Politics behind anti-graft drive
Winning votes is the motive for going after three ex-civil servants while bigger culprits are said to get away scot-free.
A witch-hunt is
Author: Derwin Pereira
Mega Challenges
VOTES 2004 INDONESIA
Off to the races.
MORE than 40 elections will be held around the world this year, with about a dozen in
Loosely-united Islamic parties pose weak threat
No party is willing to rally around a single political figure.
Islamic parties in Indonesia are facing a crisis of leadership.
Torn apart by
Turbulence ahead in election year
Poll-driven political instability will compound Indonesia's economic, separatist and terrorist problems.
WHAT TO WATCH OUT FOR IN 2004
It is now election year in
Year of living dangerously
FOREIGN
1. TERRORIST BOMBINGS
The man who was about to blow himself up was getting nervous. Waiting by the roundabout leading to the lobby
Jakarta on alert for bloody Christmas
Investigations reveal that JI is preparing for a series of bomb attacks in Jakarta, with churches as potential targets.
The countdown to Christmas
Thugs! – Why Mega is attacking her party members
NEWS ANALYSIS
Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri is suffering from a bout of the jitters with elections around the corner.
Delivering a broadside this week
Secular parties gaining Muslim support
Poll shows lack of a uniting leader will cost Indonesia's Muslim parties dearly at the next general election.
Secular-nationalist parties in Indonesia will
Mega likely to win – but by the skin of her teeth
Rival party Golkar poses the biggest challenge, but it lacks a leader with the kind of appeal the President has.
NEWS ANALYSIS
Crystal ball
Strong leaders hamper Jakarta’s Islamic parties
Islamic parties in Indonesia are facing a crisis of leadership.
Torn apart by personal ambition and ideological differences, the five major Muslim parties
Who will be Mega’s running mate?
Her preference may be security czar Susilo or Nadhlatul Ulama leader Hasyim, but she will not be able to ignore Golkar's rising
Who set Poso ablaze?
All fingers point to JI over Oct 12 string of attacks in Sulawesi.
Outsiders, including militants from religious schools, have been heading to