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Bandung/Indramayu/Jakarta – The West Java General Elections Commission (KPUD) established on Thursday a fact-finding team to investigate alleged election violations at the massive Al-Za

Jakarta – Indonesia's military said yesterday it had sacked an officer and suspended 21 military drivers for involvement in suspected vote-rigging at a major Islamic boarding school.

Ex-general Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has kept his lead over closest challenger Megawati Sukarnoputri, with about two-thirds of the vote tallied from Indonesia's first direct presidential

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Damien Kingsbury – It was little surprise that the former lieutenant-general, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, was returned as the most favoured candidate in the first round of Indonesia's pre

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Repeating an old trick of their New Order counterparts, two subdistrict poll officials in Timika, Papua province, allegedly pierced thousands of ballot pa

Andrew Burrell, Jakarta – Indonesia's former military chief, Wiranto, tried yesterday to pin the blame for his probable election defeat on Western poll observers, including a group head

Nani Afrida, Banda Aceh – A court here ruled in favor of the government on Saturday over a lawsuit filed by a leading environmental watchdog against the controversial Ladia Galaska high

Michael Roston – Perhaps nowhere else in the world is there a more challenging need to carefully balance the global "war on terrorism" with promoting progress on human rights and the de

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Indonesia pressed for the resumption of full military ties with the United States and access to top terror suspect Hambali, an official said.

Ridwan Max Sijabat and Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – All the presidential candidates except for retired general Wiranto agree to civilian supremacy in governance, particularly regarding the

Jakarta – The two top candidates in the Indonesian election - both retired generals – said Thursday that rights abusers should be treated just like drug dealers and be punished with dea

Achmad Sukarsono, Jakarta – Ex-general Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, the frontrunner, and another former military man contesting Indonesia's presidency squared off on Thursday over graft an

Jakarta – Indonesia faces a tough battle to stem rampant corruption, three of the country's presidential candidates said.

Jakarta – President Megawati Sukarnoputri appeared tense, distracted and unprepared in Indonesia's first presidential debate – a showing critics said may have sealed her defeat in next

Max Lane – Former general Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono appears to be the front-runner in Indonesia's presidential election, to be held on July 5.

Election fatigue has set in in Indonesia.

With just a week to presidential elections in Indonesia, one man has emerged with an unbeatable lead.

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – The government has been criticized for establishing a new national human rights committee directly under the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights, with activist

Former security minister Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, the leading contender for next month's presidential election, has promised to increase Indonesia's defense budget if elected.

John McBeth, Jakarta – The launch of East Timor First Lady Kirsty Sword Gusmao's autobiography was in full swing in a Jakarta store when a woman covered head-to-toe in a white robe slip

Jakarta – Prominent cleric Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid has told members of the country's largest Muslim organization, Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), to vote for the Wiranto-Solahuddin Wahid tick

Jakarta – The leading contender in next month's presidential election warned Wednesday that supporters of rival politicians may "burn down cities" if there is no clear winner in the pol

Jakarta – An Indonesian Islamic militant convicted of involvement in a terror plot against Western interests was jailed yesterday for five years.

Jakarta – Several academics from state and private universities grouped in the Reformist Academics Community have declared their political support for the presidential bid of Amien Rais

Devi Asmarani, Jakarta – Two presidential contenders took their rivalry to another level when they crooned to a live audience on one of the country's most watched talent contest over th

Rusman, Samarinda – Up to 3,000 workers from two plywood companies in Samarinda, East Kalimantan, continued their strike on Monday to demand that the firms pay their salaries for the la

Jakarta – The Buddhist People's Communication Forum (FKUB) has expressed its political support for National Mandate Party (PAN) presidential candidate Amien Rais and running mate Siswon

Fitri Wulandari, Jakarta – The Pertamina tanker scandal became murkier on Monday when a document surfaced indicating the state company was in the process of selling two supertankers to

Nala Edwin, Jakarta – Munir, the head of the human rights group Imparsial, says that human rights issues which are related to presidential candidates former armed forces chief Wiranto a

PC Naommy, Jakarta – Internet experts expressed concern on Monday over the lack of understanding among bureaucrats and legislators of the benefits of cyber-technology.

Jakarta – Several flights were delayed or diverted Tuesday after smoke haze from forest and ground fires blanketed Pekanbaru city on Indonesia's Sumatra island, officials said.

Luh Putu Trisna Wahyuni, Mataram – The incidence of domestic and other forms of violence against women has increased significantly in West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) province during the past y

Blontank Poer and Tarko Sudiarno, Semarang – Hundreds of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) leaders and clerics appealed on Sunday for an end to political rivalry within the nation's biggest Muslim o

Jakarta – Indonesia's Constitutional Court approved only 41 out of 273 complaints of electoral fraud in connection with last April's legislative elections, the court's chairman Jimly As

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Surabaya – Over 1,900 prostitutes operating in the two red-light districts of Dolly and Jarak have contracted sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), a health official said.

The Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) will be armed with stronger and broader powers with which to perform its duties and to enforce its recommendations under a public finances accountability

Devi Asmarani, Jakarta – President Megawati Sukarnoputri on Monday met her estranged predecessor Abdurrahman Wahid in a symbolic reunion that hints at a possible alliance between the tw

Jakarta – Indonesian police were yesterday hunting a gunman following the murder of a woman priest in a packed church in Central Sulawesi province.

Indonesia's President Megawati Sukarnoputri faces an uphill battle for re-election next month despite belated attempts to re-connect with the "little people" who once supported her so f

Jakarta – Indonesian police have, for the first time, accused controversial Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir as being the man behind a series of bombings that have shaken the country sinc

I Wayan Juniartha, Denpasar – The incumbent Megawati Soekarnoputri may have a bumpy road ahead of her to win the hearts of the Balinese in the upcoming election.

He's 54 years old, somewhat heavyset, with a pudgy face.

Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, Jakarta – President Megawati Soekarnoputri has issued a decree establishing a national committee that will coordinate human rights activity across the country.

Gary LaMoshi, Denpasar – Entering the home stretch of Indonesia's first direct presidential election on July 5, there are only a couple of sure bets.

Sian Powell, Banda Aceh – Courted by the Western press, feted by prominent Indonesian intellectuals and religious leaders, and idolised by crowds of villagers and farmers, it seems Susi

Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) announced on Thursday it had began the prosecution of an corruption case worth over Rp 10 billion, the fir