Manado, North Sulawesi – Environmentalists said here over the weekend that the submarine tailing disposal (STD) used as a waste disposal system by gold mining firm PT Newmont Raya Minahasa (NRM) was unsafe for the environment as it had affected the sea habitat and human beings.

Djoko Tjiptono/HD, Jakarta – Around on thousand of Indonesia workers from greater Jakarta marched to flood at the Monas National Monument square in a rally to commemorate International Workers Day on Tuesday.

Marianne Kearney, Jakarta – As Vice-President Megawati Sukarnoputri's legislators lobbed their strongest shot yet against President Abdurrahman Wahid, acting as shock troops in the attack on him, party members alike claim the attack was an attempt to persuade him that the game was up and resignation was his only sensible choice.

Seth Mydans, Jakarta – April 30 – Legislators today overwhelmingly censured President Abdurrahman Wahid for corruption and incompetence, setting the stage for possible impeachment of the nation's first democratically elected leader in four decades.

Lukmanul Hakim/Hendra & HY Detik, Jakarta – The shooting of Tempo weekly magazine journalist, Rudi P. Singgih has been condemned by the Indonesian Legal Aid and Human Rights Association (PBHI).

Marianne Kearney, Jakarta – Several Muslim groups, such as the militant Laskar Jihad and the extremist Muslim Brotherhood, have threatened to take to the streets on Monday and have a face-off with President Abdurrahman Wahid's suicide squads, providing just the catalyst for an explosive confrontation among the masses.

Lindsay Murdoch, Jakarta – As Abdurrahman Wahid prepares to face a second parliamentary censure of his presidency on Monday, concern is growing in Jakarta that Indonesia's economic recovery is in peril.

Achmad Sukarsono, Jakarta – Embattled President Abdurrahman Wahid, staring down the barrel of impeachment, has asked Indonesia for forgiveness but said no leader could pull the nation out of its current economic mess.

Bagus Kurniawan/Hendra & HY, Jakarta – Around 60 students under the Student and Youth Alliances of Yogyakarta (APMY) staged a demonstration at the Gadjah Mada University (UGM) Roundabout. They demanded the disbandment of Golkar party and the revocation of the dual function of the Indonesian Military.

Marianne Kearney, Jakarta – Mr Abdurrahman Wahid's supporters have one vital weapon up their sleeves – a semi-mystical resistance to bullets, machetes and swords - which is provoking equal measures of fear and scepticism across Indonesia.

Robert Go, Jakarta – An IMF review team slipped out of Jakarta late Tuesday night without resolving its stalled US$5-billion bailout programme here, signalling the agency's lack of confidence in the government and leaving the economy in a path towards a meltdown.

Robert Go, Jakarta – The Indonesian government appears keen to show that there is little "legal certainty" for foreign investors in the country, even after warnings from international donors that further loans would be tied to, among other things, reform measures for the judiciary.

Sadanand Dhume, Yogyakarta, Bandung and Jakarta – At first glance, there's nothing extraordinary about the small religious school outside Yogyakarta in central Java. Its mosque is a modest affair. The scrawny chickens strutting about in the dirt could belong in any Asian village. And the lush green vegetation all around is common on this fertile island.

By Susan Sim, Jakarta – Vice-President Megawati Sukarnoputri is not fully convinced that Parliament has sound constitutional reasons to impeach President Abdurrahman Wahid on the basis of the second censure that it is set to slap on him next Monday.

Devi Asmarani, Jakarta – Jaded residents here are going about their business as usual despite the looming threat of unrest as politicians and their supporters head for a showdown next Monday.

Derwin Pereira, Jakarta – Indonesia is in a mess. The rupiah is sliding, the economy is in a rut and more violence is forecast. For the ordinary man, life could never have been more miserable. Why? It's because of the politicians!

Jakarta – A flag of the separatist South Maluku Republic (RMS) was Wednesday briefly flown in Ambon the capital of Indonesia's Maluku province before police took it down, a participant and a report said.

Vaudine England, Jogyakarta – Hundreds of people are signing up for membership of a new anti-communist front at the head office of the Golkar political party, organisers claim.

Jakarta – Indonesia received a symbolic boost of confidence from donor countries yesterday, but was told in clear terms that further funds will be tied to definitive progress on several key reform issues.

Jakarta – Up to US$300 million of mining investments in Indonesia are caught in legal limbo because of a new ban on mining in protected forests, said the Indonesian Mining Association (IMA).

Some 120 mining firms own exploration permits in forests which are now protected, and they may have to abandon their investments in these areas, said IMA official Paul Coutrier.

Marianne Kearney, Pangkalanbun – Indonesia's new Forestry Minister, Mr Marzuki Usman, said after touring forests in Kalimantan that he was shocked by the breakneck speed at which the country's parks were being destroyed.

Shinta M Sinaga/Fitri & HY, Jakarta – Around six thousands workers are set to march along the streets of Jakarta to celebrate May Day – International Labour Day - on May 1st, 2001. On that day, all employers are urged to give their workers the day off.

Kornelius Purba, Jakarta – According to the official data, Vice President Megawati Soekarnoputri is 17 times wealthier than President Abdurrahman Wahid, whose personal assets are valued at Rp 3.5 billion.

Jakarta – Experts see the announcement of public servants' wealth as a good start in fighting corruption, but say it will take time before any effect is seen.

Indonesian Legal Aid and Human Rights Association chairman Hendardi said on Saturday that announcing official's wealth would be useless unless it was followed by investigation.

Jakarta – The chairman of the former ruling Golkar Party, Akbar Tandjung, said on Sunday that Indonesia would get a lot better when the party wins the general election in 2004 and takes control in the country again.

Jakarta – Over the next two weeks, the Indonesian government will send 200 judges to riot-torn areas such as Aceh, Maluku and Irian Jaya to restore their battered systems of justice.

Daniel Cooney, Nyaru Menteng – Seven-month-old Nabima often has nightmares. She wakes in the night screaming and crying, says Lone Droscher-Nielsen, who is looking after the little orangutan on Borneo Island.

Jakarta – The Pro-democratic Activists Network (PRODEM) and the Action Study Circle for Indonesian Democracy (LS-ADI) carried out a protest at Jakarta Stock Exchange (BEJ) building today, April 23. They demanded that the IMF, which resides in the JSX building, immediately cancel Indonesian foreign debt that accrued during the era of the New Order government.

Jakarta – Indonesia on Monday outlined five key steps to keep its budget deficit at the forecast 3.7 percent of gross domestic product in 2001 amid fears of an uncontrollable blowout.

Jakarta – About 40,000 refugees of the strife-torn North Maluku have returned to their homes in the regencies of Halmahera, Morotai, Bacan and other islands after living for nearly two years in refugee camps.

North Maluku Governor Muhyi Effendie said on Thursday that the refugees – both Muslims and Christians – decided to go home on their own initiative, Antara reported.

Jakarta – President Abdurrahman Wahid warned on Thursday of a "nationwide rebellion" against the House of Representatives (DPR) if its attempts to oust him continue.

Speaking at a seminar on the country's future, Abdurrahman added that the DPR's attempt to impeach him was "legally impossible".

Jakarta – A group of influential Muslim clerics and organizations in East Java launched on Thursday the Ukhuwah Islamiyah Forum (FUI) which aims to promote peace and national unity and pledges to prevent President Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid's fanatical followers from thronging the capital.

Robert Go, Jakarta – Chief security minister Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono yesterday advised foreign businesses to start dealing directly with local administrations, in the clearest admission yet that Jakarta's economic sphere of influence would decline as decentralisation kicks in.

Robert Go, Jakarta – Indonesia and the International Monetary Fund broke an impasse over the country's swelling budget deficit problem yesterday, but the obvious solution proposed by the international lender and other aid agencies – lifting generous fuel subsidies – could amount to political suicide for President Abdurrahman Wahid's government.

Marianne Kearney, Surabaya – Vice-President Megawati Sukarnoputri's PDI-P party is launching its own counter-offensive to staunch mass violence on the streets, and cleverly projecting the party as the one struggling to hold Indonesia together as President Abdurrahman Wahid again threatened "nationwide rebellion" if the parliament proceeds with impeachment attempts.

Jakarta – Indonesia's disgraced former military chief General Wiranto Friday accused the country's political leadership of driving the nation to the edge of an abyss and mobilizing personal militias.

Robert Go, Jakarta – The detention order issued against tycoon Sjamsul Nursalim of the Gadjah Tunggal Group over longstanding money-swindling charges has raised concerns in the business community that the move is yet another attempt by the administration to prevent their defection to the political opposition.

Marianne Kearney, Banyuwangi – Leaders of Indonesia's largest Muslim group are distancing themselves from a suicide squad heading for Jakarta – but it has become apparent that their own militia outfit has been training the 50,000-strong outfit.

Jakarta – Formal support for Megawati Soekarnoputri to replace President Abdurrahman Wahid grew on Wednesday as two house factions stated their political backing for a change of leadership.

Support came from the National Mandate Party (PAN) and the United Development Party (PPP) who separately expressed their desire to see the Vice President succeed Abdurrahman.

Jakarta – Indonesian Vice-President Megawati Sukarnoputri and her husband have a net worth of around US$6 million, the country's Examination Commission for Government Officials' Wealth (KPKPN) said yesterday.

This is almost 20 times more than the net worth of President Abdurrahman Wahid, based on his submission to the commission.

Palu, Central Sulawesi – The coordinator for the Poso refugees, Yus Mangun, said on Wednesday 3,000 packages of food aid from the Kuwaiti government had gone to waste.

Yus, who is an official in the local administration, said the packages passed their expiration date before they could be distributed.

Farida Husna, Jakarta – The International Monetary Fund told the Indonesian parliament Wednesday that a new letter of intent will only be signed after the current state budget is revised, legislator Kwik Kian Gie said.

Derwin Pereira, Jakarta – The scene spoke for itself. In February, Indonesian generals lined up behind legislators to charge President Abdurrahman Wahid with involvement in two damning financial scandals.

Geraldine Goh, Jakarta – A boycott on the payment of city taxes has been called by a local group fighting for the rights of the urban poor.

The Coalition for Financial Transparency (CFT) also mobilised about 3,000 people, including 1,000 trishaw operators, who took to the streets on Sunday to protest against corruption.

Tomi Soetjipto, Jakarta – Tens of thousands of Indonesian suicide warriors have flooded Jakarta ready to defend embattled President Abdurrahman Wahid, the commander of the squads said on Tuesday.

Nuril Arifin also claimed a similar number of other Wahid supporters had also come to the capital ahead of a showdown between Wahid and an angry parliament on April 30.

Jakarta – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has asked the government to shelve several large projects this year in a bid to rescue the troubled state budget, according to a source.

Jakarta – President Abdurrahman Wahid has endorsed the 11 names recommended by the House of Representatives Commission II for home and legal affairs as members of the General Election Committee (KPU), an official said on Monday.

Jakarta – The Army's Special Force (Kopassus) officially announced on Monday the reorganization of its structure from five operational groups to three, with two supporting units. Kopassus chief Maj. Gen. Amirul Isnaeni, however, said the new structure would be under trial for one year before being reviewed for further implementation.

Jakarta – Indonesian officials fear the government might not meet its 6.5 trillion rupiah privatisation target this year amid weak markets.

Jakarta – The World Bank canceled the second US$300 million tranche of its $600 million social safety net adjustment loan on request from the Indonesian government, a Cabinet minister revealed Monday.