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78 people killed in Tunisia turmoil: minister

Seventy-eight people have been killed in Tunisia during a month of turmoil, Interior Minister Ahmed Friaa said on ...

Interfaith leaders ask govt to stop deviations from constitution

A group of interfaith leaders has called on the government to immediately end its deviations from the 1945 Constitution ...

President asks for immediate settlement of Gayus case

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has ordered the police and the attorney general`s office to speed up the settlement ...

RI still considering prisoners exchange proposals : minister

Indonesia is still considering the possibility of proposals for the conclusion of prisoner exhange accords with a few ...

Minister denies president does not care about legal cases

Chief Minister for Political, Security and Legal Affairs Djoko Suyanto refuted criticisms that President Susilo ...

Police engage interpol, US Embassy over Gayus`s passport case

The Indonesian police will cooperate with Interpol and the US embassy in their effort to find a foreigner allegedly ...

US warns travelers of violence in Tunisia

The United States warned Americans on Thursday about the risk of violence during semonstrations in Tunisia, advising ...

2011 - Indonesia`s year of ASEAN

No, the Indonesian government has never declared 2011 the Year of ASEAN, but as this year`s chairman of ASEAN, ...

Patrialis : Syndicate involved in Gayus`s case

Law and Human Rights Minister Patrialis Akbar said there was a big syndicate involved in the alleged tax fraud case of ...

President chairs cabinet meeting on political, legal, security affairs

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono here Wednesday chaired a closed-door cabinet meeting to discuss political, legal ...

Observer: Coalition structure to be considered in cabinet reshuffle

A political observer said he believed President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono would conduct a cabinet reshuffle but in ...

Walhi: Environmental damage to increase 50-70 pct in 2011

The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) predicts that environmental damage in Indonesia in 2011 will increase ...

Indonesia to make sure ASEAN progressing

Indonesia is to make sure that ASEAN achieves significant and concrete progress during 2011, a minister said.ASEAN`s ...

RI, Australia mulling prisoner exchange

The Indonesian and Australian governments are mulling a convicted prisoners` swap under which Indonesia would release ...

President must emphasize assessment standard for his minister`s Performance: legislator

Legislator Bambang Soesatyo of the Golkar Party faction said that the president must make clear and give emphasis to ...