Wahid wins Indonesian presidency after turbulent election
Muslim leader Abdurrahman Wahid upset opposition rival Megawati Sukarnoputri to win the Indonesian presidency on Wednesday, garnering a simple majority of votes in the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR).
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Could Indonesia go the way of the Balkans?
As Indonesia considers its future beyond the June 1999 elections --
the first democratic elections in four decades -- it does so nervously, knowing that a worst-case scenario is being played out halfway around the world in Yugoslavia.
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Military holds trump card in elections
Only once in the nation's half-century of independence has Indonesia experienced a free and fair election. That was in 1955, and it ended badly. Now, 44 years later, it is questionable whether the 250,000-strong military is really ready to allow democracy another try.
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All in the Family
A TIME investigation into the wealth of Indonesia's Suharto and his children uncovers a $15 billion fortune in cash, property, art and private jets.
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Jakarta: Riding the bumpy road to democracy
Having endured centuries under Dutch masters and Japanese occupation during World War II, Jakarta is a city that has learned tolerance like few others in Asia. But in recent years, Jakarta's tolerance levels have slipped.
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