Indonesia on Alert for Christmas Terrors
Christian Post – USA
By AP. JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) – Tens of thousands of police will guard churches across the world’s most populous Muslim country over the Christmas holidays … Â

Landslides hamper Indonesia quake aid efforts
Reuters AlertNet – London,England,UK
JAKARTA, Dec 19 (Reuters) – Indonesian relief workers struggled on Tuesday to reach parts of a remote area in Sumatra island after earthquakes destroyed … Â

$50 million for Indonesia’s Islamic schools
Gulf News – Dubai,United Arab Emirates
Manila: Indonesia’s madrasas (Islamic schools) have been given a financial boost after The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said on Tuesday it would lend the … Â

Australian Paedophile Gets Four-year Jail Sentence In Indonesia
Playfuls.com – Targu Mures,Romania
… Several foreign child traffickers and child sex offenders have been prosecuted recently in Indonesia. According to the child protection … Â

10 killed in concert crush in central Indonesia
Jerusalem Post – Israel
By AP. A stampede at a pop concert in central Indonesia killed 10 people and injured scores of others, most of them teenagers, police said Wednesday. … Â

Indonesia seeks more remittances from Gulf
Peninsula On-line – Qatar
DOHA • The disaster-struck Indonesia is looking forward to attracting more remittances from the Gulf to support its cash-strapped economy, a senior official …Â

Tsunami warning sirens pass test in Indonesia
People’s Daily Online – Beijing,China
The Monday’s 5.7 magnitude earthquake on Indonesia’s Sumatra island helped prove that the newly-installed early warning siren in the West Sumatra provincial … Â

Aftershocks rattle Indonesia’s Sumatra island
Monsters and Critics.com – Glasgow,UK
Jakarta – Aftershocks rattled the Indonesian island of Sumatra Tuesday as rescue and relief workers struggled to reach a remote area after an earthquake … Â

Iran cultural exhibit underway in Indonesia
IRNA – Iran
During the inauguration ceremony of an exhibition of Iranian works of art in Indonesia, steps taken to implement the agreement inked between the two countries …Â

Wary Peace in Indonesia’s Aceh
Council on Foreign Relations – New York,NY,USA
… drawing global attention toward Aceh has been increasing adherence to Islamic Sharia law in the region, located on the northern end of Indonesia’s island of …

Oil Incomes Increase in Indonesia
Prensa Latina – Havana,Cuba
Jakarta, Dec 17 (Prensa Latina) The sales of oil and natural gas increased to 22, 536 billion dollars in Indonesia, in 2006. The …Â

Open burning: Najib wants action against rogue Malaysian firms
New Straits Times – Persekutuan,Malaysia
Reminding Malaysian plantation companies operating in Indonesia to follow their host country’s laws, he said if Malaysian companies were found to flout the … Â

Holiday relief for Aceh angel
Calgary Sun – Canada
Calgarian Jean Slick spent last Christmas on a mass grave in Indonesia, surrounded by people grieving for loved ones claimed by the Asian tsunami a year earlier … Â

Martin Jankowski: Indonesia through eyes of German poet
Jakarta Post – Jakarta,Indonesia
German poet Martin Jankowski astounded the art community and poetry lovers in Banten, West Java, when he read from his Detik-detik Indonesia (Indonesian moments …Â

Female star in male arena
Los Angeles Times – CA,USA
… She’s a teacher, scholar, lecturer and cultural icon whose rare success in a man’s world has inspired women throughout Indonesia and elsewhere in the Islamic … Â

Lessons from Indonesia
Manila Bulletin – Philippines
… and Culture Scholarship Program along with 37 other young artists aged 21-33 from 18 countries in Asia and the Pacific including Indonesia, Singapore, Vietnam …Â

Muslim evangelist sparks row over polygamy
The Age – Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
ABDULLAH Gymnastiar is Indonesia’s modern face of moderate Islamic evangelism: a leather jacket often complements his white turban and he has a predilection … Â

Fear subsides for Indonesia’s ethnic Chinese community
Boston Globe – United States
JAKARTA , Indonesia — It wasn’t so long ago that Chinese writing Â

Anti-competitive complaint against Temasek-linked telco …
TODAYonline – Singapore
TEMASEK Holdings’ growing pains strike again — this time not in the streets of Thailand over Shin Corp, but in Indonesia over its control of the two largest …Â

Deep quake rattles Indonesia’s Sulawesi Island
Zee News – Noida,India
Jakarta, Dec 13: A deep 6.5-magnitude earthquake hit northeast of Indonesia’s Sulawesi island but there were no reports of damage or casualties, the … Â

Asian banks flourish cheque books in Indonesia
Reuters India – Mumbai,India
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Foreign investors are beating a path to Indonesia’s banking sector, lured by an improving economy in a nation of some 220 million consumers … Â

Indonesia may cancel huge gas pipe project
People’s Daily Online – Beijing,China
… Indonesia, the world’s largest gas exporter, has mostly sold liquefied natural gas to foreign buyers but recently adopted a policy to allow bigger share of … Â

Indonesia govt extends hand to Aceh leader
Radio Australia – Australia
[AFP]. Indonesia’s government has extended a conciliatory hand to the former rebel leader set to become governor of Aceh province. … Â

Toyota Indonesia introduces new model
Daily Times – Lahore,Pakistan
JAKARTA: Toyota Motor, the world’s second largest auto maker, introduced a small SUV model in Indonesia on Wednesday, seeking to tap growing demand in the …Â

Indonesia’s sports official concern about poor showing in Doha
People’s Daily Online – Beijing,China
Indonesia’s State Minister for Youth and Sports Affairs Adhyaksa Dault expressed concern over Indonesia’s poor showing in the Doha Asian Games after meeting … Â

Indonesia jails Muslim militant over Australian embassy bombing
New Straits Times – Persekutuan,Malaysia
… Jemaah Islamiyah is accused of being behind a series of bombings and other attacks in Indonesia and the region in the past years, including the 2002 Bali … Â

Moderate quake jolts Indonesia’s Aceh
People’s Daily Online – Beijing,China
An earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale hit Indonesia’s Aceh province Wednesday. There was no immediate report of damage. … Â

Indonesia’s Chinese emerge after years of discrimination
International Herald Tribune – France
… “This shows the progression of Indonesia,” said Djalal, who is not Chinese. “We now take multiculturalism as a given in life.”. After …

Indonesia to grab 60,000 jobs in S. Korea
Antara – Antara,Indonesia
Jakarta (ANTARA News) – Indonesia has a great opportunity to grab around 60,000 jobs offered by the South Korean government in the sectors of industry …Â

Indonesia’s ex-rebel leader sweeps poll
Gulf News – Dubai,United Arab Emirates
… Similar “quick counts” accurately forecast the result of national elections in Indonesia in 2004 and other local votes, but official results will not be … Â

Indonesia to become world’s largest cocoa producer and exporter
Antara – Antara,Indonesia
Jakarta (ANTARA News) – Indonesia is ready to become the world`s largest cocoa producer and exporter, Agriculture Minister Anton Apriyantono said here Tuesday. …Â

Kookmin to Advance Into Vietnam, Indonesia
Korea Times – South Korea
Kookmin Bank is recruiting employees in Vietnam, Indonesia and Cambodia and will soon begin efforts to find business opportunities in those markets, Kookmin … Â

Strong Quake Hits Indonesia’s Sulawesi Island
Voice of America – USA
By VOA News. A strong, undersea earthquake with a magnitude of at least 6.2 has shaken parts of northeast Indonesia. Reuter news … Â

Highlighting Malaysia-Indonesia Cultural Similarities
Bernama – Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 11 (Bernama) — Malaysia-Indonesia relationship has always been close and special as both countries have similarities in language and culture …Â

Indonesia aims to become biggest cacao producer
People’s Daily Online – Beijing,China
Indonesia is determined to become the world’s largest cacao producer and exporter, a minister said Tuesday. “We are determined to …Â

UMCOR Hotline Dec 12 2006: Indonesia, Philippines, Cote d’Ivoire
ReliefWeb (press release) – Geneva,Switzerland
At one year old, Rafi has only known life in a temporary living center in Banda Aceh. He was born in this center where his parents …Â

Hand Amputation Coming to ‘Moderate’ Indonesia
Jawa Report – Arlen,TX,USA
Indonesia’s government has proposed the introduction of hand amputation for thieves. Why? Because it’s in the Koran. Islam, religion …Â

INDONESIA: Government to help companies invest in technology
just-style.com – UK
… Ade Sudradjat, chairman of the Indonesia Textile Association in West Java, added: “There will be about US$306m investment in 2007 in the textile and clothing …Â

Draft law calls for amputation of thieves’ hands in Indonesia’s …
International Herald Tribune – France
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia: Thieves could have their hands amputated in Indonesia’s Aceh province under a proposed Islamic law that

Revitalizing Classroom Instruction in Indonesia
OneWorld.net – London,England,UK
An Education Development Center (EDC) initiative to decentralize and revitalize Indonesia’s schools by improving the quality of teaching has taken root in 535 …Â

Clash leaves two dead in Indonesia’s Papua province
Radio New Zealand – Wellington,New Zealand
The clash happened after the officer and some residents tried to enter a separatist camp southwest of Jayapura, the capital of Indonesia’s Papua province. … Â

Feature: Peace process in Indonesia’s Aceh
People’s Daily Online – Beijing,China
The incomplete reintegration in the restive province of Aceh, Indonesia, is testing its sustainability of the long-awaited peace process, a local official said …Â

EU-Indonesia/I nterview /WRD/ Indonesian Islamic leader calls for …
Islamic Republic News Agency – Tehran,Iran
The leader of one of Indonesia’s largest Islamic organizations has called for the withdrawal of all occupation forces from Iraq and said the Iraqis should be …Â

Illegally imported skull returned to Indonesia
IBN News – Goulburn,NSW,Australia
A culturally significant skull that was smuggled into the country last year has been formally returned to Indonesia. The federal …

Revitalizing Classroom Instruction in Indonesia
OneWorld.net – London,England,UK
An Education Development Center (EDC) initiative to decentralize and revitalize Indonesia’s schools by improving the quality of teaching has taken root in 535 …Â

Clash leaves two dead in Indonesia’s Papua province
Radio New Zealand – Wellington,New Zealand
The clash happened after the officer and some residents tried to enter a separatist camp southwest of Jayapura, the capital of Indonesia’s Papua province. … Â

Feature: Peace process in Indonesia’s Aceh
People’s Daily Online – Beijing,China
The incomplete reintegration in the restive province of Aceh, Indonesia, is testing its sustainability of the long-awaited peace process, a local official said …Â

EU-Indonesia/I nterview /WRD/ Indonesian Islamic leader calls for …
Islamic Republic News Agency – Tehran,Iran
The leader of one of Indonesia’s largest Islamic organizations has called for the withdrawal of all occupation forces from Iraq and said the Iraqis should be …Â

Illegally imported skull returned to Indonesia
IBN News – Goulburn,NSW,Australia
A culturally significant skull that was smuggled into the country last year has been formally returned to Indonesia. The federal …

Indonesia to Slash Taiwan’s LNG Supplies, Favor Japanese Buyers
Bloomberg – USA
Dec. 7 (Bloomberg) — Indonesia, the world’s biggest exporter of liquefied natural gas, will slash shipments to Taiwan in 2010 and divert the fuel to Japan and …Â

UPDATE 1-Indonesia c.bank cuts key rate by 50 bps
Reuters – USA
JAKARTA, Dec 7 (Reuters) – Indonesia’s central bank cut its key interest rate by half a percentage point on Thursday, the seventh cut in 2006, bringing the … Â

Campaigning Ends in Indonesia’s Aceh Province
Voice of America – USA
Election campaigning has come to an end in Indonesia’s Aceh province just days ahead of its first-ever direct elections for governor and other top posts. … Â

Indonesia curbs its benchmark interest rate to 14-month low
Middle East North Africa Financial Network – Amman,Jordan
(MENAFN) Bloomberg reported that Indonesia’s central bank curbed its benchmark interest rate to a 14-month low, the seventh cut since May, to revive consumer … Â

Papuan skull returned from Australia to Indonesia
Scotsman – United Kingdom
CANBERRA (Reuters) – A skull of a Papuan tribesman which was confiscated by Australian quarantine officers last year been returned to Indonesia, a minister … Â

Indonesia cleric’s second wife sparks polygamy debate
Stuff.co.nz – Wellington,New Zealand
… Gymnnastiar, popularly called as “Aa Gym” or elder brother Gym, is a household name in Indonesia because of his relaxed sermons on Islam that strike a chord … Â

Bali bombers file new appeal to Indonesia court
Reuters.uk – UK
DENPASAR, Indonesia, Dec 7 (Reuters) – Three Indonesian men sentenced to death for the 2002 Bali nightclub bombings have filed new appeals to the Supreme Court … Â

Indecency trial begins for Playboy Indonesia editor
CBC British Columbia – Vancouver,British Columbia,Canada
The editor of Playboy Indonesia appeared in court in Jakarta Thursday, charged with publishing indecent material. Though the country’s … Â

VP: Indonesia to be world’s biggest palm oil producer in 2008
Antara – Antara,Indonesia
Denpasar, Bali (ANTARA News) – Vice President M. Jusuf Kalla predicted on Thursday Indonesia will overtake Malaysia as the world`s biggest palm oil producer in …

Indonesia to Slash Taiwan’s LNG Supplies, Favor Japanese Buyers
Bloomberg – USA
Dec. 7 (Bloomberg) — Indonesia, the world’s biggest exporter of liquefied natural gas, will slash shipments to Taiwan in 2010 and divert the fuel to Japan and …Â

UPDATE 1-Indonesia c.bank cuts key rate by 50 bps
Reuters – USA
JAKARTA, Dec 7 (Reuters) – Indonesia’s central bank cut its key interest rate by half a percentage point on Thursday, the seventh cut in 2006, bringing the … Â

Campaigning Ends in Indonesia’s Aceh Province
Voice of America – USA
Election campaigning has come to an end in Indonesia’s Aceh province just days ahead of its first-ever direct elections for governor and other top posts. … Â

Indonesia curbs its benchmark interest rate to 14-month low
Middle East North Africa Financial Network – Amman,Jordan
(MENAFN) Bloomberg reported that Indonesia’s central bank curbed its benchmark interest rate to a 14-month low, the seventh cut since May, to revive consumer … Â

Papuan skull returned from Australia to Indonesia
Scotsman – United Kingdom
CANBERRA (Reuters) – A skull of a Papuan tribesman which was confiscated by Australian quarantine officers last year been returned to Indonesia, a minister … Â

Indonesia cleric’s second wife sparks polygamy debate
Stuff.co.nz – Wellington,New Zealand
… Gymnnastiar, popularly called as “Aa Gym” or elder brother Gym, is a household name in Indonesia because of his relaxed sermons on Islam that strike a chord … Â

Bali bombers file new appeal to Indonesia court
Reuters.uk – UK
DENPASAR, Indonesia, Dec 7 (Reuters) – Three Indonesian men sentenced to death for the 2002 Bali nightclub bombings have filed new appeals to the Supreme Court … Â

Indecency trial begins for Playboy Indonesia editor
CBC British Columbia – Vancouver,British Columbia,Canada
The editor of Playboy Indonesia appeared in court in Jakarta Thursday, charged with publishing indecent material. Though the country’s … Â

VP: Indonesia to be world’s biggest palm oil producer in 2008
Antara – Antara,Indonesia
Denpasar, Bali (ANTARA News) – Vice President M. Jusuf Kalla predicted on Thursday Indonesia will overtake Malaysia as the world`s biggest palm oil producer in …

Indonesia to Slash Taiwan’s LNG Supplies, Favor Japanese Buyers
Bloomberg – USA
Dec. 7 (Bloomberg) — Indonesia, the world’s biggest exporter of liquefied natural gas, will slash shipments to Taiwan in 2010 and divert the fuel to Japan and …Â

UPDATE 1-Indonesia c.bank cuts key rate by 50 bps
Reuters – USA
JAKARTA, Dec 7 (Reuters) – Indonesia’s central bank cut its key interest rate by half a percentage point on Thursday, the seventh cut in 2006, bringing the … Â

Campaigning Ends in Indonesia’s Aceh Province
Voice of America – USA
Election campaigning has come to an end in Indonesia’s Aceh province just days ahead of its first-ever direct elections for governor and other top posts. … Â

Indonesia curbs its benchmark interest rate to 14-month low
Middle East North Africa Financial Network – Amman,Jordan
(MENAFN) Bloomberg reported that Indonesia’s central bank curbed its benchmark interest rate to a 14-month low, the seventh cut since May, to revive consumer … Â

Papuan skull returned from Australia to Indonesia
Scotsman – United Kingdom
CANBERRA (Reuters) – A skull of a Papuan tribesman which was confiscated by Australian quarantine officers last year been returned to Indonesia, a minister … Â

Indonesia cleric’s second wife sparks polygamy debate
Stuff.co.nz – Wellington,New Zealand
… Gymnnastiar, popularly called as “Aa Gym” or elder brother Gym, is a household name in Indonesia because of his relaxed sermons on Islam that strike a chord … Â

Bali bombers file new appeal to Indonesia court
Reuters.uk – UK
DENPASAR, Indonesia, Dec 7 (Reuters) – Three Indonesian men sentenced to death for the 2002 Bali nightclub bombings have filed new appeals to the Supreme Court … Â

Indecency trial begins for Playboy Indonesia editor
CBC British Columbia – Vancouver,British Columbia,Canada
The editor of Playboy Indonesia appeared in court in Jakarta Thursday, charged with publishing indecent material. Though the country’s … Â

VP: Indonesia to be world’s biggest palm oil producer in 2008
Antara – Antara,Indonesia
Denpasar, Bali (ANTARA News) – Vice President M. Jusuf Kalla predicted on Thursday Indonesia will overtake Malaysia as the world`s biggest palm oil producer in …

Croc blamed in Indonesia disappearances
Seattle Post Intelligencer – USA
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Villagers found two human hands, a leg and a pair of shorts inside a half-ton crocodile they trapped and killed in eastern Indonesia, a … Â

Indonesia concerned about Fiji’s coup
People’s Daily Online – Beijing,China
Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda said Wednesday that Indonesia was concerned about a coup against Fiji Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase by the … Â

Sabanci Looks to Indonesia After China
Zaman Online – Istanbul,Turkey
… wants to purchase a majority of Branta Mulia Tbk, a leading company in terms of PET HMLS threads in Asia, and will control two factories in Indonesia and one … Â

Indonesia reports 46 percent fall in FDI flow
People’s Daily Online – Beijing,China
The realization of foreign direct investment to Indonesia plunged by 45.91 percent to 4.69 billion US dollars in 11 months ending November of the year compared … Â

Indonesia Gives Bali Bombers Last Chance to Appeal Death Sentences
Voice of America – USA
Indonesia’s attorney general says three Islamic militants have until the end of this month to appeal their death sentences in the 2002 Bali bombings that … Â

Planned polygamy ban stirs debate in Indonesia
Xinhua – China
by Heru Andriyanto. JAKARTA, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) — A recent government’s move to extend the ban on polygamy to all Indonesian state … Â

Indonesia launches airspace safety trial
micebtn – Perth,Western Australia,Australia
Indonesia has begun trialing ADS-B enhanced surveillance to enhance airspace safety across the archipelago. Indonesia is testing …Â

Indonesia wants to implement nuclear power development program …
People’s Daily Online – Beijing,China
“Indonesia really wants to … “ElBaradei will be in Indonesia from Dec. 7 to 9 to meet with the country’s officials and also to give a lecture,” he added. …Â

World AIDS Day Indonesia: Soccer Scores with Awareness and Help …
Reuters AlertNet – London,England,UK
Jakarta, Indonesia — While the rest of the world observes World AIDS Day on December 1, one of Indonesia’s most vulnerable populations, street children, will …Â

INDONESIA: Top Golkar official quits over sex video
Asia Pacific Media Network – Los Angeles,CA,USA
By Devi Asmarani. Jakarta — A senior official of the ruling Golkar party resigned from his post after being linked to a sex scandal …