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Police use water cannons to disperse demonstrators

Police used water cannons, firecrackers and tear gas to disperse demonstrators protesting in front of the parliament ...

Demonstrators hurl stones at police

Police officers removing pieces of cloth used to pull down fences at the parliament building were hit with stones ...

Demonstrators pull down fence of main gate of RI parliament building

Demonstrators, mostly students and laborers, pulled down the fence at the main gate of the parliament building while ...

PKS faction asks government to cancel fuel price hike plan

The Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) faction in the House of Representatives (DPR) has asked the government to cancel ...

Indonesia`s political-security situation might affect stock price index

The Indonesian composite stock price index might be affected by the parliament`s plenary meeting on the subsidized ...

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 ...

Pakistan parliament debate on U.S. sputters to halt

A parliamentary debate in Pakistan on the relationship with the United States has stalled on domestic politics, even ...

Democrat Party temporarily suspends its faction chairman parliament

Democrat Party`s general chairman Anas Urbaningrum has temporarily suspended the ruling party`s faction chairman in ...

House speaker will expel legislators who disrupt fuel debate

House Speaker Marzuki Alie has said he will expel any legislator who breaks the rules at the plenary meeting to decide ...

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 ...

Thousands of workers rally in front of parliament office

Thousands of workers from various labor unions rallied in front of the House of Representatives building in Central ...

Judges grill Strauss-Kahn over prostitution case

Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was grilled by three judges on Monday over his role in a prostitution case in ...

Iraq president calls for unity meet in April

Iraqi President Jalal Talabani has called for a national conference on April 5 aimed at bridging sharp political ...

Pakistan Taliban to attack lawmakers if Afghan supply routes reopen

The Pakistan Taliban will attack lawmakers if they decide to re-open NATO supply routes to Afghanistan, the militant ...

Mali hit by looting after coup, president "safe"

Soldiers looted petrol stations and hijacked cars in Mali`s capital Bamako on Friday, 48 hours after a military coup, ...