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Health Ministry aborts controversial campaign on condom use

The health ministers policy on the use of condoms, yet again, triggered controversy and opposition, particularly from ...

Qatar says had no contact with Syrian govt

Qatar has stressed it has had no direct or indirect contact with Syrias regime, as the head of Lebanons pro-Syria ...

Australian FM off to Indonesia, China after spy row

Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop will hold talks with Indonesia on Thursday to help repair ties strained by a ...

VP Boediono to meet PM Abbot in Canberra

Indonesian Vice President Boediono has arrived in Canberra to meet Prime Minister Tony Abbot to discuss illegal ...

Jokowi, Ahok are allies: Dino Djalal

Presidential aspirant from the ruling Democrat Party Dino Patti Djalal said Jokowi and Ahok are allies as agents of ...

Minimum wage set, Jakarta workers disappointed

The Jakarta Labor Forum expressed disappointment with Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo for approving a minimum wage of ...

Two more bombs found in Indian city hit by serial blasts

Two more bombs were found in the eastern Indian city of Patna, two days after serial blasts killed six and injured ...

DPR passes national budget for 2014

The Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) passed the national budget for 2014 at a plenary session here on ...

Jakarta-Surabaya toll road plan must move forward: Minister

State-owned Enterprises (SOE) Minister Dahlan Iskan said the government`s plan to build toll roads, stretching from ...

Jokowi gives priority to procurement of 4,000 passenger buses

Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo, better known as Jokowi said the city administration gives priority to procurement of ...

Efforts to include cpo and rubber on APEC list fail

Indonesia's efforts to include crude palm oil (CPO) and rubber on the Environmental Goods List (EG List) of the ...

Expect low number of absentee voters if Jokowi runs

A researcher from the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), Prof Ikrar Nusa Bhakti, said voter turnout would be ...

President nominates sole candidate for new national police chief

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has submitted Commissioner General Sutarman`s name as the sole candidate for the ...

Abbot seeks to lower tension over asylum seekers ahead of Indonesia visit

Australia`s new conservative government sought on Friday to ease tension with neighbouring Indonesia over a ramping up ...

Turkey will probably never join the EU

Turkey will probably never join the European Union because of prejudicial attitudes by the bloc`s existing members, ...