claiming he abused his power to amass a personal fortune…

Jakarta Post - September 23, 1998

Jeffrey A. Winters, Chicago, Illinois – At the end of July 1997, the World Bank's country director, Dennis de Tray, and the vice president for…

Associated Press - September 23, 1998

William Mccall – Nike shareholders on Wednesday rejected a proposal to tie executive compensation more closely to the wages that are paid at the…

Reuters - September 23, 1998

Paris – Indonesia took another step on its long road to recovery on Wednesday when it agreed to reschedule $4.2 billion in foreign debt and…

Business Times - September 23, 1998

Shoeb Kagda, Medan – Indonesia's third largest city is bracing itself for further social unrest as between 2,000 and 3,000 farmers are expected to…

Agence France Presse - September 23, 1998

Jakarta - Students and farmers staged street rallies in several Indonesian cities on Wednesday despite the massive presence of security forces,…

Associated Press - September 23, 1998

Irwan Firdaus, Jakarta – Students protesting the policies of Indonesia's government demonstrated in three cities today, defying troops…

September 22, 1998

Jakarta Post - September 22, 1998

Jakarta – The government-sponsored fact-finding team investigating the May riots asserted on Monday that, despite some officials' denials, sexual…

Straits Times - September 22, 1998

Jakarta – Indonesia yesterday said that half of the country has been hit by food shortages. Food Minister A. M. Saefuddin told Parliament that 150…

Agence France Presse - September 22, 1998

Jakarta – The Indonesian military has named a former commander of the troubled territory of East Timor to head the armed forces'…

September 21, 1998

Report from Felix at 'Ebenheser' - September 21, 1998

On Wednesday, 16 September a centre where street children are given refuge under the care of Father Sandyawan Sumardi was attacked for two hours…

International Herald Tribune - September 21, 1998

Michael Richardson and Philip Segal, Singapore – As official Indonesian investigators prepare to question former President Suharto for the first…

September 20, 1998

Agence France Presse - September 20, 1998

Jakarta – East Timor can use Indonesia's offer of autonomy to the former Portuguese colony to create a "climate of tolerance" to prepare for self-…

Agence France Presse - September 20, 1998

Jakarta – Deeper instability is threatening Indonesia as confidence in the four-month-old government of President B.J. Habibie wanes, analysts say…

Reuters - September 20, 1998 (abridged)

Bombay – Indonesian opposition leader Megawati Sukarnoputri said the country could break out into a fresh bout of violence if the government…

Agence France Presse - September 20, 1998 (abridged)

Dili – The nephew of an independence rebel leader has charged the Indonesian military were holding the former Fretelin commander and…

September 19, 1998

South China Morning Post - September 19, 1998

Jenny Grant, Jakarta – In the first case in which President Bacharuddin Habibie has taken legal offence at public criticism,…

Sydney Morning Herald - September 19, 1998

Louise Williams, Jakarta – All ministers who served under the former president Soeharto, including President B.J. Habibie, have been ordered to…

Sydney Morning Herald - September 19, 1998

Faced with food riots and student protests, Indonesia's President is tainted by his links with the hated former regime. David Jenkins reports on a…

Jakarta Post - September 19, 1998

Jakarta - Maj. Gen. (ret) Theo Syafei and Maj. Gen. (ret) Raja Kami Sembiring Meliala led an illustrious pack of former military officers, former…

Tempo - September 19, 1998

Ratna Sarumpaet ignored a police summons which ordered her to appear for questioning today. But the Jakarta police are insisting that…

September 18, 1998

Asiaweek - September 18, 1998

To Indonesians who can afford it, reform implies political and economic change. To millions of people flung into poverty since the Crisis began,…

Agence France Presse - September 18, 1998

Jakarta – Hundreds of angry villagers in Indonesia's Central Java province went on the rampage Friday and attacked the residences of…

Associated Press - September 18, 1998 (abridged)

Jakarta – The Indonesian government has set May 26 as the tentative date for parliamentary elections, which will be held under new…

September 17, 1998

Agence France Presse - September 17, 1998 (abridged)

Jakarta – Looters will be shot on sight in the densely-populated Indonesian province of East Java on orders from the police chief…

Agence France Presse - September 17, 1998

Jakarta – Hundreds of protesting Indonesian students and youths tested security forces Thursday, stepping up street demonstrations despite…

Agence France Presse - September 17, 1998 (abridged)

Jakarta – A former military officer in charge of distributing rice in Jakarta has admitted to syphoning off half of the food grain for profit as…

Reuters - September 17, 1998

Jakarta – Indonesia's former president Suharto, facing questioning this week by a government probe into his wealth, says he doesn't have "even one…

Agence France Presse - September 17, 1998 (abridged)

Jakarta – Indonesia will release 15 East Timorese political prisoners next week, a visiting delegation from the International…

September 16, 1998

Lusa - September 16, 1998 (abridged)

Jakarta – Twenty six East Timorese political prisoners ended on Monday their two-week long hunger strike to press for the release of…

Agence France Presse - September 16, 1998

Jakarta – About 100 people marched down busy streets here on Wednesday demanding that the Indonesian military give up its political role. The…

Wall Street Journal - September 16, 1998

Grainne Mccarthy, Jakarta – Speculation that Indonesia is planning to implement capital controls roiled financial markets despite denials from the…

Associated Press - September 16, 1998

Jakarta – Rioting mobs burned shops and houses in Bagansiapi-api, a fishing town on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, news reports said Wednesday…

Agence France Presse - September 16, 1998

Bekasi – Idris strokes his grey, straggly moustache apologetically and says he would like to offer the three small pink cakes that have seen…

Washington Post - September 16, 1998

Cindy Shiner, Jakarta – Indonesia-Genoveva Misiati named her son Bima, after a traditional Indonesian shadow puppet character that symbolizes…

September 15, 1998

Agence France Presse - September 15, 1998

Jakarta – The Indonesian military is reviewing its role in the country's political life but has vowed to stay in the legislature where its members…

Lusa - September 15, 1998

Macau – East Timorese Nobel Peace Prize co-laureate Jose Ramos Horta said on Tuesday that Jakarta was sending 3,000 new troops to his occupied…

Associated Press - September 15, 1998 (abridged)

Jakarta – Hundreds of people have looted rice from a government-owned warehouse in East Timor, while police arrested 54 people for…

Straits Times - September 15, 1998

Jakarta – Volunteers working with Indonesian victims of rape, especially those from the May riots, said they and their families are still being…