Oct - Dec 1999

Politics and human rights

On the mend
The election renews some hopes - Laine Berman
Sex, money, power
Tabloids go sensational - John Olle
Fifty years ago
Sukarno flashback - Damien Kingsbury
Aceh's failed election
Australian team finds no euphoria - Vanessa Johanson
Box - The sultan will be Dr Hasan Tiro
Interview with "Free Aceh" fighter - Vanessa Johanson
Lost and found
How the world rediscovered the Timor cause - Geoffrey Gunn
Whisky friends
PNG military and TNI get together - Andrew Kilvert
What caused the Ambon violence?
A corrupt civil service is to blame - Gerry van Klinken
Banda burns
Fear and hatred spreads in the Moluccas - Phillip Winn
A peaceful road to freedom
Riau wants freedom and more money - Freek Colombijn

Society and economy

This complex crisis
Indonesia's crisis two years on - John Maxwell

Environment

Dirty landlord
Local views on Sulawesi's Inco mine - Roger Moody
Revisiting Inco
Reformasi hits Sulawesi's 'Freeport' - Kathryn Robinson

Culture

Star wars
Presidential PR Indonesian style - Marshall Clark
Teachers do it
Indonesian teachers get together - Lee Herden

Travel

Sumatra by bus
From bottom to top by bus - Jim Della-Giacoma

Regulars

Editorial
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Newsbriefs
Reviews 1
The politics of environment in Southeast Asia-Resources and resistance - Hirsch & Warren
Reviews 2
From the place of the dead-the epic struggles of Bishop Belo of East Timor - Kohen
Reviews 3
Lontar books open a window on the hidden lives of ordinary Indonesians
Indonesia on the net
Resources on two troubled regions - Aceh and Irian jaya
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