Home Minister Gamawan Fauzi said the outdated 1985 Law on Mass Organization had prevented his ministry from creating decisive measures against the notorious and hard-line Islam Defenders Front (FPI).
Attorney Maqdir Ismail said he was disappointed in the Supreme Court’s ruling that rejected his client Antasari Azhar’s case review request. He acknowledged that the rejection nearly meant the end of the road for Antasari.
No papers, sir?: Officers collect data from illegal immigrants at the Central Jakarta Immigration office on Monday. Some 149 asylum seekers from various countries, including Afghanistan, Somalia and Pakistan, were apprehended during a raid in Cisarua, Bogor, early on Monday. They said that they had come to Indonesia to avoid political conflicts and violence in their home countries. (JP/ Jerry Adiguna) 
Misty: Some motorists switch on their head lamps amid foggy road conditions on Jl. Raya Madiun-Solo in Geneng, Ngawi, East Java on Monday. The fog has reduced the visibility to 20 meters. (Antara/Siswowidodo) 
Ready for trial: Terrorist defendant Umar Patek shakes hand with prosecutors before his first trial hearing at the West Jakarta District Court on Monday. Patek was charged with masterminding a series of terror attacks across the country, including the 2000 Christmas bombings and the 2002 Bali bombings. (JP/Jerry Adiguna) 
Make a wish: Katy Perry arrives at the 54th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday (Monday in Jakarta time) in Los Angeles. (AP/Chris Pizzello) 
Sweet victory: Zambia captain Christopher Katongo (second from left) holds the trophy of the African Cup of Nations after his team won their final soccer match against Ivory Coast at Stade de l'Amitie in Libreville, Gabon, on Sunday. Zambia won 8-7 in a penalty shootout. (AP/Francois Mori) 
Burning Greece: Firefighters try to extinguish a fire at a Bank of Cyprus branch during clashes in Athens, early Monday. Greek lawmakers on Monday approved harsh new austerity measures demanded by bailout creditors to save the debt-crippled nation from bankruptcy, after rioters in central Athens torched buildings, looted shops and clashed with riot police. (AP/Thanassis Stavrakis) 
Thai kiss: A judge, right, watches competitors AKechai Tiranarat and his wife Laksana Tiranarat kiss each other during the World's Longest Continuous Kiss competition in Pattaya, southeastern Thailand, Sunday. The event was held in an attempt to break the Guinness world record and to celebrate St. Valentine's Day. (AP/Sakchai Lalit) 
Herculean task: Farmers pull a plow to cultivate a paddy field in Dlinggo, Bantul, Yogyakarta, on Sunday. Poverty has forced many farmers to resort to using raw manpower as they cannot afford buffaloes or motorized plows. (JP/Slamet Susanto) The Islam Defenders Front (FPI) has filed a report to the National Police headquarters about the negative sentiment expressed by the Palangkaraya community in Kalimantan about their presence in the area.
Since the reform era began in 1998, the union movement has been
primarily driven by activists who were unemployed or had no affiliations
to employers.
A pair of robbers brandishing a pistol and an iron bar shot a staff member at the Total gas station on Jl. Raya Batu Ampar in Condet, East Jakarta, before fleeing with Rp 200 million (US$22,200) in cash on Monday morning.
Fire gutted four household plastic factories in Kapuk, West Jakarta, on Monday morning.
A panel of judges sentenced publicly-listed state oil and gas firm PT Elnusa Tbk. finance director Santun Nainggolan to eight years in prison and a Rp 5.92 billion (US$657,120) fine for embezzlement, at the Bandung Corruption Court on Monday.
After two deadly pileups involving buses in the past two days, another bus rammed into a tree on Jl. Ngawi-Madiun in Tempuran village, Ngawi, East Java, on Monday morning, killing four people and injuring dozens.
The Grammys got under way on Sunday, with the Recording Academy trying to focus on music's biggest night after of the death of one of music's biggest names - Whitney Houston.
The first Oscars of the year have been presented at the Scientific and Technical Awards, the motion picture academy's annual celebration of the geeks and gizmos that make movie magic.
In the movie Sex and the City, the charming Mr. Big gets cold feet and does not show up at the lavish wedding reception he has arranged with ...
A self-confessed perfectionist, chef Junior John “Juna” Rorimpandey stole the spotlight with his straightforward manner as a judge in the ...
Businessman and classic car connoisseur Hartawan “Hauwke” Setjodiningrat cherishes a slice of America’s vintage nostalgia in his own backyard.
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