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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, ...

Five police killed in attack in south of Thailand

Suspected Muslim insurgents killed five policemen in Thailand`s deep south on Wednesday in one of the most serious ...

House rejects proposal to infuse capital into state firms

The proposal to inject capital of Rp5.75 trillion into five government-owned companies has been rejected unanimously ...

Syrian chemical arms plan "important step"

Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton appeared Monday (Sept. 9) to give cautious support to an initiative to ...

Miss World contest to be staged only in Bali

The Indonesian government has announced that the Miss World 2013 pageant will only be held in Bali. "We have ...

US public opposed to Syria strike: Polls

Two new polls out Tuesday have found strong opposition to US military intervention in Syria among a war-weary American ...

British parliament rejects military action in Syria

British lawmakers voted against military action in Syria on Thursday in a stunning defeat for Prime Minister David ...

Syria requests UN to investigate three extra chemical attacks

The government of Syria on Wednesday asked the world body to investigate three alleged chemical attacks carried out by ...