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CAPITAL CULTURE: Indonesia remembers young Obama

2010-03-15T21:15:22Z

<div id="subtitle">CAPITAL CULTURE: Obama's return to Indonesia stokes anticipation, memories of his childhood</div><div><p>Somewhat bluntly, Barack Obama's former teacher sums up the neighborhood thinking when the future American president turned up with his family in Indonesia's capital more than 40 years ago.</p><p>"His mother was white, his father was ...

US-Indonesia military deal uncertain ahead of Obama visit

2010-03-15T16:16:10Z

<div><p>The United States said Monday it could not predict when it would resume full military ties with Indonesia, as it laid out the details of President Barack Obama's trip to Jakarta and Bali next week.</p><p>Obama spent fo...

Anti-terror exercises launched in Indonesia

2010-03-13T00:15:48Z

<div><p>Indonesian police and the military launched a series of anti-terror exercises on Saturday, a week ahead of a visit to the country by US President Barack Obama.</p><p>The exercises were expected to be held in several places, including the capital's main international airport, the stock market building, upmarket hotels, and an area of sea north of Jakarta.</p>...

Malaysian prince wins defamation suit against teen wife

2010-03-12T19:45:07Z

<div><p>The estranged wife and mother-in-law of a Malaysian prince were ordered Thursday to pay 1.8 million dollars after alleging he had raped and abused his teenage bride, his lawyer said.</p><p>Tengku Temenggong Mohammad Fakhry, a prince from northern Kelantan state, won the defamation suit by default last November after the two women failed to file a defence.</p><p>The prince's lawyer Haaziq Pillay said the H...

Slain Islamist militant leader buried in Indonesia

2010-03-12T01:15:42Z

<div><p>Slain Islamist bomb-maker Dulmatin was buried in his Indonesian home village Friday as a large crowd of mourners chanted "God is greater" and acclaimed him as a holy warrior.</p><p>The crowd of more than 2,000 shouted "Allahu Akbar" as the Jemaah Islamiyah bomb specialist was laid to rest in the village of Pemalang in Indonesia highlights battle against resurgent extremists</div><div><p>The death of a senior terror suspect in a gunfight with police has been both a trophy for Indonesia and an unsettling reminder ahead of President Barack Obama's visit that the country's battle against resurgent extremists is far from over.</p>&...

Obama visit fuels anti-terror raids in Indonesia

2010-03-10T07:16:01Z

<div><p>US President Barack Obama's planned visit to Indonesia this month has lent new impetus to raids that have left one top militant dead and his band of Islamist extremists on the ropes, analysts say.</p><p>"The most important and powerful leader in the world is coming to Indonesia, so the authorities have to tame any possible attack by jihadists," CANBERRA/JAKARTA (Reuters) - A suspected mastermind of the Bali bombings was killed in a police raid in Indonesia in the latest blow to an Islamist militant movement in the world's most populous Muslim country.</p><p>D...

Indonesian president confirms terror man's death

2010-03-09T20:16:39Z

<div><p>Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono confirmed Wednesday that suspected terror mastermind Dulmatin had been killed in a police raid in Jakarta.</p><p>The president, on a three-day visit to Australia, said a raid against militants hiding out on the outskirts of the capital had result...

Indonesia believes top wanted JI militant killed

2010-03-09T05:45:07Z

<div><p>JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian police believe they</p><p>have shot dead a top fugitive militant, wanted over the 2002 Bali bombings, in what could be a major coup in the country's fight against Islamist radicals, police and analysts said on Tuesday.</p><p>Police sources said two raids in Pamulang, in

Bali bomb mastermind believed killed in Jakarta

2010-03-09T04:16:00Z

<div><p>Indonesian counter-terrorism forces on Tuesday killed a man believed to have been one of the masterminds of the 2002 Bali bombings during a raid in the capital Jakarta, police and reports said.</p><p>The man was among three people killed in two raids on the city's outskirts.</p><p>Police did not disclose the identities of the three, saying "a forensic examination was ...

Top JI militant believed killed in Indonesia: police

2010-03-09T04:15:59Z

<div><p>Indonesian anti-terrorism forces Tuesday killed a man believed to be one of the masterminds behind the 2002 Bali bombings, Dulmatin, during a raid on the outskirts of Jakarta, police said.</p><p>Gunfire was heard as police raided a two-storey shophouse at around 11:00 am (0400 GMT) in Pamulang city west of the capital, witnesses told local television.</p><p>Witnesses ...

Indonesia Terror Raid

2010-03-09T03:00:28Z

Indonesian police officers and hospital workers carry the body of a suspected militant killed in a raid in Banten province upon arrival at the main police hospital in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, March 9, 2010. Anti-terror police shot dead the suspect and arrested another two in the raid on the main Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono arrived in Australia on Tuesday for a three-day visit during which he will be given the rare honour of addressing the country's parliament.</p><p>Yudhoyono, who will also speak to business leaders in Sydney, was greeted by <...

Indonesian students protest Barack Obama's visit

2010-03-05T06:15:35Z

<div id="subtitle">Muslim students protest in Jakarta against Barack Obama's first Indonesian visit as president</div><div><p>Scores of Islamic students staged protests outside Jakarta's parliament and in at least three other major Indonesian cities on Friday against President Barack Obama's upcoming visit to this predominantly Muslim country.</p><p>The studen...

APTOPIX Indonesia Protest

2010-03-03T20:46:03Z

Police officers use their riot shields as cover during an anti government rally outside parliament in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, March 3, 2010. Protesters hurled rocks at police who returned fire with tear gas canisters and water cannons outside the national parliament where a parliamentary committee investigating irregularities in the government's $715 million bailout of

Indonesia Protest

2010-03-03T20:46:01Z

Police officers pull protesters to remove them from the main gate of the parliament building during an anti-government protest in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, March 3, 2010. Protesters hurled rocks at police who returned fire with tear gas canisters and water cannons outside the national parliament where a parliamentary committee investigating irregularities in the government's $715 million bailout ...

Indonesians Protest Over Government's Bank Century Bailout

2010-03-02T06:30:56Z

JAKARTA, INDONESIA - MARCH 02: Anti-riot police block protesters outside the House of Representatives' inquiry into the Bank Century bailout at Jakarta's Parliament building on March 2, 2010 in Jakarta, Indonesia. The Parliamentary inquiry committee is due to report its recommendations in the Bank Century case, ...

Indonesia Myanmar Suu Kyi

2010-02-25T22:01:43Z

A security guard stands near a banner of detained Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyii outside the British Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, Feb. 22, 2010. Nobel Peace Prize laure...

Indonesia Terrorism Trial

2010-02-24T09:46:16Z

Suspected militant Al Khelaiw Ali Abdullah speaks to reporters from behind bars of a holding cell as he waits for the start of his trial at a district court in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010. The retired Saudi Arabian school teacher went on trial Wednesday charged with financing suicide bombings at two Jakarta ...