Wahid, Abdurrahman
(b. 1940), president of Indonesia. Born in East Java in 1940, educated (although without formal degrees) in the Middle East and Europe, and heir to Muslim elite, Abdurrahman Wahid ...
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Selected editorial excerpts from the U.S. press:
LETTER TO BURMA (The Washington Post, Washington)
IT'S A REMARKABLE list: 59 former presidents and prime
ministers, from countries rangin...
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Jan 25 (Reuters) - Following are some of the major events
to have occurred on February 1 since 1900: 1908 - King Carlos I of Portugal was assassinated together
with his son in Lisbon. 1946 - Norwe...
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(EDS: ADDING THE PRESIDENT'S LAST NAME IN 2ND GRAF)
Indonesia's House of Representative on Thursday passed a
long-awaited bill to improve the investment climate in order to lure
more foreign...
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Indonesia's House of Representative on Thursday passed a
long-awaited bill to improve the investment climate in order to lure
more foreign investors into the country.
The Investment Law, s...
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The Constitutional Court has ruled Indonesia's much-criticized truth and reconciliation commission to be illegal, casting doubt on whether victims of former dictator Suharto will ever see justice.T...
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Bangkok (dpa) - Almost 60 former world leaders and heads of state
on Tuesday issued a letter to Myanmar's junta leader urging him to
immediately release Aung San Suu Kyi, wh...
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Yangon (dpa) - Myanmar political activists on Thursday protested
the arrest of 29 "peaceful worshippers" who were praying for the
release of Nobel peace laurate Aung San Su...
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Jakarta (dpa) - Indonesia's ailing former president Suharto is
showing signs of further improvement Monday, but he is still in
intensive care, doctors said.
"...
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Jakarta (dpa) - Indonesia's ailing former president Suharto was
showing signs of further improvement Monday, but he was still in
intensive care, doctors said.
...
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Jakarta (dpa) - The health of Indonesia's ailing former president
Suharto deteriorated Tuesday with more liquid building up in his
lungs and blood found in his urine, doctor...
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Wahid, Abdurrahman
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