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President chairs limited cabinet meeting on child protection

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono here on Thursday chaired a limited cabinet meeting to discuss efforts to intensify ...

Indonesia, EU enter new era of closer relations

After a long process, the European Union (EU) and Indonesian Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) finally came ...

Participatory approach needed to overcome haze

Indonesia needs to take a participatory approach where the central government, local administrations, non-governmental ...

HRW denounces "pattern of serious abuses" in Venezuela

Venezuelas security forces have engaged in a "pattern of serious abuses" against anti-government protesters, including ...

Indonesia named president of Association of Asian Constitutional Courts

Indonesia has been named president of the Association of Asian Constitutional Courts and Equivalent Institutions ...

Prabowo and Aburizal have not reached a formal agreement

The second meeting of chief patron of the Gerindra Party Prabowo Subianto with chairman of Golkar Party Aburizal ...

Indonesia needs hard working leader: president

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said Indonesia needs a leader who is prepared to work hard to face the ever ...

Kalla perfect running mate for Jokowi: Analyst

Former vice president M. Jusuf Kalla is the perfect vice presidential candidate for Joko Widodo (Jokowi) who is ...

Prabowo had better pick Democrat running mate

Prabowo Subianto, presidential candidate for the Great Indonesia Movement (Gerindra) Party, had better pick his ...

Workers rally again at president`s palace for marking May Day

Thousands of workers staged another rally by marching from the Hotel Indonesia (HI) Circle to the Merdeka Palace, on ...

Pakistan journalism `under siege`, warns amnesty

Journalists in Pakistan are "under siege", Amnesty International warned Wednesday, living with the constant threat of ...

Jakarta share prices up, rupiah down in value

The Jakarta composite index (JCI) closed higher on expectation that the countrys economic condition would improve. ...

Indonesia concerned over Egypt`s mass death penalty

Many countries, including Indonesia, reacted to another preliminary mass death sentence handed by a court in Egypt, ...

Indonesian govt sets growth target at 5.5 to 6.3% for 2015

The government has set the economic growth target at 5.5 to 6.3 percent in its 2015 work plan, National Development ...

Indonesia's FM concerned over situation in Egypt

Indonesias Foreign Affairs Minister Marty Natalegawa stated his concern about the situation in Egypt where a court ...