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Indonesian police focus bomb inquiry on eight suspects; anti-terror decree backed

...emergency anti-terrorism decree. Support from parliamentary leaders was considered necessary to give President Megawati Sukarnoputri the political room to issue the decree, which would give the government expanded power to fight terrorism but...

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Indonesian assembly launches impeachment against defiant Wahid

...Assembly, or parliament, predicted Wahid would be dismissed Tuesday and immediately replaced by Vice President Megawati Sukarnoputri, the daughter of Indonesia's founding leader, Sukarno. Ironically, Sukarno was also impeached in the mid-1960s...

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Bush seeks support from world leaders

...the World Trade Center twin towers and the Pentagon, killing thousands. Bush spoke with Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri, leader of the world's most-populous Muslim nation, at his side in the Oval Office, and one in a series...

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Newly released book on Indonesian policy called back because it details U.S. role in anti-communist purge

...1960s. The anti-communist campaign helped topple the country's founding president, Sukarno. His daughter, Megawati Sukarnoputri, became the nation's new leader this week. A State Department cable contained in the book spells out a U...

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A bell rings in Indonesia

...echoed the United States in warning that this mix is explosive, but since taking office 15 months ago President Megawati Sukarnoputri has been timid about confronting the extremist threat. Then, 11 days ago on the Indonesian island of Bali...

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Indonesian parliament votes to impeach president

...backed the measure that sets in motion a process that could see him replaced by his main rival, Vice President Megawati Sukarnoputri, the daughter of Indonesia's founding leader, Sukarno.

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Indonesia shows signs of crackdown; attack toll nears 200

...and local allies blamed for the bombing. President Bush said Monday he planned to talk to Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri about the need to crack down on terrorism. Though Laskar Jihad is not believed to be tied to the nightclub attack...

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The Bali bombing

...many suspect, the al-Qaida network. It should not have taken a deadly inferno to demonstrate to President Megawati Sukarnoputri's government that stronger action must be taken against the extremists now operating nearly at will in Indonesia...

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Japanese prime minister to visit N. Korea

...Russian President Vladimir Putin in Russia. The most recent leader to visit North Korea was Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri in March. In January, President Bush singled out North Korea as part of an "axis of evil" that fosters international...

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U.S. using carrot and sticks approach to line up nations for anti-terrorism struggle

...of the upheaval in East Timor. Those issues were on the agenda Wednesday for the visit of Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri. Megawati was to meet with U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick after seeing President Bush and having...

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