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Beer party triggers Tulungagung prison riot

A party in which beer was served resulted in a riot, along with escape attempts by dozens of prisoners and detainees, ...

Qatar joins calls for release of Egypt`s Morsi

Gas-rich Qatar, a strong backer of Arab Spring uprisings and supporter of ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi, has ...

All escapees from Batam penitentiay are drug suspects

All 11 escapees from the Baloi detention house in Batam on Wednesday morning are drug suspects. They include ...

Pentagon reveals "indefinite detainees" list

The Pentagon released Monday the names of Guantanamo Bay`s 46 "indefinite detainees," terror suspects considered too ...

Abbas says opportunity for peace with Israel still exists

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Saturday (May 25) here that the opportunity for making peace with the ...

Red Cross appeals for $43mn for war-hit Mali

The Red Cross has appealed for an additional $43 million to help hundreds of thousands of people in war-torn Mali, and ...

Obama speaks to Karzai, days after strike kills civilians

US President Barack Obama on Tuesday spoke to Afghan President Hamid Karzai, for what officials said were regular ...

Myanmar Embassy still silent on eight corpses in Medan

North Sumatra immigration office has asked for an attention from Myanmar Embassy in Jakarta over eight Myanmarese ...

Spill-over effects of Rohingya issue on Indonesia

As the tension has escalated in Myanmar due to sectarian conflicts between two different ethnic groups, more refugees ...

A military command chief replaced

The Indonesian Army Headquarters has replaced Maj. Gen Hardiono Saroso as chief of the Diponegoro Regional Military ...

Indonesian army praised for transparency in investigating prison raid

Ten days after the shocking raid at Cebongan penitentiary by armed masked men who killed for detainees, the Indonesian ...

Eight Myanmarese detainees killed in clash in detention center

Eight Myanmarese immigration detainees had been killed during a clash at an Indonesian immigration detention center in ...

Minister of justice: Penitentiary attackers to face military justice

Minister of Justice and Human Rights Amir Syamsudin said 11 special forces members behind the killing of four ...

Lesson should be learned from Cebongan prison attack: President

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said that all sides, particularly the police and the military, must learn a lesson ...

Army special forces` chief admits involvement of personnel in prison attack

Commander of Army`s Special Forces Major General Agus Sutomo here on Friday admited the involvement of his personnel ...