Washington – A big US public pension fund announced plans for a shareholder drive to press mining giant Freeport-McMoRan Copper and Gold Inc.

Yemris Fointuna, Kupang – Former East Timorese living in West Timor, East Nusa Tenggara, rallied at the local provincial administration office in Kupang on Monday, urging the government

Dili – Rival martial arts gangs staged rolling battles across East Timor's capital today after weekend violence that reportedly saw a man hacked to death, and others critically injured.

Nani Afrida, Banda Aceh – Former rebels in Aceh will form a political party within six months, opening up the way for their participation in the 2009 national elections, officials said

Indra Harsaputra, Sidoarjo – Bowing to public pressure, the company at the heart of the mudflow disaster in Sidoarjo, East Java, has decided to buy all land and buildings affected by th

Aceh/Bandung/Makassar – As people living with HIV/AIDS observed World AIDS Day on Friday with events around the country, there were calls for greater recognition, an end to discriminati

Tony Hotland and Hera Diani, Jakarta – The next time someone advises you against using a condom, tell them the Vice President ordered you to.

Jakarta – Former Defense and Security Minister Gen. (ret) Edi Sudradjat passed away on Friday. He died at 1 p.m. at Army Central Hospital Gatot Subroto in Jakarta.

Although the number of people with jobs in August increased by 280,000 to 95.46 million compared to February, and exceeded the growth in Indonesia's total workforce during the same peri

Jerry Norton, Banda Aceh – Indonesia will soon set the ball rolling to allow former rebels in Aceh to establish a political party and join the mainstream in the once volatile province,

Dario Thuburn, Moscow – Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin agreed to expand energy ties and arms trade during talks in Moscow.

Jakarta – Hundreds of Papuans gathered Friday in eastern Indonesia to mark the anniversary of their "declaration of independence" amid tight security, a customary council member said.

New Zealand's Peace Movement Aotoearoa says grassroots support for West Papua's right to self-determination is growing.

Prodita Sabarini, Jakarta – Drug users and small-time dealers fill the country's jails, but an eight-time convict says putting drug users in prison will not help them kick the habit.

Nani Afrida, Banda Aceh – Dozens of people claiming to be victims of the conflict in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam rallied in front of the Independent Commission for Elections in Banda Aceh

Jakarta – Indonesia is responding to the sharp increase in HIV prevalence among injecting drug users by issuing a new national policy that will legally settle the harm-reduction debate.

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – About 2,000 workers and their employers staged rallies at a number of government institutions in Medan, North Sumatra, Wednesday, demanding the normalization of

Surabaya – A man died late on Wednesday after suffering injuries from last week's gas pipeline explosion in the Indonesian area swamped by a devastating mudflow, pushing the incident's

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Defense Minister Juwono Sudarsono insisted Wednesday that members of the military should not face trial in civilian courts, even though President Susilo Ba

Nani Afrida, Banda Aceh – Students and teachers can still remember the moment they had to immediately remove their chairs and desks from their school, the No.

Jakarta – A joint Indonesia-East Timor commission plans to question former Indonesian military chief Wiranto and other officers over the violence surrounding East Timor's independence v

Andi Haswidi, Jakarta – Dubbed one of the most influential business gurus, Michael E.

Urip Hudiono, Jakarta – The Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) has found four cases of irregularities in the management of public funds during the first semester of this year, leading to potent

Achmad Sukarsono, Jakarta – Infighting ahead of the coming landmark Dec.

Jakarta – People living with HIV/AIDS still encounter stigma in various ways including discrimination, rejection and avoidance, even from medical workers, who often lack knowledge of th

Jakarta – Local elections in Indonesia's Aceh province pose a challenge for former separatist rebels in their transformation from an armed insurgency into a political movement, the Inte

Banda Aceh – A second electoral worker has been abducted since the start last weekend of campaigning for milestone elections in Indonesia's Aceh province, police said Wednesday.

Dili – East Timor's former interior minister will go on trial Thursday on allegations of arming a political hit squad with state weapons as the tiny nation descended into violence earli

Markus Makur, Timika – Hundreds of Amungme and Kamoro tribespeople in Mimika, Papua, held a protest Tuesday to demand giant gold mining company PT Freeport Indonesia give them its old m

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – An alliance of civil groups and the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) joined the chorus of criticism here Tuesday against the civil registra

Tony Hotland and Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – While victims of the devastating mudflow in East Java continued a public protest, Vice President Jusuf Kalla issued reassurances Tuesday t

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has agreed to allow soldiers accused of criminal acts to stand trial in civilian courts, a minister said here Tuesday.

Dili – East Timor President Xanana Gusmao on Tuesday said the worst was now over and his country was recovering from the outbreak of violence earlier this year which prompted the deploy

Nani Afrida, Banda Aceh – The Free Aceh Movement (GAM) has taken a neutral stance toward all candidates in the first gubernatorial election in Aceh, following a controversy over whether

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – A caucus of lawmakers has criticized the controversial civil registration bill, saying it harmed the rights of marginalized groups and their political inte

John Aglionby, Jakarta – Freedom of speech in Indonesia has suffered a significant reverse after censors banned four "disturbing" documentaries on East Timor and Aceh from the Jakarta I

Jakarta – International media watchdog Reporters Without Borders Tuesday lambasted the decision of Indonesian authorities to ban four films on East Timor and Aceh from the Jakarta Inter

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Despite public criticism of their overseas trips, dozens of lawmakers will again go abroad – this time to South Korea and Hong Kong – for what they called

Surabaya – Thousands of victims of the mudflow disaster in Porong district in Sidoarjo, East Java, rallied Monday to demand gas drilling company PT Lapindo Brantas increase its compensa

Hera Diani, Jakarta – After taking on cases of violence against women for the past five years in her hometown in West Nusa Tenggara province, activist-cum-lawyer Beauty Erawati said she

Andi Haswidi, Jakarta – Despite efforts to improve legal certainty under President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's administration, investor trust in the Indonesian legal system remains low.

Djamester A. Simarmata, Jakarta – Most of Indonesia's fiscal problems are inherited from previous governments, especially from the Soeharto era.

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Thousands of Indonesians blocked a key road on Java island with sand to press the operator of an exploratory oil well spewing torrents of mud to pay more compensation.

Morgan Mellish, Jakarta – Companies from 30 countries have been in Jakarta trying to sell their weaponry.

Campaigning has begun for next month's long-awaited elections in the Indonesian province of Aceh.

Harry Bhaskara, Jakarta – The government seems to be inconsistent when it comes to handling disasters.

Indonesia will trim down the proportion of the US-made military weaponry and equipment in its military to lessen the dependency on the US military industry, the defense minister said in

Lloyd Jones, Port Moresby – A flag banned from being raised in Indonesia flew in Port Moresby today as activists called on Australia and other nations to support the province of Papua's

Jakarta/Surabaya – Two new political parties, linked to the country's two biggest Muslim organizations – Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) and Muhammadiyah, are expected to contest the 2009 presiden