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Cirebon Bomber Had H

2011-04-19T01:47:00.001-07:00

Cirebon Bomber Had Help: Police: Though the National Police have positively identified the Cirebon suicide bomber, officers say the ... *

Boy, 12, Dies in Gun

2011-04-19T01:16:00.001-07:00

Boy, 12, Dies in Gunshot Accident: A 12-year-old boy in Palu, Central Sulawesi, has died after his friend accidentally shot him on Monday. *

Bomber's Family Awai

2011-04-18T23:44:00.001-07:00

Bomber's Family Awaits Permission for Funeral: The family of suspected suicide bomber Muchamad Syarif are awaiting permission from t... *

Cirebon Bomber Had H

2011-04-18T19:07:00.001-07:00

Cirebon Bomber Had Help, Police Say: Though the National Police have positively identified the Cirebon suicide bomber, officers say ... *

Marty Says Excluding

2011-04-18T12:24:00.001-07:00

Marty Says Excluding East Timor From Asean 'Unnatural': Bogor. Indonesia is backing East Timor's bid to join Asean because excluding... *

Pocketknife-Carrying

2011-04-18T11:53:00.001-07:00

Pocketknife-Carrying Merapi Volunteer Cleared of Weapons Charge: Yogyakarta. In a mind-boggling example of the Indonesian justice sy... *

Jet-Setting Lawmaker

2011-04-18T10:49:00.001-07:00

Jet-Setting Lawmakers' Rp 13b 'Junket' Splurge: Despite recent public outrage about their extravagant spending, lawmakers are set to... *

Behind Bars, a Pensi

2011-04-18T09:48:00.001-07:00

Behind Bars, a Pensive ‘Ariel’ Pens a Song and Sings the Blues: Bandung. The warden didn’t exactly throw a party in the county jail,... *

Watchdog to Probe Sh

2011-04-18T08:45:00.001-07:00

Watchdog to Probe Shooting of Villagers by Army: The national human rights body said on Monday that it had sent a team to Kebumen, C... *

Brimob Officer Suspe

2011-04-18T07:43:00.001-07:00

Brimob Officer Suspect in Rape of Girl, 9, in Lombok: Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara. A police officer is being investigated for the ra... *

Activists Save Pet D

2011-04-18T01:34:00.001-07:00

Activists Save Pet Dogs from Chinese Cooking Pots: Hundreds of dogs being trucked to Chinese restaurants were spared a culinary fate... *

National Police Offi

2011-04-18T00:30:00.001-07:00

National Police Officially Confirms Suicide Bomber's Identity: The National Police officially confirmed the identity of the man who ... *

Suspected Bomber 'No

2011-04-17T23:59:00.001-07:00

Suspected Bomber 'Not a Devout Muslim,' Wife Says: For Sri Maliha, the questions surrounding her husband’s alleged transformation in... *

Judicial Committee Q

2011-04-17T22:58:00.001-07:00

Judicial Committee Questions Antasari's Lawyer: The Judicial Committee is questioning the lawyer of high-profile murder convict Anat... *

Former State Officia

2011-04-17T22:27:00.001-07:00

Former State Official a Victim in Citibank Embezzlement Case: A former state official is among the victims of a Rp 20 billion ($2.3 ... *

Special Needs Studen

2011-04-17T21:56:00.001-07:00

Special Needs Students Ready for Exams: Special needs students from schools in South Jakarta were ready on Monday to take on the nat... *

Students Caught Chea

2011-04-17T19:54:00.001-07:00

Students Caught Cheating Will Fail National Exams: Minister: Students caught cheating during Indonesia's national examinations will ... *

Marzuki Orders Revie

2011-04-17T10:38:00.001-07:00

Marzuki Orders Review of Tower: In the face of mounting public criticism, House Speaker Marzuki Alie has finally ordered a review of... *

Technology Cannot re

2011-04-17T05:54:00.001-07:00

Technology Cannot replace God, Pope Tells Palm Sunday Crowd: Vatican City. Pope Benedict led Roman Catholics into Holy Week celebrat... *

‘Drunk’ Actor Ni

2011-04-17T03:51:00.001-07:00

‘Drunk’ Actor Nicolas Cage Arrested in New Orleans: Hollywood actor Nicolas Cage has been arrested in the southern city of New Orlea... *

Indonesian State Bod

2011-04-17T02:49:00.001-07:00

Indonesian State Body to Take Stake in Newmont Unit: The Indonesian government said on Sunday that state investment agency Pusat Inv... *

Timor Leste: Small S

2011-04-16T21:39:00.001-07:00

Timor Leste: Small Steps That Build a Nation: Peaceful and enjoying double-digit growth, the former Indonesian province is making st... *

Corby Looking At Ear

2011-04-16T21:07:00.001-07:00

Corby Looking At Early Release: Lawyer: The lawyer of convicted Australian drug smuggler Schapelle Corby says his client could be fr... *

National Exam: Print

2011-04-16T20:36:00.001-07:00

National Exam: Printer Taking No Risks With Leakages: Heavy security has been set up at a state publisher’s printing press in East J... *

Cirus Sinaga Finally

2011-04-16T06:41:00.001-07:00

Cirus Sinaga Finally Behind Bars: High-profile prosecutor Cirus Sinaga was officially taken into custody for alleged corruption on S... *

Obama: Americans Kno

2011-04-16T05:37:00.001-07:00

Obama: Americans Know I Was Born in Hawaii: Washington. President Barack Obama said on Thursday that Republicans who were sowing dou... *

Suicide Bomber Belie

2011-04-16T01:59:00.001-07:00

Suicide Bomber Believed Identified; Wife is Due to Give Birth: A mother of eight children has submitted to police for DNA testing be... *

Indonesia Agrees to

2011-04-16T01:28:00.001-07:00

Indonesia Agrees to Deal to Boost Flu Pandemic Preparedness: Geneva. Virus samples will be shared globally in exchange for vaccines ... *

Somali Ambassador to

2011-04-16T00:26:00.001-07:00

Somali Ambassador to Media: Stop Jeopardizing Hostages: Somalia’s ambassador to Indonesia has urged the media to ease up on its cove... *

Indonesia to Pick up

2011-04-15T23:55:00.001-07:00

Indonesia to Pick up Hostages from Somali Pirates: Indonesia has deployed troops to the seas off Somalia to pick up its 20 sailors h... *

Suicide Bomber Eyed

2011-04-15T23:24:00.001-07:00

Suicide Bomber Eyed Police Chief Before Blast: Witness: The suicide bomber who injured 27 people at the Cirebon Police headquarters ... *

PPP Chairman Vows to

2011-04-15T20:20:00.001-07:00

PPP Chairman Vows to Stick With SBY Until 2014: The United Development Party on Friday pledged to support President Susilo Bambang Y... *

Update: Explosion Wa

2011-04-15T13:37:00.001-07:00

Update: Explosion Was Suicide Attack, Indonesian Police Say: A bomb that exploded at a mosque inside the compound of Cirebon Police ... *

AGO Replaces Two Dep

2011-04-15T12:35:00.001-07:00

AGO Replaces Two Deputies: Amid speculation of a rift between Attorney General Basrief Arief and his deputy Muhammad Amari over the ... *

Mosque Bomber’s Mo

2011-04-15T10:35:00.001-07:00

Mosque Bomber’s Motive a Mystery: Condemnation of Friday’s suicide bombing in Cirebon, the first such attack inside a mosque in this... *

Ministry Officials H

2011-04-15T08:44:00.001-07:00

Ministry Officials Held Over Student Fair Corruption: Four Education Ministry officials have been arrested on suspicion of embezzlin... *

AG Blames Staff for

2011-04-15T04:37:00.001-07:00

AG Blames Staff for Drawing Presidential Anger: Attorney General Basrief Arief on Friday blamed his spokesman for providing inaccura... *

Indonesian President

2011-04-15T04:06:00.001-07:00

Indonesian President Condemns Terrorist Attack: President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has strongly condemned Friday’s terrorist bombing... *

Suicide Bomber Prayi

2011-04-15T00:21:00.001-07:00

Suicide Bomber Praying as He Detonates Bomb: Survivor: A witness says a suspected suicide bomber that detonated a bomb during Friday... *

Breaking News: Bomb

2011-04-14T23:50:00.001-07:00

Breaking News: Bomb Explodes in West Java Mosque, Killing 1: A bomb exploded in a mosque inside the Cirebon Police Headquarters comp... *

How Umar Patek's Roa

2011-04-14T23:20:00.001-07:00

How Umar Patek's Road Came to An End in Pakistan: Abbottabad, Pakistan. A hailstorm was lashing this Pakistani hill town when Abdul ... *

ICW Says Sjahril Djo

2011-04-14T22:18:00.001-07:00

ICW Says Sjahril Djohan Release Sets Poor Example: The nation’s leading graft watchdog deplored the early release of major case brok... *

Police Monitors Radi

2011-04-14T20:46:00.001-07:00

Police Monitors Radical Group NII's Activities in Jakarta: While the police has refused to comment on whether Indonesia Islamic Stat... *

Two Frenchmen Arrest

2011-04-14T19:45:00.001-07:00

Two Frenchmen Arrested in Pakistan Over Alleged Terror Links: Paris. Two Frenchmen with alleged links to Umar Patek have been arrest... *

Some NU Members Fly

2011-04-14T17:42:00.001-07:00

Some NU Members Fly Flag of Intolerance: While the leadership of Nahdlatul Ulama keeps calling for religious tolerance, some followe... *

Air Controller Aslee

2011-04-14T08:22:00.001-07:00

Air Controller Asleep As Plane Landed in US: Reno, Nevada. An air traffic controller was suspended after being asleep while a medica... *

Ethics Council Vows

2011-04-14T07:20:00.001-07:00

Ethics Council Vows Tough New Stance Against Indonesian Politicians: Claiming to be inspired by the recent resignation of a legislat... *

Angry Gamblers Attac

2011-04-14T05:48:00.001-07:00

Angry Gamblers Attack Police in Papua: Following a police raid on gambling at a market in Papua on Wednesday, hundreds of people ret... *

No Proposal to Inclu

2011-04-14T04:47:00.001-07:00

No Proposal to Include Indonesia in BRICS: Sanya, China. There is no proposal as to include Indonesia in the BRICS grouping, a senio... *

TNI Says Force an Op

2011-04-14T03:14:00.001-07:00

TNI Says Force an Option to Secure Release of Hostages: Bekasi. The Indonesian Military says it is ready to mount a rescue operation... *

Dancing Cop to Brush

2011-04-14T02:44:00.001-07:00

Dancing Cop to Brush Up on Public Speaking: He can sing, he can dance, but can he speak in public? After a week of performing on sev... *

ICW Disappointed at

2011-04-14T01:41:00.001-07:00

ICW Disappointed at Early Release of Graft Convict: A senior member of Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) says that he is disappointed... *

Irzen Octa's Family

2011-04-14T00:09:00.001-07:00

Irzen Octa's Family Files Rp 3t Lawsuit Against Citibank: The family of Irzen Octa on Thursday filed a Rp 3 trillion ($346 million) ... *

Cipinang Guards in H

2011-04-13T23:08:00.001-07:00

Cipinang Guards in Hot Seat After Jailbreak: Five guards are being investigated for negligence in connection with the early morning ... *

Yudhoyono to Visit R

2011-04-13T22:37:00.001-07:00

Yudhoyono to Visit Rosihan Anwar's House in Menteng: President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is scheduled to visit the house of veteran j... *

Money Trail Reveals

2011-04-13T21:05:00.001-07:00

Money Trail Reveals Malinda Used Fake IDs to Open Accounts: PPATK: A Citibank Indonesia employee suspected of embezzling at least Rp... *

Friends Share Memory

2011-04-13T20:36:00.001-07:00

Friends Share Memory of Rosihan Anwar: Veteran journalist Rosihan Anwar died at 89 on Thursday. His death was mourned not only by hi... *

Senior Journalist Ro

2011-04-13T19:35:00.001-07:00

Senior Journalist Rosihan Anwar Dies at 89: Senior journalist Rosihan Anwar passed away at 89 on Thursday at 8.15 a.m. *

Dazed Woman Believed

2011-04-13T12:17:00.001-07:00

Dazed Woman Believed to Be a 'Failed' Recruit of Extremist Group: Speculations are mounting as to what happened to a Jakarta woman w... *

East Java Couple Arr

2011-04-13T11:46:00.001-07:00

East Java Couple Arrested for Alleged Human Trafficking: Surabaya, East Java. Surabaya Police have arrested a young couple after the... *

House: Double the Bu

2011-04-13T10:14:00.001-07:00

House: Double the Budget for Bills: Undeterred by the barrage of criticism they have faced for their various misdeeds and missteps, ... *

Govt Stands by Negot

2011-04-13T09:43:00.001-07:00

Govt Stands by Negotiation Plan Despite Calls for Military Force: A government minister responded on Wednesday to mounting calls for... *

Malaysian Web Site H

2011-04-13T09:12:00.001-07:00

Malaysian Web Site Hints Politics Behind Service Hit: Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia’s top news portal Malaysiakini remained crippled on Wed... *

Mining Stocks Lead L

2011-04-13T08:12:00.001-07:00

Mining Stocks Lead Latest Day of Gains As JCI Rises on Renewed Confidence: The Jakarta Composite Index rose on Wednesday along with ... *

Award-Winning Indone

2011-04-13T07:36:00.001-07:00

Award-Winning Indonesian Conservationist Says Children Victims of Pollution: Surabaya. A biologist who enlisted schoolchildren in hi... *

Caterpillars Are a �

2011-04-13T04:37:00.001-07:00

Caterpillars Are a ‘Warning From God,’ House Speaker Says: A senior politician from the ruling Democratic Party says an outbreak of ... *

Police to Question N

2011-04-13T00:29:00.001-07:00

Police to Question Nurdin Halid Over PSSI-Inspired Attack: Jakarta Police says it will summon former Indonesian Football Association... *

Actor Zumi Zola Inau

2011-04-12T23:58:00.001-07:00

Actor Zumi Zola Inaugurated as Jambi's District Head: Model and actor Zumi Zola, 31, was inaugurated as the district head of Tanjung... *

Agency Receives Repo

2011-04-12T23:27:00.001-07:00

Agency Receives Reports of Dodgy Malinda Dee Transactions: The Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK) says they h... *

Caterpillars Invade

2011-04-12T22:25:00.001-07:00

Caterpillars Invade West Jakarta Area: Thousands of hairy caterpillars have been found on 30 pine trees in Tanjung Duren Utara, West... *

Woman's Abductors Mu

2011-04-12T21:54:00.001-07:00

Woman's Abductors Must Be From a 'Perverted Cult': Bashir: Controversial cleric Abu Bakar Bashir opposed growing opinion that Lian F... *

Philippine Army Arre

2011-04-12T21:23:00.001-07:00

Philippine Army Arrests Bomb Suspect With Jemaah Islamiyah Links: Manila. A suspected militant believed to be a liaison between Musl... *

Chaos on Satrio Desp

2011-04-12T20:52:00.001-07:00

Chaos on Satrio Despite Early-Warning Blitz: More than 200 police officers had their work cut out for them on Tuesday diverting traf... *

With Head in the San

2011-04-12T19:50:00.001-07:00

With Head in the Sand, Indonesia Struggles to Tackle AIDS: Financial troubles drove Liana into prostitution almost four years ago, b... *

Malinda Hit With 40

2011-04-12T19:19:00.001-07:00

Malinda Hit With 40 More Days in Police Lockup: The detention of embezzlement suspect Inong Malinda Dee was extended on Tuesday by a... *

Envoy’s Personal S

2011-04-12T18:48:00.001-07:00

Envoy’s Personal Staff Goes AWOL in Washington: Four members of the Indonesian ambassador to the United States’s personal staff have... *

After 4 Weeks, Govt

2011-04-12T03:06:00.001-07:00

After 4 Weeks, Govt Says Its Acting Quickly to Rescue Sailors: The government on Monday said it was acting swiftly to rescue 21 Indo... *

Irzen Octa's Family

2011-04-12T01:34:00.001-07:00

Irzen Octa's Family Requests Second Autopsy: The family of Irzen Octa, a politician who died at a Citibank office in Jakarta, has re... *

Mysterious Case of A

2011-04-12T01:03:00.001-07:00

Mysterious Case of Amnesia Has Police, Family Baffled: Lian Febriani, 26, vanishes without a trace on Thursday. Her family are at th... *

Police Suspect Malin

2011-04-12T00:32:00.001-07:00

Police Suspect Malinda’s Firm Laundered Rp 2b: The Citibank employee suspected of embezzling Rp 20 billion ($2.3 million) of her cus... *

Navy: Malaysia Fishi

2011-04-12T00:01:00.001-07:00

Navy: Malaysia Fishing Row Is Trivial: The military on Monday brushed off concerns that the seizure of two Malaysian fishing boats b... *

Bali Nine Member Wed

2011-04-11T21:53:00.001-07:00

Bali Nine Member Weds Denpasar Woman in Prison Ceremony: Denpasar. In a Javanese ceremony inside Kerobokan penitentiary here, Austra... *

Woman Found With No

2011-04-11T21:23:00.001-07:00

Woman Found With No Memory of Past Tells of 'Initiation Ritual': Lian Febriani — who was found on Friday with complete amnesia after... *

Govt Vows Protection

2011-04-11T19:51:00.001-07:00

Govt Vows Protection for Freeport After Deadly Attacks on Workers: The government on Monday vowed to beef up security for Freeport a... *

Official: Japan to U

2011-04-11T19:20:00.001-07:00

Official: Japan to Upgrade Nuclear Crisis Severity: Tokyo. Japan's top government spokesman says Japanese regulators will soon annou... *

Can Arifinto Be Char

2011-04-11T18:19:00.001-07:00

Can Arifinto Be Charged Under the Porn Law?: Experts are at odds over whether a lawmaker caught watching pornography on his tablet P... *

Golkar Official Sues

2011-04-11T11:56:00.001-07:00

Golkar Official Sues Bank Over Rp 23b Fraud: Jayapura. A Golkar Party legislator demonstrated outside a Bank Indonesia International... *

Four Prisoners on Ru

2011-04-11T11:24:00.001-07:00

Four Prisoners on Run after Brazen Jakarta Jailbreak: Cipinang penitentiary is famously Jakarta’s highest-security jail, but four pr... *

Pirates Holding Indo

2011-04-11T09:20:00.001-07:00

Pirates Holding Indonesian Sailors Likely to Receive Ransom: Efforts to free 20 Indonesian sailors aboard a freighter seized by Soma... *

Fame Won’t Change

2011-04-11T07:47:00.001-07:00

Fame Won’t Change Me, Dancing Brimob Cop Says: Norman Kamaru, the Mobile Brigade (Brimob) officer from Gorontalo who landed a record... *

Tsunami Warning Issu

2011-04-11T02:08:00.001-07:00

Tsunami Warning Issued As Powerful Quake Hits Japan: Tokyo. A tsunami warning was issued for eastern Japan after a powerful quake hi... *

Pertamina Says Cilac

2011-04-11T01:37:00.001-07:00

Pertamina Says Cilacap Refinery Resumed Production: Indonesian state oil firm Pertamina said on Monday it had resumed production at ... *

Pirates Threaten to

2011-04-11T01:06:00.001-07:00

Pirates Threaten to Kill Hostages: Sailor's Family: The family of one of the 20 Indonesian sailors being held hostage by Somali pira... *

Breaking News: PKS L

2011-04-10T23:33:00.001-07:00

Breaking News: PKS Lawmaker Resigns From DPR After Porn Bust: Arifinto, the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) lawmaker under fire for a... *

NGOs Say US Got it W

2011-04-10T22:02:00.001-07:00

NGOs Say US Got it Wrong on Indonesian Human Rights: Indonesian activists on Sunday criticized the US government for praising Indone... *

Golkar Accedes to Co

2011-04-10T21:32:00.001-07:00

Golkar Accedes to Coalition Contract: With the Golkar Party finally signing the revised coalition contract, only the Prosperous Just... *

E. Java Seeks LIPI S

2011-04-10T20:10:00.001-07:00

E. Java Seeks LIPI Scientists’ Help to Quash Prickly Pests: Pest control experts in East Java will send samples of caterpillars to a... *

PKS Legislator’s P

2011-04-10T19:09:00.001-07:00

PKS Legislator’s Pornography Slip-Up Has Nation Transfixed: From comparisons to the Peterporn scandal to plans to seize and examine ... *

Traffic Diverted Aro

2011-04-10T10:36:00.001-07:00

Traffic Diverted Around Pasar Senen: The Jakarta Transportation Office has warned that traffic in the areas of Gunung Sahari, Kramat... *

Survey of Super-Rich

2011-04-10T07:57:00.001-07:00

Survey of Super-Rich Clients Shows Jakarta Rising in Stature: The news will come as little surprise to those who frequent Jakarta’s ... *