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August 20, 2001
Financial Times - August 20, 2001
August 19, 2001
Jakarta Post - August 19, 2001
Muninggar Sri Saraswati and Fitri, Jakarta – "Being a becak driver is easy. I just have to use my muscles," said Yatim.
The 30-year-old man…
Straits Times - August 19, 2001
Abdul Razak Ahmad – Only one road leads to the house of Pramoedya Ananta Toer and I am not on it. Lost instead in a maze of back lanes in the…
August 18, 2001
Straits Times - August 18, 2001
Robert Go, Jakarta – Less than four weeks after she became Indonesia's leader, Ms Megawati Sukarnoputri presided over an emotional Independence…
Jakarta Post - August 18, 2001
[The following is the state-of-the-nation address delivered by President Megawati Soekarnoputri before the House of Representatives on August…
August 17, 2001
Sydney Morning Herald - August 17, 2001
Lely Djuhari, Jakarta – President Megawati Sukarnoputri, a staunch nationalist, said yesterday she respected East Timor's right to secede from…
Straits Times - August 17, 2001
Jakarta – With an unstable security situation and well-entrenched separatist movements, Indonesia has become fertile soil for international…
August 16, 2001
Sydney Morning Herald - August 16, 2001
Lindsay Murdoch, Jakarta – President Megawati Sukarnoputri has disappointed observers in Jakarta by appointing as Attorney-General a low-key…
Straits Times - August 16, 2001
Marianne Kearney – Anti-corruption campaigners and human-rights lawyers yesterday criticised President Megawati Sukarnoputri's choice of Attorney-…
Jakarta Post - August 16, 2001
Jakarta – House of Representatives (DPR) speaker Akbar Tandjung hailed on Wednesday the decision by President Megawati Soekarnoputri to appoint M.…
Jakarta Post - August 16, 2001
Jakarta – The owner of a car repair shop who is facing a possible death sentence for the bombing of the Jakarta Stock Exchange building told the…
August 15, 2001
Green Left Weekly - August 15, 2001
Max Lane – Militant trade union leader and former political prisoner Dita Sari has been awarded the Raymond Magsaysay Award,…
Green Left Weekly - August 15, 2001
Max Lane – Military generals and figures linked to the regime of former dictator Suharto have done well in the first cabinet of newly-elected…
Agence France Presse - August 15, 2001
Jakarta – Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri Wednesday swore in career prosecutor Muhammad Abdur Rahman as her new attorney general, a…
Straits Times - August 15, 2001
Robert Go, Jakarta – Indonesia will sell assets cheaply, if necessary, to meet state-budget targets and to conform to the prescriptions of the…
Straits Times - August 15, 2001
Medan – A court in the North Sumatran capital of Medan has jailed for 11 years a man found guilty of making and posting 14 bombs to churches and…
Jakarta Post - August 15, 2001
Jakarta – Responding to the increasing number of terrorist attacks in the country, Coordinating Minister for Political and Security Affairs Susilo…
Green Left Weekly - August 15, 2001
Max Lane – In moves which confirm activists' appraisals that her government represents a return to power of those allied with former…
Green Left Weekly - August 15, 2001
Pip Hinman – It doesn't come as much surprise that PM John Howard has been so quick to visit Jakarta. Barely a day after the new Indonesian…
Wall Street Journal - August 15, 2001
Michael Schuman – A deteriorating Indonesian economy could constrain new President Megawati Sukarnoputri's efforts to pursue much-needed reforms…
August 14, 2001
Agence France Presse - August 14, 2001
Jakarta – Hundreds of angry pedicab drivers set fire Tuesday to two Jakarta city council vehicles during an attempt to get them off…
Jakarta Post - August 14, 2001
Jakarta – Some 74 becak (pedicab) drivers, formed a union here on Monday to fight for the right to peddle the streets of Jakarta. The decision was…
Associated Press - August 14, 2001
Jakarta – Human rights groups accused the the Indonesian army of hampering the hunt for the fugitive son of former dictator Suharto, as police…
Sydney Morning Herald - August 14, 2001
Lindsay Murdoch, Jakarta – Australia has buried the hatchet with Indonesia's new government over East Timor, opening the way for renewed contact…
August 13, 2001
Reuters - August 13, 2001
Jakarta – Australia's prime minister on Sunday became the first foreign leader to visit new Indonesian President Megawati, vowing to be a good…
Straits Times - August 13, 2001
Robert Go, Jakarta – President Megawati Sukarnoputri's efforts to re-establish stability in the regions will involve a temporary pulling back of…
BBC Worldwide Monitoring - August 13, 2001
[Source: Media Indonesia, Jakarta, August 13]
Jakarta – The State Intelligence Agency (BIN) will become an umbrella…
Jakarta Post - August 13, 2001
Jakarta – Former president Abdurrahman Wahid, familiarly known as Gus Dur, warned the new government against the arbitrary arrest of prodemocracy…
Straits Times - August 13, 2001
Robert Go, Jakarta – Indonesia's big-bang decentralisation programme took effect eight months ago and gave wide-ranging powers over…
Straits Times - August 13, 2001
Devi Asmarani, Jakarta – The Indonesian police have come under fire for their half-hearted attempts at arresting the fugitive son of former…
August 12, 2001
San Francisco Chronicle - August 12, 2001
Lynn Fredriksson – Recent reporting in Indonesia has predictably focused on expectations about newly appointed President Megawati Sukarnoputri.…
Jakarta Post - August 12, 2001
Jakarta – An investigation into the July 26, 2001 murder of Justice Syafiuddin Kartasasmita has revealed that fugitive Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala…
August 11, 2001
Straits Times - August 11, 2001
Marianne Kearney, Jakarta – While Indonesia's new Cabinet has won praise for its high percentage of seasoned professionals, it will have to move…
Jakarta Post - August 11, 2001
Jakarta – Newly appointed Minister of Forestry M. Prakosa is facing calls to impose a log export moratorium to help save the country's forest…
Straits Times - August 11, 2001
Robert Go, Jakarta – Market players do not expect miracles, but they see the quick signing of Jakarta's next agreement with the International…
South China Morning Post - August 11, 2001
Associated Press in Jakarta – An angry mob beat and burnt a man to death after he allegedly tried to steal a chicken from a coop…
August 10, 2001
Asiaweek - August 10, 2001
Warren Caragata, Jakarta – On a day when most business executives in Jakarta were chasing rumors about the possible shape of President Megawati…
Straits Times - August 10, 2001
Susan Sim, Jakarta – President Megawati Sukarnoputri's failure yesterday to name a new attorney-general might be indicative of the difficulties…
Straits Times - August 10, 2001
Robert Go, Jakarta – By drafting respected technocrats and businessmen into her economic dream team, President Megawati Sukarnoputri made clear…
Sydney Morning Herald - August 10, 2001
Comment by Hamish McDonald – The new Megawati Cabinet will reassure foreign lenders and investors that the Government will continue with the…
South China Morning Post - August 10, 2001
Vaudine England, Jakarta – President Megawati Sukarnoputri finally announced her cabinet yesterday and immediately won praise for achieving a…
Agence France Presse - August 10, 2001
Jakarta – Tommy Suharto, the fugitive son of Indonesia's former dictator, has offered to surrender to face questioning over the murder of a senior…
August 9, 2001
Jakarta Post - August 9, 2001
Jakarta – President Megawati Soekarnoputri has ordered the police to immediately arrest the fugitive son of former president Soeharto, Hutomo "…
Agence France Presse - August 9, 2001
Jakarta – Hundreds of residents of Kendari, the provincial capital of Indonesia's Sulawesi province, smashed windows of Chinese-owned shops in…
Jakarta Post - August 9, 2001
Jakarta – The chief of the justices team preparing the establishment of an ad hoc human rights tribunal, Benjamin Mangkoedilaga, expects that they…
Sydney Morning Herald - August 9, 2001
Almost three weeks after taking office, President Megawati Sukarnoputri announced her new cabinet today.
She said the 31-member body will…
Reuters - August 9, 2001
Tomi Soetjipto, Jakarta – Indonesia's new president announced her long-awaited cabinet on Thursday, winning immediate praise for her choice of a…
Straits Times - August 9, 2001
Yeoh En-lai – Indonesia's military will continue to play a strong role as the present crop of politicians is far from securing the future of the…
South China Morning Post - April 9, 2001
Reuters in Jakarta – Indonesia's Megawati Sukarnoputri has set three conditions for running to replace embattled President Abdurrahman Wahid,…