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	Megawati Sukarnoputri Biography \| ema_04_package.xml
		Megawati Sukarnoputri is the daughter of Indonesia's founder and first president, Sukarno (1901–1970), who ruled in Indonesia from 1949 to 1965.
		Megawati has been under attack from the Muslim-oriented parties and publicly criticized for her lack of decisive leadership in the midst of an ongoing economic crisis.
		Megawati was the first Muslim leader to visit the United States following the 11 September 2001 attacks, and while she condemned all terrorist acts, she was also very critical of the U.S. military campaign in Afghanistan.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/megawati-sukarnoputri-ema-04 (378 words)

	Megawati Sukarnoputri - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sukarnoputri means "daughter of Sukarno" (Sanskrit) and it is not the the family's surname: Javanese do not have surnames.
		Megawati was banned from contesting the May 1997 general election.
		On July 23, 2001, Megawati was duly installed as the new President of the Republic of Indonesia.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Megawati (1092 words)

	BBC News \| Profiles \| Megawati: Advocate of Indonesian unity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Megawati Sukarnoputri - or "Mega" has taken the vice presidency of Indonesia after years of living in the shadow of her father, the first president of Indonesia, Sukarno.
		Megawati came to prominence in the Indonesian Democratic Party, PDI, which originated as a nationalist party formed by her father in the 1920s.
		While Megawati was originally considered a near certainty to be elected president, many believed that she played her political cards wrongly in the weeks leading up to the vote.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/events/indonesia/profiles/351365.stm (721 words)

	Analysts Review Megawati's First Year in Office - 2002-07-23 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		As President Megawati Sukarnoputri marks her first year in office, analysts say she may not be able to deal with the country's woes, because they say, she is looking backward.
		Megawati's critics continue to be wary of her close relationship with the military.
		Megawati has so far successfully balanced her support for Washington's war on terror with her need to appease conservative Islamic parties at home which were against the United States' military action in Afghanistan.
	www.voanews.com /english/archive/2002-07/a-2002-07-23-35-Analysts.cfm (821 words)

	CNN.com - PROFILE: Megawati emerges from Sukarno's shadow - July 23, 2001
		Megawati Sukarnoputri is the eldest daughter of Sukarno, who declared independence from Dutch colonial rule after World War II.
		Megawati reluctantly turned into an opposition figure after she was ousted from the chairmanship of the Indonesian Democratic Party in 1996.
		Megawati, married three times with three children, has her strongest support among the uneducated and poor who have been badly hit by Indonesia's worst economic crisis in a generation.
	edition.cnn.com /2001/WORLD/asiapcf/southeast/07/23/indo.mega (552 words)

	Al-Ahram Weekly \| International \| Rendezvous with destiny (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Megawati inherits something of the charisma of the populist Sukarno, as well as his left-leaning politics, his secularist and nationalist agenda.
		Megawati's cosying up with the TNI is so outlandish, it is as if Benazir Bhutto suddenly connived with arch-enemy General Pervez Musharraf, the political heir of Gen Zia Ul-Haq, who executed her father, to secure a political comeback in Pakistan.
		Megawati rose to power partly by championing the cause of the poor, but now that she is in the top post, she bears the responsibility of improving their lot.
	weekly.ahram.org.eg /2001/545/in1.htm (1835 words)

	Megawati - the stealth politician
		Megawati, 52, may indeed become savior to the little people, but she is certainly not one herself.
		Megawati has shown a lack of sensitivity to these and other allegations, however true, that her organization is heavily run by Christians, always a concern in volatile Indonesia.
		Megawati remains defiantly mum, keeping this reporter waiting for hours at a weekly party brainstorming session, then strolling silently, without a smile, past the fl-and-red party colors to her waiting Toyota sedan.
	www.gluckman.com /Megawati.html (1852 words)

	Megawati Sukarnoputri Acknowledges Terrorism Has Taken Root in Indonesia
		Megawati said the cracking of this terror plot indicates that Indonesia has not just become a target of international terrorism, but is a home to its actors as well.
		Megawati also defended the government's decision to impose martial law in the northern province of Aceh in May. That move was made after the collapse of a peace agreement between the government and rebels of the Free Aceh Movement, which is fighting for independence for the province.
		Megawati stressed that the government has repeatedly urged the leaders of the Free Aceh Movement to lay down their arms and return to normal lives.
	www.iwar.org.uk /news-archive/2003/08-01-2.htm (364 words)

	World Press Review - President Philippines - Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo - President Indonesia - Megawati Sukarnoputri
		Both [Philippines President] Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and Megawati Sukarnoputri are the daughters of former presidents.
		Megawati is taking over a nation riven by separatism, a nation whose economy is in ruins.
		Like President Arroyo, Megawati is perceived as a member of the elite and is criticized for her close ties to the military.
	www.worldpress.org /1001feature12.htm (403 words)

	Online NewsHour: Megawati Sukarnoputri
		Megawati was born in 1947, amid the chaos of her father's war for independence.
		Megawati turned her attention to politics in 1987, winning a seat in the national parliament.
		Ousted from her leadership role in 1996 -- a move attributed largely to Suharto's government -- Megawati was barred from both that year's parliamentary elections and the presidential election scheduled for 1998.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/asia/indonesia/megawati_6-01.html (927 words)

	The Epoch Times \| Indonesian Presidential Campaign Ends with Challenger in Strong Position
		Public-opinion polls show President Megawati Sukarnoputri is trailing her former security minister, but that she has gained some support in recent weeks.
		Presidential candidates Megawati Sukarnoputri and Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono spent the final day of the campaign meeting select groups of supporters, and appealing for votes through the mass media.
		Megawati is campaigning on her experience and leadership during her three-year tenure as president.
	www.theepochtimes.com /news/4-9-16/23279.html (888 words)

	Asiaweek.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Megawati Sukarnoputri is Indonesia's most potent symbol of defiance against the 30-year Suharto regime.
		Until Megawati was elected to Parliament in 1987, she was a suburban homemaker with a university education.
		Megawati, 49, is a cautious politician who was just talking quietly about the need for her small party to become more independent of the government.
	www.pathfinder.com /asiaweek/96/1227/cs4.html (786 words)

	The Seattle Times: Nation & World: Megawati hangs on to runoff slot
		JAKARTA, Indonesia — President Megawati Sukarnoputri has narrowly survived in her bid to win another term by finishing second in Monday's elections, securing a spot in an upcoming runoff, according to projections released yesterday.
		A tally of sample districts conducted by the Washington-based National Democratic Institute showed that Megawati would qualify for the Sept. 20 presidential showdown with Gen. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, her former chief security minister who was projected as the top finisher hours after nationwide balloting ended Monday.
		The institute earlier had reported that Megawati was in a statistical dead heat for second place, but additional returns showed her outdistancing former armed-forces commander Gen. Wiranto by almost 3 percentage points.
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/nationworld/2001973590_indonesia07.html (564 words)

	PreventConflict.org - Background
		Her full given name is Dyah Permata Megawati Setiawati Sukarnoputri, meaning “lady of the cloud.” She grew up in the presidential palace until the age of 19, when her father was deposed by Suharto.
		Megawati was a self-styled housewife, and raised three children before she entered politics in 1987.
		Megawati's political rise was accelerated in 1996 when then-President Suharto, believing her to be a threat, engineered her forced removal from the PDI leadership.
	www.preventconflict.org /portal/main/background_politics_megawati.php (1075 words)

	Inside Indonesia 57 - Megamania!
		Megawati continued to assert that she was the legitimate leader of the PDI, and she refused to compromise with the government and the Suryadi faction.
		Megawati's ousting in 1996 and the government's subsequent rough treatment of her, helped to heighten the public sense of injustice and lack of democracy under the New Order.
		Megawati is able to benefit from her father's popularity because she has built a reputation for certain moral qualities of her own.
	www.serve.com /~inside/edit57/pdi.htm (1418 words)

	Megawati Sukarnoputri - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		MEGAWATI SUKARNOPUTRI [Megawati Sukarnoputri], 1947-, Indonesian political leader, president of Indonesia (2001-4).
		The daughter of former president Sukarno, she is seen by many as her father's political heir.
		Megawati entered politics in 1987 as a candidate of the Indonesian Democratic party (PDI) and served in parliament for 10 years.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-megawati.html (393 words)

	CNN.com - Ex-general ahead in Indonesia - Jul 5, 2004
		Megawati was second with 27 percent and another ex-general, Wiranto, was third with 23 percent, as five candidates battle for the presidency of the nation of 220 million people.
		After Megawati's four years in power, the economy remains sluggish and she has been unable to turn around a rise in militant Muslim bomb attacks, which have claimed hundreds of lives.
		A defeat for Megawati, the fourth civilian president, could be the coup de grace for the age of dynastic politics in Indonesia, where simply having "Sukarno" in your name was a certain vote-getter.
	www.cnn.com /2004/WORLD/asiapcf/07/05/indonesia.poll/index.html (732 words)

	A daughter rises in the east
		As Megawati gets down to the job of Cabinet formation, some of the problems that Wahid faced owing to the fact that he did not have a clear majority in Parliament, are likely to haunt the daughter of the country's first President, Sukarno, as well.
		That Megawati's party backed Hamzah, who in 1999 opposed her becoming President on the grounds that Islam did not allow a woman to become head of state, shows the compulsions the new President faces.
		Megawati Sukarnoputri has the onerous task of fixing the economy, providing political stability and good governance to a nation from where the news has not been "good" for the past few years.
	www.hinduonnet.com /fline/fl1816/18161270.htm (1314 words)

	Online NewsHour: Megawati Sukarnoputri
		Megawati, daughter of Indonesia's first president Sukarno, has been an outspoken critic of the Indonesian government for years.
		What has fueled Megawati's popularity is her crusade against the Indonesian status quo, set up, she says, during the 30-year rule of president Suharto, which ended in 1998.
		Current concerns revolve around the violent outbursts from Megawati supporters, who have rampaged through the streets of Indonesian cities since the election results were announced despite her calls for order.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/asia/july-dec99/megawati_10-20.html (605 words)

	Megawati Sukarnoputri (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab5.csail.mit.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Megawati Sukarnoputri Diah Permata Megawati Setiawati Sukarnoputri (born 23 January 1947), was President of Indonesia from July 2001 to 20 October 2004.
		Note that Sukarnoputri means "daughter of Sukarno" and it is not the President's surname: Javanese do not have surnames.
		As a reward for her apparent acceptance of the government, Megawati was elected to the rubber-stamp Indonesian Parliament.
	megawati-sukarnoputri.kiwiki.homeip.net.cob-web.org:8888 (1123 words)

	USATODAY.com - Megawati is popular, but some question her ability (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Megawati assumes power under circumstances similar to those that led to her father's political demise.
		Although Megawati herself was never in any danger, she became a symbol of resistance.
		Like her father, Megawati's strongest support is among the uneducated and poor, who have been badly hit by Indonesia's worst economic crisis in a generation.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2001/07/22/megawati.htm (594 words)

	Green Left - INDONESIA: Megawati betrayal may split PDIP
		JAKARTA —; President Megawati Sukarnoputri's support within her Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP) is falling as she increasingly associates with the political figures from the era of the Suharto dictatorship.
		The front-page reports of Megawati's betrayal of the PDIP membership are consolidating the belief that Megawati is aligning herself with Suharto's Golkar party and the military in preparation for the 2004 parliamentary elections.
		Megawati is reported to have said that people who show such disrespect for national symbols should be stripped of their citizenship and expelled from Indonesia.
	www.greenleft.org.au /2002/501/27856 (667 words)

	Asia Times - News and analysis from throughout Southeast Asia
		The daughter of former president Sukarno, she was expected to bring new life to the country's nascent democratic institutions and provide a human face to the role of government in the daily life of most Indonesians, be they among the millions of poor farmers in rural areas or the struggling urban middle class.
		Probably Megawati's most significant legacy will be that she presided over a very difficult period in her country's history, maintaining some degree of national unity and allowing for a peaceful transition of power to her rival Yudhoyono following the country's historic first ever direct presidential elections.
		In all fairness, Megawati did help to instill a greater sense of stability into a country sent reeling from Suharto's fall in May 1998, the concurrent economic collapse (real gross domestic product or GDP shrank 14% during 1997-98), and the erratic tenure of former president Wahid, who resigned in 2001.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/Southeast_Asia/FJ06Ae07.html (791 words)

	Lateline - 10/8/2000: Megawati steps up . Australian Broadcasting Corp
		TONY JONES: While Megawati Sukarnoputri has impeccable political pedigree, her competence to run the daily affairs of government is in question.
		GEOFF PARISH: As the frail leader faltered, Megawati was promoted by a coalition of Golkar -- the former ruling party -- and the nationalist faction in the military, seemingly opposed to the President's reform of the armed forces.
		DAMIEN KINGSBURY: Megawati Sukarnoputri is not known for policies or decisive action.
	www.abc.net.au /lateline/stories/s161842.htm (979 words)

	World Press Review - Megawati - Indonesia
		Megawati also witnessed the transitional government of [former President B.J.] Habibie—a government strong on management but weak on legitimacy.
		Megawati and her advisers would do well to study the assortment of leaders Indonesia has had, each with good and bad points.
		Now Megawati has a chance to make a synthesis that is exactly right and that can bring the nation out of crisis.
	www.worldpress.org /1001feature11.htm (999 words)

	Indonesia Cosmopolis
		Although his daughter, Megawati Sukarnoputri, can not be held responsible for the socialist, anti-Western and other errors of her father, it is not very assuring that current Vice President has not officially distanced herself from Sukarno.
		Born in 1946 during the war of independance, Megawati Sukarnoputri spent her childhood at Merdeka Palast.
		Megawati served as president of the PDI form 1993 through 1998.
	www.cosmopolis.ch /english/cosmo1/indonesia.htm (1653 words)

	Megawati Sukarnoputri - Wikipedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab5.csail.mit.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Megawati studierte Agrarwissenschaften an der Padjadjaran University in Bandung.
		Megawati wurde Abgeordnete und 1993 Vorsitzende der PDI.
		Erst 1996 wurde der immer noch amtierenden Militärregierung bewusst, dass Megawati eine Gefahr darstellt und sie wurde aus der PDI gedrängt.
	de.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/Megawati_Sukarnoputri (756 words)

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