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 MSNBC: VP candidates

 MSNBC: Wahid wishes Megawati well

MSNBC: Dowener- Mega deserves support

 MSNBC: Wahid will leave for medical check-up in US

MSNBC: Mega takes power

MSNBC: Aide-Wahid thinks he is still president

Singapore hails Megawati

Mega's tough first day in office

Press bias against Wahid

 US and other world leader endorse Megawati

 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: 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

MSNBC: Desperate chief fires aides

MSNBC: New security minister close to VP

Guardian: Impeachment wagon keeps rolling

CNN: Wahid unleashes cabinet reshuffle

JP: US, Australia follow crisis anxiously

 G15 Summit ends with calls for unity

CNN: Military warns against emergency rule

CNN Timeline: Wahid in power

 MSNBC: Uncertainty reigns

CNN: The impeachment process

MP's hand nation more months of turmoil

WP: Wahid faces removal

WP: Photo Gallery

LATimes: Lawmakers deal Wahid a blow

TIME: Indonesians brace for bloodshed

NYT: Parliament votes to start removal

G15: Megawati stops role of faithful deputy

BBC: Deadline looms for Wahid

MSNBC: Bracing for more unrest

MSNBC: August 1 Impeachment date set

FEER: Endless Transition

 CNN: Wahid counting his days

ASIAWEEK: Forget Politics, Go Shopping

WP: Wahid to face impeachment

CNN: Closer to impeachment

ASIAWEEK: The End Game

Indonesia backs Wahid's impeachment

NYT: Parliament passes motion to impeach

MPR passes censure motion

WP: Majority backs impeachment

WP: Parliament seeks impeachment

NYT: Unrest on eve of session

LA Times: Unrest as parliament looms

WP: Riots before impeachment session

BBC: Wahid supporters storm parliament

BBC: Protests in pictures

MSNBC: Protests rage

MSNBC: Wahid digs own political grave

G-15 Summit

MSNBC: Protests rage

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

Power sharing to avoid impeachment

MSNBC: Wahid enters power sharing deal

FEER-Military: Don't count on us

Rizal Ramli: Economics and Democracy

  US-Indonesia military excercise opens

SMH: US envoy berates military

Wahid courts military

Wahid trying to regain Army support

Supreme Court option for Wahid

 Wahid summons military chief

Megawati puts pressure on Wahid

Indonesia moves to appease IMF

MSNBC: Indonesia's journey (pictorial)

Military urges political compromise

Megawati ready to step up

Wahid critics see impeachment

Megawati warns Indonesia on the brink

Lokon vulcano belches hot ash

Megawati warns of Indonesia break-up

CNN: Struggle to shun Suharto legacy

NEWSWEEK: Indonesia's deadly dance

May 30, start of impeachment session

CNN: Wahid on path to impeachment

 NEWSWEEK: Why the world should worry

US to assist displaced persons

FEER:  Military woes

Wahid says expect to be impeached

Wahid says will run again

Wahid expects to be impeached

Wahid claims to have US support

NEWSWEEK: Wahid won't cede power

NEWSWEEK: Mega's moment

Wahid refuses to share more power

 Pressure grows on Wahid

FEER: Lady in waiting

 Wahid defies opponents

CNN: Wahid at the mercy of his deputy

 CNN: Rais considers 2004 Presidency

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 please not to censure Wahid

Rupiah set to resume fall

PDI to back Wahid censure

Military to refrain from second censure?

Talk of Holy war

 Rioters will be shot

Wahid warns of nationwide rebellion

 Indonesia cuts growth rate

BBC: Wahid threatens parliament

 WP: Aceh violence could unravel archipelago

FEER: A Victim of legal anarchy

 WP - Indonesia's brutal vigilance justice

Suicide squads flood Jakarta

 Militia crackdown

Possible presidential ouster stirs cauldron

 TIME: Aceh becoming next East Timor?

Critical IMF talks

IMF positive on Indonesia review

IMF will re-examine Indonesia

Indonesia confident on IMF review 

Ginandjar Kartasasmita detained

Gas fields on fire

TIME: While Megawati waits

 ASIAWEEK: Trouble in the Pipeline 

FEER - Indonesia monetary meltdown

FEER: Waiting for Gus Dur

CNN: Indonesians may murder forWahid

 Safeguarding Asian currencies

Threat of violence rises

Ramli: Rupiah will gain if tension eases

 

 

BBC: Indonesia impeachment

 

CNN: Wahidis final showdown

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: Indonesia's power vacuum

 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