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BBC: Security tight on Xmas eve

 CNN 2001: Megawati comes to power

 BBC: Roots of Sulawesi conflict

 MSNBC: Police gear up for Christmas Eve patrol

MSNBC: US military aid to Indonesia criticized

BBC: Afghan fighters seen in Sulawesi 

MSNBC: Muslim Christian peace talks

 BBC: Sulawesi peace plan agreed upon

BBC: Suharto in hospital

 MSNBC: Suharto stabilizes

CNN: Suharto's illness

MSNBC: Indonesia's mixed signals on terror

MSNBC: Suharto ill

MSNBC: Indonesia vows war on terrorism

MSNBC: Al-Qaida links cited in Indonesia

 MSNBC: Mixed signals on terror

BBC: 200 million for new roads

BBC: Indonesia confirms Al-Qaeda presence

MSNBC: Foreign terrorists involved in Sulawesi

BBC: Moluccas tense after riots

FEER: Suharto's Golkar Party

 MSNBC: Troops stop killings in Poso

BBC: Sulawesi braced for more violence

 BBC: Indonesia gets $400M ADB loan

 BBC: More bloodshed feared in Sulawesi

 CNN: Fears of religious violence

MSNBC: Sectarian clashes flare

 CNN:: Indonesian Christians under attack

MSNBC: New police chief appointed

TIME shuts down Asiaweek

CNN: Suharto fugitive son arrested

 LAT: 2 Indonesians key link to terrorists

BBC: Tommy Suharto arrested

MSNBC: Police arrest Suharto son

MSNBC: Revival of Islamic extremism worries US

 CNN: FBI saya Indonesian linked to attack

Travel Asia: When wealthy Indonesians go shopping, the region smiles

Business Week: Indonesian lessons for
rebuilding Afghanistan

NYT: Afghans - Castaways in Indonesia

CNN: Boat people focus of Australia visit

Business Week: Indonesian lessons for rebuilding Afghanistan

 WP: Indonesia denies terror camp reports

BBC: $3Billion aid pledge

 BBC: Indonesia find no Al-Qaeda network

FEER: Cement - High noon in Padang

BBC: Indonesia wins $3Billion lifeline

BBC: Chinese PM builds ties with Indonesia

 BBC: Blast at Australian international school

 AsiaWeek: Largest companies 2001

 BBC: World Bank sets deadline

BBC: Worls Bank warns Jakarta on sell-off

  BBC: Reform hit by cement row

CNN: Megawati urges end to US strikes

  CNN: ASEAN splintered over Afghanistan

 MSNBC: Megawati grim on economy

 BBC: Megawati warns of debt crisis

BBC: Ex Military Chief Wiranto quizzed

CNN: Indonesia to freeze terror group assets

BBC: Megawati's husband heart scare

 MSNBC: Taufik Kiemas had heart attack

AP: Megawati - Indonesia may explode

CNN: Akbar Tanjung questioned over Bulog scandal

BBC: Megawati warns for Balkanisation

BBC: Megawati backs corruption probe

BBC: Muslim anger

MSNBC: Megawati warns of IOndonesia break-up

 FEER: Megawati - Nothing changes

 BBC: Refugees hijack Indonesian boat

BBC: Irian Jaya to get more autonomy

 MSNBC: Regional meet on boat people crisis

APEC unites against terrorism

 MSNBC: Autonomy bill for Irian Jaya

 FEER: SE Asia - All talk, no action

  BBC: VP Hamzah calls for end of protests

BBC: Pictures - Muslim anger in Indonesia

 CNN: Australia warning over terrorism stance

WP: Radical Muslims attack US ties

 

Kompas: Wapres-Jangan adudomba saya dengan Presiden

Kompas: Bule takut, bisnis bankrut

CNN: Protests fail to draw crowds

  MSNBC: VP urges end to Afghanistan attack

SMH: Protests in Indonesia grow

TIME: Bin Laden set up shop in S E Asia

WP: Attacks alter S E Asia politics

WP: Bin Laden said active in S E Asia

BBC: Hamzah Haz calls for halt of Afghanistan strikes

BBC: S E Asia rejects US terror suspicions

BBC: Muslim anger in pictures

 MSNBC: Megawati-Terrorism must be eradicated

 BBC: Hardliners to sweep for foreigners

WP: Radical groups assail ties with US

BBC: Anti US protests turn violent

WP: Anti US demonstrations sweep Indonesia

 Japan Times: Indonesia's vital role

  BBC: Tear gas fired in anti US protests

BBC: Megawati condemns anti-US sweep

 BBC: Anti-US anger in Indonesia

NYT: Radicals issue threat of Holy War

 BBC: Tommy Suharto conviction overturned

 BBC: Anti US rally raises tension

BBC: Bin Laden - The Asia connection

MSNBC: Support for US faces escalating opposition

 MSNBC: Bush effigy burned in protests

CNN: Clerics warn of Jihad

BBC: Clerics threaten Jihad

NYT: Militant Islams unsettle region

SMH: Fugitive son of Suharto to surrender

JP: Committed to global war on terrorism

 MSNBC: Reactions muted among Muslims in Indonesia

TIME: Pity poor Megawati

 CNN: US promises trade boost

BBC: Megawati warns Bush against reprisals

  MSNBC: Bush lobbies leaders

BBC: Jakarta to act on illegal immigrants

BBC: Megawati meets Bush

 BBC: Megawati visit to US

 BBC: Islamic groups warn of violence

NYT: Meeting to focus on militancy

 WP: Indonesian President decries attack

SMH: Bin Laden linked to Indonesia militants

 CNN: US talks a test for Megawati

BBC: Islam faith under fire

 LAT: Bin laden foothold in Indonesia poses threat

 BBC: Megawati flies to meet Bush

 Bush seeks Muslim support

The Age: US Warns of terror threat

Bin Laden likely to strike soon in Asia

CNN: Fears for mounting militant Islamic network

  LAT: Indonesia and US to test diplomatic waters

 BBC: IMF starts Indonesia loans

 BBC: Megawati's US Visit gets go ahead

Detik: SEAG XXI Indonesian Team

 EIR: British Attempt to break-up Indonesia

JP: VP Hamzah-No Islamic State for Indonesia

JP: World leaders, businessmen expect to meet Megawati during US visit

BBC: Megawati apologises to Aceh

BBC: Hike in fuel prices

 CNN: Megawati begins Aceh peace mission

 CNN: Megawati gets tough on debts woes

 BBC: APEC to build recession defences

CNN: Indonesia promises asylum clampdown

SMH: Tampa incident-Hard to deal with Jakarta

 JP: Agreement with Singapore on intelligence cooperation

CNN: Megawati to visit Aceh

SMH: The Tampa incident

 FEER: Indonesia economic outlook

 BBC: Gen Agus Wirahadikusumah dies

MSNBC: Megawati heading home

CNN: Indonesia and IMF sign new agreement

BBC: New deal with IMF

 MSNBC: New IMF deal signed

 MSNBC: Megawati in Malaysia

 CNN: Indonesia signs deal with IMF

 BBC: Megawati in Singapore

 MSNBC: Indonesia signs agreement with IMF

MSNBC: Heading for Brunwi after Thailand visit

 MSNBC: Megawati arrives in Singapore

 MSNBC: Government team tours Aceh

 BBC: Megawati visits Burma

FEER: Effective, disciplined military needed

 FEER: Interview Laksamana Sukardi

CNN: Megawati in Vietnam

 FEER: Rebound of morobund economy underway?

BBC: Top level mission to Aceh

 NYT: Jakarta rulers in need of ghostly guidance

CNN: Megawati begins S E Asian tour

BBC: Megawati on ASEAN Tour

BBC: Aceh violence

 MSNBC: Megawati launches Asian tour

 CNN: Independence Day amid regional unrest

 CNN: Independence Day, a familiar affair

WP Editorial: A fresh start in Jakarta

 MSNBC: Independence Day

WP: Cabinet - Specialists over politicians

BBC: Megawati says :No" to kickbacks

BBC: Megawatis says sorry for rights abuses

BBC: What now for Megawati?

CNN: Key points of Megawati's speech

CNN: Megawati Bush meeting Sept 19

MSNBC: Megawati calls for military reform, end of corruption

CNN: Megawati apologises hor human rights abuses

FEER: Tommy Suharto - Hunt gets serious

MSNBC: Megawati outlines vision

FEER: A parade of surprises

FEER: Economy - what needs to be done

BBC: Megawati meets Aceh leaders

BBC: Megawati appoints new Attorney General

BBC: Stepping up hunt for Tommu Suharto

 MSNBC: Megawati to visit Aceh

CNN: Tougher stance towards regional autonomy

CNN: Mega gets help from friends

MSNBC: Malaysia to investigate bomb links

CNN: Indonesia seeks to mend ties with IMF

BBC: IMF talks expected soon

 BW: Changing Bank Agency boss

CNN: Megawati names bank reform chief

BBC: Australia-Indonesia forge stronger ties

MSNBC: President focuses on rebellions

 MSNBC: Megawati tio confront economic crisis

Frontline: A daughter rises in the east

The Age: Downer buties hatchet over E. Timor

Financial Times: Cabinet of professionals

CNN: Howard flies in for Megawati meeting

ABC (AU): PM John Howard impressed with willingness to improve differences

Straits Times: Military will play stonrg role for 15 yrs

BBC: Australian PM praises Megawati

BBC: Indonesia's new cabinet

 MSNBC: Autsralia to be Indonesia's mate

 BBC: Megawati to make US visit

CNN: Warnings issues as Megawati agrees to US visit

CNN Special: Indonesia's new leaders

MSNBC: US threw weight behind new President

MSNBC: Extremists may attack US interests

MSNBC: Megawati to US for Bush talks

ABC (AU) Positive reaction to cabinet

 ABC (AU): A new chapter in relations

TheAge: Dream cabinet revealed

ABC (AU) PM - Time for realism in dealing with Jakarta

ABC (AU) : Australian PM - Need to look to the Future

WP: Specialists over Politicians selected

NYT: Aiming for stability

SMH: Cabinet passes crucial test

LAT: Cabinet dominated by technocrats

BBC Analysis: Megawati's juggling act

SMH: Tommy Suharto offers to surrender

BBC: Suharto's son offers to surrender

BBC: A look at key ministers

MSNBC: Cabinet installed, huge tasks ahead

MSNBC: Tommy denies terrorism

MSNBC: New cabinet wins praise

MSNBC: Megawati installs cabinet and calls for national unity

 CNN: Toimmy Suharto ready to surrender

 CNN: Megawati swears in cabinet

 JP: Indonesian Cabinet 2001-2004

JP: Megawati names cabinet

 JP: Rupiah gains strength as market cheers new cabinet

 MSNBC: Megawait wat wins praise for coalition cabinet

  FEER: Pumping has begun again in Aceh

 WP: Megawati unveils cabinet

BBC: Megawati seeks to reassure markets

MSNBC: Technocrats fill key economic posts

 CNN: Improving ties with the IMF

 CNN: Australia to renew ties

CNN: Megawati tells relatives to avoid graft

 CNN: Worldbank looks to restart loans

CNN: Megawati set to name cabinet

 CNN: Megawati unveils cabinet

SMH: Australia to study debt in search of way-out

CNN: Shadows over Indonesia

CNN: Peaceful transfer boosts military

BBC: Suharto's playboy son

TIME: Challenge - The rule of law

BBC: Suharto son wanted

 BBC: Suharto's son linked to killing

 MSNBC: Megawati orders arrest of Suharto's son

Asiaweek: Balancing Act for Megawati

BBC: Caltex faces threat

 MSNBC: Megawati reportedly has chosen cabinet

MSNBC: Tommy Suharto - From golden boy to fugitive 

 CNN: Megawati moves into palace

 MSNBC: Police link Tommy Suharto to bombings and murder

 MSNBC: Megawati takes office in palace

 BBC: Megawati enters palace

NYT: landslides and floods take toll

NYT: Ousted Leader returning home

 WP: Cabinet naming delayed

 WP: Wahid will focus of democracy preservation

WP: Indonesians weary of political turmoil

WP: Indonesia's Drama

BBC: Megawati delays cabinet decision

CNN: Megawati won't rush cabinet

MSNBC: Wahid plans human rights foundation

FEER: Prospect for reform

MSNBC: Cabinet delays leave markets guessing

MSNBC: President delays announcement new cabinet

BBC: Blasts hit Jakarta shopping mall

MSNBC: Possible cabinet choices

 MSNBC: Bomb hit Jakarta (Senen) Mall

The Age: Singapore alarm on democracy

ABC (AU) Cabinet announced Friday (8/3)

Guardian: Our bloody coup in Indonesia

ABC (AU): Second in charge

ABC (AU) Australian PM to meet new leader

 CNN: Asia's Power women

BBC: Anger at Golkar ruling

Businessweek: Megawati's short honeymoon

BBC: Profile Amien Rais

TIME: Exxon prepares return to Aceh

TIME: Pramoedya - I just don't believe in her

TIME exclusive: Interview with Megawati

TIME: Wahid- The torch passes

MSNBC: Supreme Court rejects demand to dissolve Golkar

CNN: US Australia will push for closer military ties

 CNN: Indonesia-US military relations

 MSNBC: US would like to resume military ties

 Newsweek: Indonesia rings in the old

 CNN: New Leader faces first test

  NYT: Official History describes US Indonesia policy in the 1960's

TIME: Megawati, the Princess who settled for Presidency

CNN: US recalls book on purge in Indonesia

 President Bush statement on Indonesia

NYT: Indonesia may crumble without falling apart

NYT: Indonesia military must redefine itself

BBC: US blocks Indonesia history revelations

BBC: Mass killing probe

INDONESIA PAPERS 1964-1968

 MSNBC: Recalled book details US role 1965

Sukarno-US Dec 64 - Sept 65

US and Suharto 66-68

Coup & Counter Reaction Oct 65 - March 66

Malaysia Confrontation Jan-Nov 1964

NSA: CIA stalling State Dept Histories

WP: US Government recalls Indonesia book

WP Editorial: Indonesia's Transition

WP: Papers show 1965 CIA role

NYT: Wahid heads to US with parting shots

NYT: Partisan battle over VP job

LAT: Judge killing threatens stability

 

WP: Bush calls Indonesia President

WP: Indonesians look to Megawati

WP: Predecessor Problems face new leaders

WP: Photogallery Transfer of Power

TIME: High Hopes, Low expectations

ASIAweek: Autonomy's losers

ASIAweek: Megawati Sukarnoputri

BBC Analysis: Emerging Power structure

BBC: Megawati woos Australia

BBC in pictures: Farewell to Gus Dur

CNN: Indonesia's new leaders

 MSNBC: Bush congratulates transition

 MSNBC: Better economic management expected

BBC: Political race

BBC: Rebuilding Indonesia's economy

 IMF: Anatomy of a Banking Crisis 97-99

NYT: A new president as wel as an old one

 

BBC: Profile Hamzah Haz

BBC: Tommy Suharto judge shot dead

BBC: Deposed Wahid leaves palace

MSNBC: Gunmen kill Indonesian judge

MSNBC: New VP

MSNBC: New VP, friend or foe?

MSNBC: Wahid vacates palace

TIME: Megawati. the new President

TIME: A history of internal strife

TIME: Time for leadership

TIME: Indonesia's tumultous leadership

CNN: Tommy Suharto judge shot dead

CNN: Wahid leaves for US

CNN: Indonesia's new leading duo

FEER: Economic Recovery starts here

FEER: Regional Autonomy rules

 FEER: The Puppet President

 FEER: Wahid, a bewildering President

Malaysia will continue close ties

 CSM: Indonesia as a model

BBC: The army as kingmaker

Straits Times: Tough road ahead

Fear military ties could undermine democracy

LA Times: Megawati's moment

ABC: Squabbles over the spoils of power

NYT: Uncertainty amid hopes for stability

The Age: Democracy at the crossroads

 Guardian: Great expectations

The Age: Bush praises old & new regimes

The Age: The man behind the woman on top

 The Age: Wahid accepts fate

ABC(AU)- The challenges of office

 The Age: Howard hopes for early talks with Megawati

 ABC(AU): Wahid predicts return to authoritarian rule

LAT: Megawati relies on low-key style

NYT: How will Megawati govern

 SMH: Howard - Correct and democratic

 SMH: Soeharto's party seeks VP post

 SMH: Mrs Wahid persuaded husband to go

SMH: Power behind presidential throne

 BBC: Vice Presidential vote

BBC: Gallery of political upheaval 

CNN: Wahid to leave palace

Vice-Presidential candidates

BBC: Indonesia neighbours relieved

CNN: Megawati, Indonesia's new leader

MSNBC: Vice presidential candidates

MSNBC: Wahid wishes Megawati well

MSNBC: Interview with Wahid

MSNBC: Wahid to US for medical check-up

TIME: Survival of the fiercest

 Newsweek: After the ouster

 TIME: Indonesia's tumultuous leaders

 TIME: Survival of the fiercest

LAT:Indonesia fires Wahid, seats rival

 TIME: Wahid out, Megawati in

SMH: Wahid camp plans grassroot attacks

SMH: The day Wahid declared emergency

SMH: Megawati silent no longer

SMH: Wahid's fall

NYT: Will US resume aid?

SMH: Megawati takes control

NYT: A New President

NYT: Daughter of destiny

CNN: Rupiah breaks 10,000

CNN: Business ready for change

  CNN Feature: Indonesia's new leader

 CNN: World welcomes Megawati

CNN: regional concerns

 CNN: Business up

BBC: Indonesian markets rise

CNN: Megawati asserts her power

BBC: What next for Indonesia

BBC: Megawatis acceptance speech

BBC: Region feels Indonesia's pain

BBC: Megawati's challenges

BBC: World reaches out to Megawati

BBC: Upheaval in pictures

WP: Indonesia turns into an enigma

BBC: Press review: Indonesia under Megawati

MSNBC: Aide says Wahid thinks he is still prersident

BBC: Megawati gets down to business

MSNBC: Downer-Megawati deserves support

MSNBC: Wahid still in palace

 MSNBC: Megawati takes power

MSNBC: Bush lauds Indonesia

MSNBC: Australia congratulates Megawati

BBC: Megawati appeals for national unity

 MSNBC: World leaders endorse new President

ABC (AU) D-Day for President Wahid

 MSNBC: VP takes over power

ABC(AU) - A Megawati Presidency?

 ABC (AU): Indonesia's new president

 BBC: ASEAN ministers cautious on Indonesia

BBC: Megawati sworn in

BBC: What next for Indonesia?

 CNN Analysis: Megawati, the right choice?

 CNN: Emerges from Sukarno's shadow

CNN: Megawati calls for unity

MSNBC: Jakarts streets quiet

MSNBC: Main points of Megawati's speech

MSNBC: New cabinet soon

MSNBC: Megawati popular, but can she rule?

MSNBC: "Shocvked" Wahid accepts inevitable

MSNBC: Jakarta shake-up

MSNBC: Megawati sworn in

SMH: Megawati elected President

 WP: Indonesian leader ousted

SMH: The prelude to power 

CNN: Megawati takes presidency

NYT: Assembly impeaches Wahid

CNN: Business ready for change

MSNBC: Wahid impeached

BBC: Indonesian President sacked

 CNN: ASEAN concern over turmoil

 MSNBC: Wahid impeached, Mega elected

MSNBC: tanks on the move in Jakarta

 CNN: Leadership crisis

MSNBC: Indonesia beging impeachment bid

MSNBC: Powell-US concerned about Indonesia

SMH: Supreme Court-Wahid can't freeze parliament

NYT: Wahid dissolves legislature

SMH: Megawati regards decree illegal

 SMH: Dreams of democracy fade

SMH: Tension rises as Wahid digs in

SMH: Wahid's last stand

BBC: Parliament and Army defy Wahid

SMH: Military delays announcement on Wahid

 CNN: Timeline to Indonesia crisis

 CNN: Key players in crisis

CNN: Defiance greets emergency decree

CNN: Wahid triggers power showdown

MSNBC: Ministers quit after emergency order

MSNBC: Security minister rejects emergency

MSNBC: Assembly defies Wahid

MSNBC: Key facts about Indonesia

MSNBC: Wahid in crisis

MSNBC: Quit lady follows father's footsteps

MSNBC: Wahid dissolves Assembly

MSNBC: Megawati popular but abilitry to rule questioned

 WF: Defiant leader refuses to resign

 MSNBC: Wahid meets military chief

 NYT: Indonesia Moving to push leader out

MSNBC: Wahid to make announcement

MSNBC: Defiant Wahid defends rule

 WP: Appointment of Vicve President predicted

MSNBC: Tanks roll past presidential palace

 NYT: Lawmakers back Megawati bid

CNN: Two blasts hit Jakarta

BBC: Testing Indonesia's democracy

NYT At least 43 hurt in bomb blast

CNN: Impeachment proceedings begin

BBC: Explosions shake capital

CNN: Bomb blasts hurt 19 churchgoers

 MSNBC: Wahid boycotts impeachment

 MSNBC: Bomb blasts hit Jakarta

 Trans-Asean gas Pipeline-A Pipe dream?

 MSNBC: Deadly Jakarta church bombings

AP: Wahid impeachment proceedings open

LAT: Hearings begin in Wahid ouster

SMH: Showdown on impeachment

WP: Session on removing Wahid opened

BBC: Parliament moves to topple Wahid

 NYT: Wahid dodges and weaves in face of ouster

MSNBC: Wahid, Indonesia autocratic democrat

CNN: Wahid impeachment proceedings begin

 MSNBC: Wahid impeachment begins

 MSNBC: Rais urges Wahid to resign

MSNBC: Impeachment hearing Saturday

CNN: Stage set for impeachment

BBC: Profile Amien Rais

BBC: Parliament moves against Wahid

Press bias against Wahid

BBC: Inflation edges up 

 Reuters: Wahid - If I go, Megawati must go

 The Age: Corruption claim hits Wahid's foe

CNN Analysis : Wahid fights his corner

SMH: Wahid losing battle against King Rat

The Age: Megawati snubs deal to take control

 BBC: The final act?

BBC: Wahid appoints new police chief

 CNN: Wahid delays emergency threat

MSNBC: Rais, unlikely king maker

MSNBC: Key political events

MSNBC: Wahid delays emergency declaration

MSNBC: Assembly to hold emergency sessson

Asia Week: Mega's husband - capitalist?

  MSNBC: Miltary- Solve problems constitutionally

CNN: Showdown looms

Asia Week: Mega - Tougher than she looks

SMH: Megawati baulks at deal to save Wahid

TIME: Calm before the storm?

BBC: Wahid - The final act?

CNN: Aceh granted autonomy

CNN: Wahid stands by emergency threat

BBC: Exxon back on stream

MSNBC: Wahids heads for showdown

BBC: Wahid seeks compromise

MSNBC: Mega follows father's footsteps

MSNBC: Autonomy for Aceh

FEER: Wahid - Blowing in the wind

MSNBC: Wahid softens stance

MSNBC: Wahid backs off from emergency threat

CNN: IMF loan next month?

CNN: Wahid may be changing approach

NYT: Police stage show of force

AFP: MPR ready for snap hearing

BBC: Police and troops mount show of force

MSNBC: Wahid-Opponents planning coup

 MSNBC: Police, Army Show of Force

BBC: Fires shroud region in smoke

 MSNBC: Wahid-Enforcement key to Emergency

 MSNBC: Early impeachment threat

 BBC: Armed police defy Wahid

MSNBC: tensions ease as police pull back

 AFP: Indonesia prepares for snap impeachment

MSNBC: Elite police defy arrest order

 BW: A chat with Finance Minister Rizal Ramli

MSNBC: Crisis deepens

BBC: Police feud symbolic of chaos

BBC: Wahid orders arrest of police chief

MSNBC: Police back their chief

FEER: Ginanjar Kartasasmita

MSNBC: Wahid orders police chief's arrest

WP: Military breaks with past

 CNN: Wahid outlines state of emergency plans

MSNBC: Military asserts autonomy

MSNBC: Wahif reshuffles cabinet again

BBC: Sisters fight over Suklarno legacy

 TIME: Wahid's dangerous promise

CNN: Deaddline set to drop impeachment

BBC: wahid issues crisis warning

BBC: More violence in Sulawesi

 MSNBC: Wahid warns against impeachment

CNN: IMF deal seen within a week

MSNBS: Wahid keeps up political brinkmanship

ABC: Ex police chief rejects Ambassadorship

 CNN: Another Wahid warning

ABC: Bracing for surge of Chinese tourists

ABC: Acting AG vows to resist politcal pressure

ABC: Mahfud suspicious about AG death

The Age: Death of AG Baharuddin Lopa

SMH: AG death a setback for Wahid

ABC: AG dies in Saudi Arabia

 FEER: Lining up for visas to leave

 BBC: Sulawesi violence claims 18 lives

BBC: Wahid appoints temporary AG

SMH: Wahid eyes snap elections

SMH: Wahid sends police chief to Malaysia

 CNN: Wahid replaces Attorney General

BBC: Wahid accuses MP's of treason

TIME: Wahid's dangerous promise

Indonesia Vital role in Philippine peace talks?

ABC: Wahid meets Philippine President

Wahid arrives in Manila

AP: Wahid denies firing of military leaders

ABC: Wahid threatens state of emergency

ABC: Wahid encourages business relations

 ABC: Wahid visit-When neighbours meet

BBC: Wahid to replace top military brass?

MSNBC: Wahid conciliatory

The Age: Wahid hints at compromise

SMH: Wahid in New Zealand

LATimes: Navy storms hijacked oil tanker

BBC: US issues new travel warning

BBC: Indonesia sacks Bank reformer

ABC: Australia Indonesia relationship

 CNN: Megawati rejects state of emergency

ABC: Australian visit seen as symbolic

ABC: President Wahid meets Howard

 The Age: Wahid's visit-Friends again

BBC: Pirate attacks provoke action call

BBC: Military rebuffs Wahid

BBC: Indonesia Piracy hotspot

MSNBC: Army opposes state of emergency

MSNBC: Wahid ready to declare emergency

CNN: Wahid states he will retain power

CNN: Closer to break IMF deadlock

BBC: Wahid reaches out to Australia

CNN: Australia Indonesia pledge closer ties

ABC: President Wahid in Australia

 SMH: Wahid to pursue human rights abusers

MSNBC: President arrives in Australia

ABC : President Wahid arrives in Canberra

SMH Editorial: Welcome Gus Dur

SMH: Warm welcome for Wahid

SMH: Australia visit raises barely a ripple

BBC: Plane fault delays Australia visit

SMH Flight problems forced landing in Darwin

SMH: Last hurrah of a fading leader

CNN: President threatesn accelerated election

MSNBC: President warns of early vote

CNN: VP skips cabinet meeting

Military see little sign of political compromise

SMH: Wahid visit on at last

 FEER: Darusman-No method to his action

 CNN: Australia prepares for Wahid visit

BBC: Students clash over fuel rise

MSNBC: Strikes put police on high alert

BBC: Soaring prices hit the poor

BBC: Labour law sparks clashes

 CNN: East-Java Wahid's last hope?

MSNBC: Military can't solve Aceh problem

MSNBC: Political crisis drags on

Wahid to visit Australia June 24

 Wahid visit to Australia back on now

NYT: Wahid OK's graft probe into critics

SMH: Wahid Megawati - Tense relations

BBC: Suharto undergoes 2nd surgery

NYT: Protests over labor laws

Suharto stable after pacemaker surgery

Thousands protest against labor laws

BBC: Suharto faces new heart operation

 BBC: Rise and fall of strongman Suharto

 MSNBC: New economics minister

CNN: Wahid shakes up cabinet again

NEWSWEEK: A military come back

Suharto admitted to hospital

MSNBC: A pointless reshuffle

MSNBC: Economics Team changed

SCMP: Suharto named top most wanted

 MSNBC: Hints of more firings of ministers

MSNBC: Megawati hits back

SMH: Megawati delivers another snub

MSNBC: Megawati shuns cabinet meeting

CNN: Megawati snubs cabinet meeting

FEER: Wahid's fight against hope

BBC: Millions celebrate Sukarno

MSNBC: Sukarno centenary celebrated

 CNN: Indonesia marks Sukarno's centenary

 Agum Gumelar opposes state of emergency

MSNBC: Indonesia remembers Sukarno

SMH: Sukarno - Inspired and Divided

WP: President might boycott proceedings

CNN: Sukarno's Anniversary

  CNN: Wahid may shun impeachment hearing

NYT: Sukarno's Birthday: Looking to the past

SMH: Police show of force

CNN: Police chief rebuffs Wahid

 The Age: Democracy at the crossroads

MSNBC: Lawmakers, Police, rebuff Wahid

 MSNBC: Like father, like daughter?

BBC: Megawati snub .....

 CNN: Loyalty warning to Police

Megawati absent from swearing-in ceremony

Agum Gumelar handed a poisoned chalice?

MSNBC: US quietly trying to avert crisis

 MSNBC: Moves to avoid impeachment

SMH: Sacking spree by desperate Wahid

MSNBC: Details of cabinet reshuffle

NYT: Pressure in Jakarta builds .....

 NYT: Embattled President reshuffles cabinet

 BBC: Indonesia's economic crisis

 WP: Military warn President

 BBC: Power battle explained

 BBC: Indonesia's Power vacuum 

Military opposed to emergency status

BBC: Wahid manoeuvres to stay in power

 Police chief refuses to quit

MSNBC: Details of reshuffle

CNN: Indonesia on the brink

 CNN: Violence erupts as impeachment looms

Egypt's PM says Peace is vital

CNN: Lawmakers reject Wahid's appeal

MSNBC: A look at impeachent proceedings

MSNBC: Chronology of major events

BBC: Indonesia's erratic ruler

CSIS:  Deja vu in Indonesia

SMH: Wahid orders security crackdown

BBC: Impeachment looms

MSNBC: Indonesia engulfed in violence

LA Times: Shaky President is still scrappy

President issues security decree

 Wahid supporters pouring into capital

SMH: Desperate to survive

TIME: In Indonesia the knives are out

 CNN: Wahid orders crisis measures

 BBC: President demands action

AG clears Wahid of graft scandals

 MSNBC: Security Order Issued

BBC: Wahid warns against impeachment

LATimes: Sinks deeper in crisis

MSNBC: Indonesia Govt in chaos

MSNBC: Martial law considered

MSNBC: Wahid warns of national split

MSNBC: Crisis deepens

NYT: VP will reject power sharing deal

 CNN: Wahid pressures Mega to save country

BBC: Wahid offers power to Megawati

CNN: Walkout-out mars crisis meeting

SMH: Wahid turns to Megawati

 SMH: Military closes rank

TIME: Poised for new round of turmoil

 Wahid advised to share power

BUSINESS WEEK: The Economy dangles

 Debt workout close to IMF target

In TV address Wahid urges unity

BBC: Wahid ignores censure

CNN: Wahid resignation "out of the question"

Wahid weathers the storm

BBC: Wahid in crisis talks

BBC: Q&A Indonesia impeachment

Business: Reaching crisis point

Wahid headed for impeachment

BBC: Wahid faces impeachment

Court orders Ginanjar freed

MSNBC: Future uncertain for leader

Indonesian markets calm after censure

Wahid to visit Thailand, discuss oil

BBC: Picture gallery Pro Wahid protests

Parties move to back censure

Wahid nearing end of road?

CNN Analysis: Showdown in Jakarta

Parliament eyes censure of Wahid

 Cabinet pleads not to censure Wahid

Rupiah set to resume fall

Political Analyses

 

 

EIR: British Attempt to break-up Indonesia

 

FEER: Rule of Law's let-down

 BBC: Emerging power structure

BBC: Suharto's playboy son

 CNN Special: Indonesia's new leaders

WP Editorial: Indonesia's Transition

 TIME exclusive: Interview with Megawati

 WorldBank: Headline Developments

The World Bank and Indonesia

NYT: Daughter of destiny

 CNN: Megawati, Indonesia's new leader

 CNN Feature: Indonesia's new leader

 CNN Timeline: Road to crisis

CNN Analysis: Megawati, the right choice?

 BBC: Upheaval in pictures

NYT: Indonesia Moving to push leader out

 MSNBC: Indonesia Facts and Figures

 BBC: Testing Indonesia's democracy

  BBC: Profile Amien Rais

MSNBC: Wahid, Indonesia autocratic democrat

NYT: Wahid dodges and weaves in face of ouster

BBC: Indonesia impeachment

BBC: Indonesia's developing policitical crisis

CNN: Wahidis final showdown

BBC: Indonesia's power vacuum

The Age: Indonesia on the brink

 MSNBC: Mega follows father's footsteps

BBC: Economic crisis point 

ABC (AU): Fragile Democracy

BBC: Police feud symbolic of chaos

The Age: US warn over use of force

The Age: Death of Lopa blow to Wahid

 BBC: Wahid's faithful

 FEER: Ginanjar Kartasasmita

BBC: Power battle explained

FEER: Wahid's fight against hope

 TIME: Orang utans imperiled

ABC: Profile Megawati

ABC: Chronology-Wahid in office

ABC: Wahid, The Unpredictable President

ABC- Indonesia in focus

TIME: Thoughts of a dictator

The Age: Rebuilding a better relationship

SMH: Howard pressure will reinforce Wahid

 BBC: Indonesia Piracy hotspot

SMH: Last hurrah of a fading leader

 Asiaweek: Not in my backyard

BBC: Labour law sparks clashes

 BBC Analysis: Indonesia's problems

NEWSWEEK: A military come back

  BBC: Rise and fall of strongman Suharto

Inside Indonesisa: The new conservatives

Inside Indonesia: Peace journalism in Poso

ASIAWEEK: Dying Hopes

MSNBC: Megawati hits back

SMH: Sukarno - Inspired and Divided

 FEER: Wahid's fight against hope

 The Age: Democracy at the crossroads

 NYT: Sukarno's Birthda - Looking to the past

ASIAWEEK: Megawati nr 15 in Asia

  MSNBC: Like father, like daughter?

 BBC: Indonesia's Power vacuum

 BBC: Indonesia's economic crisis

BBC: Power battle explained

 BBC: Power battle explained

BBC: The impeachment process

BBC: Testing Indonesia's democracy

CNN: The impeachment process

CNN Timeline: Wahid in power

WP: Photo Gallery

TIME: Indonesians brace for bloodshed

ASIAWEEK: The End Game

 FEER: Palace of Paradox

BBC: Protests in pictures

BBC: What's at stake

MSNBC: Chronology of major events

CNN: Wahid's political gambits

 CSIS:  Deja vu in Indonesia

BBC: Wahids's Faithful

BBC: Megawati's Profile

BBC: Wahid's profile

BBC: Indonesia's erratic ruler

BBC: Economy reaches crisi point

TIME: In Indonesia the knives are out

 LA Times: Shaky President is still scrappy

SMH: Desperate to survive 

IHT: Mega outlines vision for future

MSNBC: Indonesia's journey (pictorial)

 CS Monitor: Mega acts more presidential

MSNBC: Indonesia's troubled history

 CNN: Struggle to shun Suharto legacy

 NEWSWEEK: Why the world should worry

NEWSWEEK: Indonesia's deadly dance 

CNN: Past and present leaders

 ASIAWEEK: Autonomy's losers

FEER:  Military woes

CNN: Wahid on path to impeachment

NEWSWEEK: Wahid won't cede power

NEWSWEEK: Mega's moment

FEER: Lady in waiting

 Military - Backbone or Achilles heel?

BUSINESS WEEK: The Economy dangles

 CNN: Wahid at the mercy of his deputy

BUSINESS WEEK: Getting cut-off by IMF?

 TIME: Poised for new round of turmoil

CNN:  The long road to impeachment

BBC: Wahid faces impeachment

BBC: Q&A Indonesia impeachment

 MSNBC: Future uncertain for leader

CNN Analysis: Showdown in Jakarta

BBC: Picture gallery Pro Wahid protests

 WP - Indonesia's brutal vigilance justice

  WP: Aceh violence could unravel archipelago

 TIME: Aceh becoming next East Timor?

 FEER: A Victim of legal anarchy

 MSNBC: Sources of instability

MSNBC: Political issues

AP: Indonesia troublespots

 MSNBC: Indonesia military power

ASIAWEEK: Thin veneer of wealth

ASIAWEEK: Social and religious rifts

TIME: While Megawati waits

  ASIAWEEK: Trouble in the Pipeline 

Newsweek: The fruits of war

 FEER - Indonesia monetary meltdown

BBC: Political feuding harming stability

 CNN: Shadows over Indonesia

CNN: Conditions set for power change

CNN: The military

CNN: The price of Madurese ambition

CNN: Inside the head of the headhunter

 CNN: Violence plagues Wahid

 CNN: Borneo bloodbath from 2 sides

NEWSWEEK: Indonesia's island fever

TIME Photo Essay: Borneo Backlash

Washington Post: Rampage tied to grievance

TIME: Borneo in flames-Where is GUS?

FEER: Gain through pain

BBC Analysis: Behind the violence

THE TIMES: What should government do?

CNN: Kalimantan's Agony

 BBC - Borneo tolerance plea

CNN: Borneo terror in pictures

CNN - Shadows over Indonesia

CNN - The failure of transmigration

CNN - Why ethnic slaughter struck

BBC - Beheading: A Dayak ritual

 NEWSWEEK: Borneo Hunting heads

  TIME: The darkest season

  NEWSWEEK: Birth of a messy state

TIME: Killing field

CNN: Instability in Indonesia

 CNN: Past and present leaders

BBC: Indonesia at the crossroads

  BBC: Borneo terror in pictures

CNN: The Military

 CNN: Shadows over Indonesia

   

   

Sick man of Asia

 

Sluggish trial protested

 Escape from Timor

Judge orders test on Suharto

MILF claims responsibility

Suharto again fails to show

Jakarta exchange explosion

   

Trouble spots of Indonesia

20 Dead in Timor clashes

Danger of the Timor mission

Aid worker's final email

UN withdraws from West Timor

Deliberate campaign of terror?

   

The Season of Scandal

Olympics - Courting Success

Agree to extend Aceh cease-fire

In the Race for Gold

 Senior generals to escape trial

 Sydney-Preparing for the Olympics
   

  General Nasution dies

 FEER - Long journey to justice

Talk with Bambang Yudhoyono

 Indonesia vs Suharto

Talk with Rizal Ramli

Suharto Money-siphoning case

Business steers clear of Indonesia 

Where did the billions go?

Emerging markets back-Thanks IMF

 
   
 

 

Suharto charged with corruption

Trial of the century 

Formally charged

Trial a political gimmick?

Facing Trial

Trial date set for Aug 31

 Return-of-wealth talks abandoned

The case against Suharto

Tree that grows money

FEER - Suharto's Record

Suharto's Fortune

Uncertain whether he will appear

Analysis - Suharto case

 Suharto's moment of truth

Shades of Pinochet

A look at Suharto's fiefdom

His fall from power

All the President's Children

Rise and fall of Suharto

The Key Players in the case

Following the money

 
   

Rupiah plunges

 Suharto supporters accused

Volatile situation

Teror dari Cendana?

 Army members blamed

Wawancara Juwono Sudarsono

 CNN: Bloodbath in the Moluccas

Terkait terroris internasional

Troubled history of Moluccas

Spice islands Rampage

Sectarian conflict continues

 
   

FEER: Indonesia Bloodbath

Indonesia's other crises

 

Now Aceh, will Indonesia fall apart?

 On the brink of meltdown

Is Aceh the next E Timor?

 Ethnic violence in Borneo

 Latest outbreak Aceh violence

Inside Muslim Christian War

  Aceh ceasefire tenuous

Name the Masterminds

 Fears of destabilization

 Civil War spectre looms

 Religion and revenge

 

 

BW-Secret Financial Blueprint

 Pause in separatist demand

TIME: Wahid's world

 Toll on economy

Asiaweek: Nation Adrift

The Muslim Factor

  A war of vengeance

Islam moves to center stage

Violence in Post-Suharto era

Who are the Lashkar Jihad

Behind the Moluccas violence

Fighting could create crisis

 Timber smuggling in Kalimantan

Trouble in the Spice islands

 

 

 Global Hotspots - Indonesia 

 Hotspot Indonesia

Aceh - Pandora's box

 

 West Irian - Culture clash

 Sumatra Earthquake

Maluku - Too hot to handle

   BBC - In Pictures

 Sulawesi - Uneasy calm

 TIME Photo Essay

Kalimantan - Resentment boils over

 Sumatra begins rebuilding

Lombok - Paradise lost

 Caught between two plates

BBC - Indonesia Flashpoints 

  Free Papua

 

West Papua - Next East Timor?  

 

 W Irian: An Indonesian Flashpoint

 

 Irian Jaya - A tragic history

   

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