Sara Everingham, Dili – Celebrations for International Women's Day have begun early in East Timor.

Jakarta – The number of recorded victims of violence against women has skyrocketed from around 54,000 in to 2008 to over 154,000 last year, data from the National Commission on Violence

Stephen Fitzpatrick, Jakarta – Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has seized the running in a tough fight for political supremacy, declaring his main priority as leader is en

Sara Everingham – East Timor's latest attempt to create a brighter future has unearthered a tragic reminder of its turbulent past, with the construction of a new luxury hotel and golf c

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The Indonesian Defense Ministry said Friday that Jakarta had sent a delegation to Washington to negotiate the lifting of ban on US training for Army Special Forces (Kopassus), but stopp

Jakarta – Vice President Boediono's personal wealth increased by Rp 6 billion and US$1,000 between April and September 2009, an update for the Corruption Eradication Commission revealed

Heru Andriyanto & Nivell Rayda – The Corruption Eradication Commission responded immediately to the House of Representatives' recommendation for an investigation into the controvers

Charles Fromm, Washington – The administration of President Barack Obama hopes to resume United States training of an elite Indonesian military unit whose members have been convicted of

Hotli Simanjuntak and Dicky Christanto, Aceh, Jakarta – The government's campaign against terrorist groups in Aceh escalated this week with a police officer and another civilian losing

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Amien Rais, the chairman of the advisory board of the National Mandate Party (PAN), said on Friday that he is ready to run as a candidate to take back the cha

Lindsay Murdoch – Three Dili District Court judges have sentenced 24 rebels to jail terms of up to 16 years but their verdicts have raised more questions than they answered about the at

Lilian Budianto, Jakarta – Jakarta is seeking a "long-term political commitment" with Washington to resolve pending issues in the comprehensive partnership that leaders of both countrie

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Politicians on Friday railed against President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's defense of the Bank Century bailout and Vice President Boediono and Finance Minister

Ardian Wibisono – Investors and business leaders on Friday welcomed President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's steadfast defense of Vice President Boediono and Finance Minister Sri Mulyani In

Hans David Tampobolon – The House of Representatives will establish a new team to monitor the implementation of the legislative body's recommendations on the Bank Century bailout.

Howard LaFranchi, Washington – President Obama wants to signal a continued strengthening in US-Indonesia ties when he travels to the world's largest Muslim country later this month.

The Vanuatu Free West Papua Association has held a peaceful demonstration in Port Vila in support of West Papua's independence from Indonesia.

Batam, Riau Islands – Employees of PT Tri Karya Abadi (TKA), a bauxite mining company in Dompak, Tanjung Pinang, staged a protest at the Tanjung Pinang District Court demanding the comp

Andi Hajramurni, Makassar – Hundreds of students from several campuses clashed with police in Makassar on Wednesday and Thursday, leaving three police posts and the student organization

Nurfika Osman & Camelia Pasandaran – As students continued to clash with police in Makassar on Friday after four officers were arrested the day before for attacking students, Nation

Camelia Pasandaran – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono announced the value of his personal assets at the State Palace on Friday morning, stating that his total wealth was just under $1

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Jakarta – Around 150 vendors from various traditional markets across the city rallied Tuesday at the City Council to protest the planned relocation of abattoirs.

Nurdin Hasan & Farouk Arnaz, Aceh – The ongoing police paramilitary operations here against suspected militants have claimed another civilian life as the number of suspects charged

Student demonstrations were still ongoing at a number of universities in Makassar, South Sulawesi, on Thursday, with students also damaging and blocking public roads.

Jakarta – Around 5,000 of people gathered outside the East Java legislative council in Surabaya on Thursday in a show of support for President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Vice Presiden

Lindsay Murdoch, Dili – Angelita Pires, the East Timorese-born Australian lover of the slain rebel leader Alfredo Reinado has been acquitted of conspiring to kill East Timor's top two p

Sara Everingham, Dili – For the first time in nearly seven months, Australian woman Angelita Pires can relax, after being acquitted of involvement in a plot to assassinate East Timor's

John Pomfret, Washington – As Barack Obama prepares to travel to Indonesia, his administration is seeking to reverse a 12-year-old ban on training an elite unit of the Indonesian milita

Anita Rachman, Febriamy Hutapea & Muninggar Sri Saraswati – A divided House of Representatives late on Wednesday declared that the bailout of Bank Century in 2008 violated laws and

Nurfika Osman & Antara – Among the many people demanding changes to the 1965 Law on the Prevention of Blasphemy and Abuse of Religion, Sardy, an ordinary Indonesian citizen, told th

Bandung – Prosecutors charged six people on Thursday under the country's Anti-Pornography Law for allegedly putting on a nude dance show at a bar in the early hours of New Year's Day.

Stephen Fitzpatrick, Jakarta – Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's ruling coalition has been rocked by a split on party lines at the climax of an investigation into last yea

Ismira Lutfia – The Jakarta chapter of the Alliance of Independent Journalists on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against the Indonesian Censorship Institute for its decision to ban the film

Ismira Lutfia – The Aceh office of the Indonesian Broadcasting Commission has proposed a draft of the province's broadcasting qanun, or bylaw, that will be used as a standard to censor

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Febriamy Hutapea & Anita Rachman – Wednesday's vote by lawmakers to seek a criminal investigation into the handling of the 2008 Bank Century bailout seems to have laid the groundwor

Thanks for the political backing, but it will not influence our investigations.

Now that the House of Representatives has ruled the 2008 bailout of Bank Century was unjustified, the nation next has to brace for the inevitable political fallout.

Tom Allard, Jakarta – Indonesia's Parliament erupted in wild scenes yesterday after its speaker shut down debate on the controversial bailout of Bank Century.

Putri Prameshwari & Ulma Haryanto – Fears of tear gas, water cannons and baton-wielding riot police weren't enough to stop determined protesters from drawing attention to their caus

Farouk Arnaz – The National Police and Aceh Police conducted raids and arrested more suspects who were allegedly involved with a terrorist network that held a military training camp in

Nurdin Hasan – Two prominent rights groups in Aceh on Wednesday called for police to end their military-like operations against an armed group allegedly linked to the Jemaah Islamiyah r

Ricky Binihi – West Papuans highly value their relationship with Vanuatu because of its former traditional staunch position on their plight.

Putri Prameshwari, Ulma Haryanto & Zaky Pawas – Teenager or housewife, anybody can get money and a free meal for joining a rally in Jakarta, to either yell, dance, sing or all of th

Jakarta – Hundreds of demonstrators rallied Monday outside the Public Works Ministry in South Jakarta to demand that corrupt officials be prosecuted for the loss of Rp 92 billion in sta

While rallies have caused traffic chaos in the capital over the past two days as the House of Representatives deliberated over its investigation into the Bank Century bailout, for some

Farouk Arnaz, Putri Prameshwari & Ulma Haryanto – With the controversial Bank Century bailout inquiry serving as backdrop, police went head to head with demonstrators as a confronta