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President calls on business community to not worry

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono expressed his commitment to continuing to safeguard the national economy and so ...

President hails article 7 amendment

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono welcomed the House of Representatives` agreement to give the government an ...

PDIP member hopes transparent voting on fuel price hike

A parliament member from the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP), Rieke Dyah Pitaloka expressed hope that ...

US to send election observers to Myanmar

The US State Department said Wednesday it is sending one observer each from two US-funded pro-democracy groups to ...

Indonesian parliament to decide on fuel price hike

The Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) is scheduled to decide on the controversial proposed fuel price hike ...

round-up: demonstrations against fuel oil price hike end in clashes

Demonstrations held by thousands of people in Jakarta and other regions in the country against the imminent fuel price ...

Thousands rally to merdeka palace protesting fuel price hike

Thousands of protesters, particularly sympathizers of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP), marched from ...

Govt to raise fuel price despite some objection

The government was adamant to raise the price of subsidized gasoline by Rp1,500 a liter with a view to safeguarding ...

East Java police on alert ahead of fuel price hike

East Java police personnel have been alerted ahead of the fuel price hike since Friday, March 23 for any uncertain ...

PPP optimistic fuel subsidy to be decided before April

The United Development Party (PPP) has expressed optimism that the House of Representatives (DPR) and the government ...

House, govt fail to agree on fuel subsidy

The working meeting between the House of Representatives` budgetary board and the government to decide the amount of ...

MP asks fuel price hike protesters not to vandalize public property

An Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP) lawmaker has asked the people not to vandalize public property while ...

Russia, China join UN demand for Syria peace move

The UN Security Council demanded Wednesday that Syria immediately implement a peace plan by special envoy Kofi Annan, ...

Russia accuses osce of double standards

Russia on Wednesday accused the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) for not sending a ...

UN to add more women to its peacekeeping missions

Visiting UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has committed himself to encouraging the participation of women in UN ...