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Habibie announces withdrawal from presidential race

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesia's President B.J. Habibie announces at his home in Jakarta on Oct. 20 that he will not seek a second term in office. The announcement came hours after the nation's highest constitutional body rejected his performance report.

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Megawati supporters delighted after Habibie's rejection

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Supporters of presidential front-runner Megawati Sukarnoputri of the Indonesian Democratic Party for Struggle (PDI-Perjuangan) celebrate in Jakarta on Oct. 20 after hearing the news that Indonesia's highest constitutional body appeared to have quashed any hope that President B.J. Habibie would be reelected.

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Majority of assembly members reject Habibie

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Amien Rais (R), speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly, Indonesia's highest constitutional body, announces Oct. 20 that the assembly voted down President B.J. Habibie's defense of his turbulent 17-month rule. The board in the foreground shows that 355 members rejected his accountability report, while 322 accepted it.

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Habibie prays in mosque after assembly's rejection

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesian President B.J. Habibie prays in a mosque in Jakarta in the early morning of Oct. 20 after Indonesia's highest constitutional body effectively put an end to any hope for his reelection. Later the same morning, he announced he would not seek a second term in office.

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Habibie answers assembly's reservations, questions

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesian President B.J. Habibie (C) on Oct. 17 defends his decision to allow East Timor to determine its own future as he responded to questions about his Thursday accountability speech at the country's highest state body.Citing the country's 1945 Constitution, which proclaims that independence is the right of all the nations, Habibie told a plenary session of the 700-member People's Consultative Assembly that Indonesia occupied East Timor in 1975 to free it from Portuguese colonization.

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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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Habibie defends his 16 months in power

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesian President B.J. Habibie (bottom) defends his 16 months in power Oct. 14 in an accountability speech before the state's highest authority, as protesters and security forces clashed outside the parliament building in central Jakarta.

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Students, police clash in Jakarta

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Several thousand students and supporters of opposition parties clash with security forces on Oct. 14 in Jakarta near the parliament building. The protesters demanded President B.J. Habibie step down and that the People's Consultative Assembly, the state's highest authority, reject a presidential accountability speech that Habibie was scheduled to deliver later in the day.

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Habibie supporters campaign in Jakarta

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Supporters of Indonesian President B.J. Habibie campaign on Oct. 13 in front of the head office of the ruling Golkar party for the country's Oct. 20 presidential election.

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Habibie wins party nomination for presidential election

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesian President B.J. Habibie (L) shakes hands with ruling party Golkar Chairman Akbar Tanjung after being nominated candidate for the country's Oct. 20 presidential election.

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Yamasaki hints at Japan role in E. Timor peacekeeping

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Senior Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Taku Yamasaki (L) shakes hands with Indonesian President B.J. Habibie (R) on Oct. 11 in Jakarta. The former policy chief of the ruling party told the Indonesian president that Japan is prepared to lift the ban on full participation in U.N. peacekeeping forces and dispatch military personnel to East Timor as it moves to independence.

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Habibie reviews military on its 54th anniversary

JAKARTA, Indonesia - President B.J. Habibie reviews members of the Indonesian Defense Force in a ceremony marking the force's 54th anniversary, in Jakarta on Oct. 5.

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Habibie expresses intention to be reelected

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesian President B.J. Habibie delivers a speech to a full session of the House of Representatives in Jakarta on Sept. 21 and expressed his intention to win reelection in the November presidential poll.

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APEC meeting ends

AUCKLAND, New Zealand, Sept. 13 - Four of the participants in the two-day summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in Auckland pose for a photo Sept. 13. From left, Tung Chee Hwa, chief executive of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Ginandjar Kartasasmita, Indonesia's chief economics minister, who represented President Habibie at the summit, Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi, and South Korean President Kim Dae Jung.

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Habibie announces he will accept int'l force to E. Timor

JAKARTA, Indonesia - President Habibie announces Sept. 12 that Indonesia will allow an international force into violence-torn East Timor. Habibie made the announcement in a televised speech from the presidential palace in Jakarta.

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Gen. Wiranto listens to Habibie's announcement

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesian armed forces commander Gen. Wiranto (R) stands by President B.J. Habibie (L) at the presidential palace Sept. 12. Habibie, in a televised speech, announced Indonesia will accept an international peacekeeping force to violence-torn East Timor.

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Indonesia, UNSC fail to agree on int'l peacekeepers

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesian Foreign Minister Ali Alatas speaks at a news conference at the presidential palace in Jakarta on talks held Sept. 9 between Indonesian President B.J. Habibie and members of a U.N. Security Council (UNSC) mission. The talks failed to produce an agreement on the deployment of a peacekeeping force in East Timor.

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Residents evacuate to police headquarters in Dili

DILI, East Timor - Local residents take refuge in the compound of the police headquarters in Dili, East Timor's capital, on Sept. 7. Dili was paralyzed on the day as burning and looting continued unabated, even though Indonesian President B.J. Habibie imposed martial law in the former Portuguese colony earlier in the day.

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Japanese election observer team meets President Habibie

Indonesian President B.J. Habibie greets members of the Japanese government's observer team for the Indonesian election at his presidential palace June 9. The photo shows President Habibie (L) shaking hands with the team leader, Sumio Edamura, joined by other Japanese observers.

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Chinese Indonesians mark first New Year in reform era

Indonesians of Chinese ancestry celebrate the Lunar New Year with traditional dancing in Jakarta on Thursday Feb, 18. For many of them, the New Year being celebrated this year is somewhat different from those in the past. They hope their culture and right to celebrate as they wish will be more respected after President B.J. Habibie revoked policies in force during three decades of rule by former President Suharto that had discriminated against them and other ethnic groups in Indonesia.

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APEC leaders line up for group photo

Leaders from 21 economies in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum pose for a group photo on Nov. 18 at Cyberview Lodge in Cyberjaya, the showcase of Malaysia's high-tech project, the Multimedia Super Corridor. Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (7th from L) stands between South Korean President Kim Dae Jung (to R of Obuchi) and Indonesian President B.J. Habibie.

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Political prisoner released in Indonesia

Former parliamentarian Sri Bintang Pamungkas signs a government decree ordering his release at Jakarta's Cipinang penitentiary early Tuesday. He is one of two prominent dissidents who were pardoned as a first step in the implementation of a pledge by new Indonesian President B.J. Habibie to release noncommunist political prisoners.

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Indonesian soldiers remove students

Indonesia's armed forces remove thousands of university students from parliament May 23, hours after President B.J. Habibie sacked family members and associates of former President Suharto from key positions in the government and military. The photo shows students retreating from the parliament building by bus, demanding Habibie's resignation.

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Opposition leader reacts to Indonesia

Amien Rais, Indonesia's leading opposition figure and chairman of the 28 million-strong Muhammadiyah Muslim organization, addresses a gathering of protesters in Jakarta soon after new President B.J. Habibie announced his cabinet lineup. Rais termed the cabinet neutral but said he neither endorsed nor opposed it.

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Chinese Indonesians mark first New Year in reform era

Indonesians of Chinese ancestry celebrate the Lunar New Year with traditional dancing in Jakarta on Thursday Feb, 18. For many of them, the New Year being celebrated this year is somewhat different from those in the past. They hope their culture and right to celebrate as they wish will be more respected after President B.J. Habibie revoked policies in force during three decades of rule by former President Suharto that had discriminated against them and other ethnic groups in Indonesia.

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Japanese election observer team meets President Habibie

Indonesian President B.J. Habibie greets members of the Japanese government's observer team for the Indonesian election at his presidential palace June 9. The photo shows President Habibie (L) shaking hands with the team leader, Sumio Edamura, joined by other Japanese observers.

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Habibie expresses intention to be reelected

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesian President B.J. Habibie delivers a speech to a full session of the House of Representatives in Jakarta on Sept. 21 and expressed his intention to win reelection in the November presidential poll.

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Majority of assembly members reject Habibie

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Amien Rais (R), speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly, Indonesia's highest constitutional body, announces Oct. 20 that the assembly voted down President B.J. Habibie's defense of his turbulent 17-month rule. The board in the foreground shows that 355 members rejected his accountability report, while 322 accepted it.

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Habibie prays in mosque after assembly's rejection

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesian President B.J. Habibie prays in a mosque in Jakarta in the early morning of Oct. 20 after Indonesia's highest constitutional body effectively put an end to any hope for his reelection. Later the same morning, he announced he would not seek a second term in office.

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Habibie announces withdrawal from presidential race

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesia's President B.J. Habibie announces at his home in Jakarta on Oct. 20 that he will not seek a second term in office. The announcement came hours after the nation's highest constitutional body rejected his performance report.

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Habibie answers assembly's reservations, questions+

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesian President B.J. Habibie (C) on Oct. 17 defends his decision to allow East Timor to determine its own future as he responded to questions about his Thursday accountability speech at the country's highest state body.Citing the country's 1945 Constitution, which proclaims that independence is the right of all the nations, Habibie told a plenary session of the 700-member People's Consultative Assembly that Indonesia occupied East Timor in 1975 to free it from Portuguese colonization.

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Students, police clash in Jakarta

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Several thousand students and supporters of opposition parties clash with security forces on Oct. 14 in Jakarta near the parliament building. The protesters demanded President B.J. Habibie step down and that the People's Consultative Assembly, the state's highest authority, reject a presidential accountability speech that Habibie was scheduled to deliver later in the day.

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Habibie defends his 16 months in power

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesian President B.J. Habibie (bottom) defends his 16 months in power Oct. 14 in an accountability speech before the state's highest authority, as protesters and security forces clashed outside the parliament building in central Jakarta.

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Habibie supporters campaign in Jakarta

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Supporters of Indonesian President B.J. Habibie campaign on Oct. 13 in front of the head office of the ruling Golkar party for the country's Oct. 20 presidential election.

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Habibie wins party nomination for presidential election

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesian President B.J. Habibie (L) shakes hands with ruling party Golkar Chairman Akbar Tanjung after being nominated candidate for the country's Oct. 20 presidential election.

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Yamasaki hints at Japan role in E. Timor peacekeeping+

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Senior Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Taku Yamasaki (L) shakes hands with Indonesian President B.J. Habibie (R) on Oct. 11 in Jakarta. The former policy chief of the ruling party told the Indonesian president that Japan is prepared to lift the ban on full participation in U.N. peacekeeping forces and dispatch military personnel to East Timor as it moves to independence.

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Habibie reviews military on its 54th anniversary

JAKARTA, Indonesia - President B.J. Habibie reviews members of the Indonesian Defense Force in a ceremony marking the force's 54th anniversary, in Jakarta on Oct. 5.

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APEC meeting ends

AUCKLAND, New Zealand, Sept. 13 - Four of the participants in the two-day summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in Auckland pose for a photo Sept. 13. From left, Tung Chee Hwa, chief executive of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Ginandjar Kartasasmita, Indonesia's chief economics minister, who represented President Habibie at the summit, Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi, and South Korean President Kim Dae Jung.

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Gen. Wiranto listens to Habibie's announcement

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesian armed forces commander Gen. Wiranto (R) stands by President B.J. Habibie (L) at the presidential palace Sept. 12. Habibie, in a televised speech, announced Indonesia will accept an international peacekeeping force to violence-torn East Timor.

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Indonesia, UNSC fail to agree on int'l peacekeepers

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesian Foreign Minister Ali Alatas speaks at a news conference at the presidential palace in Jakarta on talks held Sept. 9 between Indonesian President B.J. Habibie and members of a U.N. Security Council (UNSC) mission. The talks failed to produce an agreement on the deployment of a peacekeeping force in East Timor.

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Residents evacuate to police headquarters in Dili

DILI, East Timor - Local residents take refuge in the compound of the police headquarters in Dili, East Timor's capital, on Sept. 7. Dili was paralyzed on the day as burning and looting continued unabated, even though Indonesian President B.J. Habibie imposed martial law in the former Portuguese colony earlier in the day.

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Japanese election observer team meets President Habibie

Indonesian President B.J. Habibie greets members of the Japanese government's observer team for the Indonesian election at his presidential palace June 9. The photo shows President Habibie (L) shaking hands with the team leader, Sumio Edamura, joined by other Japanese observers.

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APEC leaders line up for group photo

Leaders from 21 economies in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum pose for a group photo Nov. 18 at Cyberview Lodge in Cyberjaya, the showcase of Malaysia's high-tech project, the Multimedia Super Corridor. Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (7th from L) stands between South Korean President Kim Dae Jung (to R of Obuchi) and Indonesian President B.J. Habibie.

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Political prisoner released in I

Former parliamentarian Sri Bintang Pamungkas signs a government decree ordering his release at Jakarta's Cipinang penitentiary early Tuesday. He is one of two prominent dissidents who were pardoned as a first step in the implementation of a pledge by new Indonesian President B.J. Habibie to release noncommunist political prisoners.

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Opposition leader reacts to Indo

Amien Rais, Indonesia's leading opposition figure and chairman of the 28 million-strong Muhammadiyah Muslim organization, addresses a gathering of protesters in Jakarta soon after new President B.J. Habibie announced his cabinet lineup. Rais termed the cabinet neutral but said he neither endorsed nor opposed it.

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Suharto announces resignation

Indonesian President Suharto (C.) announced his resignation at the presidential palace in the morning on May 21 with Vice President Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie (R.) present at the announcement. Suharto said Habibie would serve out Suharto's presidential term until 2003. ==Kyodo