Hurricane Ida chugged toward the Gulf Coast, and despite warnings extending more than 200 miles (322 kilometres) across several states, residents seemed to take the first Atlantic hurricane to target the U.S. this season in stride.

Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigators quizzed on Monday former House of Representatives lawmaker Endin Soefihara of the United Development Party (PPP) as a suspect in connection with alleged bribery in the election of the Bank Indonesia senior deputy governor in 2004.

As many as 14 poeple were found dead while some other residents were missing after a landslide hit Battang Barat village, Palopo, South Sulawesi on Sunday night.

The agreement, signed by Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa and his Swedish counterpart Carl Bildt, whose country is currently holding the EU presidency, will serve as the legal framework and a guideline for deeper cooperation between the two parties in boosting trade and addressing issues like climate change and terrorism.

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono inagurated on Monday the new chiefs of Army, Navy and Air Force.

As an attempt to protects residential areas from flood risks, especially during the rainy season, the Tangerang municipal administration has managed to reduce flood points from 67 to 23 across the municipality.

The government-sanctioned fact finding team's probe into an alleged plot to frame Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) deputies has no right to recommend suspension of a bribery case involving the suspended KPK leaders, ministers say.

The plight of Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi will be among the issues discussed during the first meeting of ASEAN and the United States leaders on Nov. 15 in Singapore.

Indonesian Military (TNI) Commander Gen. Djoko Santoso dismissed any political motives behind the immediate replacement of three armed forces chiefs of staff, which he said had long been planned.