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October 3, 1999

Agence France Presse - October 3, 1999

Jakarta – A student died in hospital in the Indonesian city of Bandarlampoung Sunday, a second victim of clashes between protestors…

Reuters - October 3, 1999

Tomi Soetjipto, Jakarta – Indonesia's supreme legislative assembly elected a leading reformist as speaker on Sunday in its first contested vote…

October 2, 1999

Reuters - October 2, 1999

Moris Morissan, Jakarta – Indonesia on Friday reported its seventh straight month of falling prices in another sign that the grass roots of its…

Sydney Morning Herald - October 2, 1999

Indonesia's generals are under scrutiny for human rights abuses in East Timor but have they covered their tracks? David Jenkins, Mark Dodd,…

Reuters - October 2, 1999 (abridged)

Lewa Pardomuan, Jakarta – Indonesia's top legislative body will elect a new president on October 20, bringing forward an event many hope will halt…

Sydney Morning Herald - October 2, 1999

Mark Dodd, Dili – Australian soldiers have taken control of two towns in militia heartland along East Timor's volatile border with Indonesian West…

Associated Press - October 2, 1999

Dafna Linzer, Kupang, – In the ramshackle Tuapukan camp, home to 10,000 refugees from East Timor's chaos, Indonesia's red-and-white flag flies…

Agence France Presse - October 2, 1999

Dili – The bodies of 13 people, many of them showing traces of violence, have been found in a mass grave near Dili, a spokesman for the United…

October 1, 1999

Indonesian Observer - October 1, 1999

Bandar Lampung – Lampung Military Police yesterday began investigating eight military officers allegedly involved in the shooting that took place…

Agence France Presse - October 1, 1999

Jakarta – A second day of clashes between local tribesmen and migrants in the mining town of Timika in Indonesia's remote Irian Jaya province…

South China Morning Post - October 1, 1999

Agencies in Dili, Los Palos and Jakarta – British Gurkha soldiers yesterday arrested two members of a group of East Timorese militiamen who were…

September 30, 1999

Reuters - September 30, 1999

Claudia Gazzini, Jakarta – Protests broke out across Indonesia on Thursday over grievances ranging from the UN-backed intervention in East Timor…

Agence France Presse - September 30, 1999

Dili – The mutilated and charred remains of at least nine people were discovered in a burnt-out pickup truck on the outskirts of Dili…

South China Morning Post - September 30, 1999

Waimori – Pro-independence guerillas said yesterday they had seized control of most of the eastern part of East Timor after clashes with…

Sydney Morning Herald - September 30, 1999

Mark Dodd, Dili – When paramilitary toughs supported by Indonesia's discredited military force in East Timor finally set down their cans of petrol…

South China Morning Post - September 30, 1999

The UN Human Rights Commission will go ahead with an inquiry into alleged human rights atrocities in East Timor with or without co-operation from…

CNRT - September 30, 1999

The multinational force in East Timor must rapidly expand to start building peace and security in the territory, East Timorese leaders Xanana…

The Melbourne Age - September 30 1999

Tony Wright, Canberra – The Federal Government is considering selling billions of dollars worth of prime defence land throughout Australia to pay…

September 29, 1999

Jakarta Post - September 29, 1999

Ambon – A total of 217 fatalities were recorded in communal clashes across the province between July and September, police said on Tuesday.

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ABC AM News - September 29, 1999 (abridged)

Compere: Well, finally returning to East Timor. The crisis may have soured Australia's relationship with Indonesia, but the Federal Government is…

Agence France Presse - September 29, 1999

Jakarta – Australian flags were burned Monday in at least two Indonesian cities, while anti-Australian rallies took place in two other cities amid…

Kompas - September 29, 1999

Bandar Lampung – The mourning of Yap Yun Hap who died of gunshot wounds had hardly lifted from the Indonesia University campus grounds, when news…

Agence France Presse - September 29, 1999

Jakarta – A human rights lobbyist on Wednesday called on the United Nations to conduct the same sort of inquiry it is making into alleged…

Jakarta Post - September 29, 1999

Jakarta – In an unprecedented move, Indonesian Military (TNI) chief Gen. Wiranto brought together on Tuesday leaders of six major political…

Sydney Morning Herald - September 29, 1999

Craig Skehan, Jakarta – East Timorese independence supporters say they are being terrorised in Jakarta and elsewhere by militiamen with shadowy…

Agence France Presse - September 29, 1999

Jakarta – Some 1,000 Indonesian students returned to the streets here Wednesday in a peaceful protest against military violence.

The…

September 28, 1999

Agence France Presse - September 28, 1999

Jakarta – Protests against a new state security bill in Indonesia claimed another life Tuesday when security forces shot dead a student in clashes…

KPP-PRD - September 28, 1999

[The following is a compilation of several reports sent to ASIET (Action in Solidarity with Indonesia and East Timor) by the Central Leadership…

The Independent (London) - September 28, 1999

East Timorese refugees in Indonesia, including the resort island of Bali, are being threatened with death by soldiers and militiamen, but plans…

Reuters - September 28, 1999

Chris Michaud, New York – Australian foreign minister Alexander Downer on Tuesday praised Indonesian President B.J. Habibie's policies on the…

Indonesian Observer - September 28, 1999

[Please note that this item was included to provide an example of the Indonesian media's anti-Australian campaign and is not intended to be…

Agence France Presse - September 28, 1999

Jakarta – As the UN Human Rights Commission approved a probe into allegations of abuse by Indonesian-backed militias in East Timor, newspapers…

Agence France Presse - September 28, 1999

Jakarta – The commander of the East Timorese militia has ordered his men to halt their campaign of terror, and apologize to their victims, the…

September 27, 1999

Straits Times - September 27 1999

Major political heavyweights hope to arrive at some consensus on the rules of the game for the presidential election scheduled for Nov 10

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Jakarta Post - September 27, 1999

Jakarta – Fearing being visited and taken away by security authorities, at least four patients suffering injuries sustained in a violent rally in…

Sydney Morning Herald - September 27, 1999

Mark Dodd, Dili – A vast cache of documentary and forensic evidence linking Jakarta's involvement to hardline pro-Indonesian militias accused of…

Reuters - September 27, 1999

Lisbon – Nine church workers including two nuns and a priest have been shot dead by Indonesian troops in the eastern part of East Timor, Bishop…

September 26, 1999

Agence France Presse - September 26, 1999

Jakarta – Drug abuse has become a major social ill in Indonesia, especially among the young, a report said Sunday adding without urgent preventive…

September 25, 1999

Agence France Presse - September 25, 1999

Jakarta – Angry mobs paralyzed downtown Manokwari in Indonesia's remote Irian Java province on Saturday, a day after police shot dead one man and…

South China Morning Post - September 25, 1999

Vaudine England, Jakarta – Moves to accelerate the constitutional process of finding a new Indonesian president are well under way, promoted by a…

Washington Post - September 25, 1999

Keith B. Richburg, Kupang – They fled here in abject retreat, packed onto trucks scrawled with the names of their militia gangs and bringing with…

Reuters - September 25, 1999

Philippe Naughton, Dili – UN forces tightened their grip on Dili on Saturday and began venturing into East Timor's interior to secure routes for…

Jakarta Post - September 25, 1999

Jakarta – City authorities will deploy as many as 605 companies or about 60,000 security officers to safeguard the upcoming General Session of the…

The Melbourne Age - September 25, 1999

Louise Williams, Darwin – Several days before he was killed in East Timor, the Dutch journalist Sander Thoenes was discussing his concerns over…

Sydney Morning Herald - September 25, 1999

Craig Skehan, Peter Cole-Adams and Mark Metherell – Indonesia turned up the heat on Australia yesterday with accusations of torture by Interfet…

South China Morning Post - September 25, 1999

Stephanie Nebehay, Geneva – Asian and Western states failed to agree yesterday on whether to launch a UN inquiry into killings in East Timor, and…

South China Morning Post - September 25, 1999

Michael Zielenziger, Dili – His eyes are rheumy and his legs are weak, but for a man in his 80s, Manuel Francisco Gusmao looks fairly healthy –…

Reuters - September 25, 1999

Jakarta – The streets of Indonesia's capital were quiet on Saturday after days of bloody anti-military riots in which at least six people were…

Agence France Presse - September 25, 1999

Jakarta – Leaflets are circulating in the troubled Indonesian province of Aceh calling on all Acehnese civil servants to go on strike…

September 24, 1999

South China Morning Post - September 24, 1999

Nature has taken over the garden of Manuel Carrascalao's house in Dili. Tall weeds grow between paving stones and flies buzz in the air. As you…