The bombing of the Australian embassy in Jakarta has elevated terrorism, as an election issue, from a shade above nowhere to a point just visible on Indonesia's political horizon.

Hera Diani, Jakarta – As the projector flickered, people in interfaith relationships told their stories.

Damar Harsanto, Jakarta – The city administration began implementing the revised three-in-one traffic policy on Friday, though it did little to alleviate the usual heavy congestion alon

Gary LaMoshi, Denpasar – A Jakarta court on Thursday sentenced a leading magazine editor to a year in jail for libel in a case seen as a landmark for press freedom in Indonesia, a count

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Ignoring main stake holders' aspirations, the House of Representatives is determined to complete the deliberation of the much-criticized bill on national s

Kendari – Dozens of activists held a protest on Friday in downtown Kendari, demanding that prosecutors speed up a probe into the alleged embezzlement of Rp 11.6 billion (US$1.2 million)

Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – Golkar's decision to suspend several of its members would affect a major coalition led by the biggest party to help President Megawati Soekarnoputri retain pow

Bandung – President Megawati Soekarnoputri handed over Rp 230 billion in bank loans to small- and medium-scale entrepreneurs across West Java and Banten during her visit here on Friday.

Ivy Susanti, Jakarta – The idea behind staging a televised presidential dialog – not a debate – was to give voters the opportunity to learn more about the candidates' platforms, and wha

Suko Sudarso, Jakarta – The presidential election on September 20, is likely to become a battle of symbols – the popular-change symbol of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono challenging the author

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Almost all religions forbid homosexuality as can be seen in the story of Sodom and Gomorrah in the Bible or the people of the Prophet Luth in the Koran.

John D'Arcy May – Now the pretext that the war in Iraq was a war on terror has worn thin, and the US President and the Australian Prime Minister face elections in which their manipulati

Banda Aceh – The Indonesian military said separatist rebels had killed seven civilians in the war-torn province of Aceh, according to a report Saturday.

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – The government must establish a "country borrowing strategy" and improve the distribution mechanism of foreign loans to regional administrations to ensure the ef

Indonesia's Presidential election could herald significant changes to the way the government runs the country.

Donggala – Central Sulawesi General Election Commission (KPU) has fired the chief of Donggala Municipality KPU Abdullah Malabang and his four subordinates for vote markup in the July 5

Jakarta/Indramayu/Jayapura – While not declaring a controversial quiz a violation of campaign regulations, the Election Supervisory Committee (Panwaslu) demanded its halt on Thursday.

Kurniawan Hari and Luh Putu Trisna Wahyuni, Jakarta/Mataram – Golkar politicians suspended from the party for refusing to back Megawati Soekarnoputri in Monday's presidential election r

Tiarma Siboro and Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – A number of national figures, grouped in the newly launched Cultural Movement for Reform, signed a declaration on Thursday to support the

Jakarta – Amid reports of a continuing slump in foreign direct investment (FDI), Indonesia is in for even gloomier prospects after the recent Australian Embassy bomb attack, according t

Jakarta/Surabaya/Madiun – The National Police announced on Thursday that they had arrested at least eight people allegedly linked to last week's deadly blast outside the Australian Emba

Dewi Santoso, Jakarta – While the current trend of maternal mortality rate (MMR) shows a decreasing pattern, it may be difficult for Indonesia to achieve the target of MMR of around 125

Pekanbaru – Haze returned on Thursday to the skies of Pekanbaru, raising concern over new breathing problems spreading in the city.

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Urip Hudiono, Jakarta – The Central Jakarta District Court found Tempo weekly guilty on Thursday of publishing false material and libel, and sentenced chief editor Bambang Harymurti to

Gandhi Sukardi, Jakarta – The September 9 bomb explosion in front of the Australian Embassy in Jakarta, could have been prevented if the police and the intelligence services, had an arm

Andi Hajramurni, Makassar – The Makassar District Court began hearing on Thursday the case of six student and labor activists charged with insulting President Megawati Soekarnoputri dur

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – A group of suspected Free Papua Movement (OPM) rebels attacked on Tuesday 15 Indonesian Military (TNI) soldiers in Lima Jari subdistrict, Puncak Jaya rege

Low competitiveness in the country's manufacturing products is a major obstacle in the efforts to push economic growth, according to a senior economist.

Damien Kingsbury – Jakarta has always been a city of intrigue, and for every significant political event there are usually any number of theories to explain it.

With only three days to go before balloting begins in the country's final round of its first direct presidential elections on Monday, Indonesians can draw little comfort from official a

Kurniawan Hari and Suherdjoko, Jakarta/Semarang – The Golkar Party dismissed Jusuf Kalla, a member of the party and the running mate of election front-runner Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, f

Jakarta – Two foreign agencies officially registered to monitor the presidential election runoff have arrived here to observe the poll from the opening until vote counting.

Jakarta/Surabaya/Makassar – Confronted with a limited campaign period and the vast expanse of the country, candidates of the September 20 runoff have decided to turn to print and electr

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Ong Hock Chuan, Jakarta – There has been a fundamental shift in how President Megawati Soekarnoputri communicates.

In what was seen as a test case for press freedoms in newly democratic Indonesia, a court cleared two journalists of libel but said the article they wrote was defamatory.

Jakarta – In a departure from the general legal trend that has characterized the Tempo saga and coming ahead of the verdict expected on Thursday from the Central Jakarta District Court,

Kupang – The Indonesian Military (TNI) is ready to provide protection for UN agencies that reopen in East Nusa Tenggara province, the western part of Timor island, a local commander sai

Indonesia's presidential candidates pledged to get tough on terrorism as official campaigning began for the country's first direct leadership polls – a contest overshadowed by a deadly

With surveys favouring her suave presidential poll rival, Indonesia's Megawati Sukarnoputri has sought to shed an aloof and uncaring image and rebrand herself as a go-getting and attent

Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, Jakarta – The much-awaited dialog involving the presidential candidates and their running mates failed to draw much public interest on Tuesday, with less than hal

Jakarta – Indonesia's top security minister has ordered sweeping changes and granted wider powers to its intelligence services following the deadly Australian embassy blast in Jakarta.

Max Lane – I condemn the bombing outside the Australian embassy in Jakarta on September 9, which has taken at least nine lives and injured more than 180 Indonesians – mainly people doin

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Salim Osman – Retired colonel Poedjiyono is a picture of confidence as he entertains guests at his house in Margorejo on the outskirts of Surabaya.

Jakarta – The rupiah, having weathered a huge shock last week following the latest bomb attack in the country, is likely to move within a narrow range this week with pressures slowly dw

Suwarjono, Jakarta – On Tuesday September 14, victims of the 1965 tragedy(1) went to the presidential palace wanting to meet face-to-face with President Megawati Sukarnoputri with the a

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The rejection by several political parties and non-governmental organizations of the contentious bill on the Indonesian Military (TNI) is a reflection of t