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In her first remarks since losing Indonesia&#39;s presidential election, President Megawati Soekarnoputri has shied away from conceding defeat - leaving her rival wondering when to claim victory.
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JAKARTA - President Megawati Sukarnoputri urged Indonesians yesterday to accept the results of the country&#39;s first direct election of a leader, but stopped short of conceding defeat.
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Indonesian President Megawati  Sukarnoputri, trying to maintain momentum in a tight election  battle, said Monday her government had stabilized the economy  and cracked down hard on militants and separatists.
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The election of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono as Indonesia&#39;s sixth president will soon be confirmed. A clear majority of Indonesians have chosen the former Soeharto-era general over the incumbent Megawati Soekarnoputri
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JAKARTA  - Indonesiaâs Megawati Sukarnoputri is prepared to lose the presidential election providing the vote is declared free and fair but is not yet ready to concede defeat, Vice President Hamzah Haz said Wednesday.
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Megawati Sukarnoputri declined on Thursday to concede defeat in Indonesia's first direct presidential election, although with most votes counted, she is too far behind to catch up with her former security minister.
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JAKARTA - Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri yesterday defended her government&#39;s record on tackling terrorism and pledged to step up security as she laid out her policies ahead of next week&#39;s presidential elections.
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JAKARTA : Indonesian election favourite Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Tuesday remained on course to win a landslide victory in presidential polls with more than one-third of votes counted.
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Indonesia has announced the winner of last month&#39;s presidential elections, and advisors to President Megawati Sukarnoputri, who lost by a large margin, have said they do not plan to challenge the result.
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JAKARTA, Indonesia -- As Indonesia awaits next month&#39;s formal announcement that its new president will be Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, the former army general has pledged to seek an end to the bloody separatist war in Aceh province.
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Indonesia's President Megawati asks 'forgiveness for shortcomings', as she heads for election defeat.
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Fading in and out of consciousness, former President Suharto has clung to life more tenaciously than he clung to power.
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Top Golkar leaders got tough on Sunday on behalf of presidential candidate Megawati Soekarnoputri and her running mate Hasyim Muzadi, threatening to take action against Golkar members in East Java who failed to support her.
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Indonesia has been staging landmark elections widely expected to see a former general unseat President Megawati Sukarnoputri. Megawati faces her former security minister Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in the presidential
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An emotional Megawati Sukarnoputri has urged Indonesia to accept the results of landmark polls which delivered a landslide victory to her former security minister, clearing his path to the presidency.
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BOGOR, Indonesia  - Former general Susilo Bambang  Yudhoyono discussed presidential plans and a cabinet with  visitors to his home on Wednesday, even though he has yet to  declare victory after Indonesia's first direct vote for a  leader.  One of his early apparent cabinet choices was his  opponent's running mate, Muslim cleric Hasyim Muzadi, who told  Reuters he had received an offer to fill the post of religion  minister but had turned it down.
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President-elect Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has little time to meet the expectations of Indonesians who overwhelmingly voted for him, and his first headache is the reluctance of his opponent to concede defeat.