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Police bomb squad disposes of two suspicious packages

A Jakarta metropolitan police bomb squad detonated a suspicious package a local resident named Iskandar had received ...

FPI activists demand Ahmadiyah ban

Islam Defenders Front (FPI) activists staged a rally here Tuesday to demand the banning of the Ahmadiyah religious ...

Fire guts ANTARA News Agency`s headquarters

A certain part of the 20 storey Wisma Antara at downtown Jakarta where ANTARA News Agency is headquartered was gutted ...

Wisma ANTARA fire shakes politicians

Democratic Party politician Roy Suryo said he was shocked to learn from a number of online media that the ANTARA ...

Anti-graft body nabs senior party politicians

Three days after it vowed to solve all corruption cases in 2011, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) arrested ...

KPK detains former legislators in traveler`s check bribery case

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) detained a number of legislators of 2004-2009 named suspects in the ...

Govt to dispatch rice supplies for fishermen

The government will dispatch rice stock for fishermen in several parts of Indonesia who temporarily cannot earn a ...

Minister launches e-passport

Law and Human Rights Minister Patrialis Akbar here Wednesday officiated at ceremony marking the introduction of ...

RI urged to reopen embassy in Baghdad

Iraq Ambassador to Indonesia Ismieal S Muhsin expressed hope Indonesia will reopen its embassy in Baghdad soon. "Up ...

Police intensifying patrol on on-line prostitution

The Jakarta police are intensifying their monitoring of prostitution services on the Internet. "The police are ...

US supports tripartite Malacca Straits security arrangements

The United States supports the existing framework of security arrangements made over the Malacca Straits` littoral ...

Mandala routes not to be abandoned: Minister

Transport Minister Freddy Numberi said he did not fear that the routes of Mandala Airlines would be neglected ...

Mandala to stop operations temporarily January 13

Mandala Airlines has decided to temporarily stop its operations as of January 12 due to financial problems, the ...

Over 7,000 tons of garbage dumped in Jakarta

The volume of garbage discarded during the New Year`s Eve in Jakarta on Friday night reached 7,149 tons, according to ...

163,000 holidaymakers flock to Ancol Beach Park

On the first day of 2011, about 163,000 people spent their new year holidays at Ancol beach park in northern Jakarta, ...