Hollywood's latest doomsday offering "2012" has caused a storm in Indonesia, with conservative clerics condemning it Thursday as a "provocation against Islam". Screenings ...
Low-lying and impoverished Asian coastal cities such as Dhaka, Manila and Jakarta are vulnerable to "brutal" damage from climate change without global action, ...
JAKARTA, INDONESIA - NOVEMBER 15: A model showcases designs on the runway by Hennie Noer as part of APPMI Show 2 on day two of Jakarta Fashion Week 2009 at the Fashion Tent, Pacific Place on November 15, 2009 in Jakarta, Indonesia. ...
JAKARTA, INDONESIA - NOVEMBER 14: A model showcases a design on the runway by Priyo Oktaviano as part of Indonesia - India Fashion Night on day one of Jakarta Fashion Week 2009 at the Fashion Tent, Pacific Place on November 14, 2009 ...
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono arrives in Malaysia on Wednesday for a visit aimed at smoothing over the latest spats between the neighbours, who have a history of troubled relations. Yudhoyono will be given a full state welcome at Parliament Square in ...
Monitoring the clean-up of a huge oil spill in pristine Australian waters could take as long as seven years, an official said Wednesday as environmentalists urged a wide-ranging inquiry into the disaster. As many as 28,000 barrels of oil have gushed into ...
Twelve people were feared dead on Tuesday more than 24 hours after an unidentified boat sank in rough seas far off Australia's northwest an official said. One body had been recovered and 11 people were still missing in the remote spot 2,700 ...
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia does not intend to resume sharing bird flu samples with other countries until there is a global mechanism for virus sharing in place, the newly appointed health minister told Reuters on Saturday. Indonesia, which has suffered the most ...
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Kuntoro Mangkusubroto, a former Indonesian energy minister, is in line to head a new presidential unit which could speed up reform of the civil service and accelerate infrastructure projects, a minister said on Tuesday. The new unit would help ...
Liberal ex-general Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was sworn in as Indonesia's president on Tuesday after winning a second five-year term with promises of economic growth and political reform. The softly-spoken leader swore on the Koran, Islam's holy book, to uphold the constitution during ...
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is to be sworn in on Tuesday for a second term with an agenda headed by the need to enact bureaucratic reforms, fix infrastructure, amend labor laws, and attract investment. Yudhoyono, re-elected in July ...
A powerful 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia's Java island on Friday, shaking office buildings in Jakarta and sparking panic closer to the epicentre, officials said. The quake struck off the coast near Ujung Kulon, about 260 kilometres (162 miles) west of the ...
