[Excerpt from report by Indonesian newspaper Media Indonesia web site on 14 April.]

The indigenous Christian Papuans in Eastern Indonesia are facing genocide and in desperate need of support and prayers.

Muninggar Sri Saraswati and Rendi A.

Max Lane – Around 200 East Timorese protesters were attacked on April 9 by police, including special branch paramilitary forces.

Aguswandi, London – Do the Acehnese hate foreigners? Do they want the many foreign aid workers laboring to help them to leave their villages?

After cataclysmic tsunami, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions which have left more than 224,000 Indonesians dead or missing across Sumatra and surrounding islands, a flood of SMS warnin

Indonesia's powerful military has volunteered to close up shop on its huge business empire – three years earlier than the law requires.

The first of many, or just one of the few. That is the question on many lips after the conviction of Abdullah Puteh on corruption charges.

Aceh separatists urged Indonesian officials to call a ceasefire as a gesture of goodwill as the two parties held a third round of peace talks n Helsinki aimed at ending a conflict that

Jakarta – When Amisah, 47, and her husband opened their business at Senen Market in Central Jakarta in 1976, their income steadily increased until it reached as high as Rp 75,000 (US$8.

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – In a bid to boost professionalism, the Indonesian Military (TNI) has decided divest its vast business interests within the next two years, TNI Commander Gen.

Dili – Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri has accused leaders of East Timor's Roman Catholic Church of attempting to play the role of political opposition in its recent criticism of a governm

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Matthew Moore, Jakarta – In Indonesia's highest profile graft case, the new anti-corruption court has jailed the governor of Aceh for 10 years for improperly "enriching himself" by more

Hera Diani and Suherdjoko, Semarang – The younger generation of the National Mandate Party (PAN) expressed disappointment on Monday over the election of Soetrisno Bachir as the party's

Batam (Riau) – About 650 docksiders working for two shipping companies in Batam protested outside the city council on Monday, demanding the firms pay them the meal, overtime and transpo

A group of twenty men and women who are victims of human rights violations in 1965 have called for the Commission on Truth and Reconciliation (KKR) to be disbanded until such time as th

Canberra – The Indonesian and Australian air forces have launched their first joint military exercise since relations between the two countries plummeted over Jakarta-sponsored violence

Sian Powell, Jakarta – Splits have emerged among Aceh separatists on the eve of peace talks with the Indonesian Government in Helsinki, with one faction damning the Finnish negotiators

John Roberts – Even as Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono postures as a "democrat", his government has given the go-ahead for the dispatch of an additional 15,000 troops from

Endy M. Bayuni, Jakarta – The trouble with praise or accolades is that when you get too much, you get too high.

Suherdjoko, Semarang – Businessman Soetrisno Bachir took over the National Mandate Party (PAN) leadership on Sunday from founding chairman Amien Rais, as the party seeks to modernize it

Some positive statements made by both sides ahead of the Aceh peace talks, which resume today, suggest a historic agreement may be in the making.

ID Nugroho, Surabaya – Siti, a 50-year-old woman, is one of thousands of people living in modest rented houses in the village of Lebak Jaya in Kenjeran, Surabaya, East Java, situated ne

Jakarta – Separatists from Aceh province have dismissed a government offer of self-government for the tsunami-hit region ahead of a new round of peace talks in Finland this week.

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Dili – An increasingly bitter dispute between the government of East Timor and the country's spiritual leaders over plans to demote religious teaching in schools escalated Monday after

Meidyatama Suryodiningrat, Jakarta – Even before the new National Mandate Party (PAN) leader, Soetrisno Bachir, was elected in Semarang, Central Java, over the weekend, a close confidan

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono laid a wreath at an East Timor cemetery where Indonesian soldiers massacred dozens of pro-independence protestors 14 years ago.

Separatist rebels in Aceh province accused Indonesia's military of stepping up their campaign in the tsunami-shattered region, a charge that underlines the obstacles to peace ahead of a

Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – A top-level government delegation will hold a third-round of peace talks with officials of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) in Finland next week in a bid

Indonesia hopes to sign a peace deal ending three decades of conflict with separatists in Aceh province in July, its vice president said in an interview.

Nick Gentle, Banda Aceh – Out of all the countries affected by the Boxing Day earthquake and tsunami, Indonesia was dealt the heaviest blows, and now the country is facing up to the mos

Nick Gentle, Banda Aceh – In the streets surrounding Banda Aceh's grand mosque, the city's commercial heart is starting to beat again.

Nick Gentle, Banda Aceh – Darmin's first catch since the tsunami is a good one.

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Matthew Moore – As is usually the case with those watching him for the first time, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono left few people unimpressed.

Jakarta – Claims reported in The Jakarta Post that the New Zealand Green Party paid protesters to rally outside New Zealand's Parliament are an outrageous lie, the party's Co-Leader Rod

Hera Diani, Jakarta – Since its establishment five years ago, the National Ombudsman Commission has experienced many dark moments in their offices, quite literally.

Suherdjoko, Semarang – Violence marred the second day of the National Mandate Party's (PAN) national congress on Friday after a significant number of participants failed to obtain regis

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Jakarta – Sutinah and her husband, residents of Rawa Badak, North Jakarta, have to feed six children, not to mention her parents, who all live in the same house.

Jakarta – The Business Competition Supervisory Commission (KPPU) is looking into allegations that the city administration has violated regulations on hypermarket development in the capi

Puji Santoso, Kampar – New rounds of protests have broken out in Kampar regency on Thursday following a report that a minister had given his approval for ousted Kampar Regent Jefri Noer

With a 21-gun salute, Indonesia's president was greeted in East Timor on a visit to bolster reconciliation between Jakarta and the territory it once occupied with brutal force.

Prime Minister John Howard has always recognised history and its interpretation as a potent political weapon.

Jakarta – A new survey shows that the amount of poor people in the country was 66 percent higher than was earlier predicted. Why?

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Indonesia's Aceh province has just marked 100 days since the Tsunami last December in which more than 120,000 Indonesians died.

Julian Lee – Channel Seven and SBS have refused to air an ad campaign condemning the Prime Minister, John Howard, for "stealing" billions of dollars of East Timorese oil and gas revenue