Wellington – About 10,000 houses built by international aid agencies for tsunami victims in Indonesia are unfit for human habitation and may have…

• Overview
• The law on Aceh government…

Marianne Kearney, Jakarta – Fears that Canberra is stoking support for Papua to break away from Indonesia sparked Jakarta's strong reaction last…

Tb. Arie Rukmantara, Jakarta – Legal experts have slammed the government for not taking legal action against PT Freeport Indonesia over its…

Andrew Steele, Jakarta – Islam maintains a more visible place in secular Indonesia than it has in years. New mosques are popping up everywhere,…

Richard Chauvel – Indonesia's extreme sensitivity and depth of feeling about Papua is reflected in its decision to recall its ambassador.

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Dili – East Timor's capital was under tight security Tuesday as shops shut, public transport dwindled and some people sought refuge in a church…

Slobodan Lekic – The spotlight of international justice has shone on Saddam Hussein and Slobodan Milosevic to hold them accountable for alleged…

Budiriza, Jakarta – Indonesian Police Chief, Sutanto has said he assumes that rumors spread by foreign parties are aimed at splitting…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The odds are stacked against non-Muslims who want to build places of worship because the new joint ministerial…

Thousands of workers in a number of cities took to the streets Monday in opposition to a proposed amendment to the 2003 Labor Law.…

Jakarta – Violence against religious freedom continued Sunday in West Java when a group of some 200 self-styled religious vigilantes forced…

Dili – Authorities expect to pacify tensions pitting East Timor's ethnic groups that led to rioting in Dili at the weekend within days, Prime…

Joniansyah, Tangerang – About five thousand workers in Tangerang District this morning (27/3) took to the streets to rejecting the…

Jakarta – The United States, Japan and the European Union (EU) are suspected are likely harboring forestry products from China, which came from…

Canberra – Australia tried to soothe ties with Indonesia on Monday after granting asylum to 42 boat people from the country's troubled Papua…

Harold Crouch – Indonesians have reacted with outrage at the Australian decision to grant temporary protection visas to 42 of the 43 Papuans who…

Damian Kingsbury – Australia's decision to grant 42 West Papuan asylum seekers temporary protection has put the relationship with Indonesia under…

Andra Jackson – An anglican minister from Victoria witnessed a confrontation in West Papua between protesters and Indonesian police, who fired…

Nancy-Amelia Collins, Jakarta – East Timorese police have arrested seven people two days after rioters rampaged through Dili, the capital of the…

Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Malang – Muati, 60, seems to enjoy preparing the tobacco, which she blends with other ingredients and puts inside a roll of…

Greg Roberts, Kiunga, Papua New Guinea – Muslim extremists from The Philippines and elsewhere are claimed to be setting up bases in Papua with the…

Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – North Sulawesi has formally expressed its opposition to the pornography bill and at least three other provinces…

Tony Blair MP
Prime Minister
10 Downing Street
London SW1A 2AA

26 March 2006

Dear Prime Minister,

Your visit to…

Dili – East Timor's Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri today called for calm a day after sacked soldiers rampaged through the capital…

Tom Hyland – It's unlikely that Alexander Downer believes what he says about the new row that has erupted between Australia and Indonesia over 42…

Carmel Egan – Relying on nothing more than the word of a good friend and their faith in God, the West Papuan 43 turned their dugout canoe south…

Jakarta – Although disillusioned and even threatened with losing its relevance, the Papuan People's Assembly (MRP) remains the best available…

Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Malang – Over 32,000 contract teachers in East Java might have to let go of their dream of becoming civil servants.

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Ati Nurbaiti, Jakarta – Black T-shirts with feminist slogans were selling fast on Thursday to women wanting to express blunt objection to the…

Sydney – The Australian government must take the issue of Papua's right to self-determination to the United Nations, the Greens say.

Greens…

When 43 Papuan separatists washed up on Cape York last January in a 25m outrigger canoe and demanded asylum, they opened up the biggest rift in…

Bill Guerin, Jakarta – Indonesia's bountiful natural resources are generating massive corporate deals, a signal that one of the region's sickest…

Tb. Arie Rukmantara, Jakarta – While poor sanitation, inadequate housing and a lack of decent infrastructure all help infectious diseases spread…

Jakarta – Health officials, lawmakers and activists are working together to reduce Indonesia's maternal, infant and child mortality rates, which…

Sian Powell, Jakarta – Indonesian security forces continued to hunt for students in hiding in Papua's jungles yesterday.

While Jakarta…

Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said a singer invited to the State Palace failed to perform because she was dismissed for…

Sian Powell, Jakarta – Hiding in a tattered hut in West Papua's dense jungle and existing on food brought by sympathetic villagers, university…

Greg Sheridan – Is there another boat on the way? This is the question now in Australia-Indonesia relations after the granting of temporary…

Hera Diani, Jakarta – Christian leaders and members of the Ahmadiyah group presented a united stand Friday in opposing the revised decree on…

Jakarta – The Communion of Churches in Indonesia (PGI) has responded angrily to a government official's allegation that churches have…

Surakarta – A group of Muslims representing several Islamic boarding schools in Surakarta staged a rally at the Gladag traffic circle…

Jakarta – Indonesia has recalled its ambassador to Australia amid a furore over Canberra's decision to grant temporary visas to 42 asylum seekers…

Around 10,000 workers from the National Workers Union in Bandung regency staged a protest Thursday to reject the revision of a…

Hera Diani and Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – The government is ready to publicize the revised ministerial decree on places of worship but…

His Excellency Kofi Annan Secretary-General
The United Nations
1 United Nations Plaza
New York, New York 10017-3515

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Bekasi – Thousands of workers grouped in the National Labor Union (SPN) and the Federation of Democratic Workers took to the streets…

Jakarta – If the general election was today, how would you cast your vote? The answer would be the same as in 2004, when the three biggest parties…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Police have arrested a businessman and an immigration officer at Jakarta's Soekarno-Hatta International Airport as…

Jayapura – Papuan community leaders, smarting at the refusal of a minister to meet with them last week, have accused the central government of…