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President calls for religious tolerance

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono called on the people to build harmony and religious tolerance during the ...

Rupiah edges up 49 points on Friday evening to Rp11,548

The Indonesian rupiah edged up 49 points to close at 11,548 against the dollar on Friday evening, following the ...

The 115th Canton Fair - Emerging Markets Now the Focus of Increased Purchasing Power

- The 115th Canton Fair opened with a high note in Phase 1, with a healthy 10% increase in overseas buyers' attendance. ...

President Yudhoyono focuses on running administration until October 2014

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has stated that he still focuses on running the administration until October 2014, ...

PDIP office in Surabaya asks for vote recount

Board of Directors of the Surabaya Branch of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (DPC PDI-P) asks for vote ...

Rupiah weakens against US dollar

The Indonesian currency rupiah weakened against the US dollar at the close on Wednesday on fear of impact of ...

Gerindra party wants more women as government officials

The Great Indonesia Movement (Gerindra) party wants to see women occupy 30 percent of high positions in the government ...

China steps up purge of online porn amid wider censorship push

China has shut down more than 100 websites carrying pornography and closed thousands of accounts on social media sites ...

Voters defy preliminary electability surveys on Islamic-based parties

Most Islamic-based parties should thank survey institutes for issuing the polls showing that their prospects would be ...

Indonesian new president must maintain anti-graft body: Hikmahanto

Honorary Council Secretary of the Constitutional Court (MK) Hikmahanto Juwana said that the next president who would ...

Four parties intensifying efforts to build a grand coalition

The deputy general chairman of the National Mandate Party (PAN), Dradjad Wibowo, has said that four political parties ...

Indonesia determined to emerge as new Asian tiger

Indonesia is now putting in place industrial development programs across the country in an effort to create a new ...

Prabowo to develop greater Indonesia coalition

Great Indonesian Movement Party chief patron Prabowo Subianto indicated he will develop the Greater Indonesia ...

PPP supports Gerindra without conditions

The United Development Party (PPP) said it had set no conditions in supporting the Great Indonesia Movement Party ...

Venezuela`s Hugo Chavez dead from cancer

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has died after a two-year battle with cancer, ending the socialist leader`s 14-year ...