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Indonesia intensively hunts down terror suspects in 2012

Although there were no reports of major terror attacks in Indonesia during 2012, the national police`s special anti ...

President Yudhoyono attends national Christmas celebrations

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and First Lady Ani Yudhoyono attended Christmas celebrations at the Jakarta ...

Medan police deploy 2,525 officers to secure X-Mas

North Sumatra Police Chief Inspector General Wisjnu Amat Sastro said the local authorities ready to secure Christmas ...

Muslim youth in Jayapura to provide security on Christmas

The Police chief of Jayapura in Papua province, Adjunct Senior Commissioner Alfred Papare, has stated that Muslim ...

Police to secure 38,499 churches during the holiday season

The Indonesian Police will protect 38,499 churches as part of the 10-day Operation Candle, from December 23, 2012 to ...

Two dead as Nigeria gunmen attack churches, border posts

Suspected members of the Islamist extremist group Boko Haram set fire to churches and border posts in northeastern ...

Swedish woman charged for sexual activities with skeleton

A woman in Sweden has been charged with engaging in sexual activities with a human skeleton and could face jail time ...

Russia must protect faithful in Pussy Riot case

President Vladimir Putin said Thursday Russia was obliged to protect feelings of religious believers in the case of ...

Bishops discuss food sovereignty program

Bishops representing all the churches of Nusa Tenggara region are planning to set up a general program for the ...

CCI tells Merkel about radicalism in Indonesia

The Indonesian Churches Communion (CCI) discussed with German Chancellor Angela Dorothea Merkel, during her visit to ...

Merkel asks about atheism in Indonesia

German Chancellor Angela Dorothea Merkel questioned atheism in Indonesia during her visit to the oldest Dutch ...

Nigerian army says kills 17 Islamist insurgents

The Nigerian army said on Wednesday it had killed 17 suspected Islamist militants in gun battles in the northern city ...

Umar Patek sentenced to 20 years in jail for terrorism

The West Jakarta District Court sentenced Hisyam bin Ali Zein alias Umar Patek to 20 years in jail on Thursday for his ...

Death toll from Nigeria church attacks, riots rises to 45

Suicide attacks on three churches and reprisal violence that saw Christians target Muslims in northern Nigeria have ...

Dozens dead in church bombings: officials

Dozens of people were killed and scores injured Sunday in multiple church bombings followed by rioting in northern ...