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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 ...

Ten parties obtain sequence number for Indonesian general elections

Ten political parties that will contest in the 2014 legislative elections obtained their respective sequence numbers ...

Democracy needs strong institutions, not strongmen: President

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

President Yudhoyono to announce new minister tomorrow

Indonesian State Secretary Sudi Silalahi has stated that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will announce the new ...

Angie gets 4.5 years

Another politician was sentenced to jail for corruption on Thursday. This time it was Angelina Sondakh, a ...

Beyonce to sing national anthem at Obama inauguration

Pop diva Beyonce will sing the national anthem before hundreds of thousands of onlookers at US President Barack ...

Regional autonomy slows family planning program

Lawmaker Eva Kusuma Sundari said regional autonomy after the political reform in Indonesia is one of the factors ...

People want transparent elections

Ahead of the legislative and presidential elections next year, the Indonesian people are pinning their hopes on the ...

Four Democrat Party faction members resign

Four members of the Democrat Party faction at the Yogyakarta city legislative body have resigned in protest against ...

Democratic party prepared to compete in 2014 fairly

The Indonesian Democratic Party secretary general, Edhie Baskoro Yudhoyono said his party is prepared to compete ...

Japan to boost military budget amid China row

Japan will increase military spending in 2013 for the first time in more than a decade, the ruling party said Tuesday, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Unification or independence options limit Taiwan's future

Taiwan should no longer engage in the dispute over whether to be independent or to unify with China, as this will ...

Afghanistan, US finalise draft post-2014 deal: Kabul

Afghan and US officials have finalised the initial draft of a strategic partnership agreement that will govern ...