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- Bodies found from Indonesian plane crash: report (AFP)
JAKARTA, Indonesia, (AFP) - Indonesian police have retrieved the bodies of three crew members from a plane that crashed in restive Papua province last week, a report said. The Aviastar Twin Otter was flying from Dekay to the highland town of Wamena when
- UN chief concludes Myanmar visit
UN chief arrives in Yangon on official visit to Myanmar UN chief due to visit Myanmar Friday Myanmar, Indonesian entrepreneurs to boost cooperation in trade, tourism UN agencies, Pakistan working on IDPs return UN begins probe into Bhutto killing United
- Indonesian campaigning goes digital
Just like politicians in the western world, Indonesian presidential hopefuls are taking to cyberspace, to spread their message and attract support ahead of the country's July 8 election. Inspired by the success of the online campaign run by US president
- Garuda soon to return to Europe
The European Unions Air Safety Committee has recommended that Garuda Indonesia should once be allowed to fly into European countries. Three other Indonesian airlines are also expected to be given the green light to return. They are Mandala Airlines,
- EU to lift ban on Indonesian airlines
Indonesia's transport minister says the European Commission will lift a ban on four Indonesian airlines. Jusman Syafii Djamal says Garuda, Mandala Airlines, Airfast Indonesia and Prime Air will be allowed to fly in EU airspace within 20 days. The ban,
- Indonesia's election candidates hold last rallies
hrs JAKARTA : Indonesia's presidential candidates held their final rallies Saturday ahead of only the second direct elections for the country's head of state since the fall of the Suharto dictatorship in 1998. Incumbent Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is riding
- EU to lift ban Indonesia's Garuda, three other carriers
Jakarta - The European Union will soon partially lift a blanket ban on Indonesian airlines, imposed in 2007 after a series of deadly air accidents, the Indonesian Transport Ministry said Saturday. The EU's Air Safety Committee has recommended that the
- Indonesian democracy focused on stability
JAKARTA: Just over a decade ago, mobs torched buildings across Indonesia?s capital in an uprising that toppled a 32-year military dictatorship. Today the world?s fourth largest country, with its fragile democracy, is relatively peaceful as it heads
- Campaigning ends in Indonesian presidential poll
Jakarta - Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who is seeking another term in next week's presidential election, attacked his opponents' 'extreme' campaign promises as candidates wrapped up their campaigning on Saturday. Yudhoyono, addressing a
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The world's largest archipelago, Indonesia achieved independence from the Netherlands in 1949. Current issues include: implementing IMF-mandated reforms of the banking sector, effecting a transition to a popularly elected government after four decades of authoritarianism, addressing charges of cronyism and corruption, holding the military accountable for human rights violations, and resolving growing separatist pressures in Aceh and Irian Jaya. On 30 August 1999 a provincial referendum for independence was overwhelmingly approved by the people of Timor Timur. Concurrence followed by Indonesia's national legislature, and the name East Timor was provisionally adopted. The independent status of East Timor - now under UN administration - has yet to be formally established.
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AFP - Gridlocked traffic, filthy rivers, air that tastes of diesel -- there is much that keeps Indonesia's capital Jakarta off the global tourist map.
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