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Indra Subagja Jakarta – The investigation into the murder of human rights activists Munir continues.

Novia D. Rulistia, Jakarta – An alliance of entrepreneurs and workers groups has established a bipartite forum to help settle industrial labor disputes and problems.

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – An alliance of non-governmental organizations have voiced strong opposition to the planned straightening of the Deli River, which divides Medan in North Sumatra

Erwida Maulia and ID Nugroho, Jakarta/Sidoarjo – A group on Thursday declared a movement to stop the mudflow in Sidoarjo, East Java, while questioning the government's political will to

Syofiardi Bachyul Jb, Padang – Two local leaders of the Al-Qidayah sect went on trial Thursday at the Padang District Court on charges of defaming Islam.

Jakarta – Press organizations will request the Constitutional Court to review defamation articles in the Criminal Code, following the district court's conviction of senior journalist Be

Jakarta – Despite slower growth in some business sub-sectors, Indonesia is not suffering from "de-industrialization", with manufacturing continuing to play a significant and stable role

Agnes Winarti – While other provinces have taken advantage of the health care system managed by state-owned insurance firm PT Askes (Askeskin), the Jakarta administration has chosen to

Agnes Winarti, Jakarta – Dozens of people with tense faces and a set of documents in their hands on Wednesday huddled in front of a healthcare counter for the poor (Askeskin), at state-

Novia D.Rulistia and Desy Nurhayati, Jakarta – Hundreds of meat sellers from Greater Jakarta protested at the State Palace in Central Jakarta on Wednesday, demanding the government stab

Jakarta/Sidoarjo – House of Representatives Deputy Speaker Soetardjo Soerdjogoeritno was criticized Wednesday by fellow lawmakers for reversing a decision to question the government on

Mustafa Silalahi, Jakarta – Based on data from the Metro Jaya regional police Traffic Management Centre, at least five different protest actions will enliven Jakarta and Depok today.

Kupang – The Independent Journalists Alliance (AJI) has condemned alleged violence against three journalists in East Nusa Tenggara over the past week, saying press freedom had been put

The government has finally settled the sharia debate, which has dogged Indonesia these past few years, essentially rejecting demands that sharia-based laws introduced in many regencies

Charlotte Wheatley, Jakarta – You can learn a lot about someone over a cup of tea – starting with the way they drink it.

Paul Toohey – Time reporter Rory Callinan has complained of heavy-handed treatment at the hands of Australian soldiers in East Timor after he and photographer John Wilson were detained

Tony Iltis – East Timorese President Jose Ramos Horta was rushed to Darwin to undergo emergency surgery after being shot three times in a February 11 attack on his residence by armed re

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – The United States deems supporting democratization in Indonesia a priority, and whoever wins the American presidency will consider the Southeast Asian country an

Jakarta – The murder of human rights activists Munir will be one of the cases taken up in the annual report on human rights in Indonesia, which will be presented to the United Nations H

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Geoffrey York, Dili – Passengers arriving at East Timor's airport are greeted with an ominous sign posted by the authorities, warning of the roving gangs of child extortionists who thre

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Residents of Papua's Pegunungan Bintang regency on Tuesday voiced their opposition to the proposed formation of a new province.

Philip Setunga, Hong Kong/China – It may seem a simple matter of coincidence that the week Indonesian ex-president Soeharto was buried with state honors, the killers of human rights act

The politics of the mudflow have become even, well, muddier, recently.

Jakarta – Hundreds of substitute teachers in Jakarta staged a rally at the City Council on Monday to complain about the amount of time it was taking the administration to make them civi

Jakarta – The six children of late Indonesian president Suharto failed to appear in court Tuesday after being summonsed to defend a civil corruption case against the former leader.

Jakarta – Poverty in tsunami-struck Aceh has fallen below the pre-disaster level, a new World Bank report shows, due to both peace and the large reconstruction effort.

Ahmad Pathoni, Dili – Delvina da Costa complained of squalid conditions and a shortage of food in the refugee camp where she has lived for almost two years, but the prospect of returnin

Angela Macdonald-Smith, Sydney – Woodside Petroleum should delay plans to develop the Sunrise natural gas field in the Timor Sea for up to 10 years to extend the time East Timor will ge

Banjarnegara, Central Java – Poverty has been blamed as the main cause of the rising divorce rate in Banjarnegara, Central Java, where most divorces are sought by women.

Paul Toohey, Dili – Some 90 of Alfredo Reinado's rebels, most of them armed, broke the East Timor-wide 8pm curfew and entered Dili late on Wednesday night to pay their last respects as

Rizal Harahap, Pekanbaru – The four main rivers in Riau province are contaminated by hazardous levels of cadmium and zinc, posing a serious threat to the health of residents, say local

Multa Fidrus, Tangerang – Ignoring intense criticism and threats of lawsuits, the Tangerang city administration continues to pursue its vision of a moralistic society through controvers

Angela Flassy, Jayapura – Two Papuan intellectuals have expressed deep concern over a bill on the formation of four new provinces in Papua, which they said would benefit Jakarta and cou

Belinda Lopez – East Timor, a fragile young democracy rocked by assaults on its two top leaders last week, must work to overcome grinding poverty and a divisive politics to achieve stab

Susan Wellings – One of East Timor's most bloody massacres is finally to be investigated by a team of Australian forensic scientists who plan to excavate a mass grave and identify up to

Indra Subagja, Jakarta – Protest actions will be taking place again today in Jakarta, Monday February 18. As usual, government institutions will be the targets.

[Against calls to make Suharto a national hero, human rights activists want the world to remember his deadly legacy.

Mark Forbes – Relations between East Timor and Indonesia have leapt ahead, even as ambivalence remains in the tiny nation's ties with Australia.

The man who claims to be the new leader of East Timor's fugitive rebels says he's heavily armed and will not surrender without a fight.

Aditya Suharmoko, Jakarta – The country's economy grew the fastest in the past 10 years in 2007 due in particular to robust investment and exports, the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) r

Jakarta – The government's economic growth target for 2007 of 6.3 percent has been reached.

Desy Nurhayati and Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – The government has shrugged off demands it revoke or review sharia-inspired local regulations, which many critics say violate the Constitutio

Kevin Rudd's mission to East Timor yesterday was as much about fact-finding as it was about bolstering a government in crisis.

Lindsay Murdoch, Darwin – A chill breeze was blowing across the ruins of the old Portuguese fort on a hill overlooking the small town of Maubisse in East Timor's rugged mountains.

Paul Toohey, Dili – East Timor is a changed land, with what remained of its simple innocence lost the moment gunmen opened fire on its most revered statesmen.

Bob Boughton – The mayhem in Dili last Monday, in which rebel soldier Alfredo Reinado was shot dead and East Timor's President Jose Ramos Horta badly injured, raises a fundamental quest

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Dili – Timor-Leste's prosecutor-general, Longuinhos Montiero, has now issued 12 arrest warrants for suspects in the 11 February assassination attempts against President Jose Ramos-Horta