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December 1, 1998

American Reporter - December 1, 1998

Andreas Harsono, Jakarta – Indonesian Muslim and Christian leaders asked the public Tuesday to refrain from seeking reprisal against one another over attacks on more than 20 churches in

Agence France Presse - December 1, 1998 (abridged)

Jakarta – A district court in Indonesia's troubled Aceh province was set ablaze when unidentified men threw petrol bombs into the building, press reports here said Tuesday.

Wall Street Journal - December 1, 1998

Jeremy Wagstaff, Jakarta – Mobs in mainly Christian eastern Indonesia went on the rampage Monday, burning mosques and attacking Muslim shops, schools and a university.

November 30, 1998

Time - November 30, 1998

Terry Mccarthy, Jakarta – Sitting in an office deep inside the Istiqlal Mosque complex in the center of Jakarta, Komaruddin Rachmat looks like a man of peace.

November 25, 1998

Interpress Service - November 25, 1998

Kafil Yamin.

November 24, 1998

Business Times - November 24, 1998

Shoeb Kagda, Jakarta – As the death toll from Sunday's bloody clashes between rival ethnic groups rose to 13 yesterday, President B J Habibie expressed concern about the deteriorating s

November 23, 1998

Jakarta Post - November 23, 1998

Reiner S, Jakarta – Foreign investors will not enter Indonesia's cash-strapped banking sector if uncertainty in the political and economic fields continues, according to a foreign fund

November 21, 1998

Jakarta Post - November 21, 1998

Jakarta – Minister of Defense and Security/Armed Forces (ABRI) Chief Gen.

November 19, 1998

Agence France Presse - November 19, 1998

Jakarta – An Indonesian rights group has accused the military of provoking clashes between security forces and students that left 16 dead last week, a report said Thursday.

November 17, 1998

Sydney Morning Herald - November 17, 1998

Louise Williams and Lindsay Murdoch, Jakarta – Claims that opposition figures were guilty of inciting rebellion meant the Habibie Government was now "panicking" and had lost all its rem

Agence France Presse - November 17, 1998

Jakarta – Tight security remained in force in Central Jakarta Tuesday despite a semblance of calm as flags were flown at half-mast in memory of the 14 killed in violent weekend clashes

November 16, 1998

The Australian - November 16, 1998

Don Greenlees, Jakarta – Indonesian President B. J.

Australian Financial Review - November 16, 1998

Greg Earl, Jakarta – As a line of Marines suddenly broke formation on the main road to Indonesia's Parliament about 3pm on Saturday, the students pushing down the tollway erupted into c

November 15, 1998

New York Times - November 15, 1998

Seth Mydans, Jakarta – Faced with a huge student protest and a wild outbreak of rioting and arson, President B.J.

November 14, 1998

Agence France Presse - November 14, 1998

Bhimanto Suwastoyo, Jakarta – Opposition leaders and human rights groups pressured Indonesian President B.J.

Agence France Presse - November 14, 1998

Canberra – Australian Prime Minister John Howard said Saturday he had faith in Indonesian President B.J.

Agence France Presse - November 14, 1998 (abridged)

Jakarta – Fallen Indonesian president Suharto has criticized the government of his successor, B.J.

November 6, 1998

Agence France Presse - November 6, 1998 (abridged)

Jakarta – More than a third of Indonesia's key electronics, machinery, chemical and metal-based industries have been forced into temporary closure by the economic crisis, a report said

October 31, 1998

Agence France Presse - October 31, 1998

Jakarta – Residents from seven villages in Lampung province destroyed part of a sugarcane plantation owned by Indonesia's largest business establishment, the Salim Group, after the comp

October 26, 1998

Agence France Presse - October 26, 1998

Surabaya – Hundreds of people, angered when police refused to hand over to them a suspected killer, went on the rampage in the East Java town of Pasuruan, reports reaching here said Mon

Sydney Morning Herald - October 26, 1998

To the outside world, Indonesia looks like a disaster waiting to happen.

October 22, 1998

Reuters - October 22, 1998

Andrew Marshall, Jakarta, – Crisis-ridden Indonesia is not short of worries on the economic front, but policy makers are now grappling with an unexpected new concern – is the beleaguere

October 19, 1998

Agence France Presse - October 19, 1998

Padang – About 2,000 angry villagers attacked an Indonesian palm oil plantation, burning down all the buildings at the company's base camp, reports said Monday.

Agence France Presse - October 19, 1998

Jakarta – Indonesia's military chief, echoing the leader of the country's most influential Islamic movement, said conflicts among the country's political elite were behind more than 150

October 16, 1998

Wall Street Journal - October 16, 1998

Douglas Appell – The rupiah's collapse from late last year accelerated the economic and political turmoil that knocked Indonesia off the map of global stock investors.

Asiaweek - October 16, 1998

Jose Manuel Tesoro, Manado – Manajil "Roger" D. Salahuddin thinks of himself as a small-timer.

October 8, 1998

Agence France Presse - October 8, 1998

Jakarta – Thousands of villagers went on a rampage at a pineapple plantation in southern Sumatra in Lampung province, looting and burning warehouses and other facilities, sources and pr

October 7, 1998

International Inquirer - October 7, 1998

Jennifer Lin, Bantar Gebang – Nine-year-old Wasmin beamed with pride when he came home from school one recent day lugging a big bag of rice, cooking oil, and an armful of secondhand clo

October 6, 1998

The Wall Street Journal - October 6, 1998

Jakarta – The Indonesian economy slumped 17.4% in the third quarter of this year proving the sprawling country's downturn hasn't bottomed out yet.

September 24, 1998

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

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 march to the provincial governor's off

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 received a new endorsement of its economic re

September 20, 1998

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 dithered on its plan to hold elections or tr

September 19, 1998

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 country in crisis.

September 18, 1998

Asiaweek - September 18, 1998

To Indonesians who can afford it, reform implies political and economic change.

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 two village chiefs, burning one to the ground, the s

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 there, press reports said Thursday.

September 16, 1998

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 country's president and central-bank o

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 better days – but they came from the rubbish

September 15, 1998

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 looting teakwood in Central Java, a report said Tuesda

September 14, 1998

Associated Press - September 14, 1998

Jakarta – Hundreds rioted and looted in Indonesia's third-largest city [Medan] today when a strike by public transport drivers turned violent.

September 13, 1998

Jakarta Post - September 13, 1998 (abridged)

Jakarta – Minister of Defense and Security/Armed Forces (ABRI) Commander Gen.

September 12, 1998

Agence France Presse - September 12, 1998

Jakarta – About 1,500 people looted four hectares (9.8 acres) of ready-to harvest onion fields in the densely-populated island of Java, reports said here Saturday.

September 11, 1998

Agence France Presse - September 11, 1998

Jakarta – A four-day operation by Indonesian police to crack down on teak-wood looting in central Java has left one dead, several injured and forced hundreds of villagers to flee their

September 9, 1998

Dow Jones Newswires - September 9, 1998

Jakarta – Faced with deadlock in getting embattled Indonesian debtors and banks to agree on debt restructuring, the government Wednesday made a last-ditch attempt to get both sides talk

Reuters - September 9, 1998 (abridged)

Nick Edwards, Jakarta – Mounting social unrest in Indonesia has scared more skittish capital out of the crippled economy, felling the rupiah and dashing faint hopes of recovery.

Agence France Presse - September 9, 1998 (abridged)

Jakarta – Mobs looted warehouses and stores of rice, sugar and instant noodles for the third straight day Wednesday in the Indonesian provincial capital of Pontianak, sources and press

Antara - September 9, 1998

Surabaya – Hundreds of people slashed teak trees at the Parengan forest and wrecked three police cars in Tuban district, west of here Tuesday, following the arrest of 149 men suspected