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Sukarno
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  • The pilot attempted to land the jet at high speed
    The pilot attempted to land the jet at high speed
    Source: AFP
  • The WHO has questioned the effectiveness of the thermal scanners
    The WHO has questioned the effectiveness of the thermal scanners
    Source: AFP
  • An Indonesian policeman holds a rifle as he guards the scene after unidentified men broke the glass windows of a Sriwijaya Air office at Sukarno-Hatta airport in Jakarta
    An Indonesian policeman holds a rifle as he guards the scene after ...
    Source: Reuters
  • Employees of Sriwijaya Air walk out after unidentified men broke the glass windows of their office at Sukarno-Hatta airport in Jakarta
    Employees of Sriwijaya Air walk out after unidentified men broke the ...
    Source: Reuters
  • Indonesian policeman holds rifle as he guards scene after unidentified men broken glass windows of Sriwijaya Air office at Sukarno-Hatta airport in Jakarta
    Indonesian policeman holds rifle as he guards scene after unidentified ...
    Source: Reuters
  • Custom officials guard Iranian women and a man suspected of smuggling methamphetamine during a news conference in Sukarno-Hatta airport
    Custom officials guard Iranian women and a man suspected of smuggling ...
    Source: Reuters
The pilot attempted to land the jet at high speed
Sukarno's Biography

Sukarno, born Kusno Sosrodihardjo (6 June 1901 – 21 June 1970) was the first President of Indonesia. He helped the country win its independence from the Netherlands and was President from 1945 to 1967, presiding with mixed success over the country's turbulent transition to independence. Sukarno was forced out of power by one of his generals, Suharto, who formally became President in March 1967.

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  • News Source: The Jakarta Post | 8 days ago
    Indonesia does not have such a common (first) language, culture and history. The reunification of Germany did not start the integration of Europe. In fact, the first and most important step of this integration happened thanks to the fact that Germany
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    A cynical political maneuver manufactured to defuse public opinion, prevent broad coalitions...As effective in modern politics as it was in the age of Sun Tzu: "All warfare is based on deception." Whether it be Indonesia's Truth and Friendship
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    During the eras of Sukarno (1945-1965) and Suharto (1965-1998), Aceh was the seen as one of the 'problematic' regions of Indonesia and sadly became the battleground for an insurgency war when the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) was created in ...
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    Tokyo was primarily interested in Indonesia's oil, which was vital to the war effort, and tolerated fledgling nationalists such as Sukarno and Mohammed Hatta. After Japan's surrender, Sukarno and Hatta proclaimed Indonesian independence ...
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    The communists lost because their understanding of socialism was that it was something that had to be imposed from above - their models were Castro, Nasser, Sukarno, developmentalist states resting on a coalition between the officer ...

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