Students, police clash again in Jakarta

Students, police clash again in Jakarta

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Student protesters throw Molotov cocktails at security forces near the parliament building in central Jakarta on Oct. 15. Several thousand students demanded that the People's Consultative Assembly, the nation's highest constitutional body, not elect President B.J. Habibie for a second term.

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