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Councilors Blame FCTC For Cigarette Plant Closures

The East Java Legislative Council has blamed foreign pressures --exerted through the Framework Convention on Tobacco ...

Indonesia Likely To Have Fewer Women In Parliament

Despite the increase in the number of female candidates in the parliamentary elections held throughout Indonesia on ...

Indonesia`s Islamic Organizations Strongly Condemn Abduction of Nigerian Schoolgirls

A number of leaders of Indonesian Islamic organizations gathered in the headquarters of the Indonesian Ulema (Islamic ...

Pros and cons of Jokowi`s presidential candidacy

Many Indonesians have hailed the presidential candidacy of Joko Widodo, popularly known as Jokowi, who has been ...

Visually impaired demand rights to vote by secret ballot

Within the next 15 days, Indonesian people will cast their votes in the legislative elections, but those with visual ...

Indonesian Election Commission sued for providing no braille templates

The Indonesian General Elections Commission (KPU) will be sued by several associations for the blind grouped under ...

Just a matter of time before Indonesian Policewomen wear hijabs

The debate surrounding the introduction of headscarves for policewomen in Indonesia, a predominantly Muslim country, ...

Spying row affects Indonesia`s handling of boat people to Australia

Indonesia has been acting as "the fortress" for shielding Australia from thousands of boat people seeking to reach its ...

PAN, Gerindra reject bill on mass organizations

The factions of the National Mandate Party (PAN) and the Great Indonesia Movement (Gerindra) have rejected the ...

When haze attacks three countries, cooperation needed

Haze knows no border. In this current dry season with extreme hot weather, Sumatra is being hit by forest, peatland ...

RI pulling out child workers, sending them to school

The Indonesian government is launching an intensive program to withdraw child workers from their workplaces and send ...

President Yudhoyono dedicates World Statesman Award to all Indonesian people

Despite some controversies at home, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono finally accepted the World Statesman Award from ...

Indonesian apparel attracts Moroccan consumers

Indonesian Muslim apparel has attracted Moroccan consumers and visitors in an exhibition on Indonesia`s handicraft ...

House speaker disagrees with dissolution of Densus 88

House Speaker Marzuki Alie said he disagreed with the dissolution of the Densus 88 anti-terror squad, saying its ...

Pangolins remain to become victims of poaching, illegal trading in 2012

Pangolins, also known as scaly anteaters, are not cute animal that people would like to keep as pets, but they are in ...