22 May 1998
Indonesia - Installation of Habibie marks new stage in crisis of Jakarta regime

What the IMF expects of the next Indonesian government

Who is B.J. Habibie?

US Secretary of State showers praise on Suharto

21 May 1998
Suharto resigns in bid to preserve Indonesian regime
Hand-picked successor installed by military

Large demonstrations
demanded Suharto's fall

How Washington builds its second line of defense
US funding for opposition groups in Indonesia

20 May 1998
Which social classes support the struggle for democracy in Indonesia?
The lessons of history

Opposition leader tries to call off Indonesian demonstrations
Military mobilised for mass repression, amid secret negotiations

During Suharto's coup in 1965-66
US officials provided Indonesian military with death lists

19 May 1998
Suharto pledges to quit, but clings to power: Military backs Indonesian dictator's call for 'orderly transition'

18 May 1998
As students prepare for national demonstrations
A letter to Indonesian students and teachers

16 May 1998
As Suharto's crisis deepens
Crucial political questions face the Indonesian masses

Military repression in Indonesia
Tanks mobilised against Jakarta protests

Australian media owners urge Suharto to stand aside

14 May 1998
Students massacred in Indonesia

Issued by Indonesian students
and teachers
An open letter of appeal

9 May 1998
Six killed in Indonesia rioting

28 April 1998
Indonesian student protests
defy Suharto's repression

14 April 1998
Suharto agrees to IMF dictates

8 April 1998
Crackdown on Indonesian students

4 April 1998
Student protests grow in Indonesia

18 March 1998
Behind the Suharto-IMF confrontation

US trains Indonesia torturers

5 March 1998
Mondale sent to Jakarta:
Aggressive US intervention in Indonesia

28 February 1998
Protests defy Suharto’s repression

20 February 1998
A political vacuum in Indonesia

17 February 1998
Blunt IMF warning to Suharto

10 February 1998
Social unrest undermines Suharto regime

31 January 1998
Unrest in Indonesia

23 January 1998
Indonesia: Cracks in the Suharto regime

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