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Indonesian fuel hike under certain conditions
Indonesia’s parliament voted on Saturday to give the government authority to raise subsidised fuel prices under certain conditions.
Obama makes long-awaited return to Indonesia
After two years of waiting, Indonesians are finally getting the chance to welcome back their adopted son.
Indonesian president’s son in vote-buying row
The Indonesian president’s corruption-fighting credentials were on the line on Wednesday after his son was embroiled in vote-buying allegations.
Indonesia considers quitting Opec as output falls
Indonesia said on Tuesday it may quit the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) as its declining crude oil output prevents the country from meeting its Opec…
SA, Indonesia to study trade obstacles
There are obstacles hampering trade between South Africa and Indonesia that need to be addressed, President Thabo Mbeki said on Monday. He was speaking after hosting his…
Indonesia floods kill 12, cause travel chaos
Floods and landslides triggered by heavy rain have killed at least 12 people across Indonesia and the capital’s main airport was briefly shut on Friday as more than 40 flights…
Indonesia’s former president Suharto dead
Former president Suharto, hailed as the father of development by some Indonesians during his 32 years in power and accused of corruption and rights abuses by others, died on…
Asia marks tsunami, three years on
Survivors prayed at mass graves and mosques on Wednesday to mark the third anniversary of the Asian tsunami, while warning sirens sent hundreds fleeing beaches during a drill to…
Signs of progress on World Aids Day
Activists on Saturday sought to keep the battle against HIV in the public eye on World Aids Day in the face of growing complacency amid progress in treating and slowing the…
At least 31 dead as Indonesian ferry sinks
At least 31 people were killed and 125 rescued after a ferry sank off Indonesia’s Sulawesi island in the latest of a series of transport accidents to hit the archipelago nation,…
Experts fear huge quake coming in Indonesia
Powerful earthquakes struck Indonesia for a third day on Friday, terrorising thousands of people who were refusing to return to coastal homes in fear of tsunami and falling…
Indonesians huddle in tents in quake-hit Sumatra
Frightened residents on Indonesia’s Sumatra island huddled in tents outside their damaged homes on Friday, traumatised by the latest of nearly 40 aftershocks since a huge…
Sumatra pounded by quake, aftershocks
Indonesia’s Sumatra island was pounded by aftershocks on Thursday after a massive earthquake killed at least eight people and buried many others under collapsed buildings.…