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August 18, 1999

Jakarta Post - August 18, 1999 (slightly abridged)

Jakarta – Independence Day was quiet in Dili, the capital of East Timor, where people preferred to attend the anniversary of the separatist group Falintil.

August 17, 1999

Associated Press - August 17, 1999

Slobodan Lekic, Jakarta – Indonesia's independence day was marred today by clashes between pro-democracy protesters and riot police in Jakarta, the strafing of East Timor's separatist m

January 14, 1999

Agence France Presse - January 14, 1999

Jakarta – Some 25,000 police will be deployed in the Indonesian capital to keep order during the Moslem Eid-el-Fitr holiday next week, a report said Thursday.

January 2, 1999

Agence France Presse - January 2, 1999

Jakarta – Violence marred New Year celebrations in at least four towns in the Indonesian province of West Java which saw looting and vandalism while revellers threw fireworks at passing

August 17, 1998

Wall Street Journal - August 17, 1998

Jeremy Wagstaff, Jakarta – In his first Independence Day speech as president, B.J.