Hannah Beech – The news felt familiar: after a dramatic shootout in central Java, Indonesian police had managed to corner and kill the region's most-wanted terrorist, Noordin Mohammed Top.

Candra Malikm, Kepuhsari (Solo) – Thousands of curious sightseers have flocked to the house where the region's most-wanted terrorist, Noordin M Top, and three other suspects were killed on Thursday morning, making the badly damaged dwelling place into an instant "tourist" attraction.

Tom Allard, Jakarta – The death of Noordin Mohammed Top is unquestionably a fantastic result for Indonesia's counter-terrorism authorities.

A Muslim leader on Friday criticized an Indonesian production company for inviting a Japanese adult video star to appear in its new film, a report said.

April Aswadi & Muhamad Al Azhari – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has broken his long silence over the controversy surrounding the Bank Century bailout, saying he had officially entrusted the handling of the case to Vice President Jusuf Kalla.

Nivell Rayda & April Aswadi – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is readying a government decree in lieu of law, or Perppu, to deal with the vacuum in the leadership of the country's anti-graft body after three of its five leaders were named as suspects in various legal cases, a minister said Friday.

Irawaty Wardany and Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono says he will soon issue a government regulation in-lieu-of-law (perppu) to fill the vacant leadership in the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), three of whose five leaders have been implicated in criminal cases.

Febriamy Hutapea – A new survey appears to back the view that mainstream political parties in this country are often indistinguishable from one another and could encourage opposition parties to join the cabinet.

Camelia Pasandaran – A government watchdog is claiming that the government is spending too much money – at least $4.7 million to inaugurate new members of the House of Representatives and the Regional Representatives Council.

Jakarta – The public says the 2004-2009 House of Representatives has performed unsatisfactorily, a new survey reveals.

The death of wanted terrorist Noordin M Top in a raid in Central Java on Thursday marks the end of a police chase for a man who the US State Department once said was a suspect in every major anti-Western attack in Indonesia since 2002.

Tom Allard, Jakarta – Indonesia's powerful corruption watchdog, the Corruption Eradication Commission, or KPK, is in disarray after two of its most senior officials were yesterday named by police as suspects in an investigation that alleges they allowed two executives to flee the country before facing justice for embezzlement.

Nurfika Osman – The deputy chairman of Indonesia's largest Muslim organization, Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), said that a police terror raid operation in Solo on Thursday morning was "inappropriate" and "exaggerated" because there were casualties and a pregnant woman was among the wounded.

Imron Rosyid, Solo – Noordin Muhammed Top, a militant mastermind who eluded capture for nine years and terrorized Indonesia with a string of deadly al-Qaida-funded bombings, was killed during a raid in central Indonesia, the country's police chief said Thursday.

Asian terror mastermind Noordin Mohammed Top was among four people who died in a raid on a militant hideout in Indonesia's Central Java province today, the country's police chief said.

Dicky Christanto and Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – The President made a rare statement of support for the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), after the police named two of its leaders as suspects in a corruption case, and as most lawmakers continue to attempt to strip the body of its powers.

Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has faced a number of severe blows recently with several of its leaders allegedly involved in cases of murder and abuse of power.

Joe Cochrane & Nurfika Osman – There was no doubt about it this time. Nearly seven frustrating years of near misses and false leads for Indonesia's National Police have come to a spectacular conclusion with the killing of Malaysian terrorist Noordin M Top.

Rizal Sukma, Jakarta – Combating corruption has been often cited one of the most important "successes" of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's first administration.

Jakarta – Women's rights activists protested against the new health law Wednesday, which they say does not accommodate the rights of unmarried people to reproductive health services such as abortion.

Ismira Lutfia – Union busting, low wages and outsourcing are just some of the many labor issues facing today's media workers, industry activists said earlier this week.

Jakarta – After mounting pressure, the government has finally withdrawn the draft law on state secrecy to allow adequate time for the controversial bill to be scrutinized.

Regarding the withdrawal of the bill, Defense Minister Juwono Sudarsono said President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono had given him three instructions at a Cabinet meeting in Jakarta on Wednesday.

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Four welfare ministers have been slammed for their failure to improve the quality of life of Indonesians over the past five years despite increases in budget.

Patrick Guntensperger, Jakarta – When the global financial crisis was at its height last November, Indonesia's Century Bank faced a severe liquidity crisis. Spooked depositors ran on the mid-sized consumer-oriented bank, depleting its capital base and raising fears financial contagion would have a domino effect on other wobbly financial institutions.

Who wants to visit Aceh – for pleasure, not mere curiosity? While visitors describe Aceh's towns and villages as friendly, what kind of place would pass a law on stoning people to death, if proven guilty of adultery?

Febriamy Hutapea – Seven of the 10 parties in the House of Representatives have agreed to diminish the authority of the Corruption Eradication Commission in the pending Anti-Corruption Bill, the Prosperous Justice Party announced on Tuesday.

Fidelis E. Satriastanti – Tribal groups have been faithfully protecting and preserving rain forests for hundreds of years, but their input at national and global talks on the highly anticipated carbon trading mechanism has been constantly denied, a representative of the country's indigenous people said here on Monday.

Nivell Rayda – Legal experts and antigraft watchdogs said on Wednesday that police might have exceeded their power by declaring two executives from the Corruption Eradication Commission as suspects and charging them with misuse of power.

Indonesia's foreign and local-currency sovereign debt ratings were upgraded on Wednesday to Ba2 from Ba3 at Moody's Investors Service, which cited the nation's economic resilience.

Febriamy Hutapea & Ismira Lutfia – After passing a record four bills on Monday, the House of Representatives repeated the feat on Tuesday, despite the continuing poor attendance of lawmakers in the plenary session.

Kinanti Pinta Karana – Despite the safety perils of traveling long distances on motorbikes, many people returning to their hometowns from Indonesia's big cities this weekend for the annual 'mudik' exodus will shun buses and trains in favor of the two-wheeled people mover.

Defense Minister Juwono Sudarsono on Tuesday defended President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono from an accusation that he was trying to return the country to authoritarianism by pushing for the endorsement of the state secrecy bill.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Camelia Pasandaran & Dessy Sagita – Kicking off its frantic final weeks, a plenary session of the House of Representatives on Monday approved four bills, a new record for a legislature scrambling to make good on its lawmaking duties.

Dessy Sagita – The recent "detention" of two women and their babies by a South Jakarta hospital is further proof that many people, particularly low-income earners, don't receive the health services promised by the government, a leading antigraft body said on Tuesday.

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – Critics have urged the House of Representatives to delay the endorsement of the health bill, now dragging on for nine years, saying it was an effort to shift the government's responsibility to provide public healthcare services onto the people themselves.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The Ministry of Defense announced on Monday that it had wrapped up an audit that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono had ordered a few months ago following a string of deadly military accidents.

On Friday, the Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) reported 142 graft cases, which allegedly took place at various institutions within the national education sector between 2004 and 2008, to the KPK for further monitoring and investigation.

Kinanti Pinta Karana – Tommy Suharto, the son of former President Suharto, denied in a television interview on Monday that his leadership push for the Golkar Party was a way for his family to get back in the political game. "I'm not a delegate from Cendana [Suharto's family]," Tommy said in an interview broadcast on RCTI.

Camelia Pasandaran – The Constitutional Court on Monday rejected for the third time a demand to change the Election Law to allow independent presidential candidates to run.

The court said the applicant's demand to overturn some articles in the 2003 election law was unconstitutional.

Nivell Rayda – Watchdog groups and lawyers on Monday criticized the recent police summons of several active members of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), saying the move amounted to direct interference in the independent body.

Candra Malik, Solo – A Central Java radio station was attacked by militants, investigated by police and reprimanded by a broadcast watchdog after airing an old communist-affiliated song on Sunday.

Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – Men dressed up as a gorilla, a tiger, a rabbit and a bear took the center stage at the office of Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) on Sunday, asking for stronger action against corruption.

Heru Andriyanto – The widow of slain businessman Nasrudin Zulkarnaen said on Monday that the accused mastermind of the murder, antigraft agency chairman Antasari Azhar, has promised involvement in a project that could earn her husband Rp 1.5 billion.

Sri Martuti, 44, said Nasrudin told her about the project during their last conversation on March 9.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was under strong pressure on Monday to intervene in the drafting process of the controversial state secrecy bill by ordering the Defense Ministry to postpone deliberations.

Jakarta – The Witness and Victim Protection Agency told families and victims of the 1984 Tanjung Priok massacre Saturday that it might be difficult for them to ask for compensation from the government.

Nivell Rayda – An international rights group on Monday slammed Indonesia's police for botching a key human rights case and for wielding defamation charges as a political weapon against critics.

Ismira Lutfia – With black tape covering their mouths to symbolize freedom of expression being silenced, journalists on Monday demonstrated in front of the Supreme Court and urged it to act as a "last line of defense" to protect citizens from being prosecuted for expressing their opinions.

Dessy Sagita – Despite calls from President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono for police action against anti-Malaysia demonstrators, another rally involving bamboo stick-wielding protesters took place on Sunday.

Nurfika Osman & Antara – The holy month of Ramadan has seen an increase in the number of illegal Indonesian workers deported from Malaysia, an official said on Sunday.

Heru Andriyanto – Attorney General Hendarman Supandji is backing a House of Representatives plan to remove the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK)'s prosecutorial powers.

"I fully support the plan. The task of prosecuting should become the sole authority of the prosecutor's office," Hendarman told reporters on Friday.