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His name is not as popular as that of Ishak Daud or Sofyan Daud. But this rotund man is a key figure in the Free Aceh Movement (GAM).

Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, Jakarta – The United States ambassador-designate to Indonesia B.

Devi Asmarani, Kupang – The provincial legislature building on this eastern Indonesian island some 2,000km from Jakarta looks abandoned just days after new councillors took over.

East Timor's leaders will seek public support against moves to establish an international tribunal over alleged human rights violations during Indonesia's 24-year occupation, Foreign Mi

Bill Guerin, Jakarta – "Oh my, we were just starting to recover and we have been thrown on the floor again," Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri was quoted as saying over the wee

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Damar Harsanto, Jakarta – On September 9, 2003, Governor Sutiyoso launched the distribution of 50,000 16-page manuals containing information on some antiterrorist tips in a ceremony at

Jakarta – Indonesian soldiers who killed a senior separatist leader in the conflict-hit province of Aceh are to receive a reward equivalent to US$16,000, an official said on Saturday.

Jakarta – An Indonesian general indicted for war crimes in East Timor has been appointed to lead a probe into the shooting deaths of two American schoolteachers at a gold mine in Papua

Jon Afrizal, Jambi – Many more schools were closed on Friday in Jambi province as choking haze continued to blanket the area.

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The government and the House of Representatives, and an alliance of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are divided over the contentious bill on the prot

Medan – Hundreds of students at North Sumatra University (USU) staged a protest on Friday in front of the USU rector's office, demanding that the rector punish two university police off

Derwin Pereira, Jakarta – Malaysian bomb-maker Azahari Husin stood by the bedside of his cancer-stricken wife and told her: "I have a greater cause in life.

Jakarta – Indonesia's Muslim leaders have called for a united stand against terrorism, which they said was tarnishing the nation's image.

Leony Aurora, Jakarta – Syahromi got on his feet in a daze and saw a colleague, Anton Sujarwo, lying motionless near the door of the Australian embassy guard post where they worked as s

Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – Lack of coordination among security officers has been blamed for what has been seen as a poor early warning system, which is one reason they were unable to pre

Sidney Jones, Singapore – Indonesia has more victims to mourn after yet another attack that killed and maimed ordinary civilians.

Bambang Nurbianto, Jakarta – Community-based movements have proven effective in overcoming reoccurring problems in neighborhoods as revealed by some subdistrict chiefs.

Jakarta – Fifteen former councillors in Depok municipality were named suspects on Friday in a Rp 9 billion (US$970,141) graft case.

Relations between Indonesia and Australia are going through another testing time following the bomb attack outside the Australian Embassy in Jakarta on Thursday.

Slamet Susanto, Yogyakarta – Taufik Kiemas, the powerful husband of incumbent President Megawati Soekarnoputri, has continued distributing donations across the country, a move that has

Alan Boyd – Terrorism thrives on symbolism, and investigators did not need to look hard for signposts after Thursday's bombing outside the Australian Embassy in Jakarta.

Derwin Pereira, Jakarta – It was billed as the wedding of the year.

Dadan Wijaksana, Jakarta – The Indonesian currency and stock markets staged a quick recovery on Friday, as hopes are high that the deadly bombing a day earlier will not undermine the ec

Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – The Golkar Party's central board has issued a circular ordering all regional chapters to support the reelection bid of President Megawati Soekarnoputri in the

Abdul Khalik and Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – It didn't take the police long to pin the blame for the deadly blast in front of the Australian Embassy here on Thursday on fugitive Malaysian

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Jakarta – Thursday's bombing at the Australian Embassy, which killed at least seven people, drew strong nationwide condemnation, with many saying the latest terror attack would further

Dadan Wijaksana, Jakarta – Jakarta stocks and rupiah closed lower on Thursday on the back of renewed security fears stemming from the deadly bomb blast in front of the Australian Embass

Matthew Moore, Jakarta/Mark Forbes, Canberra – At least nine people have been killed and 182 injured by a massive bomb attack on the Australian embassy in Jakarta, in the first direct t

Ibnu Mat Noor, Banda Aceh – The death of Munir has shocked activists and leaders in the nation's capital, as well as many Achenese, whose rights he fought for.

Sidney Jones, Singapore – When I think of the people who had the most impact in bringing about a democratic Indonesia, Munir would be up there near the top.

Jakarta – At least seven were confirmed killed and over 180 injured in a bomb explosion outside the Australian Embassy on Thursday morning, just 11 days ahead of the presidential electi

David Jenkins – General Benny Moerdani, who has died in Jakarta at the age of 71, was a special forces officer who went on to become the head of Indonesia's widely feared intelligence s

Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – The House of Representatives will unlikely be able to finish deliberating the Indonesian Military (TNI) bill before ending its five-year term early next month,

President Megawati Soekarnoputri called for calm and urged people to remain on the alert following Thursday's huge bomb blast in front of the Australian Embassy in Kuningan, South Jakar

The death of Indonesia's most outstanding human rights activist, Munir, while still in the prime of life, is a profound loss to the NGO community, civil society and the people of Indone

Irwan Firdaus, Jakarta – General Andi Muhammad Jusuf, a former Indonesian army chief who played a pivotal role in the rise to power of former dictator Suharto (news – web sites) nearly

The Malaysian government has again deported Indonesian illegal workers, which has added to the unemployment issues here.

Jakarta – General Andi Muhammad Jusuf, a former Indonesian army chief who played a pivotal role in the rise to power of former dictator Suharto nearly four decades ago, has died.

Tiarma Siboro and Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, Jakarta – Condolences poured in on Wednesday for the family and relatives of top human rights campaigner Munir who died on board a Garuda flight

Munir's life and career exemplify that of a man who answers his calling to the end.

Last week was the fifth anniversary of the independence vote in East Timor and the Indonesian atrocities that followed.

Andi Hajramurni, Makassar – Another former military chief, Gen. (ret) Andi Mohamad Jusuf, died on Wednesday, just a week after the death of Gen.(ret) L. Benny Moerdani on Aug. 29.

Indramayu – Almost twenty-five percent of school buildings are damaged in Indramayu regency, West Java province, it was reported recently.

Jakarta – Indonesian security forces killed 11 suspected rebels during gunbattles in the country's restive Aceh province, a military spokesman said Thursday.

Bill Guerin, Jakarta – Six years after a banking bail-out that cost some US$60 billion (Rp555 trillion), Bank Permata, Indonesia's second-largest bank and the last of the nationalized b

Jon Afrizal, Jambi – The haze in Jambi and Central Kalimantan provinces worsened on Wednesday, prompting local authorities, particularly in Jambi province, to close several schools.

Indonesia will investigate atrocities including the East Timor slaughter after agreeing on a truth and reconciliation commission.