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...then came another blow: President Suharto of Indonesia, the most populous Muslim nation, would not show up. "He fell ill" was the only explanation a conference spokesman gave...
...BEEN THROUGHOUT HIS 26 years of rule, when President Suharto talks, Indonesia listens. But in a political system so secretive that even insiders have a hard time figuring out what is being said around the President's office, residents of the archipelago nation are turning to a new source to follow the inner workings of the government. DeTik, an upstart weekly newspaper, is addressing once off-limits political and social issues, pushing the envelope of the permissible. Last week the government reacted with a warning shot that has observers wondering if the paper has perhaps pressed its luck...
DeTik's greatest scoop, however, came while the paper was acting as a conduit for political signals. Last October, Suharto installed Information Minister Harmoko, who has no military credentials, as chief of the ruling Golkar Party -- a post that had previously been reserved for generals. The weekly published an interview with Army Major-General Sembiring Meliala, a former member of Parliament, who warned that the military would not tolerate being pushed away from the centers of power -- raising the specter of a clash between the President and the military...
...worth $40 million. In 1987 Chrysler paid $25 million for Lamborghini, mostly as a vanity nameplate; in recent years it has lost money. The buyer was Megatech, a Bermuda-based holding company owned jointly by Jakarta industrialist Setiawan Djody and Hutomo Mandala Putra, a son of Indonesian President Suharto...
Religion is a dicey subject for humor: just ask Arswendo Atmowiloto, editor of the now defunct Jakarta newspaper Monitor. The tabloid had asked readers to vote for Indonesia's most "admirable public figures." More than 600 names were sent in on 33,900 postcards. President Suharto led with 5,003 votes, and a variety of government officials, pop stars and even Saddam Hussein filled out the top nine slots. Arswendo finished 10th, just ahead of the Prophet Muhammad. Monitor reporters had warned their boss to leave Islam's founder off the list, and now Arswendo is paying for his lack...