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September 29, 1998

Associated Press - September 29, 1998

Jakarta – Police clashed with troops after an exchange of insults on the island of Borneo Tuesday, leaving four people dead and 12…

Agence France Presse - September 29, 1998 (abridged)

Beijing – Vice Premier Qian Qichen on Tuesday repeated China's calls to Indonesia to take action over the violence directed against ethnic Chinese…

Reuters - September 29, 1998

Jakarta – Indonesia's first real attempt at a bankrupcty case in 95 years came unstuck on Tuesday and analysts warned it would make investors even…

Agence France Presse - September 29, 1998

Jakarta – Indonesia Tuesday announced a bank recapitalisation program to restore the ailing banking sector back to health.

"The aim of the…

Associated Press - September 29, 1998

Jakarta – The Indonesian government Tuesday abandoned a proposed law to control protests and demonstrations that critics had said…

Agence France Presse - September 29, 1998

Jakarta – Some 100 Indonesian workers Tuesday held a rally to mark the launch of their Digging and Construction Labor Union (…

Agence France Presse - September 29, 1998

Jakarta – Separate groups of farmers and workers demonstrated in the western Indonesian city of Medan on Tuesday over land…

Associated Press - September 29, 1998

Jakarta – Thousands of soldiers and police remained on alert in the capital and other cities Tuesday as Indonesia prepared to mark the anniversary…

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…

Agence France Presse - September 28, 1998 (abridged)

Jakarta – A prominent critic of former leader Suharto Monday urged the government of President B.J. Habibie to call on friendly foreign states to…

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…

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…

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,…

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

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…

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…

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.

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…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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

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

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…

September 22, 1998

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'…

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…

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 – 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…

September 19, 1998

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…

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…

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

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…

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

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

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

September 16, 1998

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…

Washington Post - September 16, 1998

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

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…

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…

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…