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Dul named suspect in early Sunday cars collision: Police

Jakarta police has named Abdul Qodir Jaelani alias Dul,13, youngest son of musician Ahmad Dhani, whose car struck the ...

Kopassus agent, military police get four months, 20 days

Three Kopassus members involved in a deadly penitentiary raid in Cebongan, Yogyakarta, in Central Java in March were ...

KPK likely to appeal Djoko Susilo`s light sentence

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is likely to appeal the Jakarta Corruption Court`s verdict that sentenced ...

Death sentence for drug convict Lindsay June maintained

The Supreme Court turned down an appeal from Lindsay June Sandiford (56)of Britain maintaining her death sentence ...

Obama says more work needed to achieve ideals from King`s `Dream` speech

The United States is struggling to realize the vision that civil rights leader Martin Luther King described in his ...

Australia Spares No Mercy For Asylum Seekers

In Indonesia, there is an old saying expressing one`s love of country, regardless of problems.  As the saying ...

Two Tanjung Gusta terrorist convicts recaptured

Police anti-terror squad Densus 88 has recaptured two terrorist convicts who escaped after the July 11 riot at the ...

Egypt`s Mubarak could be freed on Thursday

Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak could be freed from prison on Thursday, his lawyer told Reuters, after a court ...

Egypt`s muslim brotherhood top leader arrested in Cairo

General Guide of Egypt`s Muslim Brotherhood Mohamed Badie was arrested by police in Cairo, official news agency MENA ...

Police manages to catch 17 Labuhan Ruku prison escapees

The police managed to catch 17 prisoners who escaped from Labuhan Ruku Prison after a riot and fire broke out in ...

30 prisoners escape as Labuhan Ruku jail on fire

A total of 30 inmates escaped when fire and riot hit Labuhan Ruku penitentiary in North Sumatra on Sunday evening. ...

Police to launch operations in wake of mysterious shootings

The National Police will soon crack down on illegal possession of firearms, following the recent shooting attacks on ...

Same group behind shooting attacks on Indonesian police

The Indonesian National Intelligence Agency (BIN) chief Marciano Norman has said there are strong indications that the ...

Beer party triggers Tulungagung prison riot

A party in which beer was served resulted in a riot, along with escape attempts by dozens of prisoners and detainees, ...

Indonesian government pledges to fix overcrowded prisons

Two jailbreaks that happened in Sumatra in July alone have exposed how poor and vulnerable the condition of ...