James Balowski, Jakarta – On October 1, under pressure from the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, the government of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono announced massive cu

Max Lane – An eight-month election process for village councils has finished in East Timor.

The family of a Scots journalist brutally murdered in a war zone are demanding that Tony Blair helps them get justice – 30 years after his death.

Hasrul, Kendari – Kendari district court on Tuesday sentenced 23 former city councillors to one year and six months in jail, adding to the long list of councillors around the country wh

Clinton Fernandes – The destruction of the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI), 40 years ago following the seizure of power by pro-US military officers headed by General Suharto was a deci

John Aglionby – Indonesian police today announced the first arrest in connection with the October 1 Bali suicide bombings in which 23 people, including the attackers, were killed.

Rusman, Samarinda – The sound of chain saws was very load. Mustarmin, 37, and his four colleagues immediately scampered away from a big tree as it crashed into small trees around it.

Adi Warsidi, Jakarta – As many as 116 Free Aceh Movement (GAM) members being detained in Sumatra and Java have yet to be granted amnesty.

Adi Warsidi, Banda Aceh – Around 1,000 people from a number of Acehnese social organisations participated in a seminar to discuss a draft law on the organisation of a government in Aceh

Damar Harsanto, Jakarta – Prices of most basic commodities in traditional markets across the capital have soared by up to 30 percent following the fuel price hike.

Bandarlampung/Puncak Jaya/Kupang – The greed of corrupt local officials is ensuring needy families throughout the country are missing out on the fuel compensation money.

Urip Hudiono, Jakarta – The Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) has found that at least one-eighth of last year's Rp 80.42 trillion ($7.99 billion) in subsidized fuel, or Rp 9.7 trillion, was lo

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Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – Murdered Indonesian human rights campaigner Munir Said Thalib and Myanmar pro-democracy advocate Min Ko Naing were on Monday named 2005 "Civil Courage Prize" wi

Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has suspended indefinitely Banten Governor Djoko Munandar to facilitate his prosecution for a corruption case.

Nala Edwin, Jakarta – The public is being encouraged to study and be on guard against the TNI's (Indonesian military) efforts to revive the territorial commands (Koter) as a means to pr

Banda Aceh – The Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) opposes the current discourse on the reactivation of the territorial commands (Koter) by the TNI (Indonesian military) as a resp

Dili – Indonesia and its former territory East Timor may seek foreign funding for their Commission of Truth and Friendship investigating past bloodshed, East Timor's Foreign Minister Jo

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Banda Aceh – The drafting of a bill on Aceh's governance has excluded representatives from the Free Aceh Movement (GAM), which demanded self-rule in the province.

Ridwan M. Sijabat, Jakarta – There was nowhere to go; all thought was on escaping their burning homes. In an instant, residents in Aceh became refugees in their own homeland.

Pradana Boy ZTF, Malang – The factors that have caused Papuans' desire to be free from Indonesia cannot easily be determined.

Jakarta – Vice President Yusuf Kalla said on Sunday the government cannot ban Jamaah Islamiyah (JI), an Islamic militant group blamed for a series of terror bombs in Indonesia, arguing

Days after terrorists attacked Bali for the second time in three years, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono attended a ceremony on Wednesday to mark the 60th anniversary of the Indonesia

Multa Fidrus, Tangerang – The Tangerang Regental Council (DPRD) has endorsed a bylaw that upgrades 77 villages in the regency into subdistricts, and regent Ismet Iskandar has sworn in v

Dwi Atmanta, Jakarta – A usually cool President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono seemed to be about to lose his patience when he ordered the Indonesian Military (TNI) to actively help the count

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – Under scorching midday sun, Chief Sgt. Abdul Manaf steered left his motorcycle entering the compound of the East Medan district military command.

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – A top antiterror official has voiced support for the Indonesian Military (TNI)'s controversial plan to reactivate its territorial function to help curb terroris

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A'an Suryana, Jakarta – The role of the Babinsa, non-commissioned officers assigned to villages, is again in the spotlight, following the Indonesian Military (TNI) chief's suggestion th

Tomi Soetjipto, Kuta Beach – Police questioned more witnesses in the Bali backpack bombings on Saturday after narrowly failing to capture a key suspect in a series of blasts in Indonesi

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Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) issued on Friday a circular warning state officials against accepting "inappropriate gifts" from others in relation to Idul Fitri.

Mike Casey, Bali – Investigators desperate for a breakthrough in the Bali terrorist attacks on Saturday dropped thousands of photos of the two suspected masterminds over a city close to

M. Taufiqurrahman, Jakarta – For good or ill, 1965 has very special meaning for Ilham Aidit, son of doomed Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) leader Dipa Nusantara (D.N.) Aidit.

Jakarta – The caretaker of the Darut Tauhid pesantren [traditional Islamic boarding school], Abdullah Gymnastiar or Aa Gym, has asked that the advertisement on fuel price increases in w

Urip Hudiono, Jakarta – Foreign direct investment (FDI) is maintaining its upward trend, data from the Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) shows, ahead of a possible slowdown due to ri

Bill Guerin, Jakarta – The al-Qaeda-linked Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) organization once again has its footprints all over a series of suicide bomb blasts on the Indonesian resort island of B

Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – A human rights watchdog has called on the government to reform the National Intelligence Agency (BIN) following the failure to prevent a series of bom

Lisa Misol, New York – Now that the Indonesian military might be independently selling off its shares in private companies, the government has no time to waste in setting ground rules t

Hera Diani, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono remains a popular president, with 63 percent of Indonesians satisfied with his performance in running the country, a new survey

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Rusman, Samarinda – The sun has just risen on the horizon, and Rahmat, 65, was tilling the land to grow beans.

Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – Chief Justice Bagir Manan has given a directive to judges across the country to fine, not imprison, any journalist found guilty in a criminal case rel

City Councillors took part in a protest on the steps of Oxford Town Hall to pledge their support for West Papuans fighting for freedom from Indonesian occupation.

Jakarta – State oil and gas firm PT Pertamina has increased fuel prices for industry for October by up to 21.9 percent, higher than previously expected.

Aguswandi, Banda Aceh – No matter which political camp or organization you belong to in Aceh, there is one similarity throughout: Women are not significantly involved anywhere.

Mark Curtis – As bloodshed mounts each day in Iraq, what prospect is there that British ministers will be held accountable for the illegal invasion and occupation that triggered this ca