News: Indonesia

We have started to collect the most important news related to Indonesia in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

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Indonesia: news

Indonesia thieves loot tiger body

Monday, August 24th 2009, 0:01

Thieves kill an endangered Sumatran tiger in an Indonesian zoo and steal most of its body, zoo officials say.
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Defiant message

Tuesday, August 18th 2009, 20:33

Indonesia's youth unite following terror attacks
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Strong quakes rattle East Asia

Monday, August 17th 2009, 4:30
related countries: Japan, Taiwan

Strong quakes hit Japan, Taiwan and Indonesia's Sumatra but no casualties are reported.
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Indonesia poll challenge rejected

Wednesday, August 12th 2009, 12:59

One of the defeated candidates in Indonesia's presidential election is to challenge the result, a spokesman says.
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Bomber not dead, say Indonesians

Wednesday, August 12th 2009, 10:50

Indonesia's most-wanted terror suspect Noordin Mohamed Top was not killed in a shoot-out on the weekend after all, police say.
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Indonesia confirms militant alive

Wednesday, August 12th 2009, 4:15

Indonesian police confirm a militant killed in a weekend siege was not the most-wanted militant, Noordin Mohammed Top.
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Police seek DNA over Java death

Saturday, August 8th 2009, 12:24

Indonesia police say DNA tests are needed before they can confirm if a top terror suspect was killed in a shoot-out.
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Terror suspect 'killed in Java'

Saturday, August 8th 2009, 10:22

One of South-East Asia's most wanted terror suspects is reported to have been killed by Indonesian police.
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Sailors freed after eight months

Monday, August 3rd 2009, 8:01
related countries: Somalia

Eleven Indonesian sailors are released by Somali pirates, almost eight months after their ship was hijacked.
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Plane disappears over Indonesia

Sunday, August 2nd 2009, 9:28

A plane carrying 16 passengers and crew disappears over a remote and heavily forested region of Indonesia.
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Seven charged in Papua killings

Monday, July 27th 2009, 14:12

Indonesian police charge seven people for allegedly killing three people at the Freeport gold mine in Papua province.
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Indonesia poll result challenged

Saturday, July 25th 2009, 9:13

One of the defeated candidates in Indonesia's presidential election is to challenge the result, a spokesman says.
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Indonesian leader wins election

Friday, July 24th 2009, 2:55

Indonesia's leader Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is confirmed as the winner of presidential polls, the election commission says.
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Jakarta mastermind's 'wife' held

Thursday, July 23rd 2009, 3:02

Indonesian police arrest the woman believed to be the wife of suspected bombing mastermind Noordin Top.
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Making ends meet

Wednesday, July 22nd 2009, 17:58

Food prices are a sensitive issue in Indonesia
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Jakarta bomber images released

Wednesday, July 22nd 2009, 14:16
related places: Jakarta

Indonesian police reveal sketches of two men they believe were suicide bombers in attacks on two Jakarta hotels.
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Burma-N Korea ties 'of concern'

Wednesday, July 22nd 2009, 4:10
related countries: Burma, Thailand

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the US is concerned about possible nuclear co-operation between North Korea and Burma.
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Suspects probed in Papua killings

Wednesday, July 22nd 2009, 3:53

Indonesia detains at least 17 suspects after a wave of attacks that left three dead and a dozen injured.
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Malay prince sues Indonesian wife

Tuesday, July 21st 2009, 7:02
related countries: Malaysia

A Malaysian prince accuses his teenage Indonesian bride of defaming him, after she runs away alleging ill-treatment.
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Jakarta back to work after bombs

Tuesday, July 21st 2009, 6:28
related places: Jakarta

Jakarta gets back to work after Friday's bomb attacks, as investigations into who committed the crime continue.
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Mourning as Jakarta probes bombs

Monday, July 20th 2009, 7:54
related places: Jakarta

Police investigate links to Islamist militants as a memorial is held for the victims of Friday's deadly bombings in Jakarta.
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Fugitive linked to Jakarta blasts

Saturday, July 18th 2009, 12:50
related places: Jakarta

There are "strong indications" a key fugitive militant was behind deadly hotel blasts in Jakarta, Indonesian officials say.
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Fatal blasts hit Jakarta hotels

Friday, July 17th 2009, 11:52
related places: Jakarta

At least nine people die and dozens are hurt as bombs hit two luxury hotels in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, police say.
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Nasty reminder

Friday, July 17th 2009, 9:43

Indonesia attack recalls past bombing terror
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Man Utd cancel match after blasts

Friday, July 17th 2009, 6:01

Manchester United call off their match in Indonesia on Monday after bomb blasts hit the hotel they were due to stay in.
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EU lifts Indonesian airline ban

Tuesday, July 14th 2009, 15:27

The EU takes Garuda and three other Indonesian carriers off its aviation blacklist, citing safety improvements.
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Doubts emerge over Papua killings

Tuesday, July 14th 2009, 4:14
related countries: Aruba

An autopsy on a man killed at a Papuan mine and rebels' denial of any role cast doubt over who committed recent shootings.
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Second death near Indonesia mine

Sunday, July 12th 2009, 11:13
related countries: Aruba, United States

A security guard is shot dead outside a US-operated Indonesian mine, a day after an Australian worker was killed.
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Australian killed near Papua mine

Saturday, July 11th 2009, 3:40
related countries: Aruba

An Australian worker is shot dead near the Freeport McRoRan mine in Indonesia's restive Papua province, say local reports.
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Indonesia leader set for poll win

Wednesday, July 8th 2009, 14:30

Indonesia's leader Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono looks on course for a clear win in presidential polls, exit polls suggest.
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Tough choices

Monday, July 6th 2009, 23:01

Economic woes to dominate Indonesian election
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Indonesia relaxes voter registry

Monday, July 6th 2009, 15:53

An Indonesian court rules that unregistered voters may use identity cards to vote in Wednesday's presidential poll.
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Indonesia acts in maid abuse row

Thursday, June 25th 2009, 12:08
related countries: Malaysia

Indonesia says it will temporarily stop sending domestic workers to Malaysia, in a long-running row over work conditions.
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Indonesia police abuse 'ongoing'

Wednesday, June 24th 2009, 10:35

Indonesian police are frequently involved in the torture and other abuse of suspects, a new report by Amnesty International says.
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Indonesia email case sparks fury

Thursday, June 4th 2009, 14:25

The case of a mother sued by a hospital over her email complaints about her medical treatment arouses anger in Indonesia.
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More alcohol deaths in Indonesia

Tuesday, June 2nd 2009, 17:05

Four foreigners die of alcohol poisoning in Indonesia, after drinking a local wine spiked with methanol.
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Indonesia presidential race opens

Tuesday, June 2nd 2009, 8:04

Campaigning has begun in Indonesia's presidential election, with President Susilo Bambang Yudhyono the front-runner.
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Falling down Indonesia's social ladder

Thursday, May 28th 2009, 12:27
related places: Jakarta

Former BBC Indonesia correspondent Claire Bolderson ponders Jakarta's wealth gap, encapsulated in the fate of her one-time domestic help, Ani.
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Redemption song

Friday, May 22nd 2009, 15:48

Indonesian reggae star aims to bring about change
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Indonesian Islamists 'a threat'

Thursday, May 21st 2009, 2:34

Indonesia must focus on the threat posed by Islamists even as the regional threat declines, says the International Crisis Group.
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