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Yudhoyono inducts new sports minister

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono installed Roy Suryo Notodiprojo here on Tuesday as the new youth and sports ...

General elections expected to be more orderly in 2014

The next general elections in 2014 are expected to be more orderly and smoother with only ten political parties ...

Competition to be tight in 2014 : Yudhoyono

President Susilo Yudhoyono in Jakarta has said that competition would be very tight in the presidential elections in ...

UK Secretary of State for Defence to visit Indonesia

United Kingdom Secretary of State for Defence Philip Hammond MP is scheduled to arrive in Indonesia on Tuesday for a ...

Democracy needs strong institutions, not strongmen: President

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has stated that democracy needs strong systems and institutions, and there should ...

EU agrees to suspend most Myanmar sanctions, keep arms embargo

The European Union agreed on Monday to suspend most of its sanctions against Myanmar for a year despite a dispute over ...

Taking seat is up to Suu Kyi: Thein Sein

Myanmar`s president said Monday opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi`s decision on whether to take her seat in ...

RI welcomes EU`s decision to suspend sanctions against Myanmar

Indonesia welcomes the European Union`s decision to suspend most of the sanctions imposed upon Myanmar as a show of ...

Obama to announce new sanctions

US President Barack Obama will issue an executive order Monday allowing sanctions to be imposed against foreigners who ...

Britain committed to raising investment in RI

The British government seeks to increase its investment in, and trade with, Indonesia following Prime Minister David ...

US invites Myanmar minister, welcomes Suu Kyi travel

The United States invited Myanmar`s foreign minister and said Wednesday that democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, who is ...

Australia to lift some Myanmar sanctions

Foreign Minister Bob Carr on Monday said Australia will lift sanctions against Myanmar`s president and more than 200 ...

Voting begins in East Timor presidential run-off

Voting began Monday in East Timor`s presidential run-off election, as the young democracy prepares to celebrate its ...

British PM meets Myanmar leader on historic visit

British Prime Minister David Cameron met Myanmar's president Friday on the first visit in decades by a Western leader ...

Govt encourages businessmen to expand business to UK

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said the government will encourage and give the widest opportunities for national ...