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JAKARTA, Indonesia - Police broke up a protest by the environmental group Greenpeace against deforestation on the Indonesian island of Sumatra on Thursday, arresting 12 foreign...
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was set to announce Monday "controversial" action on a high-level corruption scandal that has gripped the country for weeks and shaken his presidency.
Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono stopped short of ordering the dismissal of a case against two anti-graft officers, as recommended by a panel he formed, instead suggesting the police should drop it.
Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said the government’s cash injections into PT Bank Century after a bailout last year were necessary, and rejected suggestions the money was used in his re-election campaign.
Nov. 26 (Bloomberg) -- PT Gudang Garam , Indonesia’s second- biggest cigarette maker, may lead gains among the nation’s consumer stocks next year as household spending rises, said PT Panin Sekuritas , the best-performing local fund over five years.
The International Transport Workers' Federation claims that its affiliated unions and “inspectors” have been putting great pressure on open register vessels trading in South East Asia. In the first three days, around 40 ships the ITF describes as “flag of convenience (FOC)” vessels were boarded in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.
AKARTA, Indonesia -- An Indonesian passenger ferry with almost 250 people aboard sank in rough waters off Sumatra island Sunday, killing at least one, police said, while a second ferry ran aground in nearby waters.
Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia, the world’s biggest rubber producers, ended curbs on exports as the global economic recovery stokes demand and prices of the commodity used in tires and gloves, a producers’ group said.
Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono tonight will say how he plans to end a dispute between police and the anti-corruption agency that has caused a public outcry and threatens to undermine his record on combating graft.
Rescuers scoured the Malacca Strait in Indonesia for a third day Tuesday as hopes faded that any more survivors of a deadly ferry sinking would be found, officials said.
Jakarta - At least four people were killed when a ferry carrying 240 people sank in bad weather off the Indonesian island of Sumatra on Sunday, officials said. Authorities said an estimated 202 people survived. But search teams using a number of nava...
DUBLIN----Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Indonesia Tourism Report Q4 2009" report to their offering.
JAKARTA - An overloaded ferry sank in bad weather off Indonesia’s Riau islands on Sunday, killing four while nearly 300 passengers survived the accident, officials said. A transport ministry official told a news conference in Jakarta the ferry, whic...
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Some 25 hours after a crowded ferry sank off Indonesia's Sumatra island, a woman has been pulled from the choppy waters.
Amnesty International USA will hold a rally on behalf of its "prisoners of conscience" Filep Karma and Yusak Pakage,who are imprisoned in Indonesia. Activists will gather at the Indonesian Embassyon Tuesday, December 1, from 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. to commemorate the fifth anniversary of their arrest and to demand their immediate and unconditional release.
JAKARTA, Indonesia (BP)--On the day she almost died, Betty* began to live. The young Indonesian Muslim woman was swimming in the river when three friends on shore fell in. They couldn't swim. Betty lunged toward them to help, but they dragged her under.
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