BOGOR, Indonesia -- President Abdurrahman Wahid warned Monday that he will declare a state of emergency and call new elections unless lawmakers drop their impeachment drive against...
JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Indonesia's parliament launched formal impeachment proceedings against President Abdurrahman Wahid on Saturday, just 21 months after it picked him as the country's first democratic head of state in four decades...
...Indonesia (AP) -- Indonesia's Parliament overwhelming passed a censure motion on Wednesday demanding that President Abdurrahman Wahid be impeached. Opponents predicted the 60-year-old, nearly blind Islamic cleric could be forced from power by...
...battled with guns, swords and spears for a third straight day, leaving at least 18 more people dead. President Abdurrahman Wahid blamed outside ''provocateurs'' for stirring up the sectarian unrest in Maluku, and his Law and Legislation...
...responsible. Frustrated that escalating violence is destabilizing his year-old reformist administration, President Abdurrahman Wahid demanded quick arrests. "I want the police chief and the attorney general not to hesitate to act against suspects...
...Latter-day Saints said church President Gordon B. Hinckley visited last week at the personal invitation of President Abdurrahman Wahid, and rejected suggestions that Mormonism plans to expand in Indonesia. Mormon missionaries, along with workers...
...of the disgraced former leader. "I have ordered the Jakarta police chief to arrest Tommy Suharto," President Abdurrahman Wahid said. Police, however, were hesitant to implement Wahid's order against Tommy, one of Indonesia's richest...
...reporters after being questioned for two hours at Jakarta's police headquarters. He was referring to President Abdurrahman Wahid, who is widely known by his nickname, Gus Dur. On Friday, Wahid announced that he had ordered police to arrest...
...explode, police said. It was the latest in a series of unexplained bombings in Indonesia and was a blow to President Abdurrahman Wahid, who has accused his political enemies of using terror tactics to destabilize his reformist government. "It was...
...who is supposed to head a five-judge panel hearing the case, said, "God willing, this month." But President Abdurrahman Wahid, although supportive of attempts to bring Suharto to justice, has said he will pardon the former dictator in the...
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